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		tromp on Sept 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to explain zero-knowledge protocols to your ch... No, the zero knowledge part is that they only learn that you know a secret, but they don't learn anything about the secret. It's not about convincing others.

vintermann on Sept 26, 2022 [–]

If you get some piece of evidence that you can take to others, then you do in fact learn something about the secret.

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