ON · 2026-11-12 15:58 UTC

zk-SNARKs vs zk-STARKs: Differences and When to Use Each

The article compares zk-SNARKs and zk-STARKs, two popular non-interactive zero-knowledge proof technologies, and explains that zero-knowledge proofs let a prover show knowledge of information without revealing the underlying data. zk-SNARKs rely on elliptic curves, which the article says are considered largely secure, but they require a trusted setup whose secret parameters must be destroyed to prevent forged tokens, and they are not quantum resistant. The article notes SNARKs have been adopted faster than STARKs, partly because they were developed years earlier.

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