Zero Knowledge

Frontier ZK and cryptography interviews on consensus, PIR and other mechanism detail; talks with researchers firsthand.

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Latest2026-09-30

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1:06:30

Zero Knowledge 0923

Google Hid Its Quantum Recipe. A Bunch of Amateurs Beat It.

Google used a zero-knowledge proof to show it had found a more resource-efficient quantum attack, without publishing the circuit. Yukon turned the problem into an open competition where agents build on each other's submissions — and the field beat Google's result by more than 60%.

8 Points 5 Quotes Automated researchZero-knowledge proofs

1:01:49

Zero Knowledge 0916

Fiat-Shamir attacks are not misuse — the protocol itself is insecure

Protocols actually deployed, like GKR, can be proven to accept false statements under standard Fiat-Shamir; this is not an implementation oversight, it is a problem with the transform itself.

11 Points 8 Quotes Zero-knowledge proofsFiat-Shamir