Nova/src/traits/mod.rs
src/traits/mod.rsRaw
1//! This module defines various traits required by the users of the library to implement.
2use bellperson::{
3 gadgets::{boolean::AllocatedBit, num::AllocatedNum},
4 ConstraintSystem, SynthesisError,
5};
6use core::{
7 fmt::Debug,
8 ops::{Add, AddAssign, Mul, MulAssign, Sub, SubAssign},
9};
10use ff::{PrimeField, PrimeFieldBits};
11use merlin::Transcript;
12use num_bigint::BigInt;
13
14/// Represents an element of a group
15pub trait Group:
16 Clone
17 + Copy
18 + Debug
19 + Eq
20 + Sized
21 + GroupOps
22 + GroupOpsOwned
23 + ScalarMul<<Self as Group>::Scalar>
24 + ScalarMulOwned<<Self as Group>::Scalar>
25 + Send
26 + Sync
27{
28 /// A type representing an element of the base field of the group
29 type Base: PrimeField + PrimeFieldBits;
30
31 /// A type representing an element of the scalar field of the group
32 type Scalar: PrimeField + PrimeFieldBits + ChallengeTrait + Send + Sync;
33
34 /// A type representing the compressed version of the group element
35 type CompressedGroupElement: CompressedGroup<GroupElement = Self>;
36
37 /// A type representing preprocessed group element
38 type PreprocessedGroupElement: Clone + Send + Sync;
39
40 /// A type that represents a hash function that consumes elements
41 /// from the base field and squeezes out elements of the scalar field
42 type RO: ROTrait<Self::Base, Self::Scalar>;
43
44 /// An alternate implementation of Self::RO in the circuit model
45 type ROCircuit: ROCircuitTrait<Self::Base>;
46
47 /// A method to compute a multiexponentation
48 fn vartime_multiscalar_mul(
49 scalars: &[Self::Scalar],
50 bases: &[Self::PreprocessedGroupElement],
51 ) -> Self;
52
53 /// Compresses the group element
54 fn compress(&self) -> Self::CompressedGroupElement;
55
56 /// Produces a preprocessed element
57 fn preprocessed(&self) -> Self::PreprocessedGroupElement;
58
59 /// Produce a vector of group elements using a static label
60 fn from_label(label: &'static [u8], n: usize) -> Vec<Self::PreprocessedGroupElement>;
61
62 /// Returns the affine coordinates (x, y, infinty) for the point
63 fn to_coordinates(&self) -> (Self::Base, Self::Base, bool);
64
65 /// Returns the order of the group as a big integer
66 fn get_order() -> BigInt;
67
68 /// Returns an element that is the additive identity of the group
69 fn zero() -> Self;
70
71 /// Returns the generator of the group
72 fn get_generator() -> Self;
73}
74
75/// Represents a compressed version of a group element
76pub trait CompressedGroup: Clone + Copy + Debug + Eq + Sized + Send + Sync + 'static {
77 /// A type that holds the decompressed version of the compressed group element
78 type GroupElement: Group;
79
80 /// Decompresses the compressed group element
81 fn decompress(&self) -> Option<Self::GroupElement>;
82
83 /// Returns a byte array representing the compressed group element
84 fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8];
85}
86
87/// A helper trait to append different types to the transcript
88pub trait AppendToTranscriptTrait {
89 /// appends the value to the transcript under the provided label
90 fn append_to_transcript(&self, label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript);
91}
92
93/// A helper trait to absorb different objects in RO
94pub trait AbsorbInROTrait<G: Group> {
95 /// Absorbs the value in the provided RO
96 fn absorb_in_ro(&self, ro: &mut G::RO);
97}
98
99/// A helper trait to generate challenges using a transcript object
100pub trait ChallengeTrait {
101 /// Returns a Scalar representing the challenge using the transcript
102 fn challenge(label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript) -> Self;
103}
104
105/// A helper trait that defines the behavior of a hash function that we use as an RO
106pub trait ROTrait<Base, Scalar> {
107 /// A type representing constants/parameters associated with the hash function
108 type Constants: ROConstantsTrait<Base> + Clone + Send + Sync;
109
110 /// Initializes the hash function
111 fn new(constants: Self::Constants) -> Self;
112
113 /// Adds a scalar to the internal state
114 fn absorb(&mut self, e: Base);
115
116 /// Returns a challenge of `num_bits` by hashing the internal state
117 fn squeeze(&self, num_bits: usize) -> Scalar;
118}
119
120/// A helper trait that defines the behavior of a hash function that we use as an RO in the circuit model
121pub trait ROCircuitTrait<Base: PrimeField> {
122 /// A type representing constants/parameters associated with the hash function
123 type Constants: ROConstantsTrait<Base> + Clone + Send + Sync;
124
125 /// Initializes the hash function
126 fn new(constants: Self::Constants) -> Self;
127
128 /// Adds a scalar to the internal state
129 fn absorb(&mut self, e: AllocatedNum<Base>);
130
131 /// Returns a challenge of `num_bits` by hashing the internal state
132 fn squeeze<CS>(&mut self, cs: CS, num_bits: usize) -> Result<Vec<AllocatedBit>, SynthesisError>
133 where
134 CS: ConstraintSystem<Base>;
135}
136
137/// A helper trait that defines the constants associated with a hash function
138pub trait ROConstantsTrait<Base> {
139 /// produces constants/parameters associated with the hash function
140 fn new() -> Self;
141}
142
143/// An alias for constants associated with G::RO
144pub type ROConstants<G> =
145 <<G as Group>::RO as ROTrait<<G as Group>::Base, <G as Group>::Scalar>>::Constants;
146
147/// An alias for constants associated with G::ROCircuit
148pub type ROConstantsCircuit<G> =
149 <<G as Group>::ROCircuit as ROCircuitTrait<<G as Group>::Base>>::Constants;
150
151/// A helper trait for types with a group operation.
152pub trait GroupOps<Rhs = Self, Output = Self>:
153 Add<Rhs, Output = Output> + Sub<Rhs, Output = Output> + AddAssign<Rhs> + SubAssign<Rhs>
154{
155}
156
157impl<T, Rhs, Output> GroupOps<Rhs, Output> for T where
158 T: Add<Rhs, Output = Output> + Sub<Rhs, Output = Output> + AddAssign<Rhs> + SubAssign<Rhs>
159{
160}
161
162/// A helper trait for references with a group operation.
163pub trait GroupOpsOwned<Rhs = Self, Output = Self>: for<'r> GroupOps<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
164impl<T, Rhs, Output> GroupOpsOwned<Rhs, Output> for T where T: for<'r> GroupOps<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
165
166/// A helper trait for types implementing group scalar multiplication.
167pub trait ScalarMul<Rhs, Output = Self>: Mul<Rhs, Output = Output> + MulAssign<Rhs> {}
168
169impl<T, Rhs, Output> ScalarMul<Rhs, Output> for T where T: Mul<Rhs, Output = Output> + MulAssign<Rhs>
170{}
171
172/// A helper trait for references implementing group scalar multiplication.
173pub trait ScalarMulOwned<Rhs, Output = Self>: for<'r> ScalarMul<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
174impl<T, Rhs, Output> ScalarMulOwned<Rhs, Output> for T where T: for<'r> ScalarMul<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
175
176impl<F: PrimeField> AppendToTranscriptTrait for F {
177 fn append_to_transcript(&self, label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript) {
178 transcript.append_message(label, self.to_repr().as_ref());
179 }
180}
181
182impl<F: PrimeField> AppendToTranscriptTrait for [F] {
183 fn append_to_transcript(&self, label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript) {
184 for s in self {
185 s.append_to_transcript(label, transcript);
186 }
187 }
188}
189
190pub mod circuit;
191pub mod snark;