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Understanding PLONK

URL: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2019/09/22/plonk.html

Summary

Vitalik Buterin's accessible explanation of the PLONK proof system. Walks through the key innovations: universal and updatable SRS, the permutation argument over Lagrange bases, and how custom gates work. One of the most widely-read introductions to PLONK.

Related resources

• PLONK: Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge (paper, 2019)