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How to prove you know a secret without giving it away

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Re: How to prove you know a secret without giving it away

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zero-knowledge proof is very nice... and could be used to prove election results: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/466.pdf

As demonstrated in central north america recently the real challenge isn't in proving election results .. it's in the greater social challenge of propagating belief and trust in the results in the face of concerted efforts to widely undermine such.

That's a whole other kettle of fish.

Re: How to prove you know a secret without giving it away

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post #4

zero-knowledge proof is very nice... and could be used to prove election results: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/466.pdf

As demonstrated in central north america recently the real challenge isn't in proving election results .. it's in the greater social challenge of propagating belief and trust in the results in the face of concerted efforts to widely undermine such. That's a whole other kettle of fish.

The technobabble would probably erode confidence more than help the situation in the US, no matter how demonstrably true it is.

Re: How to prove you know a secret without giving it away

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post #5
post #4

zero-knowledge proof is very nice... and could be used to prove election results: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/466.pdf

As demonstrated in central north america recently the real challenge isn't in proving election results .. it's in the greater social challenge of propagating belief and trust in the results in the face of concerted efforts to widely undermine such. That's a whole other kettle of fish.

"Central north america" is a really weird way of saying "the US."

Re: How to prove you know a secret without giving it away

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post #4

zero-knowledge proof is very nice... and could be used to prove election results: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/466.pdf

As demonstrated in central north america recently the real challenge isn't in proving election results .. it's in the greater social challenge of propagating belief and trust in the results in the face of concerted efforts to widely undermine such. That's a whole other kettle of fish.

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Re: How to prove you know a secret without giving it away

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Side topic, but why does something relatively respectable like Quanta Magazine need a reading progress bar? These odd decisions truly amaze me sometimes.

Why does the web need half the chaff it has these days? That's why I love YComb, it's a simple text site. Marketing ruined the Internet.
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