Good point — if the construction satisfies VRF security (pseudorandomness + provability), the SSLE application follows naturally. The post-quantum dimension makes it particularly relevant given where Ethereum’s roadmap is heading.
One parallel that comes to mind: the same ZK primitive that enables secret leader election in consensus could enable secret participant weighting in collective decision systems — where you want a verifiable aggregate outcome without revealing individual weights or choices. Different domain, same structural property.
We’ve been exploring exactly this in a related context: https://ethresear.ch/t/designing-infrastructure-where-exploits-destroy-themselves/25348