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We construct perfect zero-knowledge probabilistically checkable proofs (PZK-PCPs) for every language in #P. This is the first construction of a PZK-PCP for any language outside BPP. Furthermore, unlike previous constructions of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Tom Gur , Jack O'Connor , Nicholas Spooner

Many seminal results in Interactive Proofs (IPs) use algebraic techniques based on low-degree polynomials, the study of which is pervasive in theoretical computer science. Unfortunately, known methods for endowing such proofs with zero…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-04-10 Alessandro Chiesa , Michael A. Forbes , Nicholas Spooner

Zero-knowledge (ZK) protocols enable software developers to provide proofs of their programs' correctness to other parties without revealing the programs themselves. Regular expressions are pervasive in real-world software, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-03 John Kolesar , Shan Ali , Timos Antonopoulos , Ruzica Piskac

We examine the power of statistical zero knowledge proofs (captured by the complexity class SZK) and their variants. First, we give the strongest known relativized evidence that SZK contains hard problems, by exhibiting an oracle relative…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-05-10 Adam Bouland , Lijie Chen , Dhiraj Holden , Justin Thaler , Prashant Nalini Vasudevan

Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) are a cryptographic primitive that allows a prover to demonstrate knowledge of a secret value to a verifier without revealing anything about the secret itself. ZKPs have shown to be an extremely powerful tool,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Nojan Sheybani , Anees Ahmed , Michel Kinsy , Farinaz Koushanfar

In this work we consider the interplay between multiprover interactive proofs, quantum entanglement, and zero knowledge proofs - notions that are central pillars of complexity theory, quantum information and cryptography. In particular, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-28 Alex B. Grilo , William Slofstra , Henry Yuen

Zero knowledge plays a central role in cryptography and complexity. The seminal work of Ben-Or et al. (STOC 1988) shows that zero knowledge can be achieved unconditionally for any language in NEXP, as long as one is willing to make a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-12 Alessandro Chiesa , Michael A. Forbes , Tom Gur , Nicholas Spooner

This paper studies the complexity classes QZK and HVQZK of problems having a quantum computational zero-knowledge proof system and an honest-verifier quantum computational zero-knowledge proof system, respectively. The results proved in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hirotada Kobayashi

The recent MIP*=RE theorem of Ji, Natarajan, Vidick, Wright, and Yuen shows that the complexity class MIP* of multiprover proof systems with entangled provers contains all recursively enumerable languages. Prior work of Grilo, Slofstra, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-31 Kieran Mastel , William Slofstra

Zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) systems have surged attention and held a fundamental role in contemporary cryptography. Zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge (zk-SNARK) protocols dominate the ZKP usage, implemented…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Qizhe Yang , Boxuan Liang , Hao Chen , Guoqiang Li

Efficient zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) have been restricted to NP statements so far, whereas they exist for all statements in PSPACE. This work presents the first practical zero-knowledge (ZK) protocols for PSPACE-complete statements by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Ashwin Karthikeyan , Hengyu Liu , Kuldeep S. Meel , Ning Luo

Non-interactive zero-knowledge (NIZK) proofs of knowledge have proven to be highly relevant for securely realizing a wide array of applications that rely on both privacy and correctness. They enable a prover to convince any party of the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Mohammed Alghazwi , Tariq Bontekoe , Leon Visscher , Fatih Turkmen

Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) are an emergent paradigm in verifiable computing. In the context of applications like cloud computing, ZKPs can be used by a client (called the verifier) to verify the service provider (called the prover) is in…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Alhad Daftardar , Brandon Reagen , Siddharth Garg

We study non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs (NIZKs) for NP satisfying: 1) statistical soundness, 2) computational zero-knowledge and 3) certified-everlasting zero-knowledge (CE-ZK). The CE-ZK property allows a verifier of a quantum proof…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Nikhil Pappu

This survey provides a comprehensive examination of verifiable computing, tracing its evolution from foundational complexity theory to modern zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive arguments of knowledge (ZK-SNARKs). We explore key…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Angold Wang

Zero-knowledge and multi-prover systems are both central notions in classical and quantum complexity theory. There is, however, little research in quantum multi-prover zero-knowledge systems. This paper studies complexity-theoretical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-01 Yusuke Kinoshita

Privacy concerns in machine learning systems have grown significantly with the increasing reliance on sensitive user data for training large-scale models. This paper introduces a novel framework combining Probably Approximately Correct…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Guilhem Repetto , Nojan Sheybani , Gabrielle De Micheli , Farinaz Koushanfar

Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) have emerged as an important cryptographic technique allowing one party (prover) to prove the correctness of a statement to some other party (verifier) and nothing else. ZKPs give rise to user's privacy in many…

Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) have emerged as a promising solution to address the scalability challenges in modern blockchain systems. This study proposes a methodology for generating and verifying ZKPs to ensure the computational integrity…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Oleksandr Kuznetsov , Anton Yezhov , Vladyslav Yusiuk , Kateryna Kuznetsova

The PCP Theorem is one of the most stunning results in computational complexity theory, a culmination of a series of results regarding proof checking it exposes some deep structure of computational problems. As a surprising side-effect, it…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2012-07-30 Luke Mathieson
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