> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://erroldrummond.gitbook.io/snark-fundamentals/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://erroldrummond.gitbook.io/snark-fundamentals/part-1.md).

# Part 1. What are SNARKs?

We want you to understand this technology in the same way that most people understand computers, the internet or WiFi; they don't know how it works, but they know what it does and they know how to use it.