Decentralized Decisions DApp

The Decentralized Decisions software allows for votes to be held on issues for the Choice Coin DAO, enabling a new form of direct and decentralized democratic decision making. The software leverages the Algorand blockchain to provide a new, scalable, and secure voting technology.

Research Paper on Decentralized Decisions: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3913316

Important Updates

Before running the dApp, you must run the following lines from the terminal to appropriately update the code.

npm install [email protected]

npm update follow-redirects --depth 5

Run Steps

To run locally, cd into the directory and run sh run.sh from your terminal. This will open up a local server running the React App. Make sure to have some Testnet Choice, either by creating a new asset or obtaining some from TinyMan's Testnet site: https://testnet.tinyman.org/#/swap?asset_in=0&asset_out=21364625. Be sure to alter the asset id parameter under constants in the frontend folder if you create a new asset id.

Rewards Script

To send out rewards, make sure that you are in the rewards directory. Download all the requirements in your local Python Instance through pip by running pip install requirements.txt. Replace the voter_1_address and the voter_1_mneomnic variables with the address and mneomonic of the wallet you are sending the rewards from. Then, visit algoexplorer: https://algoexplorer.io/api-dev/indexer-v2. Under lookup, try out the second option, fill all the parameters appropriately (The max round and min round variables can be used to restrict the time interval in which the rewards script works. The min round will be the round for the first Choice sent to the address for the vote, while the max round will be the round for the last Choice sent), and copy the url that is generated. Use this url for the blank string in the second part of the main variable in the rewards.py file. Finally, edit the amount variable in line 60 to match the rewards rate. Then, run the rewards.py file. This process will need to be repeated for each address you are sending rewards from.

Tests

The code has been successfully tested on the Algorand TestNet and deployed to MainNet for two successful votes. The Tests folder also contains data relating to tests of the code in this repository.

Votes

Vote 0: https://medium.com/@ChoiceCoin/choice-coin-governance-vote-0-b34147169429

Vote 1: https://medium.com/@ChoiceCoin/choice-coin-governance-vote-1-e6763c31ae89