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+# go-circom-prover
+Experimental Go zkSNARK prover compatible with [circom](https://github.com/iden3/circom).
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+Using [bn256](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/master/crypto/bn256/cloudflare) (used by [go-ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)) for the Pairing.