Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar
Zero-knowledge proofs let you run a workload and receive, alongside the result, a short proof that the program ran correctly.
Key points
- Anyone can check the proof in milliseconds, without rerunning the program, without trusting whoever ran it, and without needing data on which the program was run.
- Magnetar makes major progress on all three challenges.
- It is the latest result of more than a decade of research at Microsoft Research on making zero-knowledge proofs practical.
- Zero-knowledge proofs offer a fundamentally different approach to establishing trust.
Sources (1)
- [1]Proof-based general-purpose computing with MagnetarMicrosoft Research Blog · Oct 15, 04:00 PM
Zero-knowledge proofs let you run a workload and receive, alongside the result, a short proof that the program ran correctly.
Anyone can check the proof in milliseconds, without rerunning the program, without trusting whoever ran it, and without needing data on which the program was run.
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