# Poseidon
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## Overview
This is Starkom's implementation of the [Poseidon algebraic hash](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/458).
Note that this crate uses version 1 of the permutation. For version 2 see the
[`starkom-poseidon2`](https://crates.io/crates/starkom-poseidon2) crate.
The implementation is generic and works on any prime field.
Configurations for the BLS12-381 and BlueSky prime fields are provided; they support T=3 (R=2, C=1)
and T=4 (R=3, C=1).
> [!NOTE]
> The BLS12-381 configurations are controlled by the `bls12_381` feature flag, which is disabled by
> default.
## Usage
The following example functions instantiate Poseidon with T=3 and T=4 respectively, squeezing a
single element from the output. Both use a single element for capacity.
```rs
use starkom_bluesky::Scalar;
use starkom_poseidon;
fn hash_t3(inputs: impl IntoIterator<Item = Scalar>) -> Scalar {
starkom_poseidon::hash::<starkom_poseidon::bluesky::BlueSkyConfig3, Scalar, 3, 2, 1>(inputs)[0]
}
fn hash_t4(inputs: impl IntoIterator<Item = Scalar>) -> Scalar {
starkom_poseidon::hash::<starkom_poseidon::bluesky::BlueSkyConfig4, Scalar, 4, 3, 1>(inputs)[0]
}
```