ZAP: Zero-Copy Application Protocol
For Contested, Edge, and Bandwidth-Limited Military Environments
Zach Kelling
Sovereign AIProtocolPost-QuantumEdge
Abstract
A high-performance binary serialization and RPC framework achieving 2.2 ns parse latency with zero allocations, 11.5M transactions per second, and 91% memory reduction versus JSON-RPC. Includes native post-quantum transport security (ML-KEM-768 + ML-DSA-65), decentralized identity via W3C DIDs, threshold agent consensus, and mesh discovery, analyzed for contested electromagnetic environments and tactical links.