For those more technically inclined: Zero Knowledge Proof (with Avi Wigderson) - Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ovdoxnfFVc
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
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#22> In the real-world, we obviously wouldn’t be able to manually mark the papers, they would automatically be marked based on actual data marked automatically by who, and why is outsourcing the information to an 'automatic' third-party a "proof"? Why should that third-party be trusted?
In this case the third party could be the employer that pays the salary, or the bank that receives it. The decision to trust the issuer or not is down to the entity viewing the information, and depends on the particular requirements of the situation. A zero-knowledge proof that I am over 25 issued by my local library may be enough for the local theatre to let me in to watch a suitably rated movie, but not for the loc…
This is a different definition of proof that what I'm used to
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#23Monero is referred to as a zkp coin in this article; but afaik it is cryptonote based, using a combination of mixing and stealth-addresses and doesn't actually use zero-knowledge proofs. Did that change at some point or was this said in error?
I think this is still a fantastic article as an introduction to the concept, I hope it is not removed.