v0.15.0

What's Changed

• chore: improves documentation by @staheri14 in #96
• chore!: remove unused API functions Sha256Namespace8FlaggedLeaf and Sha256Namespace8FlaggedInner from the hasher by @staheri14 in #103
• feat: implement nmt methods Min/MaxNamespace by @rootulp in #105
• chore: add golangci-lint config by @rootulp in #107
• chore: NMT specifications by @staheri14 in #101
• feat: verify the range of the namespace IDs of the children in the HashNode by @staheri14 in #102
• feat: implements input validation functions for HashNode and HashLeaf to prevent panics by @staheri14 in #113
• chore: fixes the description of the index of leafHash in the absence proof by @staheri14 in #114
• chore: fixes the description of absence index in the calculateAbsenceIndex by @staheri14 in #119
• feat: check the namespace ID range of the leafHash in an absence proof to ensure soundness by @staheri14 in #116
• chore: splits the nmt spec into two files and moves them into separate directories by @staheri14 in #120
• chore: enable markdownlint by @rootulp in #124
• chore: removes the usage of the merkletree package by @staheri14 in #126
• chore: upgrade to Go 1.19 by @rootulp in #135
• Reworded explanation of calculating namespace when IgnoreMaxNamespace is set by @ivan-gavran in #134
• Add NOTICE file by @MSevey in #127
• test: remove duplicate test case by @rootulp in #150
• feat!: updates the HashNode and HashLeaf methods to return error instead of panic and refactors the code by @staheri14 in #136
• chore: delay initialization by @rootulp in #152
• fix: ProveNamespace godoc by @rootulp in #167
• test: fix TestNamespacedMerkleTree_calculateAbsenceIndex_Panic by @rootulp in #169

New Contributors

• @ivan-gavran made their first contribution in #134
• @MSevey made their first contribution in #127

Full Changelog: v0.14.0...v0.15.0