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Theory to Code: Building the Breakthrough zkVM Jolt

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CHAPTER

Evolution of the Sum Check Protocol in Snark Design

The chapter explores the historical origins and challenges in promoting the sum check protocol in snark design, emphasizing the importance of minimizing cryptography. It discusses achieving speedups by removing cryptography to reduce proof costs and highlights the power and simplicity of the protocol. The speakers delve into the evolution of interactive proofs without cryptography, analogizing mathematicians convincing each other of theorems and the increasing power of proof systems with multiple provers.

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