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Zero-Knowledge Proofs

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Zero-knowledge proofs let someone prove a statement is true without revealing the underlying witness. They matter as background for privacy systems, validity proofs, and off-chain verification schemes discussed around Bitcoin.

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Curated resources (3)

• Zcash Learn: What are zero-knowledge proofs? (article) Clear introduction to the core prove-without-revealing idea.
• Zcash Learn: What are zk-SNARKs? (article) Bridges the generic zero-knowledge concept to practical proof systems.
• STARK paper (article) Primary-source paper for scalable transparent proof systems.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Interactive Proofs

Direct dependents (2)

• zk-SNARKs
• zk-STARKs

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