zero-knowledge proof en · NOUN
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An interactive method for one party to prove to another that a (usually mathematical) statement is true, without revealing anything other than the veracity of the statement.
This issue of privacy in blockchain isn't new, and many ideas have been proposed, such as keeping the data off-chain and using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to prove we did the right computation (e.g., Aleo and Aztec) or using mixnets to anonymize transactions (e.g., Tornado Cash).
2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023:Implementation of a zero-knowledge proof significantly improves the privacy and security of many systems. However, it introduces additional costs in processing power and hard drive space.
2020, Lorne Lantz, Daniel Cawrey, Mastering Blockchain, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 185:
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fr preuve à divulgation nulle de connaissance (interactive method) · es prueba de conocimiento cero (interactive method) · cmn 零知識證明 /零知识证明 (interactive method) · fi nollatietotodistus (interactive method) · es protocolo de conocimiento cero (interactive method) · de kenntnisfreier Beweis (interactive method) · de Zero-Knowledge-Beweis (interactive method)