snarkjs VS powersoftau

Compare snarkjs vs powersoftau and see what are their differences.

snarkjs

zkSNARK implementation in JavaScript & WASM (by iden3)

powersoftau

Communal zk-SNARK MPC for Public Parameters (by ebfull)
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snarkjs powersoftau
6 1
1,665 139
2.3% -
7.5 0.0
7 days ago almost 3 years ago
JavaScript Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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snarkjs

Posts with mentions or reviews of snarkjs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-08.

powersoftau

Posts with mentions or reviews of powersoftau. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-26.
  • Show HN: Simple Zero-Knowledge Proof Treasure Hunt Game
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jan 2022
    The project mentions that it uses snarkjs and I thought I'd link it directy here. [1] What's interesting in the setup of systems like this one is the "Powers of Tau" ceremony which in decentralized manner (secure multi-party computation) avoid the "trusted setup" problem in non-interactive variants of zero knowledge proof systems like this one. [2]

    [1] https://github.com/iden3/snarkjs

    [2] https://github.com/ebfull/powersoftau

What are some alternatives?

When comparing snarkjs and powersoftau you can also consider the following projects:

phase2-bn254

circom - zkSnark circuit compiler

ideas-for-projects-people-would-use - Every time I have an idea, I write it down. These are a collection of my top software ideas -- problems I think enough people have that don't have solutions. I expect you can reach a decent userbase if marketed correctly, as I am surely not the only one with these problems.

webpack - A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

perpetualpowersoftau - New repo: https://github.com/privacy-scaling-explorations/perpetualpowersoftau

tornado-core - Tornado cash. Non-custodial private transactions on Ethereum.

circomlib - Library of basic circuits for circom

circomlibjs - Javascript library to work with circomlib circuits

zksnark-tutorial - JavaScript tutorial for Zero-Knowledge Proofs using SnarkJS and Circom

example-helloworld - Hello world on Solana