#Zero Knowledge

[digitaledemocratie]

Harnessing Zero-Knowledge Protocols for Modern Authentication and Privacy

Introduction Zero-knowledge protocols represent an intriguing paradox in the realm of cryptographic technologies: they enable one party (the prover) to demonstrate knowledge of a secret to another party (the verifier) without disclosing the secret itself. Originating from foundational work by Goldwasser, Micali, and Rackoff, these protocols have evolved into powerful tools for secure…

[36crypto]

Weekly Crypto Updates: New Ledger Wallet, DeepMind AI Hits Silver-medal Standard, MEW Joins WhiteBIT Lending Program

The social network X is under scrutiny by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) after numerous reports emerged that a change to its default settings allowed X users’ data to be used to train the artificial intelligence of Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok. Although the encrypted email service ProtonMail provided X subscribers with instructions on how to disable the default settings, some were still…

[christophbergmann]

Worldcoin vs. Spanien: Höchstes Gericht des Landes untersagt Iris Scans

Worldcoin vs. Spanien: Höchstes Gericht des Landes untersagt Iris Scans Worldcoin (WDC) verteilt Token für Menschen, die sich die Iris scannen lassen, um einen "Proof of Humanity" zu schaffen. In Spanien schieben die Aufsicht für Datenschutz und das höchste Gericht dem Projekt einen Riegel vor.

Worldcoin (WDC) verteilt Token für Menschen, die sich die Iris scannen lassen, um einen “Proof of Humanity” zu schaffen. In Spanien schieben die Aufsicht für Datenschutz und das höchste Gericht dem Projekt einen Riegel vor. Continue reading Worldcoin vs. Spanien: Höchstes Gericht des Landes untersagt Iris Scans

[rejoiceinsilverlight]

the suit isn't complete until martha kent says so 🗣🗣🗣

[time-speculo]

coping with the fact that i can't read the latest volumes because the translation isn't caught up yet by violently drawing them for 3 days straight

[notbecauseofvictories]

Last post, I promise, but I do think it’s good and important to see local art (defining that term as broadly as possible) but in my experience you have to put up with the little kick of embarrassment you feel witnessing something too earnest, a little clumsy, not polished within an inch of its life or in step with prevailing trends.

I’m thinking of the dance performances I saw this weekend, but also last week’s street festival, where I watched short films and walked through local art exhibits; I’m thinking about Chicago’s outsider art museum, and even the elaborately decorated (ostensibly tacky) yards I see in rural Illinois, but South Carolina and Tennessee before that, and Michigan before that. Maybe I should cast an even broader net: my aunt’s cross stitch, my grand-aunt’s horrible poetry; the art they display at the nearby retirement community and the halfway house too, which comes from the residents.

If you’re not used to leaving space for that little kick, you might turn away or scoff at all this small, fumbling art. But I think there’s value in forcing yourself to look beyond that initial stab of secondhand embarrassment---to actually appreciate the art in front of you as an expression of something deeply human. You don’t have to think it’s objectively good, or even subjectively good. You don’t have to pretend that a local woman with a talent for oils is the next [INSERT FAMOUS ARTIST HERE]. But I do think you have to appreciate it, because otherwise there is no entrance into making art yourself.

And that, more than anything, is worth preserving.

[benevolenterrancy]

Drawing prompt- qing jing peak disciples hanging out with the gusu lan clan disciples (+jin ling) 🫶 (love your art btw)

they're supposed to be promoting inter-sect goodwill, but only two of them seem to have gotten that memo

[asynca]

in the strongest possible terms, I hope this woman goes bankrupt and dies alone under a bridge

[chamerionwrites]

Also it brings me zero pleasure to be Cassandra here, but “mass deportation” is a synonym for murder. I need you all to understand this. Even in the absolute best case scenario, it means large numbers of people being warehoused in slapdash facilities where illness spreads quickly and medical care is inadequate. It means government contractors providing food, trying to make a killing, and inevitably cutting corners on costs/quality/safety. It means police violence against people being rounded up. It means US citizen children being removed from their families or deported with them. It means people being returned to countries they fled in fear of their lives, and killed by domestic abusers/gangs/governments. It means bureaucratic mixups (/apathy/malice) that result in people getting dropped off in dangerous cities that they’ve never even visited late at night.

It means all of this and more, and if the government comes for your neighbors you should respond as if you are witnessing an attempted murder.

[suddenly-frankenstein]

there's a lycanthrope on the bus and he's heading for us

[soupsandstars]

some x-men sketching!

[digitaledemocratie]

zkVoting: A Novel Approach to Coercion-Resistant and End-to-End Verifiable Electronic Voting

The paper introduces zkVoting, an innovative electronic voting system that aims to address two critical challenges in remote voting: coercion resistance and end-to-end (E2E) verifiability. By leveraging a novel cryptographic primitive called nullifiable commitments, zkVoting offers a promising solution that balances security, privacy, and practicality. The Need for Secure Remote Voting As…

[netzieart]

Half-serious half-shitpost half-half-baked fanfic idea. Based on that one lightcone artwork

[christophbergmann]

Der Durchbruch? Ethereum-L2 stellt Mainchain weit in den Schatten

Der Durchbruch? Ethereum-L2 stellt Mainchain weit in den Schatten

Blockchains, heißt es gerne, skalieren nicht onchain, sondern offchain. Auf Ethereum verwirklicht sich dies derzeit: Mehr als 80 Prozent der Transaktionen werden außerhalb der Mainchain abgewickelt. Unter den zahlreichen Plattformen tut sich vor allem eine hervor. Continue reading Untitled

[bethanydelleman]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you bring credentials instead of evidence to an argument, you must be in want of a loss.

However well known the source of your education, your experience ought to make you better at citing evidence, not at demanding absolute acceptance of anything you happen to say, related or unrelated to your field of interest.

To be considered accomplished, a debtor must have a thorough knowledge of the source material.

[ore-ion]

HTTYD rewatch and i can't remove that one scene from brain, same goes with these two

[Keferon's monter hunter au]