Why zkTLS?

Why zkTLS?

Why this section matters: Explains why zkPull is non-trivial to build.

GitHub is off-chain, centralized infrastructure. Smart contracts cannot natively verify:

• PR merge status

• Repository ownership

• Contributor identity

• Issue–PR relationships

zkTLS enables zkPull to:

• Verify GitHub data via HTTPS without exposing credentials

• Generate cryptographic proofs for PR state

• Preserve privacy while maintaining verifiability

This allows zkPull to safely bridge off-chain developer activity into on-chain logic.