Wolverine - Fast, Scalable, and Communication-Efficient Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Boolean and Arithmetic Circuits

Explore a cutting-edge presentation on Wolverine, a system for generating fast, scalable, and communication-efficient zero-knowledge proofs for Boolean and arithmetic circuits. Delve into the fundamentals of knowledge proofs, their applications, and existing proof systems. Examine the tradeoffs in current approaches and gain insights into the intuition behind Wolverine. Learn about SVLE preprocessing, verification techniques, and the innovative Cotton Bucketing method. Understand the proof protocol for both Boolean and arithmetic circuits, and discover the latest follow-up work in this rapidly evolving field of cryptography and computer science.