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Re:How to explain zero-knowledge protocols to your children ... by vintermann on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:45AM (#32983042)
Try any cryptography textbook! This is the whole point of zero knowledge proofs: that you can convince someone, yet they have no evidence (i.e, "zero knowledge") that they can take to another person and expect to convince them.
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Re:How to explain zero-knowledge protocols to your children ... by tromp on Monday September 26, 2022 @10:32AM (#32983619)
No, the zero knowledge part is that they only learn that you know a secret, but they don't learn anything about the secret. It's not about convincing others.
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Re:How to explain zero-knowledge protocols to your children ... by vintermann on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:01PM (#32984808)
If you get some piece of evidence that you can take to others, then you do in fact learn something about the secret.
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