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Re:Show HN: Zero-Knowledge Proofs in WebAssembly by richardhod on Saturday February 09, 2019 @06:51AM (#19121864)
Here's Wikipedia on ZKPs, to give people context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof It's unclear that this is yet possible to execute satisfactorily for internet use, and smart observers I've spoken to think it's at least a couple of years away, if not more. But here's a link from the wikipedia article suggesting something's up. https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-upgrade-byzantium-is...
Re:Show HN: Zero-Knowledge Proofs in WebAssembly by askmike on Saturday February 09, 2019 @07:41AM (#19121987)
> it's unclear that this is yet possible to execute satisfactorily for internet use

What do you mean? ZCash uses zksnarks. Or did you mean browser instead of internet use?