방법 비교

	블록체인 합의	타원 곡선 암호	zk-SNARK
분야	암호학	암호학	암호학
계열	Machine learning	Machine learning	Machine learning
기원 연도	2008	1985	2014
창시자	Satoshi Nakamoto	Neal Koblitz	Eli Ben-Sasson
유형	consensus mechanism	asymmetric encryption and key agreement	zero-knowledge argument of knowledge
원전	Nakamoto, S. (2008). Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Retrieved from https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf	Miller, V. S. (1985). Use of Elliptic Curves in Cryptography. In Proceedings of the Advances in Cryptology - CRYPTO 1985, LNCS 218, pp. 417-426.	Ben-Sasson, E., Chiesa, A., Garman, C., Green, M., Miers, I., Tromer, E., & Virza, M. (2014). Zerocash: Decentralized Anonymous Payments from Bitcoin. In IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP), pp. 459-474.
별칭	consensus algorithm, PoW, PoS, distributed consensus	ECC, elliptic curve cryptosystem	zk-SNARK, zero-knowledge proof, SNARK
관련	3	3	3
요약	Blockchain consensus mechanisms are distributed protocols that enable a network of untrusted nodes to agree on the correct state of a ledger without a central authority. Introduced with Bitcoin in 2008, consensus mechanisms like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake ensure that modifications to the blockchain cannot be made unilaterally by any participant. Consensus mechanisms are fundamental to cryptocurrency and blockchain applications, making them resistant to tampering and censorship.	Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a public-key cryptosystem based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. Proposed independently by Neal Koblitz and Victor Miller in 1985, ECC offers equivalent security to RSA with much smaller key sizes. Modern cryptography increasingly favors ECC for its efficiency: a 256-bit ECC key provides security comparable to a 2048-bit RSA key, making it ideal for constrained environments and high-performance systems.	A zk-SNARK (Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge) is a cryptographic proof system that allows a prover to convince a verifier that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the statement's validity. The acronym describes its key properties: it requires no interaction, proofs are short (succinct), and verification is efficient. zk-SNARKs were popularized by their application in the Zcash cryptocurrency but have since found use in blockchain scaling solutions, privacy-preserving computations, and verifiable computing.