@Zero: Technical positioning paper on Zero blockchain's L2 architecture

Zero, a blockchain, argues that Layer 2 solutions cannot inherit Layer 1 security when a small security council controls their execution logic, and it proposes protocol-level governance over upgrades instead. The paper says Zero uses multiple integrated shards called Atomicity Zones, with execution logic governed by a single enshrined governance system at the settlement layer. It describes a pure delegated proof of stake model with no self-stake requirement and no consensus-layer slashing, and a Senator model that lets home stakers delegate votes to recognized experts. Validity proofs, rather than full re-execution, are verified by settlement-layer validators.