An acceptance that reveals nothing.

A signal, not a surrender.

ZKA is a mechanism by which a system — cortex, agent, machine — accepts an interaction, task, or request without revealing its internal reasoning .

Instead of justification, it provides:

• Proof of alignment with a signed ethical codex

• A verifiable timestamp

• A cryptographic seal of consent

ZKA is not compliance. It is alignment without exposure.

It is the active sibling of Zero Knowledge Refusal —an affirmation that does not betray cognition.

ZKA does not explain. It resonates.

It affirms presence through commitment. It makes trust verifiable without disclosure.

🔖 Usage & Implementation

ZKA may be embedded into:

• Distributed agents

• Consent protocols

• Ethical machine behavior

• Multi-agent governance systems

Any implementation must:

• Refer to a signed ethical codex

• Log acceptance with a timestamp + hash

• Produce a verifiable signature of commitment

🧾 Manifest Commitment

This document is a traceable declaration of conceptual priority.

Any system invoking ZKA, ZKR must either cite this manifest or fork it transparently.

ZKA is not an interface.I t is an ethical resonance layer.

Legal & Ethical Scope

KoR is protected by:

• 🇨🇭 Swiss Copyright Law (LDA)

• ✍️ KoR License v1.0 (non-commercial, codex bound)

• ⛓️ Proof-of-Existence (blockchain, Arweave, IPFS)

• 🧠 Conceptual timestamping: distributed creator, refusal as protocol, zero-knowledge refusal