cosmos-sdk/proto/ibc/core/commitment/v1/commitment.proto

syntax = "proto3";
package ibc.core.commitment.v1;

option go_package = "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/core/23-commitment/types";

import "gogoproto/gogo.proto";
import "confio/proofs.proto";

// MerkleRoot defines a merkle root hash.
// In the Cosmos SDK, the AppHash of a block header becomes the root.
message MerkleRoot {
  option (gogoproto.goproto_getters) = false;

  bytes hash = 1;
}

// MerklePrefix is merkle path prefixed to the key.
// The constructed key from the Path and the key will be append(Path.KeyPath,
// append(Path.KeyPrefix, key...))
message MerklePrefix {
  bytes key_prefix = 1 [(gogoproto.moretags) = "yaml:\"key_prefix\""];
}

// MerklePath is the path used to verify commitment proofs, which can be an
// arbitrary structured object (defined by a commitment type).
// MerklePath is represented from root-to-leaf
message MerklePath {
  option (gogoproto.goproto_stringer) = false;

  repeated string key_path = 1 [(gogoproto.moretags) = "yaml:\"key_path\""];
}

// MerkleProof is a wrapper type over a chain of CommitmentProofs.
// It demonstrates membership or non-membership for an element or set of
// elements, verifiable in conjunction with a known commitment root. Proofs
// should be succinct.
// MerkleProofs are ordered from leaf-to-root
message MerkleProof {
  repeated ics23.CommitmentProof proofs = 1;
}