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 * **Merkle inclusion proofs** – each commitment needs a path to the UTXO‑set root so the verifier can rebuild the same Merkle root independently.
 * **Ownership proofs** – Schnorr signatures inside or alongside the ZK circuit to prove control of the pubkeys that guard the UTXOs.
 * **Full Bulletproof verification** – currently we only parse the bytes; enable full verification once the commitment‑diff scheme is finalised.
-* **Base‑64 engine upgrade** – swap deprecated `base64::encode/decode` for the modern *engine* API.
+* **Base‑64 engine** – now uses `engine::general_purpose` for encoding and decoding.
 * **Optional Halo 2 backend** – design allows dropping in a different ZKP backend with Cargo `--features halo2-backend` later.
 
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-**Next step:**
-Create the three seed tickets (`SN-00`, `BP-00`, `CLI-00`) and push to `main`. The Codex CI runner will open the first PR within minutes for your review.
+**Seed tickets already available** – `SN-00`, `BP-00`, and `CLI-00` live under `tickets/` as starting examples.