{"id":159806,"date":"2023-03-08T07:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/computer-scientist-explains-one-concept-in-5-levels-of-difficulty"},"modified":"2023-03-08T07:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T13:26:58","slug":"computer-scientist-explains-one-concept-in-5-levels-of-difficulty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/computer-scientist-explains-one-concept-in-5-levels-of-difficulty","title":{"rendered":"Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fOGdb1CTu5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Using a variety of techniques, Amit breaks down what zero-knowledge proofs are and why it\u2019s so exciting in the world of cryptography.<\/p>\n<p>Amit Sahai, PhD, is a professor of computer science at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Still haven\u2019t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7\">http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7<\/a><br \/> Listen to the Get WIRED podcast \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/wired-ytc-desc\">https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/wired-ytc-desc<\/a>.<br \/> Want more WIRED? Get the magazine \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.wired.com\/subscribe\/splits\/wired\/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ\">https:\/\/subscribe.wired.com\/subscribe\/splits\/wired\/WIR_YouTu\u2026ription_ZZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WIRED:<\/p>\n<p>Instagram \u25ba\u25ba<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/wired\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/wired<\/a>.<br \/> Twitter \u25ba\u25ba<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wired\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wired<\/a>.<br \/> Facebook \u25ba\u25ba<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wired\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wired<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/wrd.cm\/DailyYT\">https:\/\/wrd.cm\/DailyYT<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/computer-scientist-explains-one-concept-in-5-levels-of-difficulty\">Continue reading \u201cComputer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Using a variety of techniques, Amit breaks down what zero-knowledge proofs are and why it\u2019s so exciting in the world of cryptography. Amit Sahai, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1625],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-encryption"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}