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Are there deterministic and/or non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs?
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The Wikipedia page on zero-knowledge proof says
Zero-knowledge proofs are not proofs in the mathematical sense of the term because there is some small probability, the soundness error, that a cheating prover will be able to convince the verifier of a false statement. In other words, zero-knowledge proofs are probabilistic "proofs" rather than deterministic proofs. However, there are techniques to decrease the soundness error to negligibly small values.
Is it possible to prove that no zero-knowledge proof can be deterministic? What about non-interactive?
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The Wikipedia page on zero-knowledge proof says
Zero-knowledge proofs are not proofs in the mathematical sense of the term because there is some small probability, the soundness error, that a cheating prover will be able to convince the verifier of a false statement. In other words, zero-knowledge proofs are probabilistic "proofs" rather than deterministic proofs. However, there are techniques to decrease the soundness error to negligibly small values.
Is it possible to prove that no zero-knowledge proof can be deterministic? What about non-interactive?
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The Wikipedia page on zero-knowledge proof says
Zero-knowledge proofs are not proofs in the mathematical sense of the term because there is some small probability, the soundness error, that a cheating prover will be able to convince the verifier of a false statement. In other words, zero-knowledge proofs are probabilistic "proofs" rather than deterministic proofs. However, there are techniques to decrease the soundness error to negligibly small values.
Is it possible to prove that no zero-knowledge proof can be deterministic? What about non-interactive?
complexity-theory interactive-proof-systems
asked 4 hours ago
tparker
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The Wikipedia page on zero-knowledge proof says
Zero-knowledge proofs are not proofs in the mathematical sense of the term because there is some small probability, the soundness error, that a cheating prover will be able to convince the verifier of a false statement. In other words, zero-knowledge proofs are probabilistic "proofs" rather than deterministic proofs. However, there are techniques to decrease the soundness error to negligibly small values.
Is it possible to prove that no zero-knowledge proof can be deterministic? What about non-interactive?
complexity-theory interactive-proof-systems
complexity-theory interactive-proof-systems
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tparker
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At the very core of Zero Knowledge proof systems, lies the fact that proofs are published by asking the party to prove the correctness of its knowledge, via any one of many methods to verify a solution.
Since knowing the question in advance allows a party to forge another proof, the only way to get a reliable proof is via asking a random question out of a pre-determined set of questions, multiple times enough so that the chances of a cheat to pass through are practically impossible.
The probabilistic behaviour becomes inevitable from the fact that any question asked at random can be predicted with a non-zero probability, since it comes from a pre-determined set of questions. If the question to be asked was not from a set of pre-determined questions, current Zero Knowledge proofs would be deterministic.
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Goldreich and Oren, in their paper Definitions and properties of zero-knowledge proof systems, show that if the verifier is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to RP, whereas if the prover is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to BPP. See Section 4 of their paper.
Blum, de Santis, Micali and Persiano constructed noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs in their classic work Noninteractive zero-knowledge. The two parties do have to agree on a random key beforehand. Noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs have found many applications, for example to cryptocurrencies. See Wikipedia for many references.
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At the very core of Zero Knowledge proof systems, lies the fact that proofs are published by asking the party to prove the correctness of its knowledge, via any one of many methods to verify a solution.
Since knowing the question in advance allows a party to forge another proof, the only way to get a reliable proof is via asking a random question out of a pre-determined set of questions, multiple times enough so that the chances of a cheat to pass through are practically impossible.
The probabilistic behaviour becomes inevitable from the fact that any question asked at random can be predicted with a non-zero probability, since it comes from a pre-determined set of questions. If the question to be asked was not from a set of pre-determined questions, current Zero Knowledge proofs would be deterministic.
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At the very core of Zero Knowledge proof systems, lies the fact that proofs are published by asking the party to prove the correctness of its knowledge, via any one of many methods to verify a solution.
Since knowing the question in advance allows a party to forge another proof, the only way to get a reliable proof is via asking a random question out of a pre-determined set of questions, multiple times enough so that the chances of a cheat to pass through are practically impossible.
The probabilistic behaviour becomes inevitable from the fact that any question asked at random can be predicted with a non-zero probability, since it comes from a pre-determined set of questions. If the question to be asked was not from a set of pre-determined questions, current Zero Knowledge proofs would be deterministic.
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At the very core of Zero Knowledge proof systems, lies the fact that proofs are published by asking the party to prove the correctness of its knowledge, via any one of many methods to verify a solution.
Since knowing the question in advance allows a party to forge another proof, the only way to get a reliable proof is via asking a random question out of a pre-determined set of questions, multiple times enough so that the chances of a cheat to pass through are practically impossible.
The probabilistic behaviour becomes inevitable from the fact that any question asked at random can be predicted with a non-zero probability, since it comes from a pre-determined set of questions. If the question to be asked was not from a set of pre-determined questions, current Zero Knowledge proofs would be deterministic.
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At the very core of Zero Knowledge proof systems, lies the fact that proofs are published by asking the party to prove the correctness of its knowledge, via any one of many methods to verify a solution.
Since knowing the question in advance allows a party to forge another proof, the only way to get a reliable proof is via asking a random question out of a pre-determined set of questions, multiple times enough so that the chances of a cheat to pass through are practically impossible.
The probabilistic behaviour becomes inevitable from the fact that any question asked at random can be predicted with a non-zero probability, since it comes from a pre-determined set of questions. If the question to be asked was not from a set of pre-determined questions, current Zero Knowledge proofs would be deterministic.
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Goldreich and Oren, in their paper Definitions and properties of zero-knowledge proof systems, show that if the verifier is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to RP, whereas if the prover is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to BPP. See Section 4 of their paper.
Blum, de Santis, Micali and Persiano constructed noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs in their classic work Noninteractive zero-knowledge. The two parties do have to agree on a random key beforehand. Noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs have found many applications, for example to cryptocurrencies. See Wikipedia for many references.
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Goldreich and Oren, in their paper Definitions and properties of zero-knowledge proof systems, show that if the verifier is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to RP, whereas if the prover is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to BPP. See Section 4 of their paper.
Blum, de Santis, Micali and Persiano constructed noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs in their classic work Noninteractive zero-knowledge. The two parties do have to agree on a random key beforehand. Noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs have found many applications, for example to cryptocurrencies. See Wikipedia for many references.
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Goldreich and Oren, in their paper Definitions and properties of zero-knowledge proof systems, show that if the verifier is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to RP, whereas if the prover is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to BPP. See Section 4 of their paper.
Blum, de Santis, Micali and Persiano constructed noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs in their classic work Noninteractive zero-knowledge. The two parties do have to agree on a random key beforehand. Noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs have found many applications, for example to cryptocurrencies. See Wikipedia for many references.
answered 13 mins ago
Yuval Filmus
182k12171331
Goldreich and Oren, in their paper Definitions and properties of zero-knowledge proof systems, show that if the verifier is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to RP, whereas if the prover is deterministic then interactive proofs trivialize to BPP. See Section 4 of their paper.
Blum, de Santis, Micali and Persiano constructed noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs in their classic work Noninteractive zero-knowledge. The two parties do have to agree on a random key beforehand. Noninteractive zero-knowledge proofs have found many applications, for example to cryptocurrencies. See Wikipedia for many references.
answered 13 mins ago
Yuval Filmus
182k12171331
answered 13 mins ago
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answered 13 mins ago
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