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ark-secp256k1

v0.6.0 Growing

The secp256k1 curve

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
Cryptography #cryptography#finite-fields#elliptic-curves

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 76d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 284 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
2.7M
Dependents
284
Releases
5
Size
17KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

184.6K downloads in the last 30 days (6.2K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

284 crates depend on ark-secp256k1. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, ark-secp256k1 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 16KB, ark-secp256k1 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cairo-lang-runner, fastcrypto, cairo-native, blockifier, provekit-spongefish. When high-quality crates choose ark-secp256k1, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 13/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5K/day avg-23%
05K10K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.0
69%
v0.5.0
30%
v0.6.0
1%
v0.4.0-alpha.2
0%
v0.5.0-alpha.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
284
crates depend on ark-secp256k1

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