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Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning, have led to widespread adoption across various applications. Yet, a fundamental challenge persists: how can we verify the correctness of AI model inference when…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Yunxiao Wang

In a proof of knowledge (PoK), a verifier becomes convinced that a prover possesses privileged information. In combination with zero-knowledge proof systems, PoKs play an important role in security protocols such as in digital signatures…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-17 Anne Broadbent , Alex B. Grilo , Nagisa Hara , Arthur Mehta

This paper introduces quantum analogues of non-interactive perfect and statistical zero-knowledge proof systems. Similar to the classical cases, it is shown that sharing randomness or entanglement is necessary for non-trivial protocols of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hirotada Kobayashi

Zero-knowledge proofs have always provided a clear solution when it comes to conveying information from a prover to a verifier or vice versa without revealing essential information about the process. Advancements in zero-knowledge have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Aritra Banerjee , Michael Clear , Hitesh Tewari

A new interactive quantum zero-knowledge protocol for identity authentication implementable in currently available quantum cryptographic devices is proposed and demonstrated. The protocol design involves a verifier and a prover knowing a…

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

The application of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) in autonomous systems is an emerging area of research, motivated by the growing need for regulatory compliance, transparent auditing, and trustworthy operation in decentralized environments.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Munawar Hasan , Apostol Vassilev , Edward Griffor , Thoshitha Gamage

-Wireless body area network(WBAN) has shown great potential in improving healthcare quality not only for patients but also for medical staff. However, security and privacy are still an important issue in WBANs especially in multi-hop…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-02-03 Nesrine Khernane , Maria Potop-Butucaru , Claude Chaudet

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

In this paper we propose a definition for (honest verifier) quantum statistical zero-knowledge interactive proof systems and study the resulting complexity class, which we denote QSZK. We prove several facts regarding this class that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Watrous

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

We study the relationship between problems solvable by quantum algorithms in polynomial time and those for which zero-knowledge proofs exist. In prior work, Aaronson [arxiv:quant-ph/0111102] showed an oracle separation between BQP and SZK,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-07-09 Benjamin Morrison , Adam Groce

With the proliferation of decentralized applications (DApps), the conflict between the transparency of blockchain technology and user data privacy has become increasingly prominent. While Decentralized Identity (DID) and Verifiable…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Hui Yuan

The on-demand mobility market, including ridesharing, is becoming increasingly important with e-hailing fares growing at a rate of approximately 130% per annum since 2013. By increasing utilization of existing vehicles and empty seats,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Wanxin Li , Collin Meese , Hao Guo , Mark Nejad

Zero-knowledge proofs allow verification of computations without revealing private information. However, existing systems require memory proportional to the computation size, which has historically limited use in large-scale applications…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Logan Nye

Crypto-wallets or digital asset wallets are a crucial aspect of managing cryptocurrencies and other digital assets such as NFTs. However, these wallets are not immune to security threats, particularly from the growing risk of quantum…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Yathin Kethepalli , Rony Joseph , Sai Raja Vajrala , Jashwanth Vemula , Nenavath Srinivas Naik

How someone can get health insurance without sharing his health information? How you can get a loan without disclosing your credit score? There is a method to certify certain attributes of various data, either this is health metrics or…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-06-18 Stavros Kassaras , Leandros Maglaras

A recent breakthrough [Hirahara and Nanashima, STOC'2024] established that if $\mathsf{NP} \not \subseteq \mathsf{ioP/poly}$, the existence of zero-knowledge with negligible errors for $\mathsf{NP}$ implies the existence of one-way…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Suvradip Chakraborty , James Hulett , Dakshita Khurana , Kabir Tomer

Zero-knowledge proof system is an important protocol that can be used as a basic block for construction of other more complex cryptographic protocols. Quantum zero-knowledge protocols have been proposed but, since their implementation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-01-07 Rubens Viana Ramos , Jose Claudio do Nascimento

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