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Detailed API reference

Structs​

Maybe​

Encapsulates an optionally present value. If isSome is false, value should be default<T> by convention.

struct Maybe<T> {
  isSome: Boolean;
  value: T;
}

Either​

Disjoint union of A and B. Iff isLeft if true, left should be populated, otherwise right. The other should be default< > by convention.

struct Either<A, B> {
  isLeft: Boolean;
  left: A;
  right: B;
}

NativePoint​

A point on the proof systems embedded curve, in affine coordinates.

Only outputs of elliptic curve operations are actually guaranteed to lie on the curve.

struct NativePoint {
  x: Field;
  y: Field;
}

MerkleTreeDigest​

The root hash of a Merkle tree, represented by a single Field.

struct MerkleTreeDigest { field: Field; }

MerkleTreePathEntry​

An entry in a Merkle tree path, indicating if the path leads left or right, and the root of the sibling node. Primarily used in MerkleTreePath

struct MerkleTreePathEntry {
  sibling: MerkleTreeDigest;
  goesLeft: Boolean;
}

MerkleTreePath​

A path in a depth n Merkle tree, leading to a leaf of type T. Primarily used for merkleTreePathRoot.

This can be constructed from witnesses that use the compiler output's findPathForLeaf and pathForLeaf functions.

struct MerkleTreePath<#n, T> {
  leaf: T;
  path: Vector<n, MerkleTreePathEntry>;
}

ContractAddress​

The address of a contract, used as a recipient in sendShielded, sendImmediateShielded, createZswapOutput, and mintShieldedToken.

struct ContractAddress { bytes: Bytes<32>; }

ShieldedCoinInfo​

The description of a newly created shielded coin, used in outputting shielded coins, or spending/receiving shielded coins that originate in the current transaction.

nonce can be deterministically derived with evolveNonce.

Used in:

struct ShieldedCoinInfo {
  nonce: Bytes<32>;
  color: Bytes<32>;
  value: Uint<128>;
}

QualifiedShieldedCoinInfo​

The description of an existing shielded coin in the ledger, ready to be spent.

Used in:

struct QualifiedShieldedCoinInfo {
  nonce: Bytes<32>;
  color: Bytes<32>;
  value: Uint<128>;
  mtIndex: Uint<64>;
}

ZswapCoinPublicKey​

The public key used to output a ShieldedCoinInfo to a user, used as a recipient in sendShielded, sendImmediateShielded, and createZswapOutput.

struct ZswapCoinPublicKey { bytes: Bytes<32>; }

ShieldedSendResult​

The output of sendShielded and sendImmediateShielded, detailing the created shielded coin, and the change from spending the input, if applicable.

struct ShieldedSendResult {
  change: Maybe<ShieldedCoinInfo>;
  sent: ShieldedCoinInfo;
}

UserAddress​

The public key of a user, used as a recipient in sendUnshielded and mintUnshieldedToken.

struct UserAddress { bytes: Bytes<32>; }

Circuits​

some​

Constructs a Maybe<T> containing an element of type T

circuit some<T>(value: T): Maybe<T>;

none​

Constructs a Maybe<T> containing nothing

circuit none<T>(): Maybe<T>;

left​

Construct an Either<A, B> containing the A item of the disjoint union

circuit left<A, B>(value: A): Either<A, B>;

Constructs an Either<A, B> containing the B item of the disjoint union

circuit right<A, B>(value: B): Either<A, B>;

transientHash​

Builtin transient hash compression function

This function is a circuit-efficient compression function from arbitrary values to field elements, which is not guaranteed to persist between upgrades. It should not be used to derive state data, but can be used for consistency checks.

Although this function returns a hash of its inputs, it is not considered sufficient to protect its input from disclosure. If its input contains any value returned from a witness, the program must acknowledge disclosure (via a disclose wrapper) if the result can be stored in the public ledger, returned from an exported circuit, or passed to another contract via a cross-contract call.

circuit transientHash<T>(value: T): Field;

transientCommit​

Builtin transient commitment function

This function is a circuit-efficient commitment function over arbitrary types, and a field element commitment opening, to field elements, which is not guaranteed to persist between upgrades. It should not be used to derive state data, but can be used for consistency checks.

Unlike transientHash, this function is considered sufficient to protect its input from disclosure, under the assumption that the rand argument is sufficiently random. Thus, even if its input contains a value or values returned from one or more witnesses, the program need not acknowledge disclosure (via a disclose wrapper) if the result can be stored in the public ledger, returned from an exported circuit, or passed to another contract via a cross-contract call.

circuit transientCommit<T>(value: T, rand: Field): Field;

persistentHash​

Builtin persistent hash compression function

This function is a non-circuit-optimised compression function from arbitrary values to a 256-bit bytestring. It is guaranteed to persist between upgrades, and to consistently use the SHA-256 compression algorithm. It should be used to derive state data, and not for consistency checks where avoidable.

The note about disclosing under transientHash also applies to this function.

circuit persistentHash<T>(value: T): Bytes<32>;

persistentCommit​

Builtin persistent commitment function

This function is a non-circuit-optimised commitment function from arbitrary values representable in Compact, and a 256-bit bytestring opening, to a 256-bit bytestring. It is guaranteed to persist between upgrades, and use the SHA-256 compression algorithm. It should be used to derive state data, and not for consistency checks where avoidable.

The note about disclosing under transientCommit also applies to this function.

circuit persistentCommit<T>(value: T, rand: Bytes<32>): Bytes<32>;

degradeToTransient​

This function "degrades" the output of a persistentHash or persistentCommit to a field element, which can then be used in transientHash or transientCommit.

circuit degradeToTransient(x: Bytes<32>) : Field;

upgradeFromTransient​

This function "upgrades" a field element to the output of a persistentHash or persistentCommit.

circuit upgradeFromTransient(x: Field): Bytes<32>;

ecAdd​

This function add two elliptic NativePoints (in multiplicative notation)

circuit ecAdd(a: NativePoint, b: NativePoint): NativePoint;

ecMul​

This function multiplies an elliptic NativePoint by a scalar (in multiplicative notation)

circuit ecMul(a: NativePoint, b: Field): NativePoint;

ecMulGenerator​

This function multiplies the primary group generator of the embedded curve by a scalar (in multiplicative notation)

circuit ecMulGenerator(b: Field): NativePoint;

hashToCurve​

This function maps arbitrary types to NativePoints.

Outputs are guaranteed to have unknown discrete logarithm with respect to the group base, and any other output, but are not guaranteed to be unique (a given input can be proven correct for multiple outputs).

Inputs of different types T may have the same output, if they have the same field-aligned binary representation.

circuit hashToCurve<T>(value: T): NativePoint;

merkleTreePathRoot​

Derives the Merkle tree root of a MerkleTreePath, which should match the root of the tree that this path originated from.

circuit merkleTreePathRoot<#n, T>(path: MerkleTreePath<n, T>): MerkleTreeDigest;

merkleTreePathRootNoLeafHash​

Derives the Merkle tree root of a MerkleTreePath, which should match the root of the tree that this path originated from. As opposed to merkleTreePathRoot, this variant assumes that the tree leaves have already been hashed externally.

circuit merkleTreePathRootNoLeafHash<#n>(path: MerkleTreePath<n, Bytes<32>>): MerkleTreeDigest;

nativeToken​

Returns the token type of the native token

circuit nativeToken(): Bytes<32>;

tokenType​

Transforms a domain separator for the given contract into a globally namespaced token type. A contract can issue tokens for its domain separators, which lets it create new tokens, but due to collision resistance, it cannot mint tokens for another contract's token type. This is used as the color field in ShieldedCoinInfo and as arguments to functions like sendUnshielded and receiveUnshielded.

circuit tokenType(domainSep: Bytes<32>, contract: ContractAddress): Bytes<32>;

mintShieldedToken​

Creates a new shielded coin, minted by this contract, and sends it to the given recipient. Returns the corresponding ShieldedCoinInfo. This requires inputting a unique nonce to function securely, it is left to the user how to produce this. To mint a shielded token to the current contract, pass right<ZswapCoinPublicKey, ContractAddress>(kernel.self()) as the recipient.

circuit mintShieldedToken(
  domainSep: Bytes<32>,
  value: Uint<128>,
  nonce: Bytes<32>,
  recipient: Either<ZswapCoinPublicKey, ContractAddress>
): ShieldedCoinInfo;

evolveNonce​

Deterministically derives a ShieldedCoinInfo nonce from a counter index, and a prior nonce.

circuit evolveNonce(
  index: Uint<64>,
  nonce: Bytes<32>
): Bytes<32>;

shieldedBurnAddress​

Returns a payment address that guarantees any shielded coins sent to it are burned.

circuit shieldedBurnAddress(): Either<ZswapCoinPublicKey, ContractAddress>;

receiveShielded​

Receives a shielded coin, adding a validation condition requiring this coin to be present as an output addressed to this contract, and not received by another call

circuit receiveShielded(coin: ShieldedCoinInfo): [];

sendShielded​

Sends given value from a shielded coin owned by the contract to a recipient. Any change is returned and should be managed by the contract.

Note that this does not currently create coin ciphertexts, so sending to a user public key except for the current user will not lead to this user being informed of the coin they've been sent. To send a shielded token to the current contract, pass right<ZswapCoinPublicKey, ContractAddress>(kernel.self()) as the recipient.

circuit sendShielded(input: QualifiedShieldedCoinInfo, recipient: Either<ZswapCoinPublicKey, ContractAddress>, value: Uint<128>): ShieldedSendResult;

sendImmediateShielded​

Like sendShielded, but for coins created within this transaction

circuit sendImmediateShielded(input: ShieldedCoinInfo, target: Either<ZswapCoinPublicKey, ContractAddress>, value: Uint<128>): ShieldedSendResult;

mergeCoin​

Takes two coins stored on the ledger, and combines them into one

circuit mergeCoin(a: QualifiedCoinInfo, b: QualifiedCoinInfo): CoinInfo;

mergeCoinImmediate​

Takes one coin stored on the ledger, and one created within this transaction, and combines them into one

circuit mergeCoinImmediate(a: QualifiedCoinInfo, b: CoinInfo): CoinInfo;

ownPublicKey​

Returns the ZswapCoinPublicKey of the end-user creating this transaction.

circuit ownPublicKey(): ZswapCoinPublicKey;

createZswapInput​

Notifies the context to create a new Zswap input originating from this call. Should typically not be called manually, prefer sendShielded and sendImmediateShielded instead.

The note about disclosing under transientHash also applies to this function.

circuit createZswapInput(coin: QualifiedShieldedCoinInfo): [];

createZswapOutput​

Notifies the context to create a new Zswap output originating from this call. Should typically not be called manually, prefer sendShielded and sendImmediateShielded, and receiveShielded instead.

The note about disclosing under transientHash also applies to this function.

circuit createZswapOutput(coin: ShieldedCoinInfo, recipient: Either<ZswapCoinPublicKey, ContractAddress>): [];

mintUnshieldedToken​

Creates a new unshielded coin, minted by this contract, and sends it to the given recipient. Returns the corresponding coin color. To mint an unshielded token to the current contract, pass left<ContractAddress, UserAddress>(kernel.self()) as the recipient.

export circuit mintUnshieldedToken(
  domainSep: Bytes<32>,
  value: Uint<64>,
  recipient: Either<ContractAddress, UserAddress>
): Bytes<32>;

sendUnshielded​

Sends the given amount of the given unshielded token (identified by the color) to the given recipient. No change is returned from this function. To send an unshielded token to the current contract, pass left<ContractAddress, UserAddress>(kernel.self()) as the recipient.

export circuit sendUnshielded(color: Bytes<32>, amount: Uint<128>, recipient: Either<ContractAddress, UserAddress>): [];

receiveUnshielded​

Receives the given amount of the unshielded token identified by the color.

circuit receiveUnshielded(color: Bytes<32>, amount: Uint<128>): [];

unshieldedBalance​

Returns the contract's balance of the unshielded token of the given type. Note that this balance is not updated during contract execution as a result of unshielded sends and receives. It is always fixed to the value provided at the start of execution. Also note that using this function means transaction application will fail unless the token balance at the time of transaction construction is exactly the same as the balance at the time of transaction application. Unless you want to require that, prefer to use the balance comparison functions unshieldedBalanceLt, unshieldedBalanceGte, unshieldedBalanceGt, and unshieldedBalanceLte.

circuit unshieldedBalance(color: Bytes<32>): Uint<128>;

unshieldedBalanceLt​

Returns true if the unshielded balance of the contract for the given token type is less than the given value.

circuit unshieldedBalanceLt(color: Bytes<32>, amount: Uint<128>): Boolean;

unshieldedBalanceGte​

Returns true if the unshielded balance of the contract for the given token type is greater than or equal to the given value.

circuit unshieldedBalanceGte(color: Bytes<32>, amount: Uint<128>): Boolean;

unshieldedBalanceGt​

Returns true if the unshielded balance of the contract for the given token type is greater than the given value.

circuit unshieldedBalanceGt(color: Bytes<32>, amount: Uint<128>): Boolean

unshieldedBalanceLte​

Returns true if the unshielded balance of the contract for the given token type is less than or equal to the given value.

circuit unshieldedBalanceLte(color: Bytes<32>, amount: Uint<128>): Boolean;

blockTimeLt​

Returns true if the current block time is less than the given value.

circuit blockTimeLt(time: Uint<64>): Boolean;

blockTimeGte​

Returns true if the current block time is greater than or equal to the given value.

circuit blockTimeGte(time: Uint<64>): Boolean;

blockTimeGt​

Returns true if the current block time is greater than the given value.

circuit blockTimeGt(time: Uint<64>): Boolean;

blockTimeLte​

Returns true if the current block time is less than or equal to the given value.

circuit blockTimeLte(time: Uint<64>): Boolean;