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ZKS Working Group

The ZKS Working Group is an open, technical body responsible for the maintenance, evolution, and stewardship of the Zero-Knowledge Sovereignty (ZKS) Standard.

The Working Group operates under the principle that sovereignty guarantees must be defined by architecture and verifiable capability constraints, not by policy declarations or trust assumptions.

Scope and Responsibilities​

The ZKS Working Group is responsible for:

  • Maintaining the ZKS specification and associated normative documents
  • Reviewing and incorporating proposed changes through a formal RFC process
  • Publishing clarifications, errata, and minor revisions
  • Ensuring internal consistency, technical rigor, and auditability of the standard
  • Preserving vendor neutrality and architectural integrity

The Working Group does not certify implementations, endorse vendors, or provide commercial validation.

Participation​

Participation in the ZKS Working Group is open to:

  • Academic partners and formal verification researchers
  • System architects and security engineers
  • Cryptography and distributed systems researchers
  • Auditors, assessors, and compliance professionals
  • Organizations implementing or evaluating ZKS-compliant systems

Participation is based on technical contribution, not organizational affiliation.

Decision-Making Process​

  • Technical decisions are made by consensus where possible
  • Disputed proposals are resolved through documented technical rationale
  • All accepted changes are publicly recorded and versioned

Critical Invariant: Any proposed change that weakens or violates the formal sovereignty invariants (e.g., Kp ⊂ D) will be rejected unless accompanied by a formal proof demonstrating the validity of the new model.

The Working Group prioritizes clarity, falsifiability, and long-term security posture over backward compatibility or convenience.

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