# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof Topics:: #epistemology --- # Zero-knowledge proof - Wikipedia ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 280922_195418 > > In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof or zero-knowledge protocol is a method by which one party (the prover) can prove to another party (the verifier) that a given statement is true while the prover avoids conveying any additional information apart from the fact that the statement is indeed true. The essence of zero-knowledge proofs is that it is trivial to prove that one possesses knowledge of certain information by simply revealing it; the challenge is to prove such possession without revealing the information itself or any additional information