Snarky ceremonies

M Kohlweiss, M Maller, J Siim, M Volkhov - Advances in Cryptology …, 2021 - Springer
Succinct non-interactive arguments of knowledge (SNARKs) have found numerous
applications in the blockchain setting and elsewhere. The most efficient SNARKs require a …

A multi-party protocol for constructing the public parameters of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK

S Bowe, A Gabizon, MD Green - … and Data Security: FC 2018 International …, 2019 - Springer
Recent efficient constructions of zero-knowledge Succinct Non-interactive Arguments of
Knowledge (zk-SNARKs), require a setup phase in which a common-reference string (CRS) …

Subversion-zero-knowledge SNARKs

G Fuchsbauer - Public-Key Cryptography–PKC 2018: 21st IACR …, 2018 - Springer
Subversion zero knowledge for non-interactive proof systems demands that zero knowledge
(ZK) be maintained even when the common reference string (CRS) is chosen maliciously …

Mining for privacy: How to bootstrap a snarky blockchain

T Kerber, A Kiayias, M Kohlweiss - … , FC 2021, Virtual Event, March 1–5 …, 2021 - Springer
Non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs, and more specifically succinct non-interactive zero-
knowledge arguments (zk-SNARKs), have been proven to be the “Swiss army knife” of the …

Sonic: Zero-knowledge SNARKs from linear-size universal and updatable structured reference strings

M Maller, S Bowe, M Kohlweiss… - Proceedings of the 2019 …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Ever since their introduction, zero-knowledge proofs have become an important tool for
addressing privacy and scalability concerns in a variety of applications. In many systems …

Prover-efficient commit-and-prove zero-knowledge SNARKs

H Lipmaa - Progress in Cryptology–AFRICACRYPT 2016: 8th …, 2016 - Springer
Zk-SNARKs (succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge arguments of knowledge) are needed
in many applications. Unfortunately, all previous zk-SNARKs for interesting languages are …

Formalizing soundness proofs of SNARKs

B Bailey, A Miller - Cryptology ePrint Archive, 2023 - eprint.iacr.org
Abstract Succinct Non-interactive Arguments of Knowledge (SNARKs) have seen interest
and development from the cryptographic community over recent years, and there are now …

Scalable multi-party computation for zk-SNARK parameters in the random beacon model

S Bowe, A Gabizon, I Miers - Cryptology ePrint Archive, 2017 - eprint.iacr.org
Zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive arguments of knowledge (zk-SNARKs) have
emerged as a valuable tool for verifiable computation and privacy preserving protocols …

Non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs for composite statements

S Agrawal, C Ganesh, P Mohassel - … , Santa Barbara, CA, USA, August 19 …, 2018 - Springer
The two most common ways to design non-interactive zero-knowledge (NIZK) proofs are
based on Sigma protocols and QAP-based SNARKs. The former is highly efficient for …

Doubly-efficient zkSNARKs without trusted setup

RS Wahby, I Tzialla, A Shelat, J Thaler… - … IEEE Symposium on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a zero-knowledge argument for NP with low communication complexity, low
concrete cost for both the prover and the verifier, and no trusted setup, based on standard …