This chapter explains the concept of trusted setup in ZKSNARK and discusses its implications, including the potential for creating faults during proving if toxic waste is not discarded. It also mentions alternative methods of trusted setup and highlights that sound sets and bulletproofs do not require trusted setups.
In this episode, we speak to Benedikt Bünz, the author of Bulletproofs, about this novel zero knowledge proof system as well as about Verifiable Delay Functions.
This is part of our Zero Knowledge Series, where we explore some of the new research in the space of Zero Knowledge research and the emerging concepts.
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