A Refresher on Zero Knowledge Proof Systems and A New Contender

Written by dusknetwork | Published 2020/07/19
Tech Story Tags: plonk | blockchain | bulletproofs | zero-knowledge-proofs | latest-tech-stories | dusk-network | good-company | what-is-plonk-zkp-system

TLDR Zero-knowledge proof systems allow you to prove that you know a ‘secret’, without actually telling and revealing the secret to the other. The mathematics used for zero-knowledge proofs is extremely powerful, and very useful, as it can be used for passwordless login, age verification, to demonstrate club membership, public key ownership, and so on, without disclosing any information. Plonk is designed by Gabizon, Williamson and Ciobotaru and is very short for ‘Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge’via the TL;DR App

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Written by dusknetwork | Fangirl of Dusk Network
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/07/19