ICI 2023 Abstract

Abstract

A zeroknowledge proof is a game between a prover and a verifier, where the aim of the prover is to present the correctness of an assertion without giving the actual proof. This enables systems to achieve privacy with transparency and, if required, compliance. Zero knowledge proofs have been used in protection of data in healthcare and other systems, anonymous verifiable voting, financial systems like digital currencies, secure exchange of digital assets, secure remote biometric authentication, secure auction, and blockchain. The challenge of zero-knowledge proofs is that they are computationally hard to produce, some implementations need a trusted third party for setup and system initialization, some require efficiency optimization methods. Moreover, common algorithms cannot resist quantum computing attacks warranting research in the area.