Aragon Releases Product Digest Highlighting Private Voting and Permissions Features
Aragon Releases Product Digest Highlighting Private Voting and Permissions Features
đź”’ Aragon's governance evolution
Aragon published its latest product digest covering major developments from last month focused on enhancing organizational governance tools.
Key Features Highlighted:
- Private voting integration with zkMACI for confidential onchain decision-making
- Permissions-based access control allowing precise function-level permissions without coding
- Improved app experience with cleaner user flows
These updates represent three months of major launches building toward a modular system for running organizations entirely onchain. The private voting feature addresses issues like bribery, retaliation, and whale pressure that have historically skewed governance outcomes.
The permissions system enables organizations to grant specific governance processes exactly the functions they need through a simple interface, eliminating the need for Solidity knowledge or contract redeployments.
Private voting is now part of the Aragon stack. Demo-ready today, rolling out first via bespoke builds. Transparency where it matters. Privacy where it’s critical. Learn how private, zk-verified voting is becoming reality with Aragon × @zkMACI ↴ blog.aragon.org/private-onchai…
Permissions-Based Access Control is live in the Aragon App! Grant each governance process exactly the functions it needs. No Solidity, no redeploys, just clicks.
This Week at Aragon 🦅 🗳️ Private voting with @zkMACI 🔏 Permissions-Based Access Control in the Aragon app 🎙️ @A_Leutenegger on @gov_futures
Three months, three major launches. Every new feature plugging straight into the stack: → Private voting → Permissions-based Access Control → External addresses The result? A modular system for running orgs entirely onchain.
Most tools force orgs into a single “all-powerful” contract. Aragon’s modular stack flips that script: → Split powers across councils, votes, and roles → Configure without code → Evolve over time, without starting over Governance, built to adapt: aragon.org
From private voting with @zkMACI to permissions-based access control and a cleaner app experience, last month was about unlocking the full power of OSx for the orgs building tomorrow’s world. Catch up on everything new in the latest product digest: blog.aragon.org/product-digest…
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