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+# Nostr poll event
+
+## Purpose
+-define new standardized event kind for voting polls
+
+## Poll format
+
+{
+  "id": <32-bytes lowercase hex-encoded sha256 of the the serialized poll event data>
+  "pubkey": <32-bytes lowercase hex-encoded public key of the poll event creator>,
+  "created_at": <unix timestamp in seconds>,
+  "kind": 6969,
+  "tags": [
+    ["e", <32-bytes hex of the id of another event>, <recommended relay URL>],
+    ["p", <32-bytes hex of the key>, <recommended relay URL>],
+  ],
+  "content": <arbitrary string>,
+  "sig": <64-bytes hex of the signature of the sha256 hash of the serialized event data, which is the same as the "id" field>
+}
+
+## TODO
+
+-define basic polling features
+-define basic polling format
+-outline polling NIP
+-publish RFC to nostr dev community
+-implement polls in 1 relay
+-implement polls in 2 clients
+-send pull request to nostr-protocol/NIPs
+-merge with nostr-protocol/NIPs