@0xcert/merkle

Getting started

First, define an array with values.

const values = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'];

The evidence for this array of values is a simple binary merkle tree as shown below.

    n0
    |
---------
|       |
n1      n2
A       |
    ---------
    |       |
    n3      n4
    B       |
        ---------
        |       |
        n5      n6
        C       |
            ---------
            |       |
            n7      n8
            D       empty

A user can expose selected values from this tree by providing the evidence file that looks like this:

const recipe = {
  values: [
    { index: 0, value: 'A' },
    { index: 1, value: 'B' },
    { index: 2, value: 'C' },
    ...
  ],
  nodes: [
    { index: 0, hash: '0x...' }, // n0 (root)
    { index: 1, hash: '0x...' }, // n1
    { index: 2, hash: '0x...' }, // n2
    ...
  ],
};

Note, that the root hash is never part of the evidence object!

Usage

Create an instance of a merkle tree.

import { sha256 } from '@0xcert/crypto'; 
import { Merkle } from '@0xcert/merkle'; 

const merkle = new Merkle({
  hasher: (v) => sha256(v),
});
const values = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'];
const expose = [2, 3];
const recipe = await merkle.notarize(values);
const evidence = await merkle.disclose(recipe, expose);
const imprint = await merkle.imprint(evidence);

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Kristijan Sedlak <[e-mail]>

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