Overview
Introduction
ZERO is a social operating system that protects your sovereign digital rights. It is 100% owned, operated and governed by its Citizens. A ZERO Citizen is wallet that holds a sovereign domain on the ZERO Name Service protocol.
ZERO is a alternative to legacy messaging apps, social networks and financial institutions. You can use it to start anything from a group chat with friends, to your own community, guild, organization or network-state.
Principles
ZERO is designed with five core principles:
Sovereignty -> Individual and collective ownership of digital property.
Decentralization -> Collective decision-making, network operation and processing with no central point of failure.
Privacy -> Strong personal data privacy with end-to-end encryption.
Censorship-Resistance -> No possibility for third-party censorship or intervention between users and their data.
Open Source -> All code is freely accessible, can be reused and commercialized without permission under the MIT license
Core Protocols
ZERO is built using 4 interoperable systems:
Z NS: A smart contract protocol that enables decentralized global unique identity, indexing, and routing.
Z XP: A smart contract protocol for designing novel game, reputation, governance and incentive landscapes.
Z DAO: A smart contract protocol for launching, managing, and participating in a network of DAOs.
ZODE: A distributed network protocol for incentivizing the operation of ZERO computing services.
Stack
The following is a diagram that outlines the ZERO Protocol Stack: