Zero-knowledge privacy infrastructure

REVEAL THE PROOF.
NOT THE INFORMATION.

Prove that a statement is true without exposing the private data behind it. Explore privacy-preserving verification built around cryptographic commitments and zero-knowledge proof systems.

Private input

not disclosed

Proof engine

simulated

Verifier

claim + receipt

conceptual proof flowwitness → statement → verification
01Private claims
02Zero-knowledge proofs
03Nullifier-based protection
04Public verification
How it works

A claim can be public. The witness does not have to be.

The interface below separates the secret used by a prover from the statement a verifier receives. In this MVP, the engine is intentionally simulated.

01

Private input

A local witness is supplied to the proof-generation interface.

02

Define the claim

Only the condition required by the verifier becomes public.

03

Generate proof

A real system would apply a circuit, witness, and proof algorithm.

04

Verify

The verifier checks the proof against public inputs and configuration.

GHOSTSTATE PROOF LAB

A browser-only simulation of a private threshold claim.

SIMULATED PROOF WORKFLOW

01 / Private input

Private values never leave this browser in the demonstration.

02 / Public statement

Claim type
Threshold satisfaction
Public claim
Private value is at least 500.
Identifier
claim_threshold_01
Status
Not generated
Cryptographic primitives

COMMITMENT LAB

Bind a private value to a canonical SHA-256 payload while keeping the salt private.

WEB CRYPTO API
Commitment hash

Create a commitment to calculate a digest.

ONE AUTHORIZATION. ONE VALID USE.

A local registry demonstration for duplicate-use prevention. Browser-only and bypassable.

DEMO REGISTRY
Derived nullifier
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Authorization

Unset

Nullifier

Unused

First-use timestamp

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Duplicate attempt

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Verification surface

PUBLIC VERIFICATION EXPLORER

Example records only. No live verification metrics.

DEMO DATA
Proof identifierCircuitPublic inputsResultTimestamp
Real ZK architecture

Design for the system you want to verify.

Circuit

Defines the mathematical conditions.

Private witness

Secret inputs used to construct a proof.

Public inputs

Values intentionally disclosed to the verifier.

Prover / verifier

Generate and check a proof under known assumptions.

PRIVATE WITNESS + CIRCUIT → PROOF GENERATION → PROOF + PUBLIC INPUTS → VERIFICATION

A proof may still leak information if the circuit, public inputs, or application design are incorrect. The simulation above makes no claim of zero-knowledge security.

Protocol notes

Documentation is part of the security boundary.

A credible privacy system documents what is private, what is public, and what assumptions verification relies on.