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Big Questions: What did Satoshi Nakamoto think about ZK-proofs?

Published 10/19/2023, 10:00 AM
Updated 10/19/2023, 10:20 AM
Big Questions: What did Satoshi Nakamoto think about ZK-proofs?
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From privacy coins to shiny iris-scanning orbs, zero-knowledge proofs have become synonymous with crypto, scalability and privacy.

In 2022, investors gave over $700 million in funding to companies pushing the envelope with zero-knowledge proofs. This year, ZK-proofs has arguably become one of the biggest blockchain trends, with several major Ethereum scaling protocols hitting mainnet.

Satoshi Nakamotos response to users suggesting ZK-proofs to raise the privacy of Bitcoin transactions. (Bitcointalk)
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The administrator for Bitcointalk says Nakamoto has always used The Onion Router (Tor) to access the forum. (Bitcointalk)
Privacy diagram as shown in the Bitcoin white paper. (Bitcoin.org)

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