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About ZK Hints

A curated knowledge base for developers, researchers, and enthusiasts exploring the world of Zero-Knowledge Proofs.

Welcome to zkHints, a curated knowledge base for developers, researchers, and enthusiasts exploring the world of Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs).

Whether you're just beginning your ZK journey or looking for deep technical comparisons, zkHints offers a growing collection of cheatsheets, reference materials, and learning paths — all designed to make working with ZK more accessible, practical, and fun.

Why zkHints?

Zero-Knowledge technologies are evolving rapidly, but learning resources are scattered, overly theoretical, or hard to keep up with. We created zkHints to:

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Developer Cheatsheets

Provide developer-friendly cheatsheets for ZK systems, languages, gadgets, primitives, and applications

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Guided Roadmaps

Offer guided roadmaps for ZK learners from beginner to advanced levels

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Practical Focus

Maintain a practical focus on tools, real-world use cases, and implementation details

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Research Highlights

Highlight foundational papers, terminology, and active research areas

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Meet the Bulb Wizard

Our adorable mascot — the Crystal Bulb Wizard — symbolizes the light of knowledge and the crystal clarity we aim to bring to Zero-Knowledge concepts.

You'll also meet their friends: Alice, Bob, Eve, and Mallory, reimagined in bulb form to help explain classic cryptographic roles in a more visual and playful way.

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Partners & Contributions

zkHints is community-driven and open to collaboration!

We welcome content suggestions, open-source contributions, and partner integrations. Interested in becoming a launch or strategic partner? Reach out via the GitHub repository .

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Built with Love (and Code)

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Powered by curiosity

Driven by a desire to understand and explain complex concepts

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Designed for clarity

Focused on making complex topics accessible and understandable

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Inspired by community

Built with and for the global ZK research and development community

If zkHints helps you, we'd love to hear from you — and even more, we'd love your feedback, issues, or pull requests.

Keep proving, keep learning.