From 2c5ee0a908313c4135aeb183993b32ed4b6b8ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pranay Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 10:40:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] begin --- docs/index.markdown | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/index.markdown b/docs/index.markdown index 4131017..597a442 100644 --- a/docs/index.markdown +++ b/docs/index.markdown @@ -1,23 +1,27 @@ +# The SNARK Challenge + Welcome to the SNARK challenge! The SNARK challenge is a global competition to advance the state-of-the-art in performance for SNARK proving. Participants will be part of an effort that aims to have a massive impact on user-protecting cryptographic technology, -and compete for $100,000 in prizes. +while also competing for $100,000 in prizes. The SNARK challenge is divided -up into two stages. In the first stage, you'll get your feet wet and +up into two stages. In Stage 1, you'll have a chance to get your feet wet and learn about the algorithms underlying the SNARK prover. Think of this stage as a paid training for the ultimate challenge of writing a super-fast SNARK prover. There are $5,000 in prizes in this stage. -The second stage is the main stage of the competition. -There are $95,000 in prizes including $55,000 for speeding up the +Stage 2 is the main stage of the competition. +There is a grand total of $95,000 in prizes, including $55,000 for speeding up the [Groth16 prover](/snark-challenge/problem-07-groth16prove.html) and $20,000 for developing better cryptographic primitives. Here you'll apply GPU programming and techniques for speeding up elliptic-curve and finite-field arithmetic to try to build the fastest possible [Groth16 prover](/snark-challenge/problem-07-groth16prove.html). +## Table of Contents +