Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) are a cryptographic concept where one party (the prover) can prove to another party (the verifier) that they know a value, without conveying any information apart from the fact that they know the value. This concept is fundamental in various privacy-preserving technologies, including cryptocurrencies and secure multi-party computations.

The prover does not reveal the actual secret during the interaction, maintaining the secrecy of the information. It's a form of "interactive proof system."

This repository contains a simple implementation of Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) in Python.

1. Requirements
2. Usage
3. Example
4. License

The Python version required for this script is Python 3.7+. The script also makes use of the hashlib, os, and random libraries, which are included in the standard Python distribution.

The main script is zkp.py, which contains the ZKProof class. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to use it:

1. Import the ZKProof class from the zkp.py script. This class contains the main methods for generating proofs and verifying them.
2. Initialize a ZKProof object. When initializing, the object generates a random 'salt' value, used in the hashing process to increase security.
3. Generate a proof using a secret value. Call the generate_proof method on the object, passing the secret value you want to prove knowledge of. This will return a hashed value of a randomly generated number. This hashed number is a commitment that the prover sends to the verifier.
4. Verify a guessed value. To verify a guessed value, call the verify method on the object, passing the guessed value. This will return True if the hashed guessed value matches the stored hashed value, and False otherwise.

zkp = ZKProof()
x = zkp.generate_proof('secret_value')
print('Proof:', x)
response = input('Enter the value to verify: ')
print('Verified:', zkp.verify(response))

In this example, the script will print the hashed proof and wait for a user input. If the input matches the secret value, it will print Verified: True; otherwise, it will print Verified: False.

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. You are free to use, modify, and distribute the code under this license.