diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38652cc..43e6c45 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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- "ark-serialize-derive",
- "ark-std",
+ "ark-serialize-derive 0.3.0",
+ "ark-std 0.3.0",
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
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+ "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "num-bigint",
+]
+
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@@ -212,6 +224,17 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
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+ "rand 0.8.5",
+]
+
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+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
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- "generic-array",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "serde",
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+
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+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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 [[package]]
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+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
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+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
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+ "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
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+ "contract-bindings",
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+ "serde",
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- "windows_i686_msvc",
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- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
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