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bls12_381_plus

v0.8.18 Growing

Implementation of the BLS12-381 pairing-friendly elliptic curve construction. This is a fork from zkcrypto/bls12_381 but adds hash to curve and multiexponentiation methods as well as enables multi-pairing without the allocator requirement.

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 523 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (27 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
643.6K
Dependents
523
Releases
32
Size
548KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

32.6K downloads in the last 30 days (1.1K/day), up 23% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

523 crates depend on bls12_381_plus. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 69 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, bls12_381_plus hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

27 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include vsss-rs, blsful, jubjub-plus, zkryptium, gennaro-dkg. When high-quality crates choose bls12_381_plus, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
1K/day avg-5%
05001K2K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.18
48%
v0.7.0
14%
v0.8.15
13%
v0.5.1
13%
v0.5.2
13%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["groups", "pairings", "alloc", "bits"]

arkstdbits*alloc*groups*pairings*expose-fields

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
27
direct dependencies
Dependents
523
crates depend on bls12_381_plus