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# Changes

- Unified the `RLN` struct and core protocol types across public, FFI,
and WASM so everything works consistently.
- Fully refactored `protocol.rs` and `public.rs` to clean up the API
surface and make the flow easier to work with.
- Added (de)serialization for `RLN_Proof` and `RLN_ProofValues`, and
matched all C, Nim, WASM, and Node.js examples.
- Aligned FFI and WASM behavior, added missing APIs, and standardized
how witness are created and passed around.
- Reworked the error types, added clearer verification messages, and
simplified the overall error structure.
- Updated variable names, README, Rust docs, and examples across the
repo, updated outdated RLN RFC link.
- Refactored `rln-cli` to use the new public API, removed
serialize-based cli example, and dropped the `eyre` crate.
- Bumped dependencies, fixed CI, fixed `+atomic` flags for latest
nightly Rust and added `Clippy.toml` for better fmt.
- Added a `prelude.rs` file for easier use, cleaned up public access for
types and types import across zerokit modules.
- Separated keygen, proof handling, slashing logic, and witness into
protocol folder.
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# Zerokit
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A collection of Zero Knowledge modules written in Rust and designed to be used in other system programming environments.
## Overview
Zerokit provides zero-knowledge cryptographic primitives with a focus on performance, security, and usability.
The current focus is on Rate-Limiting Nullifier [RLN](https://github.com/Rate-Limiting-Nullifier) implementation.
Current implementation is based on the following
[specification](https://rfc.vac.dev/vac/raw/rln-v2)
and focused on RLNv2 which allows to set a rate limit for the number of messages that can be sent by a user.
## Features
- **RLN Implementation**: Efficient Rate-Limiting Nullifier using zkSNARK
- **Circom Compatibility**: Uses Circom-based circuits for RLN
- **Cross-Platform**: Support for multiple architectures with cross-compilation
- **FFI-Friendly**: Easy to integrate with other languages
- **WASM Support**: Can be compiled to WebAssembly for web applications
## Architecture
Zerokit currently focuses on RLN (Rate-Limiting Nullifier) implementation using [Circom](https://iden3.io/circom)
circuits through ark-circom, providing an alternative to existing native Rust implementations.
## Build and Test
### Install Dependencies
```bash
make installdeps
```
#### Use Nix to install dependencies
```bash
nix develop
```
### Build and Test All Crates
```bash
make build
make test
```
## Release Assets
We use [`cross-rs`](https://github.com/cross-rs/cross) to cross-compile and generate release assets:
```bash
# Example: Build for specific target
cross build --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --release -p rln
```
## Used By
Zerokit powers zero-knowledge functionality in:
- [**nwaku**](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku) - Nim implementation of the Waku v2 protocol
- [**js-rln**](https://github.com/waku-org/js-rln) - JavaScript bindings for RLN
## Acknowledgements
- Inspired by [Applied ZKP](https://zkp.science/) group work, including [zk-kit](https://github.com/appliedzkp/zk-kit)
- Uses [ark-circom](https://github.com/gakonst/ark-circom) for zkey and Groth16 proof generation
- Witness calculation based on [circom-witnesscalc](https://github.com/iden3/circom-witnesscalc) by iden3.
The execution graph file used by this code has been generated by means of the same iden3 software.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> The circom-witnesscalc code fragments have been borrowed instead of depending on this crate,
> because its types of input and output data were incompatible with the corresponding zerokit code fragments,
> and circom-witnesscalc has some dependencies, which are redundant for our purpose.
## Documentation
For detailed documentation on each module:
```bash
cargo doc --open
```