Ethereum Merkle Tree Library (eth-merkle-tree-rs)

A Rust library and command-line interface (CLI) for working with Ethereum's Merkle tree structure.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Library Usage
  • Constructing the Merkle Tree
  • Visualizing the Tree
• CLI Usage
  • Visualize the Tree
  • Generate a Merkle Proof
• Validating a Proof in Solidity
• License

Installation

To include eth-merkle-tree-rs in your project, add it to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies.lib]
petgraph = "0.6"
hex = "0.4"
sha = "0.10"

[dependencies.bin]
petgraph = "0.6"
hex = "0.4"
colored = "2.0"

Library Usage

Constructing the Merkle Tree

use eth_merkle_tree::tree::MerkleTree;

let data = vec![
    String::from("0x901Ab22EdCA65188686C9742F2C88c946698bc90, 100"),
    String::from("0x7b95d138cD923476b6e697391DD2aA01D15BAB27, 100"),
];

let tree = MerkleTree::new(data).expect("Tree creation error.");
let root = tree.root.expect("Unable to access root");
println!("Root: {}", root.data);

or

use eth_merkle_tree::tree::MerkleTree;

let data = vec![
    String::from("0x901Ab22EdCA65188686C9742F2C88c946698bc90"),
    String::from("0x7b95d138cD923476b6e697391DD2aA01D15BAB27"),
];

let tree = MerkleTree::new(data).expect("Tree creation error.");
let root = tree.root.expect("Unable to access root");
println!("Root: {}", root.data);

Visualizing the Tree

Can visualize the tree structure using the provided visualization tools:

Note: To visualize the Merkle Tree, ensure that Graphviz is installed on your system.

use eth_merkle_tree::graph::visualizer::graphviz;

graphviz(&tree).expect("Visualization Error!");

CLI Usage

The library also comes with a command-line interface for interacting with Merkle trees.

Visualize the Tree

To visualize the tree, use the -v or --visualize flag:

$ emtr -- ./example.txt -v

Generate a Merkle Proof

To generate a Merkle proof for a specific leaf:

$ emtr -- ./example.txt --proof 0x901Ab22EdCA65188686C9742F2C88c946698bc90

Validating a proof in Solidity

Once the proof has been generated, it can be validated in Solidity using MerkleProof as in the following example:

pragma solidity >=0.8.0 <0.9.0;

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/utils/cryptography/MerkleProof.sol";

contract Verifier {

  bytes32 private root;

  constructor(bytes32 _root) {
    root = _root;
  }

  function verify(
    bytes32[] memory proof,
    address addr,
    uint256 amount
  ) public view {
    bytes32 leaf = keccak256(abi.encode(addr, amount));
    require(MerkleProof.verify(proof, root, leaf), "Invalid proof");

  }

  function verify(
    bytes32[] memory proof,
    address addr
  ) public view {
    bytes32 leaf = keccak256(abi.encodePacked(addr));
    require(MerkleProof.verify(proof, root, leaf), "Invalid proof");

  }
}

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.