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+The MIT License (MIT)
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 # gnark-plonky2-verifier
 
+This is an in-progress implementation of a [Plonky2](https://github.com/mir-protocol/plonky2) verifier in Gnark. It currently is able to verify some dummy circuits, but not much more as many of the custom gates used in Plonky2 are currently not implemented.
+
+Besides the verifier, there are some Gnark implementation of circuits in this repo that may be useful for other projects:
+
+- [Goldilocks](https://github.com/succinctlabs/gnark-plonky2-verifier/blob/main/field/field.go)
+- [Poseidon](https://github.com/succinctlabs/gnark-plonky2-verifier/blob/main/poseidon/poseidon.go)
+- [FRI](https://github.com/succinctlabs/gnark-plonky2-verifier/blob/main/plonky2_verifier/fri.go)
+
+## Requirements
+
+- [Go (1.20.1+)](https://go.dev/doc/install)
+
+## Benchmark
+
 To run the benchmark,
 ```
 go run benchmark.go
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+```
+
+Here are relevant numbers from a benchmark ran on an M1 Max with 10 CPU cores.
+
+```
+# of constraints:  6740784
+circuit compilation time:  19 minutes, 33 sec.
+witness generation time: < 1 second
+groth16 setup:  8 minutes 23 seconds
+proof generation: 23 seconds
+proof verification: < 1 second
+```
+
+The circuit can be significantly optimized by using more efficient arithmetic for Goldilocks, among other things.
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