Zero-Knowledge Proof - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org ![rw-book-cover|200x400](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article4.6bc1851654a0.png) ## Metadata - Author: **en.wikipedia.org** - Full Title: Zero-Knowledge Proof - Wikipedia - Category: #articles - Tags: #epistemology - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof ## Highlights - 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