Zero Knowledge Tolstoyan Art
3 days ago
- #zero-knowledge proof
- #Tolstoyan art
- #cryptography
- Tolstoyan art is defined as the transmission of feelings from the artist to others through external signs like movements, lines, colors, or words.
- A zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) allows a prover to convince a verifier of an assertion without revealing any extra information beyond the assertion itself.
- The author argues that Tolstoyan art acts as a ZKP: the artist asserts having experienced feelings and successfully representing them, with the secret being the specific situation where the feelings were felt.
- When experiencing true Tolstoyan art, the audience is infected by the feelings, verifying the artist's assertions without learning the secret situation, thus matching the ZKP structure.
- The author acknowledges the argument may lack structural soundness but finds the comparison interesting.