### 🎉 Major upgrade on the Vocdoni Stage Network We're super excited to share big improvements to the Vocdoni Stage Network, a crucial step towards the launch of our upcomming production network. After months of hard work, we're nearing our goal. It hasn't been easy, and we value the community's input. If you're using our SDK, please let us know if you spot any issues. Important notice: due the complexity of the upgrade process, the stage network needs to be reset. Thus any account and/or organization needs to be re-created. We will push the changes to all components between today September 8 and Tuesday September 12. You might expect some down time. Also we encourage anyone using the SDK to upgrade as soon as possible. The main additions to this upgrade are: #### 1. **Anonymous Voting** We've finally added anonymous voting to our JavaScript SDK. Setting up a zkSNARKS election is now possible and frictionless, as shown in this code snippet https://github.com/vocdoni/vocdoni-sdk/blob/main/test/integration/zk.test.ts It's designed to work smoothly on all browsers and mobile devices. #### 2. **Census3** We've created a groundbreaking service for the Ethereum community that could change DAO governance. Initially aimed to bring anonymous gasless voting to the [Aragon.org](https://aragon.org/) ecosystem (our father project), it's now available for all token holders. Census3 allows you to create zkSnark friendly, Vocdoni-compatible censuses based on specific rules for voter eligibility. Check out the API and code here https://github.com/vocdoni/census3/ #### 3. **UI Scaffold** We've upgraded and modularized the UI components, making it easy to integrate them into your product. Give it a try in our UI scaffold web site https://vocdoni.github.io/ui-scaffold/stg/#/ #### 4. **Enhanced Vocdoni Node** Our Vocdoni Node, the core of the Vochain network, is now faster and more efficient, handling up to 50,000 votes per minute. We've also improved the SQL indexer for complex queries to the Vochain state. Learn more here https://github.com/vocdoni/vocdoni-node/ We can't wait to hear your feedback on these updates!