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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — mentioned by michaelsbradley

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 17:01:32 GMT

This paper is a great resource if you're unfamiliar with zk-SNARK and how it works: Why and How zk-SNARK Works (2019) https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07221

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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — HN submission

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:51:35 GMT

Why and How ZK-Snark Works

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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — HN submission

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 02:29:58 GMT

Why and How ZK-Snark Works

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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — mentioned by michaelsbradley

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:31:27 GMT

For Ethereum, there's Tornado Cash[1] and other projects based on zk-SNARK[2] or similar tech. I'm not sure if there's a fully decentralized equivalent for Bitcoin. [1] https://tornado.cash/ [2] Why and How zk-SNARK Works: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07221

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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — mentioned by clashmeifyoucan

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:39:42 GMT

Another nice resource for understanding zk snarks that I found easily digestible was this paper that was shared on hn a few months ago[0]. https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07221 [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24815649

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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — mentioned by michaelsbradley

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:18:10 GMT

> it’s pseudo-science to me Maybe do some background reading? For example: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07221

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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — HN submission

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:00:38 GMT

Why and How zk-Snark Works (2019)

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Why and How zk-SNARK Works — mentioned by krcz

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:24:20 GMT

I liked this PDF that starts with using modular arithmetic to prove knowledge of polynomial, using bilinear EC pairings to make it self and then, finally, encoding computations as polynomials: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.07221.pdf

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