Nikita Gorev(@Gorev111):this is exactly why private ballots matter. if we could use something like @theInterfold ($FOLD) for online voting through Russia’s state-run Gosuslugi service, with individual votes remaining private and only the final tally being verifiable, we could get a much clearer picture of what Russians actually think about Putin and the war. stronger democratic systems could be built around confidential ballots with verifiable tallying, receipt-free voting, and no trusted ballot operator. privacy isn’t just about hiding information. it can be a prerequisite for people to freely express what they actually think without fear of pressure or retaliation.

2026.09.24 16:31

this is exactly why private ballots matter. if we could use something like @theInterfold ($FOLD) for online voting through Russia’s state-run Gosuslugi service, with individual votes remaining private and only the final tally being verifiable, we could get a much clearer picture of what Russians actually think about Putin and the war. stronger democratic systems could be built around confidential ballots with verifiable tallying, receipt-free voting, and no trusted ballot operator. privacy isn’t just about hiding information. it can be a prerequisite for people to freely express what they actually think without fear of pressure or retaliation.

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

2026.09.21 10:10

There continues to be a lot of quiet dissent against the regime, which expresses itself any time some kind of channel appears (in this case, the "election" taking place right now) (The goal is not to literally get Putin to politely step off his chair; the election is of course manipulated to hell on multiple levels, and even if he loses he will just ignore it. Rather, the realistic goal is to delegitimize the regime as much as possible, denying it the internal cohesion it needs to pursue the "total war" path so that it has no choice but to take the peace path)