1## 0.8.0 (2024-02-14)
 2
 3* Implemented the `PartialMmr` data structure (#195).
 4* Implemented RPX hash function (#201).
 5* Added `FeltRng` and `RpoRandomCoin` (#237).
 6* Accelerated RPO/RPX hash functions using AVX512 instructions (#234).
 7* Added `inner_nodes()` method to `PartialMmr` (#238).
 8* Improved `PartialMmr::apply_delta()` (#242).
 9* Refactored `SimpleSmt` struct (#245).
10* Replaced `TieredSmt` struct with `Smt` struct (#254, #277).
11* Updated Winterfell dependency to v0.8 (#275).
12
13## 0.7.1 (2023-10-10)
14
15* Fixed RPO Falcon signature build on Windows.
16
17## 0.7.0 (2023-10-05)
18
19* Replaced `MerklePathSet` with `PartialMerkleTree` (#165).
20* Implemented clearing of nodes in `TieredSmt` (#173).
21* Added ability to generate inclusion proofs for `TieredSmt` (#174).
22* Implemented Falcon DSA (#179).
23* Added conditional `serde`` support for various structs (#180).
24* Implemented benchmarking for `TieredSmt` (#182).
25* Added more leaf traversal methods for `MerkleStore` (#185).
26* Added SVE acceleration for RPO hash function (#189).
27
28## 0.6.0 (2023-06-25)
29
30* [BREAKING] Added support for recording capabilities for `MerkleStore` (#162).
31* [BREAKING] Refactored Merkle struct APIs to use `RpoDigest` instead of `Word` (#157).
32* Added initial implementation of `PartialMerkleTree` (#156).
33
34## 0.5.0 (2023-05-26)
35
36* Implemented `TieredSmt` (#152, #153).
37* Implemented ability to extract a subset of a `MerkleStore` (#151).
38* Cleaned up `SimpleSmt` interface (#149).
39* Decoupled hashing and padding of peaks in `Mmr` (#148).
40* Added `inner_nodes()` to `MerkleStore` (#146).
41
42## 0.4.0 (2023-04-21)
43
44- Exported `MmrProof` from the crate (#137).
45- Allowed merging of leaves in `MerkleStore` (#138).
46- [BREAKING] Refactored how existing data structures are added to `MerkleStore` (#139).
47
48## 0.3.0 (2023-04-08)
49
50- Added `depth` parameter to SMT constructors in `MerkleStore` (#115).
51- Optimized MMR peak hashing for Miden VM (#120).
52- Added `get_leaf_depth` method to `MerkleStore` (#119).
53- Added inner node iterators to `MerkleTree`, `SimpleSmt`, and `Mmr` (#117, #118, #121).
54
55## 0.2.0 (2023-03-24)
56
57- Implemented `Mmr` and related structs (#67).
58- Implemented `MerkleStore` (#93, #94, #95, #107 #112).
59- Added benchmarks for `MerkleStore` vs. other structs (#97).
60- Added Merkle path containers (#99).
61- Fixed depth handling in `MerklePathSet` (#110).
62- Updated Winterfell dependency to v0.6.
63
64## 0.1.4 (2023-02-22)
65
66- Re-export winter-crypto Hasher, Digest & ElementHasher (#72)
67
68## 0.1.3 (2023-02-20)
69
70- Updated Winterfell dependency to v0.5.1 (#68)
71
72## 0.1.2 (2023-02-17)
73
74- Fixed `Rpo256::hash` pad that was panicking on input (#44)
75- Added `MerklePath` wrapper to encapsulate Merkle opening verification and root computation (#53)
76- Added `NodeIndex` Merkle wrapper to encapsulate Merkle tree traversal and mappings (#54)
77
78## 0.1.1 (2023-02-06)
79
80- Introduced `merge_in_domain` for the RPO hash function, to allow using a specified domain value in the second capacity register when hashing two digests together.
81- Added a simple sparse Merkle tree implementation.
82- Added re-exports of Winterfell RandomCoin and RandomCoinError.
83
84## 0.1.0 (2022-12-02)
85
86- Initial release on crates.io containing the cryptographic primitives used in Miden VM and the Miden Rollup.
87- Hash module with the BLAKE3 and Rescue Prime Optimized hash functions.
88    - BLAKE3 is implemented with 256-bit, 192-bit, or 160-bit output.
89    - RPO is implemented with 256-bit output.
90- Merkle module, with a set of data structures related to Merkle trees, implemented using the RPO hash function.