# Poll event

## Purpose

- define new standardized event kind for voting polls

## Poll format

```json
{
  "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