Merkle Tree
This crate provides a set of utilities for verifying Merkle Tree proofs on-chain. The tree and the proofs can be generated using this JavaScript library.
This module provides:
verify
- can prove that some value is part of a Merkle tree.verify_multi_proof
- can prove multiple values are part of a Merkle tree.
openzeppelin_merkle_tree
doesn’t have dependencies outside of corelib
, and can be used in projects that are not Starknet-related.
To use it as a standalone package, you can add it in your Scarb.toml
as follows:
openzeppelin_merkle_tree = "3.0.0-alpha.1"
Modules
use openzeppelin_merkle_tree::merkle_proof;
These functions deal with verification of Merkle Tree proofs.
The tree and the proofs can be generated using this JavaScript library. You will find a quickstart guide in the readme.
You should avoid using leaf values that are two felt252 values long prior to hashing, or use a hash function other than the one used to hash internal nodes for hashing leaves. This is because the concatenation of a sorted pair of internal nodes in the Merkle tree could be reinterpreted as a leaf value. The JavaScript library generates Merkle trees that are safe against this attack out of the box.
Functions
verify<Hasher>(proof, root, leaf)
verify_pedersen(proof, root, leaf)
verify_poseidon(proof, root, leaf)
process_proof<Hasher>(proof, leaf)
verify_multi_proof<Hasher>(proof, proof_flags, root, leaves)
process_multi_proof<Hasher>(proof, proof_flags, leaf)
Functions
verify<+CommutativeHasher>(proof: Span<felt252>, root: felt252, leaf: felt252) → bool
public
#Returns true if a leaf
can be proved to be a part of a Merkle tree defined by root
.
For this, a proof
must be provided, containing sibling hashes on the branch from the leaf to the root of the tree.
Each pair of leaves and each pair of pre-images are assumed to be sorted.
This function expects a CommutativeHasher
implementation. See hashes::CommutativeHasher for more information.
verify_pedersen
and verify_poseidon
already include the corresponding Hasher
implementations.
verify_pedersen(proof: Span<felt252>, root: felt252, leaf: felt252) → bool
public
#Version of verify
using Pedersen as the hashing function.
verify_poseidon(proof: Span<felt252>, root: felt252, leaf: felt252) → bool
public
#Version of verify
using Poseidon as the hashing function.
process_proof<+CommutativeHasher>(proof: Span<felt252>, leaf: felt252) → felt252
public
#Returns the rebuilt hash obtained by traversing a Merkle tree up from leaf
using proof
.
A proof
is valid if and only if the rebuilt hash matches the root of the tree.
When processing the proof, the pairs of leaves & pre-images are assumed to be sorted.
This function expects a CommutativeHasher
implementation. See hashes::CommutativeHasher for more information.
verify_multi_proof<+CommutativeHasher>(proof: Span<felt252>, proof_flags: Span<bool>, root: felt252, leaves: Span<felt252>) → bool
public
#Returns true if the leaves
can be simultaneously proven to be a part of a Merkle tree defined by root
, according to proof
and proof_flags
as described in process_multi_proof
.
The leaves
must be validated independently.
Not all Merkle trees admit multiproofs. See process_multi_proof
for details.
Consider the case where root == proof.at(0) && leaves.len() == 0
as it will return true
.
This function expects a CommutativeHasher
implementation. See hashes::CommutativeHasher for more information.
process_multi_proof<+CommutativeHasher>(proof: Span<felt252>, proof_flags: Span<bool>, leaves: Span<felt252>) → felt252
public
#Returns the root of a tree reconstructed from leaves
and sibling nodes in proof
.
The reconstruction proceeds by incrementally reconstructing all inner nodes by combining a leaf/inner node with either another leaf/inner node or a proof sibling node, depending on whether each proof_flags
item is true or false respectively.
Not all Merkle trees admit multiproofs. To use multiproofs, it is sufficient to ensure that:
- The tree is complete (but not necessarily perfect).
- The leaves to be proven are in the opposite order than they are in the tree. (i.e., as seen from right to left starting at the deepest layer and continuing at the next layer).
The empty set (i.e. the case where proof.len() == 1 && leaves.len() == 0
) is considered a no-op, and therefore a valid multiproof (i.e. it returns proof.at(0)
). Consider disallowing this case if you're not validating the leaves elsewhere.
This function expects a CommutativeHasher
implementation. See hashes::CommutativeHasher for more information.
use openzeppelin_merkle_tree::hashes;
Module providing the trait and default implementations for the commutative hash functions used in merkle_proof
.
The PedersenCHasher
implementation matches the default node hashing function used in the JavaScript library.
Traits
Impls
Traits
CommutativeHasher trait
trait
#Declares a commutative hash function with the following signature:
commutative_hash(a: felt252, b: felt252) → felt252;
which computes a commutative hash of a sorted pair of felt252 values.
This is usually implemented as an extension of a non-commutative hash function, like Pedersen or Poseidon, returning the hash of the concatenation of the two values by first sorting them.
Frequently used when working with merkle proofs.
The commutative_hash
function MUST follow the invariant that commutative_hash(a, b) == commutative_hash(b, a)
.
Impls
PedersenCHasher impl
impl
#Implementation of the CommutativeHasher
trait which computes the Pedersen hash of chaining the two input values with the len (2), sorting the pair first.
PoseidonCHasher impl
impl
#Implementation of the CommutativeHasher
trait which computes the Poseidon hash of the concatenation of two values, sorting the pair first.