diff -r abe178b3197e -r 11b46fa92a85 handouts/ho06.tex --- a/handouts/ho06.tex Thu Nov 05 02:11:13 2015 +0000 +++ b/handouts/ho06.tex Thu Nov 05 03:57:27 2015 +0000 @@ -593,8 +593,10 @@ are.\footnote{\url{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP_(complexity)}} They are the building blocks for zero-knowledge proofs. Zero-Knowldege proofs are not yet widely used in production -systems, but it is slowly gaining ground. One application -where they pop up are crypto currencies. +systems, but it is slowly gaining ground. One area of application +where they pop up is crypto currencies (for example Zerocoins +or how to make sure a Bitcoin exchange is solvent without +revealing its assets). If you want to brush up on the modular logarithm problem, the Khan Academy has a nice video: