ZK COMMITMENTS OVER TLS: THE DISTEFANO PROTOCOL

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

The Brave Browser's DiStefano is a new protocol that enables zero-knowledge attestations and commitments over TLS. The protocol allows users to prove statements about encrypted data without revealing the underlying information. It aims to improve upon existing solutions by adding full TLS 1.3 support, implementing enhanced privacy guarantees through ZK proofs of valid signatures and improving the commitment scheme. It enables applications like privacy-preserving age verification and anti-fraud systems and is viable for widespread deployment.