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zcash_encoding

v0.4.0 Growing

Binary encodings used throughout the Zcash ecosystem.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.85.1

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 32d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 249 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
706.3K
Dependents
249
Releases
7
Size
13KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

43.1K downloads in the last 30 days (1.4K/day), up 48% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

249 crates depend on zcash_encoding. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 76 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, zcash_encoding hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 13KB, zcash_encoding is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include zcash_primitives, zcash_address, zcash_protocol, zcash_keys, zcash_transparent. When high-quality crates choose zcash_encoding, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
1K/day avg+65%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.0
32%
v0.2.0
27%
v0.3.0
25%
v0.2.2
13%
v0.2.1
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
4
direct dependencies
Dependents
249
crates depend on zcash_encoding

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