The problem Electify solves

Enhanced Voter Privacy: Blockchain-based voting systems can ensure the privacy of individual voters while maintaining the transparency and integrity of the overall election process. Cryptographic techniques can be employed to anonymize voter identities while still allowing for verification of the authenticity and validity of votes.

Auditability and Accountability: The immutable nature of blockchain records allows for easy auditing and verification of election results. Election authorities, auditors, and stakeholders can independently verify the integrity of the election data stored on the blockchain, enhancing accountability and confidence in the electoral process.

Transparency and Trust: Blockchain technology, with its decentralized and immutable ledger, can provide transparency in the election process. Each vote cast and recorded on the blockchain is transparent and tamper-proof, leading to increased trust in the integrity of the election results.

Challenges we ran into

Deploying Smart Contracts: We faced challenges in deploying smart contracts on the Ethereum RPC endpoint, requiring a deep understanding of Solidity, Ethereum's programming language, and familiarity with the deployment process on the blockchain network.

Integrating Backend with Blockchain: Integrating the backend with the Ethereum blockchain posed difficulties, necessitating the development of custom APIs and middleware to interact with the blockchain network while ensuring data consistency and security.

Creating Secure Election Infrastructure: Designing a secure and transparent election infrastructure involved implementing cryptographic techniques and consensus mechanisms to guarantee the integrity and immutability of voting data, as well as devising auditing mechanisms to enable transparent verification of election results.