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One of my more radical beliefs is that many more classes of governance actions should be anonymous / secret ballot (eg. I've advocated for secret-ballot UN general assembly votes before) This situation is a good argument for judges' identities being hidden (!!) when they make their rulings. The function of a judge is to rule according to the facts as interpreted through their conscience, not to be "accountable" to violent mobs.
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@vitalik.eth
Today this stuff sounds crazy and "why is the crypto bro pushing zk wizard tech solutions to a social problem", but in the 2020s age of easy physical retaliation (including by foreign adversary states), I think we'll see such ideas enter the overton window more.
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The issue here is not that judges are doxxed. In fact that's healthy in a well-functioning society, because it lets them take part in public life to represent their institution. This attack is a symptom of state capture in the US that won't be solved by anon voting.
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ummm @purp did you just qcโ€™d by Vitalik?!? ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘Š๐ŸคŸ
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Judge can only make the ruling anonymously if they're holding more than 2M $ANON
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@patwater
Hmmmm seems like treating symptoms rather than causes
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@ok
In a world with AI, leaving judgements to human interpretations feels antiquated. Bottlenecks the judicial process and fairness is subjective.
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Secret ballot breaks accountability on decision making. We need to detect errors and bias too.
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@p4u
That's exactly why we are building https://davinci.vote
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Trump has been inciting violence against judges his whole term https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/
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Sure but this is the US we're talking about, if the judges were anon how could the ruling class bribe them? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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What happened to that judge shows why some level of anonymity can matter. In politics or governance, participants could first vote anonymously, verified with zero-knowledge proofs, on whether a decision itself should be anonymous. If about 60% agree, the final vote would follow the same process, with a clear reason, delayed release, and checks to keep it honest.
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@meryan
The risks to transparency and long-term systemic health outweigh the benefits, potentially creating a cure worse than the disease. Instead, Iโ€™d advocate for stronger protections within a transparent framework: better security for judges, stricter laws against threats, and perhaps hybrid anonymity in extreme cases.
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Nice
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Thatโ€™s a really interesting take, anonymity could protect integrity where public pressure distorts justice. Accountability canโ€™t exist if fear governs decisions.
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Itโ€™s a strong point: transparency isnโ€™t always virtuous. In contexts like judging or UN voting, anonymity can protect integrity by freeing decision-makers from coercion, mob pressure, or political signaling. Accountability should be to law or principle โ€” not to public outrage.
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Yes. I would add: - higher degree of randomness in the assignment of cases (within judgesโ€™ specialty); so a larger pool by more remote judging if a matter doesnโ€™t require local knowledge - a yellow & red card mechanism for poor performers
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Would be useful in Mexico where certain appointments can be a death sentence
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In an ideal world maybe, but this would probably lead to more shady business ๐Ÿ˜ณ
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@keeks
This means a bit less in systems where the admins can socially or technically enforce techniques to de-anonymize or โ€œproveโ€ a certain vote
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