zero-knowledge

adjective

Describing situations in which the veracity of a statement may be shown to be true without revealing any other information.

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Meanings

adjectivezero-knowledge (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesDescribing situations in which the veracity of a statement may be shown to be true without revealing any other information.

    This issue of privacy in blockchain isn't new, and many ideas have been proposed, such as keeping the data off-chain and using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to prove we did the right computation (e.g., Aleo and Aztec) or using mixnets to anonymize transactions (e.g., Tornado Cash).

    2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023
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