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Amit Sahai explains the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to five people with different levels of understanding, from child to expert.

Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Using a variety of techniques, Amit breaks down what zero-knowledge proofs are and why it's so exciting in the world of cryptography. Amit Sahai, PhD, is a professor of computer science at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?sourc… Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►facebook.com/wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture. Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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This is the best explanation I have seen 1 : "Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert." 1 link to this video
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Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficult link to this video This video is very beautifully explains it
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My colleague Amit made a simple video explanation about zkp with Wired. link to this video That doesn't explain the way this scheme works, but it's a nice start.
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…s beyond blockchain: we can hand code to other people to run and then have proof they haven't altered what we agreed upon running, so we can trust the results of someone else running something. That is useful in all sorts of research for replicability in science/engineering. WIRED Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty : link to this video link link link…
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On YouTube (23 min) Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Using a variety of techniques, Amit breaks down what zero-knowledge proofs are and why it's so exciting in the world of cryptography. Amit Sahai, PhD, is a professor of computer science at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. From S1 E16 of Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED link to this video
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…the explanation / intention or the code changes, the other can be brought into sync. Beautiful post. I always hated the fact that research papers don't read like novels, eg "ohk, we tried this which was unsuccessful but then we found another adjacent approach and it helped." Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED link to this video Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Using a variety of techniques, Amit breaks down what zero-knowledge proofs are and why it's so exciting in the world of cryptography.…
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