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Re:A quick look at zero-knowledge proofs on Monday August 17, 2026 @12:15AM (#49326507)
I put that there for a guy just like you. It’s all you look for, might as well give the dog what it begs for daily.

You’ll never become that good at anything.

You fuckin retard!

Re:A quick look at zero-knowledge proofs on Sunday August 16, 2026 @11:55PM (#49326414)
You have it backwards.

Transparency makes it hard for big criminals to move money unnoticed.

Private servers and ledgers make it way easier.

Look at the Epstein case. Convicted sex offender and child trafficker who used JPM Chase for all financials related to the activity, including involving some of the bankers and their clients - and they were able to settle with the Epstein victims for millions. A few others died randomly right after.

That is totally sealed. Unable to be seen by the likes of you and me. Crypto currency would absolutely solve that. It would open up all the transactions and people would figure it out, and dox the pedos.

You could solve all sorts of crime with transparent banking even if it was by and large anonymous.

Re:A quick look at zero-knowledge proofs on Sunday August 16, 2026 @11:47PM (#49326369)
“Turing Award”? Lol. No comment. I will say that Turing completeness is overrated. Solve a problem instead.

If you understood it, you’d have more respect for systems that are not Turing complete (and know it / don’t want to be).

Re:A quick look at zero-knowledge proofs on Sunday August 16, 2026 @11:42PM (#49326347)
Crypto clowns have no clue how web dev works. Go away
Re:A quick look at zero-knowledge proofs on Sunday August 16, 2026 @11:39PM (#49326326)
HN bans people constantly, look past the new account and dead comment thing to the info (why do I have to explain this, are you fucking stupid unable to think for yourself??)

> why would you need the proof

Precisely why ZKP is crypto tweaker nonsense - you don’t. You don’t have to mathematically prove anything. If the user provides their birthdate guess what I already know if they are over 21. Better if I validate on my end. If it relies on a super secret algorithm that can’t be cracked client side then I have a bridge to sell you.

You don’t trust the client. Unless you do. Then in that case by all means reinvent every protocol