# Private Computation **URL:** https://forum.scrt.network/c/private-computation/6.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.scrt.network/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.scrt.network/categories.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Is it technically possible to integrate SMPC and Zero Knowledge Proof together? (General)](https://forum.scrt.network/t/is-it-technically-possible-to-integrate-smpc-and-zero-knowledge-proof-together-general/548)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/is-it-technically-possible-to-integrate-smpc-and-zero-knowledge-proof-together-general/548 "2019-01-14T06:32:09Z")
There are projects that want to pack everything into one. Would that be technically possible with SMPC and Zero Knowledge? Thanks --- ## [What are the differences? Republic Protocol RenVM: A Virtual Machine for Privacy Preserving Computations / Enigma](https://forum.scrt.network/t/what-are-the-differences-republic-protocol-renvm-a-virtual-machine-for-privacy-preserving-computations-enigma/497)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/what-are-the-differences-republic-protocol-renvm-a-virtual-machine-for-privacy-preserving-computations-enigma/497 "2018-12-03T19:54:09Z")
question is from Codonyat. Republic Protocol Their tech could be extended to anything, not just dark pools. And they work FAST. ICO was this year and their mainnet is already running. I’d like to hear Guy Zyskind’s opi… --- ## [Constant round MPC and its applicability to secret contracts](https://forum.scrt.network/t/constant-round-mpc-and-its-applicability-to-secret-contracts/321)
**Author:** [@guy](https://forum.scrt.network/u/guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/constant-round-mpc-and-its-applicability-to-secret-contracts/321 "2018-08-26T13:47:36Z")
MPC generally has two flavors of implementations - based on Garbled Circuits (the original construction by Yao, abbreviated as GC) and based on Secret Sharing (usually either additive or threshold, e.g., Shamir). Most r… --- ## [How do side-chains maintain the integrity of blockchain transactions if they are not on the chain?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/how-do-side-chains-maintain-the-integrity-of-blockchain-transactions-if-they-are-not-on-the-chain/269)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/how-do-side-chains-maintain-the-integrity-of-blockchain-transactions-if-they-are-not-on-the-chain/269 "2018-08-12T17:45:03Z")
Good telegram question by TYC: How do side-chains maintain the integrity of blockchain transactions if they are not on the chain? --- ## [Desire to Keep Algorithm Private](https://forum.scrt.network/t/desire-to-keep-algorithm-private/237)
**Author:** [@mtl](https://forum.scrt.network/u/mtl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/desire-to-keep-algorithm-private/237 "2018-08-10T11:35:08Z")
Related to Decent – We are running on an unpermissioned chain, want to not rely on centralized storage and want to run a proprietary claim analysis algorithm in a fully decentralized setting that I don’t want to make pub… --- ## [Dark DAO / SGX voting](https://forum.scrt.network/t/dark-dao-sgx-voting/251)
**Author:** [@ainsley](https://forum.scrt.network/u/ainsley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/dark-dao-sgx-voting/251 "2018-08-09T16:11:30Z")
The Dark DAO proxy-voting attack has come up before on here… We just posted an article that summarizes the attack and brainstorms a few responses: https://medium.com/@leor.fishman/fc3b4fe4d666 In summary, a few open que… --- ## [Enigma's sMPC for Reinforcement Learning to Potentiate Artificial Intelligence](https://forum.scrt.network/t/enigmas-smpc-for-reinforcement-learning-to-potentiate-artificial-intelligence/75)
**Author:** [@LibertysMaven](https://forum.scrt.network/u/LibertysMaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/enigmas-smpc-for-reinforcement-learning-to-potentiate-artificial-intelligence/75 "2018-08-07T17:03:40Z")
Will Enigma be able to allow back propagation and error propogation to enable Reinforcement Learning for Artificial intelligence? --- ## [Permissioned queries](https://forum.scrt.network/t/permissioned-queries/204)
**Author:** [@inquirer](https://forum.scrt.network/u/inquirer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/permissioned-queries/204 "2018-08-07T16:55:01Z")
I’m still learning about smpc - I know it enables non-revealing queries which allow a requester to know information about data without knowing the data itself (i.e. - “is this person over 21?”), but does it also enable p… --- ## [Why did enigma move to using TEEs as a first step to secure computations rather than SMPC?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/why-did-enigma-move-to-using-tees-as-a-first-step-to-secure-computations-rather-than-smpc/217)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/why-did-enigma-move-to-using-tees-as-a-first-step-to-secure-computations-rather-than-smpc/217 "2018-08-07T10:07:37Z")
by its\_part\_of\_trade Why did enigma move to using TEEs as a first step to secure computations rather than SMPC, given that the bulk of enigma’s work (at least the public facing part) has been SMPC focused? What motivate… --- ## [How much do I need for a master node?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/how-much-do-i-need-for-a-master-node/218)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/how-much-do-i-need-for-a-master-node/218 "2018-08-07T10:11:31Z")
How much tokens do I need for a master node? --- ## [So to help with my understanding, the inner workings and results of the secret smart contracts are hidden, but any updates to the public ledger remain public?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/so-to-help-with-my-understanding-the-inner-workings-and-results-of-the-secret-smart-contracts-are-hidden-but-any-updates-to-the-public-ledger-remain-public/199)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/so-to-help-with-my-understanding-the-inner-workings-and-results-of-the-secret-smart-contracts-are-hidden-but-any-updates-to-the-public-ledger-remain-public/199 "2018-08-06T16:33:51Z")
So to help with my understanding, the inner workings and results of the secret smart contracts are hidden, but any updates to the public ledger remain public? --- ## [Why not wait to release MPC, rather than grafting a foundational and a nonfoundational innovation together?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/why-not-wait-to-release-mpc-rather-than-grafting-a-foundational-and-a-nonfoundational-innovation-together/149)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/why-not-wait-to-release-mpc-rather-than-grafting-a-foundational-and-a-nonfoundational-innovation-together/149 "2018-07-18T14:19:30Z")
Guy Zyskind: „There’s a lot more research going into TEEs now than ever before - so I don’t think you give this idea enough credit. Do we feel like TEEs alone are enough? Not for everything, which is why we’re planning b… --- ## [Do You know if the private and secret layer can be extended also to tokens that are not ERC20?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/do-you-know-if-the-private-and-secret-layer-can-be-extended-also-to-tokens-that-are-not-erc20/197)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/do-you-know-if-the-private-and-secret-layer-can-be-extended-also-to-tokens-that-are-not-erc20/197 "2018-08-03T22:08:46Z")
Do You know if the private and secret layer can be extended also to tokens that are not ERC20? --- ## [Memory and Callable Args?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/memory-and-callable-args/194)
**Author:** [@Washington](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Washington)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/memory-and-callable-args/194 "2018-08-03T14:46:53Z")
How large a size can Enigma handle for its callableArgs? Is it limited by a node’s memory? --- ## ["dark dao" -- using SGX to enable vote-buying](https://forum.scrt.network/t/dark-dao-using-sgx-to-enable-vote-buying/124)
**Author:** [@ainsley](https://forum.scrt.network/u/ainsley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/dark-dao-using-sgx-to-enable-vote-buying/124 "2018-07-19T04:50:23Z")
I found this article very interesting – http://hackingdistributed.com/2018/07/02/on-chain-vote-buying/ the authors describe the use of SGX enclaves (or other trusted hardware) to scale undetectable vote-buying. They d… --- ## [Provably Deleted Data](https://forum.scrt.network/t/provably-deleted-data/138)
**Author:** [@Aaron](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Aaron)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/provably-deleted-data/138 "2018-07-18T12:33:38Z")
The following question was asked on our Telegram channel: “Is it possible to ‘ask’ the nodes to remove a certain dataset and then check if they performed the action?” - Stathis Here is Guy’s response: "Like everything… --- ## [Clarifications about Scripting Language and Environments](https://forum.scrt.network/t/clarifications-about-scripting-language-and-environments/142)
**Author:** [@Aaron](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Aaron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/clarifications-about-scripting-language-and-environments/142 "2018-07-16T18:59:06Z")
The following was asked on the Enigma Telegram: “Hey Guy, I have read the white paper, your original Enigma paper from 2015 and the documentation. I have 2 questions which I couldn’t fully understand. First, is Enigma … --- ## [Potential SGX attack description](https://forum.scrt.network/t/potential-sgx-attack-description/115)
**Author:** [@Avret](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Avret)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/potential-sgx-attack-description/115 "2018-07-12T00:46:30Z")
This is a question about whether it is possible, given some level of access to other computations on an enclave if you are running something on that enclave, to convert that into full access to any data for any computati… --- ## [Is it possible to use sMPC as a consensus layer?](https://forum.scrt.network/t/is-it-possible-to-use-smpc-as-a-consensus-layer/87)
**Author:** [@sui](https://forum.scrt.network/u/sui)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/is-it-possible-to-use-smpc-as-a-consensus-layer/87 "2018-06-29T07:55:14Z")
For example,imagine the original block-chain of enigma. Is it possible to get a consensus by solving multiple fragmented computational problems, earning rewards in the earliest order, leaving only that certificate in th… --- ## [Swarm Noding MPC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/swarm-noding-mpc/93)
**Author:** [@Kostas](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Kostas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/swarm-noding-mpc/93 "2018-06-27T20:17:09Z")
How could a swarm node complex be achieved by Enigma (how to improve a mobile MPC’s implementation efficiency)? --- ## [Intro to private computation (from the Enigma Blog)](https://forum.scrt.network/t/intro-to-private-computation-from-the-enigma-blog/34)
**Author:** [@ainsley](https://forum.scrt.network/u/ainsley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/intro-to-private-computation-from-the-enigma-blog/34 "2018-06-19T17:20:22Z")
This article gives an overview of some different techniques for computing over encrypted data. Specifically, it looks at and compares: Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) Secure Multi-Party … [Previous page](https://forum.scrt.network/c/private-computation/6.md)