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Adds a new section explaining how proof verification works internally in the JS SDK. Covers signature verification (attestor validation via ECDSA recovery) and content validation (hash comparison against provider configuration). This helps developers understand what happens under the hood when calling verifyProof().

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I've addressed Abdul Rashid's question about how proof verification works in the JS SDK by adding documentation that explains the verification internals.

Summary of changes:

I added a new "How verification works" section to the JS SDK proof verification documentation (content/docs/js-sdk/verifying-proofs.mdx) that explains:

  1. Signature verification - How the SDK validates that proofs were signed by valid Reclaim attestors using ECDSA signature recovery
  2. Content validation - How the SDK verifies that the proof's hash matches the expected provider configuration using keccak256 hashing
  3. Under the hood details - The cryptographic primitives used (ethers.js verifyMessage(), canonical JSON serialization)

The technical details were derived from analyzing the JS SDK source code, specifically:

  • proofUtils.ts - signature verification via assertVerifiedProof
  • proofValidationUtils.ts - content validation via assertValidateProof
  • witness.ts - claim data signing and hashing

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Verifying proofs is a very simple light weight operation. You can think of it as verifying the digital signatures to make sure the data is tamper resistant.

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Citation: Added this section in response to Abdul Rashid's question about how verification works in the JS SDK. The technical details were derived from analyzing the reclaim-js-sdk source code, specifically proofUtils.ts (signature verification via assertVerifiedProof) and proofValidationUtils.ts (content validation via assertValidateProof).
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I've reviewed PR #122 for the JS SDK verification documentation. I don't see any reviewer comments requesting documentation changes - only automated messages from Vercel (deployment status) and the CLA assistant (licensing agreement).

The Vercel preview is now live and ready for review.

If you've received specific feedback that should be addressed, could you point me to where those comments are? I'm happy to make any needed updates once I can see the feedback.

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