@techreport{eli-z-protocol-00,
    number =    {draft-eli-z-protocol-00},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-eli-z-protocol/00/},
    author =    {pootBnel},
    title =     {{Z-Protocol: Zero-Handshake Adaptive Proof-of-Work Encrypted Transport Protocol}},
    pagetotal = 4,
    year =      2025,
    month =     dec,
    day =       18,
    abstract =  {This document describes Z-Protocol, an experimental transport-layer protocol that establishes secure communication without a visible handshake. Z-Protocol combines asymmetric cryptography, adaptive proof-of-work admission control, and stateless packet processing to mitigate denial-of-service attacks and reduce observable protocol metadata during connection establishment.},
}