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Happy #SnarkWeek 🦈
Why? SNARK WEEK is an educational movement running at the same time as @Discovery @SharkWeek dedicated to teaching the world about ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOFS… the ZK of ZK-SNARKS.
This ongoing thread is the foundation for #SnarkWeek
Happy #SnarkWeek 🦈
Why? SNARK WEEK is an educational movement running at the same time as @Discovery @SharkWeek dedicated to teaching the world about ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOFS… the ZK of ZK-SNARKS.
This ongoing thread is the foundation for #SnarkWeek
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WHAT IS A SNARK?
SNARKs, or Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge, enable a PROVER to convince a VERIFIER that the prover knows something (we’ll revisit these terms ‘prover’ and ‘verifier.’
WHAT IS A SNARK?
SNARKs, or Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge, enable a PROVER to convince a VERIFIER that the prover knows something (we’ll revisit these terms ‘prover’ and ‘verifier.’
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ZK-PROOFS ARE NOT NEW 💡
They were started in 1985 by TURING AWARD winners Shafi Goldasser and @silviomicali (the latter being the founder of @Algorand), and Charles Rackoff (pictured below).
Zero-Knowledge proofs won the Gödel Prize in 1993.
ZK-PROOFS ARE NOT NEW 💡
They were started in 1985 by TURING AWARD winners Shafi Goldasser and @silviomicali (the latter being the founder of @Algorand), and Charles Rackoff (pictured below).
Zero-Knowledge proofs won the Gödel Prize in 1993.
