[lavrov]

Didn’t read the entire post but I think the characterization of PCP’s is a bit off - some SNARK constructions and STARKs both use PCP’s - using a linear PCP vs a PCP doesn’t impact transparency or proof size, that’s more a function of the commitment scheme

[madrafi]

I meant to skip over PCPs because it would need a separate posts and make the whole longer, I also avoided explicitly mentioning PCPs or SNARKs constructions from PCPs[1] for the same reason. Yes, concluding about the transparency vs proof-size trade-off is a mistake of my part. Thanks for taking the time ! will push an update on that bit soon.

[1]: https://eprint.iacr.org/2012/718.pdf

[Ar-Curunir]

Yeah, it's a relatively good high level post about SNARKs, but there's some confusion about the role of PCPs in SNARKs.

(all SNARKs have some probabilistic checking at the core; that's how you get succinctness)

[madrafi]

Author here, I did gloss over PCPs certainly, and agree that SNARKs also use PCPs and I might have made the terrible conclusion about proof sizes. Will push an update soon ! thanks for taking the time.