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Awesome little paper. I wish there were more papers like this! BTW, you guys might enjoy https://betterexplained.com https://betterexplained.com - the author ex
by tom_pulo 9y ago
Awesome little paper. I wish there were more papers like this!
BTW, you guys might enjoy https://betterexplained.com https://betterexplained.com - the author explains math concepts in new more intuitive ways.
The folks at Fermat's Library actually annotated this paper not too long ago:
https://fermatslibrary.com/s/how-to-explain-zero-knowledge-protocols-to-your-children https://fermatslibrary.com/s/how-to-explain-zero-knowledge-p...
- mih 9y agoWithout any idea of what ZKP is used for, I did not find it the explanation very intelligible. Later I found the simple explanation on Wikipedia and was able to connect the dots https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof
- mnarayan01 9y agoThe "simple" version leaves out an important bit from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof: > Peggy, being a very private person, does not want to reveal her knowledge (the secret word) to Victor or to reveal the fact of her knowledge to the world in general. Without that, the example seems overly convoluted.