Tracking PR for v0.16.0 release

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build for no-std
         run: |
           rustup update --no-self-update ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
+          rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
           rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
           make build-no-std

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Rustfmt
         run: |
           rustup update --no-self-update nightly
+          rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
           rustup +nightly component add rustfmt
           make format-check
 

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         toolchain: [stable, nightly]
         os: [ubuntu]
-        args: [default, smt-hashmaps, no-std]
+        args: [default, hashmaps, no-std]
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@main
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
       - name: Perform tests
         run: |
           rustup update --no-self-update ${{matrix.toolchain}}
+          rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
           make test-${{matrix.args}}
 
   test-smt-concurrent:
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Perform concurrent SMT tests
         run: |
           rustup update --no-self-update ${{matrix.toolchain}}
+          rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
           make test-smt-concurrent
 
   doc-tests:
@@ -56,5 +58,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run doc-tests
         run: |
           rustup update --no-self-update
+          rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
           make test-docs
-

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+## 0.16.0 (TBD)
+
+- [BREAKING] Incremented MSRV to 1.88.
+- Added implementation of Poseidon2 hash function ([#429](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/issues/429)).
+- [BREAKING] Make Falcon DSA deterministic ([#436](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/436).
+- [BREAKING] Remove generics from `MerkleStore` and remove `KvMap` and `RecordingMap` ([#442](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/issues/442)).
+- [BREAKING] Rename `smt_hashmaps` feature to `hashmaps` ([#442](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/issues/442)).
+- [BREAKING] Refactor `parse_hex_string_as_word()` to `Word::parse()` ([#450](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/issues/450)).
+- `Smt.insert_inner_nodes` does not store empty subtrees ([#452](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/452)).
+- Optimized `Smt::num_entries()` ([#455](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/455)).
+- [BREAKING] Disallow leaves with more than 2^16 entries ([#455](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/455), [#462](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/462)).
+- [BREAKING] Modified the public key in Falcon DSA to be the polynomial instead of the commitment ([#460](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/460)).
+- [BREAKING] Use `SparseMerklePath` in SMT proofs for better memory efficiency ([#477](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/477)).
+- [BREAKING] Rename `SparseValuePath` to `SimpleSmtProof` ([#477](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/477)).
+- Validate `NodeIndex` depth ([#482](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/482)).
+- [BREAKING] Rename `ValuePath` to `MerkleProof` ([#483](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/483)).
+- Added an implementation of Keccak256 hash function ([#487](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/487)).
+
 # 0.15.9 (2025-07-24)
 
 - Added serialization for `Mmr` and `Forest` ([#466](https://github.com/0xMiden/crypto/pull/466)).