snarkvm-posw 0.7.9

Proof of Succinct Work circuit implementation based on [KB20]
Documentation
// Copyright (C) 2019-2021 Aleo Systems Inc.
// This file is part of the snarkVM library.

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use snarkvm_algorithms::errors::SNARKError;
use snarkvm_fields::ConstraintFieldError;
use snarkvm_parameters::errors::ParameterError;

use std::io::Error as IoError;
use thiserror::Error;

#[derive(Debug, Error)]
/// An error when generating/verifying a Proof of Succinct Work
pub enum PoswError {
    /// Thrown when the parameters cannot be loaded
    #[error("could not load PoSW parameters: {0}")]
    Parameters(#[from] ParameterError),

    /// Thrown when a proof fails verification
    #[error("could not verify PoSW")]
    PoswVerificationFailed,

    /// Thrown when there's an internal error in the underlying SNARK
    #[error(transparent)]
    SnarkError(#[from] SNARKError),

    /// Thrown when there's an IO error
    #[error(transparent)]
    IoError(#[from] IoError),

    /// Thrown if the mask conversion to a field element fails
    #[error(transparent)]
    ConstraintFieldError(#[from] ConstraintFieldError),
}