zero-knowledge

English

Adjective

zero-knowledge (not comparable)

  1. (logic) Describing situations in which the veracity of a statement may be shown to be true without revealing any other information.
    • 2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 June 2023:
      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).

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