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+# pop-mpc-core
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+This crate contains core components for performing MPC, or more specifically 2PC.
+
+## Usage
+
+### Garbled Circuits
+
+todo!
+
+### Oblivious Transfer
+
+todo!
+
+## References
+
+### Garbled Circuits
+
+This crate implements so-called "Half Gate" boolean garbled circuits as described [here](https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/756.pdf).
+
+### Oblivious Transfer
+
+This crate implements Oblivious Transfer Extension using ideas from:
+ - [CO15](https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/267.pdf)
+ - [IKNP03](https://www.iacr.org/archive/crypto2003/27290145/27290145.pdf)
+ - [ALSZ13](https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/552.pdf)
+ - [KOS15](https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/546.pdf)
+
+### Existing Works
+
+These projects were referred to heavily during the initial development of this crate:
+ - [TLSNotary](https://github.com/tlsnotary/)
+ - [Swanky](https://github.com/GaloisInc/swanky)
+ - [EMPToolkit](https://github.com/emp-toolkit)