Vote

This tutorial walks you through the process of creating a sybil-resistant poll on NumerBay.

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You need to have a NumerBay account with Numerai API Key in order to create polls or vote on NumerBay.

Create a poll

To create a poll, head to My polls page. Click the New Poll button and complete the new poll form as shown below.

Topic: Main topic of the poll
End Date: Poll automatically ends on this date at 00:00 UTC
Description: Description of the poll
Short url: Used for generating short URL, cannot be changed later
Multiple choice: Whether a voter can choose multiple (and how many) options
Weighting Mode:
- Equal Weights for All: Anyone can vote. All votes are equal weighted
- Equal Weights for Staked: Only staked Numerai participants can vote. All votes are equal weighted
- Log Staked NMR: Votes are weighted by the formula LN(1+[Tournament Stake])

Click Show advanced settings for additional configurations.

Blind results: Whether to keep the results hidden until the poll ends
Anonymous votes: Whether voter ID (Numerai Wallet Address) is encrypted when stored in the backend. This has no visible effect for the voters. This only needs to be set if a subsequent vote audit is required
Min participation threshold:
- All Active Participants: No minimum staked rounds requirement
- Min 3 Month Participation: Requires staked participation for the past 13 weeks
- Min 1 Year Participation: Requires staked participation for the past 52 weeks
Stake Determination (only for blind polls):
- Pre-determine Stake: Use the stake snapshot taken for the tournament round before poll creation
- Post-determine Stake: Only applicable for blind polls. Use the stake snapshot taken for the tournament round when poll closes
Stake basis round: use stake snapshot as of a certain tournament round for vote weight calculation
Min stake: Minimum staked NMR required to vote
Clipping for low stake: Clip lower NMR values to this amount
Clipping for high stake: Clip higher NMR values to this amount