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Proving You Know The Answer, Without Revealing It, Using Crypto Pairs and Kryptology

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It is the dream of many teachers to mark a student’s work, without actually revealing the answer. Why? Because the minute the student writes the answer, it can be revealed to their other classmates, and thus be copied. So can we prove proof of a correct answer, without revealing it? Well, we can with zk-Snarks, and which uses pairing-based…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.