Writing Programs: Setup

In this section, we will teach you how to setup a self-contained crate which can be compiled as an program that can be executed inside the zkVM.

The recommended way to setup your first program to prove inside the zkVM is using the method described in Quickstart which will create a program folder.

cargo prove new <name>
cd program

Build

To build the program, simply run:

cargo prove build

This will compile the ELF that can be executed in the zkVM and put the executable in elf/riscv32im-succinct-zkvm-elf.

Manual

You can also manually setup a project. First create a new cargo project:

cargo new program
cd program

Cargo Manifest

Inside this crate, add the sp1-zkvm crate as a dependency. Your Cargo.toml should look like as follows:

[workspace]
[package]
version = "0.1.0"
name = "program"
edition = "2021"

[dependencies]
sp1-zkvm = { git = "https://github.com/succinctlabs/sp1.git" }

The sp1-zkvm crate includes necessary utilities for your program, including handling inputs and outputs, precompiles, patches, and more.

main.rs

Inside the src/main.rs file, you must make sure to include these two lines to ensure that the crate properly compiles.

#![no_main]
sp1_zkvm::entrypoint!(main);

These two lines of code wrap your main function with some additional logic to ensure that your program compiles correctly with the RISCV target.

Build

To build the program, simply run:

cargo prove build

This will compile the ELF (RISCV binary) that can be executed in the zkVM and put the executable in elf/riscv32im-succinct-zkvm-elf.