From 580589e8208645a0b30de8c4a092d148b8b772f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: holgerd77 <Holger.Drewes@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:57:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Release commit for v2.3.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md |  4 ++++
 README.md    | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 package.json |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index afcbe40..4327cdb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 (modification: no type change headlines) and this project adheres to 
 [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.3.0] - 2017-11-30
+- Methods for merkle proof generation ``Trie.prove()`` and verification ``Trie.verifyProof()`` (see [./proof.js](./proof.js))
+
+[2.3.0]: https://github.com/ethereumjs/merkle-patricia-tree/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0
 
 ## [2.2.0] - 2017-08-03
 - Renamed ``root`` functions argument to ``nodeRef`` for passing a node reference
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc7191f..b2648e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ The only backing store supported is LevelDB through the ```levelup``` module.
  `npm install merkle-patricia-tree`
 
 # USAGE
+
+## Initialization and Basic Usage
+
 ```javascript
 var Trie = require('merkle-patricia-tree'),
 levelup = require('levelup'),
@@ -30,6 +33,19 @@ trie.put('test', 'one', function () {
 });
 ```
 
+## Merkle Proofs
+
+```javascript
+Trie.prove(trie, 'test', function (err, prove) {
+  if (err) return cb(err)
+  Trie.verifyProof(trie.root, 'test', prove, function (err, value) {
+    if (err) return cb(err)
+    console.log(value.toString())
+    cb()
+  })
+})
+```
+
 # API
 [./docs/](./docs/index.md)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 96c6e15..033342d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "merkle-patricia-tree",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "description": "This is an implementation of the modified merkle patricia tree as speficed in the Ethereum's yellow paper.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {