# Completed ZK experiment and future work

Start with [source and scope](https://github.com/zerohourzulu/continuity/blob/main/research/zk/README.md), [recorded results](https://github.com/zerohourzulu/continuity/blob/main/research/zk/RESULTS.json), [the fingerprint-format controls](https://github.com/zerohourzulu/continuity/blob/main/research/zk/fingerprint-format/RESULTS.json) and [source provenance](https://github.com/zerohourzulu/continuity/blob/main/PUBLIC-SOURCE-PROVENANCE.json). This is a separate experimental annex to the public developer preview. The existing public Core/npm package behavior is not replaced by these captured-proof sources.

Eight named chains have 32 successful producer phases and 8 final native P checks. Two executable identities share one VM commitment. Separate Q checks remain separate evidence; general Q cryptography is not proved inside P. Current authority is not established. A finite supported comparison recorded 136 equal receipt comparisons and 216 absent-field comparisons as UNKNOWN; formal B 1 closure followed the first Count proof. Both the ordering deviation and edition differences remain retained.

Future work after the accepted finite roadmap: independent reproducibility and a clean-machine runner; complete source-image/entropy/privacy evidence; full API/payload/transition equivalence; fault/clock/reboot/load/custody testing; independent human/platform reviews; deployment, service performance and production qualification. Public evidence omits private proof bodies and is not a substitute for independent proof verification.