Writing
Jun 2026 · Strategy
From one town to the Netizen Stack
Röbel proved the system. The honest question now is what it becomes: a product, a platform, or a protocol. Our current answer, the market we see, and the two adjacencies we will not chase yet.
Jun 2026 · Field notes
No one can read Röbel's votes alone anymore
Röbel's secret-ballot system used to trust one key on one server. As of today, decrypting a single vote takes 3 of 5 citizens cooperating, and between elections the key does not exist at all. Here is what changed and why it matters.