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HITE & TESC

HITE binds a ciphertext to a ZID's identity equation: only a holder of the equation can derive the key. TESC wraps a HITE blob in a transit envelope routed by the mesh.

POST /api/hite/encrypt​

Auth: API key. Rate limit: see hiteLimiter.

{ "zid": "a1b2c3...", "plaintext": "secret", "aad": "optional" }

Response:

{ "ciphertext": "hex", "iv": "hex", "tag": "hex", "zeqond": 65392856 }

POST /api/hite/decrypt​

{ "zid": "a1b2c3...", "ciphertext": "hex", "iv": "hex", "tag": "hex", "aad": "optional" }

Response: { "plaintext": "secret" }

POST /api/tesc/send​

Wraps a HITE blob in a transit envelope and queues it for mesh delivery.

{ "toZid": "...", "ciphertext": "hex", "iv": "hex", "tag": "hex" }

Response: { "envelopeId": "...", "queued": true, "zeqond": 65392856 }

curl​

curl -X POST https://zeq.dev/api/hite/encrypt \
  -H "x-api-key: $ZEQ_API_KEY" -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"zid":"a1b2...","plaintext":"hello"}'