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We introduce Zero-Knowledge Location Privacy (ZKLP), enabling users to prove to third parties that they are within a specified geographical region while not disclosing their exact location. ZKLP supports varying levels of granularity,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Jens Ernstberger , Chengru Zhang , Luca Ciprian , Philipp Jovanovic , Sebastian Steinhorst

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) are becoming a new digital financial tool aimed at financial inclusion, increased monetary stability, and improved efficiency of payment systems, as they are issued by central banks. One of the most…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Santanu Mondal , T. Chithralekha

Federated learning (FL) has been widely adopted in various fields of study and business. Traditional centralized FL systems suffer from serious issues. To address these concerns, decentralized federated learning (DFL) systems have been…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Mojtaba Ahmadi , Reza Nourmohammadi

This paper proposes a three-step Secret Santa algorithm with setup that leverages Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) to set up gift sender/receiver relations while maintaining the sender's confidentiality. The algorithm maintains a permutational…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Artem Chystiakov , Kyrylo Riabov

We construct a publicly-verifiable non-interactive zero-knowledge argument system for QMA with the following properties. 1. Transparent setup. Our protocol only requires a uniformly random string (URS) setup. The only prior…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 James Bartusek , Ruta Jawale , Justin Raizes , Kabir Tomer

Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) have emerged as a powerful tool for secure and privacy-preserving computation. ZKPs enable one party to convince another of a statement's validity without revealing anything else. This capability has profound…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Alhad Daftardar , Jianqiao Mo , Joey Ah-kiow , Benedikt Bünz , Siddharth Garg , Brandon Reagen

Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are the cornerstone of programmable cryptography. They enable (1) privacy-preserving and verifiable computation across blockchains, and (2) an expanding range of off-chain applications such as credential…

Performance · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Thomas Gassmann , Stefanos Chaliasos , Thodoris Sotiropoulos , Zhendong Su

This paper presents a framework for securing blockchain-based IoT systems by integrating Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) within a Hyperledger Fabric environment. The proposed framework leverages PUFs…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Daniel Commey , Sena Hounsinou , Garth V. Crosby

We propose three constructions of classically verifiable non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs and arguments (CV-NIZK) for QMA in various preprocessing models. - We construct a CV-NIZK for QMA in the quantum secret parameter model where a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-16 Tomoyuki Morimae , Takashi Yamakawa

Zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge (zkSNARK) allows a party, known as the prover, to convince another party, known as the verifier, that he knows a private value $v$, without revealing it, such that $F(u,v)=y$ for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Ali Rahimi , Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali

Traditional centralized scholarship evaluation processes typically require students to submit detailed academic records and qualification information, which exposes them to risks of data leakage and misuse, making it difficult to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Yi Chen , Bin Chen , Peichang Zhang , Da Che

In the current digital landscape, supply chains have transformed into complex networks driven by the Internet of Things (IoT), necessitating enhanced data sharing and processing capabilities to ensure traceability and transparency.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Amir Jabbari , Gowri Ramachandran , Sidra Malik , Raja Jurdak

We present the first constructions of single-prover proof systems that achieve perfect zero knowledge (PZK) for languages beyond NP, under no intractability assumptions: 1. The complexity class #P has PZK proofs in the model of Interactive…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-10-13 Eli Ben-Sasson , Alessandro Chiesa , Michael A. Forbes , Ariel Gabizon , Michael Riabzev , Nicholas Spooner

Foundational results in theoretical computer science have established that everything provable, is provable in zero knowledge. However, this assertion fundamentally assumes a classical interpretation of computation and many interesting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Giulio Malavolta

Protecting secrets is a key challenge in our contemporary information-based era. In common situations, however, revealing secrets appears unavoidable, for instance, when identifying oneself in a bank to retrieve money. In turn, this may…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Pouriya Alikhani , Nicolas Brunner , Claude Crépeau , Sébastien Designolle , Raphaël Houlmann , Weixu Shi , Nan Yang , Hugo Zbinden

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

Blockchain technology is rapidly evolving, with scalability remaining one of its most significant challenges. While various solutions have been proposed and continue to be developed, it is essential to consider the blockchain trilemma --…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Md. Ahsan Habib

In principle, explanations are intended as a way to increase trust in machine learning models and are often obligated by regulations. However, many circumstances where these are demanded are adversarial in nature, meaning the involved…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Chhavi Yadav , Evan Monroe Laufer , Dan Boneh , Kamalika Chaudhuri

In this paper, we present a simple bare-bones solution of a Zero-Knowledge authentication protocol which uses non-commutative algebra and a variation of the generalized symmetric decomposition problem (GSDP) as a one-way function. The…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Pedro Hecht

This paper studies the problem of Zero-Knowledge Protocol (ZKP) and elliptic curve cryptographic implementation in a computationally limited environment, such as, the smart cards, using Java Card. Besides that, it is explained how the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-09-01 Carlos Andres Agudelo Serna