--- title: What is ZKP? | daily.dev description: Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allow you to prove knowledge without revealing the information. ZKPs are used in blockchain to protect privacy while confirming... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-zkp--ge0xsioo0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is ZKP? | daily.dev og:description: Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allow you to prove knowledge without revealing the information. ZKPs are used in blockchain to protect privacy while confirming... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-zkp--ge0xsioo0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gE0XSioo0.png og:image:alt: What is ZKP? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is ZKP? **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allow you to prove knowledge without revealing the information. ZKPs are used in blockchain to protect privacy while confirming transactions. There are interactive and non-interactive ZKPs. ZKPs have applications in authentication, machine learning, online voting, and finance. However, the adoption of ZKPs is hindered by challenges in comprehension, limited learning resources, and cost. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@johndoe422** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for sharing it. It will be more fun though: https://x.com/Crypto_Texan/status/1773341849895268709 --- Tags: [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#blockchain](https://daily.dev/tags/blockchain), [#cryptography](https://daily.dev/tags/cryptography), [#finance](https://daily.dev/tags/finance), [#zero-knowledge-proofs](https://daily.dev/tags/zero-knowledge-proofs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-zkp--ge0xsioo0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is ZKP?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-zkp--ge0xsioo0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-zkp--ge0xsioo0"},"datePublished":"2024-03-29T19:32:20.397Z","dateModified":"2026-05-07T02:15:24.537Z","description":"Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allow you to prove knowledge without revealing the information. 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It will be more fun though: https://x.com/Crypto_Texan/status/1773341849895268709","datePublished":"2024-05-18T14:44:55.164Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gE0XSioo0#c-5J8po3TLj","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"john doe","url":"https://daily.dev/johndoe422"}}]} ```