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 <h1 align="center">ZEXE (Zero knowledge EXEcution)</h1>
 
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 ___ZEXE___ (pronounced */zeksē/*) is a Rust library for decentralized private computation.
 
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 This library was initially developed as part of the paper *"[ZEXE: Enabling Decentralized Private Computation][zexe]"*, and it is released under the MIT License and the Apache v2 License (see [License](#license)).
 
 **WARNING:** This is an academic proof-of-concept prototype, and in particular has not received careful code review. This implementation is NOT ready for production use.