Why learn ZK?
Every day, you share more data than necessary.
- To prove your age.
- To access a service.
- To log into an app.
What if you could prove something is true without revealing everything behind it? That’s what Zero Knowledge enables.
In just 15 minutes, you’ll understand the idea that’s quietly reshaping how privacy works online.
Course Snapshot
Zero Knowledge, Explained is a short, intuitive introduction to one of the most important ideas in modern cryptography.
In about 15 minutes of reading, you’ll build a clear mental model of what Zero Knowledge Proofs are, why they matter for privacy and trust, and how they’re already used in real systems without math, code, or technical prerequisites.
This course is for anyone curious about privacy, Web3, and how trust can work differently online.
Meet your instructor - Oskarth
Oskar Thorén is the technical lead of a new team at the Ethereum Foundation, IPTF (Institutional Privacy Task Force), focused on onboarding institutions onto Ethereum and meeting their privacy requirements. He is also writing a book on Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) at zkintro.com, and recently served as a strategic advisor at PSE. Previously, he created mopro, a tool for making client-side proving on mobile easier. He also founded and was Director of Research at Vac.dev, an R&D organization building public good protocols for the decentralized web, with a focus on privacy and communication. Website: oskarth.com Twitter: @oskarth
