Future and Blockers

• Empowers whistleblowers to safely disclose misconduct in corporations, governments, and NGOs.

• Builds trust in DAOs and Web3 communities through accountability without doxxing.

• Future modules:
• On-chain staking for verified reports
• DAO-voted reward systems for whistleblowers

• “Snowden meets zk” is an inherently strong story.

• Can be used in:
• Activist networks
• Whistleblowing journalism (ProPublica, ICIJ)
• Corporate HR whistleblowing

🎯 Perfect for grants, hackathons, and storytelling in zk and public goods ecosystems.

• Even with zk, hosting whistleblowing infrastructure can attract regulatory or legal pressure, depending on jurisdiction.

• Might be seen as platform aiding whistleblowers, similar to the dilemmas faced by WikiLeaks.

• Preventing spam, trolling, and fake reports is hard without:
• On-chain identity anchors (reputation systems, zkKYC)
• Some form of stake or penalty

• ZK interfaces are still complex.

• Whistleblowers may not trust or understand:
• How their identity is protected
• How evidence is committed but not exposed

• Generating ZK proofs (especially off-chain) + publishing commitments to Sui may have:
• High latency
• Gas/storage costs
• Complexity in syncing large evidence blobs (video, docs)

• Entities being reported may try to discredit, attack, or censor the platform socially, politically, or legally.