# tradecipher-blockchain-backed-privacy-pr

A modular, open-source platform enabling end-to-end trade lifecycle auditing across venues (options, equities) with cryptographic provenance, zero-knowledge privacy, and offline-first capabilities. The system anchors attestations of orders, fills, and post-trade events to a tamper-evident ledger while keeping sensitive payloads off-chain.

This repository provides a minimal MVP implementation in Python to satisfy tests and demonstrate the core concepts (contracts, a tamper-evident ledger, and placeholder ZK proofs). See AGENTS.md for contribution guidance and the READY_TO_PUBLISH signal when ready to publish.

## How to run (local MVP)
- Install Python 3.8+
- Install build tooling: "python3 -m pip install build"
- Run tests: ./test.sh
- Build package: python3 -m build

## Project layout
- tradecipher_blockchain_backed_privacy_pr/: Python package with contracts, ledger, zk_proofs, and adapters
- tests/: pytest test suite for core MVP
- pyproject.toml: packaging metadata for the MVP package tradecipher_blockchain_backed_privacy_pr
- AGENTS.md: architecture and contribution guidelines
- test.sh: test runner that executes tests and packaging build
- README.md: this file