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
15/// This is currently tailored for an elliptic curve group
16pub trait Group:
17 Clone
18 + Copy
19 + Debug
20 + Eq
21 + Sized
22 + GroupOps
23 + GroupOpsOwned
24 + ScalarMul<<Self as Group>::Scalar>
25 + ScalarMulOwned<<Self as Group>::Scalar>
26 + Send
27 + Sync
28{
29 /// A type representing an element of the base field of the group
30 type Base: PrimeField + PrimeFieldBits;
31
32 /// A type representing an element of the scalar field of the group
33 type Scalar: PrimeField + PrimeFieldBits + ChallengeTrait + Send + Sync;
34
35 /// A type representing the compressed version of the group element
36 type CompressedGroupElement: CompressedGroup<GroupElement = Self>;
37
38 /// A type representing preprocessed group element
39 type PreprocessedGroupElement: Clone + Send + Sync;
40
41 /// A type that represents a hash function that consumes elements
42 /// from the base field and squeezes out elements of the scalar field
43 type RO: ROTrait<Self::Base, Self::Scalar>;
44
45 /// An alternate implementation of Self::RO in the circuit model
46 type ROCircuit: ROCircuitTrait<Self::Base>;
47
48 /// A method to compute a multiexponentation
49 fn vartime_multiscalar_mul(
50 scalars: &[Self::Scalar],
51 bases: &[Self::PreprocessedGroupElement],
52 ) -> Self;
53
54 /// Compresses the group element
55 fn compress(&self) -> Self::CompressedGroupElement;
56
57 /// Produces a preprocessed element
58 fn preprocessed(&self) -> Self::PreprocessedGroupElement;
59
60 /// Produce a vector of group elements using a static label
61 fn from_label(label: &'static [u8], n: usize) -> Vec<Self::PreprocessedGroupElement>;
62
63 /// Returns the affine coordinates (x, y, infinty) for the point
64 fn to_coordinates(&self) -> (Self::Base, Self::Base, bool);
65
66 /// Returns an element that is the additive identity of the group
67 fn zero() -> Self;
68
69 /// Returns the generator of the group
70 fn get_generator() -> Self;
71
72 /// Returns A, B, and the order of the group as a big integer
73 fn get_curve_params() -> (Self::Base, Self::Base, BigInt);
74}
75
76/// Represents a compressed version of a group element
77pub trait CompressedGroup: Clone + Copy + Debug + Eq + Sized + Send + Sync + 'static {
78 /// A type that holds the decompressed version of the compressed group element
79 type GroupElement: Group;
80
81 /// Decompresses the compressed group element
82 fn decompress(&self) -> Option<Self::GroupElement>;
83
84 /// Returns a byte array representing the compressed group element
85 fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8];
86}
87
88/// A helper trait to append different types to the transcript
89pub trait AppendToTranscriptTrait {
90 /// appends the value to the transcript under the provided label
91 fn append_to_transcript(&self, label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript);
92}
93
94/// A helper trait to absorb different objects in RO
95pub trait AbsorbInROTrait<G: Group> {
96 /// Absorbs the value in the provided RO
97 fn absorb_in_ro(&self, ro: &mut G::RO);
98}
99
100/// A helper trait to generate challenges using a transcript object
101pub trait ChallengeTrait {
102 /// Returns a Scalar representing the challenge using the transcript
103 fn challenge(label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript) -> Self;
104}
105
106/// A helper trait that defines the behavior of a hash function that we use as an RO
107pub trait ROTrait<Base, Scalar> {
108 /// A type representing constants/parameters associated with the hash function
109 type Constants: ROConstantsTrait<Base> + Clone + Send + Sync;
110
111 /// Initializes the hash function
112 fn new(constants: Self::Constants, num_absorbs: usize) -> Self;
113
114 /// Adds a scalar to the internal state
115 fn absorb(&mut self, e: Base);
116
117 /// Returns a challenge of `num_bits` by hashing the internal state
118 fn squeeze(&mut self, num_bits: usize) -> Scalar;
119}
120
121/// A helper trait that defines the behavior of a hash function that we use as an RO in the circuit model
122pub trait ROCircuitTrait<Base: PrimeField> {
123 /// A type representing constants/parameters associated with the hash function
124 type Constants: ROConstantsTrait<Base> + Clone + Send + Sync;
125
126 /// Initializes the hash function
127 fn new(constants: Self::Constants, num_absorbs: usize) -> Self;
128
129 /// Adds a scalar to the internal state
130 fn absorb(&mut self, e: AllocatedNum<Base>);
131
132 /// Returns a challenge of `num_bits` by hashing the internal state
133 fn squeeze<CS>(&mut self, cs: CS, num_bits: usize) -> Result<Vec<AllocatedBit>, SynthesisError>
134 where
135 CS: ConstraintSystem<Base>;
136}
137
138/// A helper trait that defines the constants associated with a hash function
139pub trait ROConstantsTrait<Base> {
140 /// produces constants/parameters associated with the hash function
141 fn new() -> Self;
142}
143
144/// An alias for constants associated with G::RO
145pub type ROConstants<G> =
146 <<G as Group>::RO as ROTrait<<G as Group>::Base, <G as Group>::Scalar>>::Constants;
147
148/// An alias for constants associated with G::ROCircuit
149pub type ROConstantsCircuit<G> =
150 <<G as Group>::ROCircuit as ROCircuitTrait<<G as Group>::Base>>::Constants;
151
152/// A helper trait for types with a group operation.
153pub trait GroupOps<Rhs = Self, Output = Self>:
154 Add<Rhs, Output = Output> + Sub<Rhs, Output = Output> + AddAssign<Rhs> + SubAssign<Rhs>
155{
156}
157
158impl<T, Rhs, Output> GroupOps<Rhs, Output> for T where
159 T: Add<Rhs, Output = Output> + Sub<Rhs, Output = Output> + AddAssign<Rhs> + SubAssign<Rhs>
160{
161}
162
163/// A helper trait for references with a group operation.
164pub trait GroupOpsOwned<Rhs = Self, Output = Self>: for<'r> GroupOps<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
165impl<T, Rhs, Output> GroupOpsOwned<Rhs, Output> for T where T: for<'r> GroupOps<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
166
167/// A helper trait for types implementing group scalar multiplication.
168pub trait ScalarMul<Rhs, Output = Self>: Mul<Rhs, Output = Output> + MulAssign<Rhs> {}
169
170impl<T, Rhs, Output> ScalarMul<Rhs, Output> for T where T: Mul<Rhs, Output = Output> + MulAssign<Rhs>
171{}
172
173/// A helper trait for references implementing group scalar multiplication.
174pub trait ScalarMulOwned<Rhs, Output = Self>: for<'r> ScalarMul<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
175impl<T, Rhs, Output> ScalarMulOwned<Rhs, Output> for T where T: for<'r> ScalarMul<&'r Rhs, Output> {}
176
177impl<F: PrimeField> AppendToTranscriptTrait for F {
178 fn append_to_transcript(&self, label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript) {
179 transcript.append_message(label, self.to_repr().as_ref());
180 }
181}
182
183impl<F: PrimeField> AppendToTranscriptTrait for [F] {
184 fn append_to_transcript(&self, label: &'static [u8], transcript: &mut Transcript) {
185 for s in self {
186 s.append_to_transcript(label, transcript);
187 }
188 }
189}
190
191pub mod circuit;
192pub mod snark;