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Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED
WIRED has UCLA professor Amit Sahai explain zero-knowledge proofs to a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student and an expert. Each round goes deeper into the cryptography and why it matters.
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- Creator / channel
- WIRED
- Topic
- zero-knowledge proofs
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2026
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This is the best explanation I have seen [1] : "Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert." [1] [VIDEO]
jimmySixDOF on Hacker News · 2022-05
In Zero knowledge proofs in RISC-VComputer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficult [VIDEO] This video is very beautifully explains it
mohsen1 on Hacker News · 2026-07
In Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assuranceMy colleague Amit made a simple video explanation about zkp with Wired. [VIDEO] That doesn't explain the way this scheme works, but it's a nice start.
abhv on Hacker News · 2025-07
In Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology
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