The one part I miss to be able to claim understanding of zero-knowledge protocols is anchoring the story to what one uses (modern) ZKPs for. Hoping to read that connection here in the HN comments.
Zcash is the first open, permissionless cryptocurrency that can fully protect the privacy of transactions using zero-knowledge cryptography. The Zcash client is now available for download as a command-line tool for Linux.
The one part I miss to be able to claim understanding of zero-knowledge protocols is anchoring the story to what one uses (modern) ZKPs for. Hoping to read that connection here in the HN comments.