v0.18.0

What's Changed

• perf: disable cobra bit reverse for small fields by @gbotrel in #662
• perf: adds avx512 poseidon2 for small fields by @gbotrel in #665
• GKR Gate Registry by @Tabaie in #652
• chore: remove unused benchmark script by @ivokub in #675
• Remove GKR from gnark-crypto by @Tabaie in #670
• feat: make <31 bit field generated using uint32 by @gbotrel in #676
• refactor: hash to curve by @ivokub in #674
• fix: Eisenstein Half-GCD convergence by @feltroidprime in #680
• feat/hashregistry by @Tabaie in #687
• Feat/fftext by @YaoJGalteland in #684
• Feat/vortex options by @ThomasPiellard in #689
• [secp256k1]: replace outdated link to article by @gap-editor in #690
• feat: remove dependency on internal package in ecc.go by @gbotrel in #693

New Contributors

• @feltroidprime made their first contribution in #680
• @YaoJGalteland made their first contribution in #684
• @gap-editor made their first contribution in #690

Full Changelog: v0.17.0...v0.18.0