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For Bhardwaj and other true believers, Dark Forest is proof of several new concepts at once. First, he demonstrates how advanced cryptography can be used to add new features to online worlds. Dark Forest-inspired developers and computer scientists are already exploring new games and apps that take advantage of zero-knowledge proofs.
Gubsheep and others have even launched an R&D organization, called 0xPARC (a reference to PARC, the storied R&D company Xerox launched 40 years ago), to support this work. Bhardwaj recently did a stint as an intern for 0xPARC.
The scope of 0xPARC is not limited to games. For example, one application that the group is interested in is digital identification. Remember the passport example. Zero-knowledge proofs could make it possible to test everything…
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