zero-knowledge proof

zero-knowledge proof

English

Noun

zero-knowledge proof (plural zero-knowledge proofs)

1. (cryptography) An interactive method for one party to prove to another that a (usually mathematical) statement is true, without revealing anything other than the veracity of the statement.
   • 2020, Lorne Lantz; Daniel Cawrey, Mastering Blockchain, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 185:

     Implementation of a zero-knowledge proof significantly improves the privacy and security of many systems. However, it introduces additional costs in processing power and hard drive space.

Translations

interactive method

Chinese: Mandarin: 零知識證明／零知识证明 (língzhīshi zhèngmíng) Finnish: nollatietotodistus French: preuve à divulgation nulle de connaissance f German: Zero-Knowledge-Beweis m, kenntnisfreier Beweis m

See also

• proof of work

Further reading

• zero-knowledge proof on Wikipedia.Wikipedia