Bitcoin Q&A: What are Bulletproofs?

What are Bulletproofs? Why is encrypting amounts important for financial privacy? How does it use non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs to hide amounts without risking inflation?

"Bulletproofs: Short Proofs for Confidential Transactions and More" - http://web.stanford.edu/~buenz/pubs/bulletproofs.pdf

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