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Zephyr Chain

Experimental blockchain and proof-verification research. This is a research project, not a claim of production readiness.

Project overview

Experimental blockchain and proof-verification research. This is a research project, not a claim of production readiness.

For shipped features, installation requirements, version and license, consult the latest documentation in the public repository.

SECTION 01

Documented capabilities

Capabilities and tools described in the public project documentation.

What the software does

  • Explores proof-carrying transactions, Sparse Merkle state and deterministic execution in experimental Protocol v2.
  • Implements and tests foundations for quorum-certificate consensus, cross-shard receipts, lightweight verification and token policy.
  • Includes development-only observer and local test/benchmark tools; the research targets both high throughput and low-resource verification.

Source and latest documentation ↗

SECTION 02

Architecture and integrations

Experimental protocol foundations: identities and genesis → proof-oriented object state → consensus certificates → verifiable receipts.

Architecture overview

Experimental protocol foundations: identities and genesis
proof-oriented object state
consensus certificates
verifiable receipts.

Source and latest documentation ↗

SECTION 03

Requirements and getting started

Consult docs/protocol-v2.md and docs/protocol-v2-implementation-status.md for implemented boundaries. The repository documents local quick/full correctness checks via scripts/verify-v2.sh.

Prerequisites

Go toolchainProtocol v2 documentationLocal verification tools

Quick start

  1. 1Read Protocol v2 and implementation-status documents.
  2. 2Run the documented scripts/verify-v2.sh quick checks.
  3. 3Review the full correctness gate before larger tests.
SECTION 04

Limitations and operating boundaries

No independently audited multi-operator public production mainnet is claimed. One-million TPS is an aspirational benchmark target, not measured production capacity. The observer is not a mainnet validator.

Key boundaries

Research status

No independently audited multi-operator public production mainnet is claimed.

Performance target

One-million TPS is an aspirational benchmark target, not measured production capacity.

Observer role

The observer is not a mainnet validator.

Source and latest documentation ↗