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ZKS Community

The ZKS community consists of individuals and organizations engaged in the design, evaluation, and application of sovereign data architectures.

The community exists to advance understanding, correct misconceptions, and improve the practical applicability of the ZKS standard.

Community Activities​

Community participation may include:

  • Technical discussion of ZKS concepts and threat models
  • Review and critique of proposed RFCs
  • Sharing of implementation experiences and lessons learned
  • Identification of ambiguous or underspecified areas of the standard

Community discussions are informative, not normative.

Code of Conduct​

Community participation is governed by the following principles:

  • Technical Precedence: Technical arguments take precedence over authority or affiliation.
  • Evidence-Based: Claims must be grounded in architecture, cryptography, or demonstrable capability.
  • Professionalism: Respectful, professional discourse is required.
  • No Marketing: Vendor promotion or disparagement is not permitted.

The ZKS standard relies on adversarial review for its validity. We welcome challenges to our cryptographic and topological assumptions, provided they are backed by technical evidence or formal logic.

Relationship to the Working Group​

The community may:

  • Propose ideas and feedback
  • Submit RFCs
  • Participate in public review periods

Final authority over the standard rests with the ZKS Working Group, following the documented governance process.

ZKS is a community-developed technical standard. Governance exists to preserve technical integrity, not to grant authority or endorsement.