Sample Hardhat Project

This project demonstrates a basic Hardhat use case. It comes with a sample contract, a test for that contract, and a Hardhat Ignition module that deploys that contract.

Try running some of the following tasks:

npx hardhat help
npx hardhat test
REPORT_GAS=true npx hardhat test
npx hardhat node
npx hardhat ignition deploy ./ignition/modules/Lock.js

Technologies Used in a Decentralized Voting Platform Blockchain – Provides a tamper-proof, immutable ledger for recording votes.

Ethereum (for smart contracts using Solidity) Hyperledger Fabric (for permissioned blockchain voting) Polygon / Solana (for faster, lower-cost transactions) Smart Contracts – Automates vote casting and tallying securely.

Solidity (for Ethereum-based contracts) Rust (for Solana-based contracts) Chaincode (for Hyperledger Fabric) Cryptographic Techniques – Ensures voter privacy and vote integrity.

Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) (e.g., zk-SNARKs) for anonymous voting Homomorphic Encryption for secure vote tallying Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) for secure digital signatures Decentralized Identity (DID) & Authentication – Prevents voter fraud.

Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) using uPort, Sovrin, or Microsoft ION OAuth2.0 / OpenID Connect for authentication Biometric Verification (Face ID, Fingerprint) Consensus Mechanisms – Ensures integrity and agreement of votes.

Proof of Stake (PoS) (Ethereum 2.0, Cardano) Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) (EOS, Tron) Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) (Hyperledger Fabric) Frontend Development – User interface for casting votes.

React.js / Next.js (for web-based voting portals) Flutter / React Native (for mobile applications) Backend & APIs – Handles authentication and blockchain interactions.

Node.js / Express.js (for server-side processing) Python (Flask / Django) (for integrating AI-driven fraud detection) GraphQL / REST APIs (for data communication) Decentralized Storage – Stores voting records securely.

IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) Arweave Filecoin Governance & DAO – Manages election rules transparently.

DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) Frameworks Aragon / DAOstack for community governance