Minimizing Trust

The Architecture of Verifiable Secrets

by particle

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About

A comprehensive guide to Zero-Knowledge Proofs, covering:

• Foundations: polynomials, sum-check protocol, multilinear extensions
• Core protocols: GKR, polynomial commitments, FRI
• SNARK systems: Groth16, PLONK, STARKs
• Zero-knowledge techniques and optimizations
• Advanced topics: recursion, composition, practical considerations

Read the Book

• PDF: Download zkBook.pdf
• EPUB: Download zkBook.epub
• Online: Read online

Building from Source

PDF/EPUB

cd compile
./build-pdf.sh      # Build PDF
./build-epub.sh     # Build EPUB

Requires: Pandoc, Eisvogel template, mermaid-filter, XeLaTeX

Web Version

cd web
mdbook serve --open

Requires: mdBook

Repository Structure

zkBook/
├── compile/          # PDF/EPUB build scripts
├── web/src/images/   # All images (shared by web, PDF, EPUB)
├── web/              # mdBook web version
├── zkBook.pdf        # Pre-built PDF
└── zkBook.epub       # Pre-built EPUB

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