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We study the notion of zero-knowledge secure against quantum polynomial-time verifiers (referred to as quantum zero-knowledge) in the concurrent composition setting. Despite being extensively studied in the classical setting, concurrent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-20 Prabhanjan Ananth , Kai-Min Chung , Rolando L. La Placa

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

In a recent seminal work, Bitansky and Shmueli (STOC '20) gave the first construction of a constant round zero-knowledge argument for NP secure against quantum attacks. However, their construction has several drawbacks compared to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Nai-Hui Chia , Kai-Min Chung , Takashi Yamakawa

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 proofs (ZKPs) have evolved from being a theoretical concept providing privacy and verifiability to having practical, real-world implementations, with SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge) emerging as one of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Stefanos Chaliasos , Jens Ernstberger , David Theodore , David Wong , Mohammad Jahanara , Benjamin Livshits

Zero-knowledge proofs are mathematical cryptographic methods to demonstrate the validity of a claim while providing no further information beyond the claim itself. The possibility of using such proofs to process classified and other…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-02 Sébastien Philippe , Robert J. Goldston , Alexander Glaser , Francesco d'Errico

Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge (NIZK) proofs, such as zkSNARKS, let one prove knowledge of private data without revealing it or interacting with a verifier. While existing tooling focuses on specifying the predicate to be proven, real-world…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Rahul Krishnan , Ashley Samuelson , Emily Yao , Ethan Cecchetti

In traditional e-voting protocols, privacy is often provided by a trusted authority that learns the votes and computes the tally. Some protocols replace the trusted authority by a set of authorities, and privacy is guaranteed if less than a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-10-21 Gina Gallegos-Garcia , Vincenzo Iovino , Alfredo Rial , Peter B. Roenne , Peter Y. A. Ryan

In the context of cloud computing, services are held on cloud servers, where the clients send their data to the server and obtain the results returned by server. However, the computation, data and results are prone to tampering due to the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Yancheng Zhang , Mengxin Zheng , Xun Chen , Jingtong Hu , Weidong Shi , Lei Ju , Yan Solihin , Qian Lou

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

A proof is concurrent zero-knowledge if it remains zero-knowledge when many copies of the proof are run in an asynchronous environment, such as the Internet. It is known that zero-knowledge is not necessarily preserved in such an…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Joe Kilian , Erez Petrank , Ransom Richardson

NuLink provides privacy-preserving technology for decentralized applications via APIs. Users can securely store its valuable data, trade with others and so on. To ensure the privacy and security of service provided by NuLink,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Pawn , Rookie , Zhuan Cheng

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

We consider zero knowledge interactive proofs in a richer, more realistic communication environment. In this setting, one may simultaneously engage in many interactive proofs, and these proofs may take place in an asynchronous fashion. It…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Joe Kilian , Erez Petrank , Charles Rackoff

Zero-Knowledge (ZK) protocols have been intensely studied due to their fundamental importance and versatility. However, quantum information's inherent differences significantly alter the landscape, necessitating a re-examination of ZK…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Nai-Hui Chia , Kai-Min Chung , Xiao Liang , Jiahui Liu

We study the implications of the existence of weak Zero-Knowledge (ZK) protocols for worst-case hard languages. These are protocols that have completeness, soundness, and zero-knowledge errors (denoted $\epsilon_c$, $\epsilon_s$, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Rohit Chatterjee , Yunqi Li , Prashant Nalini Vasudevan

The no-cloning theorem asserts that, unlike classical information, quantum information cannot be copied. This seemingly undesirable phenomenon is harnessed in quantum cryptography. Uncloneable cryptography studies settings in which the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-27 Or Sattath

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

Zero-knowledge proofs are an essential building block in many privacy-preserving systems. However, implementing these proofs is tedious and error-prone. In this paper, we present zksk, a well-documented Python library for defining and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Wouter Lueks , Bogdan Kulynych , Jules Fasquelle , Simon Le Bail-Collet , Carmela Troncoso

Machine learning is increasingly deployed through outsourced and cloud-based pipelines, which improve accessibility but also raise concerns about computational integrity, data privacy, and model confidentiality. Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Zhizhi Peng , Chonghe Zhao , Taotao Wang , Guofu Liao , Zibin Lin , Yifeng Liu , Bin Cao , Long Shi , Qing Yang , Shengli Zhang