Signed-off-by: 0xKanekiKen <100861945+0xKanekiKen@users.noreply.github.com>

Signed-off-by: 0xKanekiKen <100861945+0xKanekiKen@users.noreply.github.com>

Signed-off-by: 0xKanekiKen <100861945+0xKanekiKen@users.noreply.github.com>

Signed-off-by: 0xKanekiKen <100861945+0xKanekiKen@users.noreply.github.com>

This commit moves the previous implementation of `SparseMerkleTree` from
miden-core to this crate.

It also include a couple of new tests, a bench suite, and a couple of
minor fixes. The original API was preserved to maintain compatibility
with `AdviceTape`.

closes #21

See https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto/pull/29#discussion_r1045108928 where it was suggested.

Signed-off-by: Anjan Roy <hello@itzmeanjan.in>

Signed-off-by: Anjan Roy <hello@itzmeanjan.in>

Signed-off-by: Anjan Roy <hello@itzmeanjan.in>

closes #6

closes #8

closes #5