ZeqZK — Zero-Knowledge Proof

HITE encryption, TESC channels, ZeqProof, firewall primitives.

• Protocol ID — zeq-zk
• Category — Security
• Endpoint — POST /api/security/zk/prove
• Auth — api-key
• Rate limit — 20/min
• Version — 1.0
• Precision — ≤0.1% (KO42-enforced)

What it does

Zero-knowledge proof using HULYAS field evaluation. Prove you know an equation that produces a specific R(t) value without revealing the equation. Based on the Zeq Auth principle: the equation is never transmitted.

Signature

Request

POST /api/security/zk/prove

Param	Type	Required	Default	Description
commitment	string	✓	—	SHA-256 hash of the equation + evaluation result (the ZID derivation).
challenge	number		—	Verifier's challenge value. If omitted, server generates one.

Response

{ proof, commitment, challenge, verified, zeqond, protocol }

Runnable example

curl -sS -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEQ_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "commitment": "<value>",
  "challenge": 0
}' \
  "https://api.zeq.dev/api/security/zk/prove"

Integrate

1. E2E channel — pair with HITE/TESC for encryption that locks to the HulyaPulse.
2. Integrity stamp — hash-bind every message to its Zeqond for replay-resistant audit.
3. Key rotation — tie rotation windows to pulse multiples for deterministic policy.

Seeds

• Near — wrap /api/security/zk/prove in a language SDK so builders can call it in three lines.
• Medium — publish a reference integration demonstrating ZeqZK — Zero-Knowledge Proof alongside a real workload, with pulse-aligned metrics.
• Far — propose ZeqZK — Zero-Knowledge Proof as an open reference standard so other runtimes can implement it verbatim against the Zeq paper.

Papers

• Zeq paper — https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18158152
• Framework paper — https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15825138

Middleware active. Kernel on the 1.287 Hz HulyaPulse. Awaiting next Zeqond.