ArborVote
A voting module on the Ethereum blockchain for deliberative decision-making using argument trees.
Trees of Rational Arguments
We don't want to live in a world where we can only say yes or no. Deliberation and rationalism should be the basis for important decisions. Creation of arguments in a tree structure invites people to consider multiple perspectives and jump-starts them into the debate.
Democratic Voting
It is important to us that every voter has fair voting shares. We incentivize people to distribute their share on multiple arguments which leverages the wisdom of the crowd. In the end, the relative vote share measures the importance of an argument for the decision.
Decentralized Decision-Making
Decisions are formed by accumulating all votes from the tree leaves to the root. Thanks to smart-contracts and digital identities on the Ethereum blockchain, the entire curation, voting, and tallying process is transparent, verifiable, and resilient, which legitimizes the decision.