St. Petersburg State University: CryptoVeche

Cryptoveche is a platform for electronic remote voting on the blockchain that allows you to write results to a distributed register, providing automatic vote counting, security and privacy.

2023:150 user organizations

According to data for 2023, more than 150 organizations that represent state structures, business, scientific and educational organizations are users of Cryptoveche.

In educational institutions, the system is most often used for votes in dissertation councils, the selection of members of the academic council, delegates at the conference, as well as for the election of university teachers and heads of divisions. The platform can be applied in all areas of activity that require the creation of a trusting and secure environment when conducting secret votes.

Works on both personal computers and mobile devices.

Electronic voting platform 'Cryptoveche' desktop version

Electronic voting platform 'Cryptoveche' mobile version

2022: Interface Update

In 2022, the system interface was updated and the Cryptoveche + version was released.

2020: Development of "CryptoVeche"

On March 24, 2020, St. Petersburg State University announced that its center for distributed register technologies had developed an application for corporate voting "CryptoVeche." The blockchain technology behind the system allows the application to run safely, even if most employees are not in the office and are voting remotely.

Many large companies - partners of St. Petersburg University to one degree or another use the remote work mode. The KryptoVeche application was a response to employers' requests. How to vote on the development of the project if half of the employees are in other cities or even countries? How to make a strategic decision within the framework of the board of directors in absentia? Polls on social networks cannot solve such problems, since their results are not legally valid, and the data in such a vote cannot be protected.

CryptoVeche can be used in all areas of activity that require the creation of a trusting and safe environment for voting. The platform works both on mobile devices and in the format of a web application for stationary computers and laptops. To use the system, employees are not required to be in the same office - collective decisions with the help of CryptoVeche can be made in remote mode.

The application provides registration of votes using smart contracts, automatic counting of results, guarantees confidentiality and security throughout the voting cycle.

{{quote 'author = notes the head of the Center for Distributed Register Technologies of St. Petersburg State University Timofey Utnasin' The results of this voting cannot be forged. Even if you have the desire, the technical capability and even if you have access to the database, }}

Due to the fact that the system works on the basis of blockchain technology, it does not have a vulnerability to external and internal attacks by voters - in particular, it does not allow voting multiple times. Cryptoalgorhythms and anonymization mechanisms guarantee the secret of expression of will. In addition, the voter himself can check the correctness of accounting for his vote, and the participation of external observers is provided to check the progress of voting.

As Timofey Utnasin said, the test version of the system has already been tested in ten Russian companies. For March 2020, the developers are testing the power of the application for more mass voting - designed for a thousand users or more.

CryptoVeche is primarily aimed at corporate users. For state elections and referendums in 2019, the center presented another system - "Eloris."