[Cryptography] Where are zero knowledge proofs actually used in the real world?
Alfie John
alfie at fastmail.com
Mon Feb 22 02:08:02 EST 2016
Zcash are using them to anonymise payments:
https://z.cash/tech.html
Our zero-knowledge proving scheme makes it possible to hide values
and other identifying information from the public. Using advanced
cryptographic techniques, users simply prove that the values balance
and that they are authorized to spend such value. (And that they have
not spent it before.)
Alfie
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