Sovereign, privacy-first digital identity for citizens and states.

Zakapi for Governments – Digital Identity with Sovereignty and Verifiable Trust

Governments across the world are striving to digitize citizen services, from national IDs and passports to voting and social benefits. The challenge is to do this in a way that respects citizens’ privacy, ensures security, and maintains national sovereignty over critical identity infrastructure. Zakapi is the partner for governments in this journey.

We provide a turnkey digital identity platform grounded in state-of-the-art zero-knowledge cryptography, SQL-aware PLONKish circuits, and open standards—adapting ideas from systems like PoneglyphDB to work over committed national registries instead of generic databases. Every claim (identity, eligibility, entitlement) can be proven via non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs over committed datasets, giving you full control over data and deployment, and giving your citizens unparalleled privacy and convenience.

Why Governments Choose Zakapi

Sovereign Deployment

Zakapi can be deployed in your national data centers or cloud of choice. You retain complete control over the infrastructure and all cryptographic key material for issuing credentials and committing registries.

• No foreign dependencies required: If desired, you can run the entire stack—including proof systems and commitment layers—on purely national infrastructure.
• Open-source core: Our core components, including the ZK proof layer and SQL-style policy circuits, are open-source. Your experts can audit the code, inspect the circuit logic, and even fork or extend it to meet local requirements, just as they would review a database schema or query plan.
• Registry-as-commitment: Your national population registers, tax records, and entitlement datasets become cryptographically committed registries. All proofs of eligibility are derived from these commitments, never from opaque, remote services.

Standards Compliance (eIDAS, etc.)

Zakapi is built to comply with government-driven standards while adding zero-knowledge and selective disclosure on top.

• In the EU, our platform aligns with eIDAS 2.0 / European Digital Identity Wallet architecture, using W3C Verifiable Credentials, selective disclosure, and qualified electronic ledgers as needed.
• We support ISO 18013-5 for mobile driver’s licenses and ICAO 9303/9403 for digital travel credentials.
• Our ZK layer means that, instead of merely issuing a standard credential, you can prove policy-style predicates over that credential (e.g., “over 18”, “resident in this region”) via circuits analogous to SQL queries—without revealing raw attributes.

Adopting Zakapi means you’re not locked into a proprietary approach; you’re implementing a standards-based, cryptography-enhanced system that will interoperate with others and adapt as regulations evolve.

Privacy and Data Protection Leadership

Under GDPR and domestic privacy statutes, governments are obliged to minimize data sharing and secure citizen information. Zakapi’s architecture enforces these principles cryptographically:

• Citizens share only the answers needed for a given service (e.g., “eligible / not eligible”, “age ≥ 18”), via non-interactive ZK proofs over committed registries, not raw data.
• Personal data remains in authoritative systems or with the citizen’s wallet—not replicated across dozens of agency databases.
• This drastically reduces the breach surface and embodies “Privacy by Design” and “Privacy by Default” in a way that auditors can verify by inspecting the circuits and commitment logic.

For example, the Spanish DPA has explicitly noted that zero-knowledge proofs help fulfill GDPR Article 25 obligations. Deploying Zakapi gives you a concrete, math-backed way to demonstrate proactive compliance.

National Digital ID Integration

If you already have a national ID card or digital ID solution (smartcard, PKI tokens, etc.), Zakapi complements and upgrades it rather than replacing it:

• Your existing eID becomes a trusted credential issuer in the Zakapi wallet, feeding into our ZK proof layer.
• Citizens keep a familiar root of trust—their government-issued ID—now enhanced with selective disclosure and ZK proof capabilities.
• Instead of just authenticating citizens, you enable them to prove attributes about themselves to public and private services (e.g., “over 18”, “resident in region X”, “holds a valid license”) without exposing full identity details like name or ID number.

Many governments (Belgium, Germany, etc.) are exploring selective disclosure ID cards; Zakapi is a ready-made, Poneglyph-style proof engine behind such initiatives.

One Platform, Many Uses

Zakapi covers the full spectrum of government–citizen interactions, with each use case backed by policy-like queries over committed data and non-interactive ZK proofs:

Citizen Authentication

• Provide single sign-on for e-government services.
• Zakapi can act as a country-wide OIDC Identity Provider, where citizens authenticate using their wallet.
• Instead of passwords or fragile SMS OTP, services receive cryptographically verifiable assertions tied to a committed registry, reducing account recovery and fraud.

Permit & License Management

• Issue digital versions of licenses (driving, business, firearms, etc.) as verifiable credentials.
• Law enforcement and agencies can verify validity offline via QR or NFC, using a proof derived from an up-to-date commitment, not a live database lookup.
• Built-in ZK policies allow checks like “license valid and not revoked” without disclosing extraneous details.

Social Welfare & Healthcare

• Verify eligibility for benefits programs without collecting full financial or medical records.
• A tax authority or social services agency issues a credential with relevant data; Zakapi’s ZK circuits then prove predicates such as “income below threshold” or “has valid prescription” without revealing exact values.
• This matches the Poneglyph-style idea of running a query over a committed dataset, but here the result is a privacy-preserving eligibility proof.

E-Voting

• Implement pilots or full-scale e-voting with end-to-end verifiability.
• Zakapi handles voter authentication and eligibility via ZK proofs. Each ballot is tied to an anonymous but verified voter, preventing fraud and double voting.
• We integrate with voting systems like ElectionGuard: Zakapi ensures only legitimate, unique voters participate, while separate cryptographic machinery ensures ballot secrecy and tally verifiability.

Cross-Border Recognition

• Through adherence to international standards (W3C, eIDAS, ISO, ICAO), credentials issued through Zakapi can be recognized abroad.
• A foreign government or service can verify a Zakapi credential—subject to citizen consent—just by checking the proof and public keys corresponding to your national commitments.
• This enables cross-border scenarios like business licensure checks, tourist age verification, or trusted access to foreign public services, without exporting underlying registries.

High Security & Assurance

Government deployments benefit from the highest assurance levels:

• All cryptographic modules can run in FIPS 140-2 certified HSMs, if required.
• Role-based access and multi-signature approval for issuing or revoking credentials, to prevent rogue issuance.
• Support for qualified electronic signatures and seals, so attributes carry legal weight.
• Detailed audit logs and analytics for oversight bodies: because proofs are bound to types of queries and commitments, you can provide regulators with aggregate evidence like “only necessary data was requested in 2025” without exposing individual records.

Citizen Empowerment and Trust

By deploying Zakapi, governments send a clear signal: services will improve, but privacy will be protected by design and by math.

• Citizens hold their credentials in wallets and can see every usage event.
• Agencies see only minimal, proof-backed answers, not entire profiles.
• This transparency and control builds trust, which is crucial for adoption. The more citizens trust the system, the more they will use digital channels—unlocking cost savings, efficiency, and better service delivery.

Case Study Examples (Hypothetical)

Republic of Exampleland – National ID Wallet

Exampleland integrated Zakapi with its existing national ID infrastructure and registry.

• 10 million citizens received digital ID credentials via Zakapi, bound to commitments over the national population register.
• 50+ e-government services (tax filing, vehicle registration, voting registration, etc.) now accept ZK-backed proofs for login and eligibility.
• The data protection agency praised the system for drastically reducing inter-agency data sharing; agencies receive only the proof that a policy condition holds.
• In the first year, Exampleland saw a 70% drop in account recovery tickets thanks to passwordless wallet login, and zero major identity-related security incidents.

State of Innovatia - Welfare Benefits

Innovatia’s social services department modernized welfare distribution using Zakapi.

• Applicants prove unemployment status and income bracket via credentials from the labor department and tax authority.
• Proofs reveal only eligibility outcomes (e.g., “meets subsidy conditions”), not full financial histories.
• Privacy groups, initially skeptical, endorsed the system after reviewing the zero-knowledge proof flows and open-source circuits, confirming minimal disclosure.
• Fraud attempts dropped significantly because eligibility proofs can only be generated from authoritative, committed datasets, saving the state millions.

Freedonia – E-Voting Pilot

Freedonia ran a Zakapi-powered e-voting pilot in one region.

• Voters received a credential confirming they are registered and have not yet voted, anchored to a committed voter roll.
• They cast ballots through a system that accepted a Zakapi proof of eligibility and single-use status, ensuring no double voting or impersonation.
• The result: 0 cases of voter impersonation, high voter satisfaction, and a blueprint to expand secure e-voting nationally.
• Freedonia’s election commission released a public report including cryptographic evidence—commitments, proofs, and verification procedures—demonstrating election integrity to domestic and international observers.

Getting Started for Governments

We understand that government procurement and onboarding are complex. Zakapi is designed to fit that reality.

On-Premise Trials

• We can set up a pilot instance in your government cloud or data center as a proof-of-concept.
• Your cybersecurity teams can inspect the open-source core, ZK circuits, and deployment scripts, and run internal penetration and compliance tests.
• Trials can use test data and limited user populations to validate flows before scaling.

Training & Knowledge Transfer

• We offer training for government IT teams and administrators on:
• DID/VC concepts and open identity standards,
• Zero-knowledge proofs and committed registries,
• Administering Zakapi and interpreting proofs and logs.
• The goal is to build internal capacity so you can operate and evolve the system independently if you choose.

Professional Services

Our team and integration partners help map your country’s needs onto Zakapi’s open framework:

• Customizing wallet UI to national branding and languages.
• Integrating local crypto algorithms or national cryptographic suites where required.
• Modeling your existing registries (population, tax, welfare, etc.) as committed datasets and designing the policy circuits (the “queries”) that back your key use cases.

Policy and Legal Alignment

We also support the legal and policy side:

• Templates and guidance for recognizing verifiable credentials and ZK proofs as official evidence.
• Best practices for privacy notices and transparency statements for citizens.
• Mapping regulatory requirements (GDPR, eIDAS, local laws) to concrete cryptographic controls and proof patterns, so compliance is demonstrable and auditable.

Conclusion

Zakapi empowers governments to deliver digital services that are privacy-preserving, secure, and convenient—turning the often conflicting goals of security, privacy, and sovereignty into a win–win backed by mathematics.

By leveraging open technology, committed registries, and non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs, you set a new bar for digital governance. With Zakapi, you can credibly say to your citizens:

“We will serve you better and respect your privacy.

We don’t ask you to take it on faith—here’s the math to prove it.”