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Version: v2.0_alpha

Gatekeepers Smart Contract

MACI is composed of multiple smart contracts, which together with the zk-SNARK circuits, can be used to carry out on-chain voting. Start with an overview of our smart contracts here.

MACI uses a "gatekeeper" contract, which is used to configure and enforce the eligibility criteria of voters who can participate in MACI polls. In other words, it is a way to whitelist signups to the system. Operators of MACI can use the gatekeeper contract to configure signup eligibility and to protect against sybil attacks in their polls.

The MACI repository comes with several out-of-the-box options:

  • FreeForAllSignUpGatekeeper - This allows anyone to signup on MACI.
  • SignUpTokenGatekeeper - This restricts signups only to holders of a specific ERC721 token.
  • EASGatekeeper - This restricts signups only to users who have received an attestation of a specific schema from a trusted attester.
  • HatsGatekeeper - This allows gatekeeping signups to only users who have a specific Hat.
  • GitcoinPassportGatekeeper - This allows gatekeeping signups to only users who have a specific Gitcoin Passport score.
  • ZupassGatekeeper - This allows gatekeeping signups only to users who have a valid Zupass PCD ticket.
  • SemaphoreGatekeeper - This allows gatekeeping signups only to users who can prove they are part of a Semaphore group.

You can find all of our latest gatekeeper contracts here: https://github.com/privacy-scaling-explorations/maci/tree/dev/contracts/contracts/gatekeepers

Developers are also welcome to implement a custom gatekeeper contract as long as it conforms to the SignUpGatekeeper - an abstract contract to inherit from with two function signatures:

abstract contract SignUpGatekeeper {
    function setMaciInstance(MACI _maci) public virtual {}
    function register(address _user, bytes memory _data) public virtual {}
}

Whenever a user signs up (via the MACI.signUp function), this triggers the MACI contract to call the SignUpGatekeeper.register function. Please note that this function should throw if the user is not eligible to sign up, rather than returning true or false.

If you'd like to create a gatekeeper contract for your project, or if there's specific gatekeeper functionality you'd like to see MACI support, we'd be happy to help! Please create a GitHub issue.