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Life & fun · June 8, 2025

Chaum Pedersen ZK Protocol Using gRPC

Here is the protocol worklow. Let us define g as the generator of the multiplicative cyclic group G of order q. Let us define p = 2q + 1 (a safe prime). The values p, g, a1, b1, c1 are publicly available to the prover and the verifier. a1 = g^a mod q b1 = g^b mod q c1 = g^ab mod q where a and b are cryptographically secure randomly generated numbers. prover wants to prove he knows a secret x. the prover computes y1 = g^x mod q and y2 = b1^x mod q. the prover sends y1 and y2 to the verifier. The verifier then computes a challenge value s and sends it to the prover. the prover then computes z…

Chaum Pedersen ZK Protocol Using gRPC launched on June 8, 2025 with 10 votes, #2,717 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

In plain words

This is an implementation of the Chaum Pedersen zero-knowledge proof protocol using gRPC for communication between a prover and verifier. The system enables one party to cryptographically prove knowledge of a secret value without revealing it. Using safe primes and modular arithmetic, the prover generates commitments and responds to challenges in a way that verifies the secret's existence through mathematical checks. The software is designed for developers working with cryptographic authentication and privacy-preserving verification systems.

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From the sources

Chaum Pedersen zero-knowledge protocol over gRPC in Rust - Dyslex7c/ZKP-chaum-pedersen-gRPC

Chaum Pedersen ZKP is an interactive ZK protocol that allows a prover to prove to a verifier that they know a secret discrete logarithm (say x) of a commitment without revealing x itself. The project provides a complete gRPC-based system to test out this protocol. This entire implementation provides a distributed architecture where the prover and verifier communicate over gRPC, making it suitable for applications that require remote attestation. The values <g, a₁, b₁, c₁> are publicly available to both the prover and thefrom github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Here is the protocol worklow. Let us define g as the generator of the multiplicative cyclic group G of order q. Let us define p = 2q + 1 (a safe prime). The values p, g, a1, b1, c1 are publicly available to the prover and the verifier. a1 = g^a mod q b1 = g^b mod q c1 = g^ab mod q where a and b are cryptographically…

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