aere-contracts/contracts/mpc/AereThresholdPQCRegistry.sol
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Aere Network public source. Everything here can be checked against the live
chain (chain id 2800, https://rpc.aere.network).

Scope note, stated up front rather than buried: consensus on chain 2800 is
classical secp256k1 ECDSA QBFT. The post-quantum work in this repository is at
the signature, precompile, account and transport layers. Nothing here makes the
consensus post-quantum, and no document in it should be read as claiming so.
2026-07-20 01:02:37 +03:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity 0.8.23;
/**
* @title AereThresholdPQCRegistry, an on-chain t-of-n POST-QUANTUM threshold
* authorization primitive over AERE's LIVE PQC precompiles (chain 2800)
*
* @notice A committee of n post-quantum signers, each with a registered NIST PQC
* public key, authorizes a message only when >= t DISTINCT committee members
* each PQC-sign the SAME domain-separated challenge, with every signature
* verified in full, on-chain, by the live PQC precompile for the committee's
* scheme. This gives genuine post-quantum t-of-n authority: every leg is
* quantum-resistant, no single member can authorize alone, and no member can
* be double-counted. This contract holds NO funds; it is verification only.
*
* @dev THE HONEST BOUNDARY, read this before trusting or describing anything.
*
* 1. THIS IS A THRESHOLD MULTISIG OF INDEPENDENT PQC SIGNATURES, NOT A SINGLE
* AGGREGATE THRESHOLD-PQC SIGNATURE. A valid authorization here is t distinct
* PQC signatures, each verified separately by the precompile. It is NOT one
* short signature proving ">= t of n signed" (as a threshold-BLS or a true
* threshold-lattice signature would be). A single-aggregate threshold-PQC
* signature over ML-DSA / Falcon is an OPEN RESEARCH problem: lattice /
* hash-based threshold signatures are immature, unstandardized, and have no
* audited production library or matching on-chain verifier. See
* docs/THRESHOLD-PQC-2026-07-12.md for the full research summary. Do NOT
* describe this as a single aggregate threshold-PQC signature, and do NOT
* describe it as post-quantum consensus (AERE consensus is classical ECDSA
* QBFT). What IS true and new: each of the t authorizing legs is a real NIST
* PQC signature verified on-chain, so the t-of-n authority is quantum-durable.
*
* 2. WHY THIS IS STRICTLY STRONGER THAN THE ECDSA THRESHOLD REGISTRY ON-CHAIN.
* In AereThresholdRegistry (threshold ECDSA), an on-chain t-of-n signature is
* byte-identical to a single-key `ecrecover`, so the chain literally cannot
* tell that t members participated: "t-of-n" lives entirely off-chain. HERE,
* by contrast, the chain verifies t SEPARATE PQC signatures against t DISTINCT
* registered public keys, so the t-of-n participation is proven ON-CHAIN. The
* trade-off is cost: t independent precompile verifications instead of one
* aggregate check, which bounds the practical (scheme, t) ceiling (see below).
*
* 3. LIVE PRECOMPILES (chain 2800), single-signer verifiers this contract calls:
* scheme 1 = Falcon-512 at 0x...0AE1 (cheapest verify: 40,000 gas)
* scheme 2 = Falcon-1024 at 0x...0AE2 (75,000 gas)
* scheme 3 = ML-DSA-44 at 0x...0AE3 (55,000 gas, FIPS 204)
* scheme 4 = SLH-DSA-128s at 0x...0AE4 (350,000 gas, FIPS 205 SPHINCS+)
* Gas values are the marginal precompile verify-op costs measured on the
* precompile fork (research/aip-draft-pqc-precompiles.md).
*
* 4. EIP-7825 GAS-CEILING HONESTY. AERE keeps Fusaka's per-transaction cap of
* 2^24 = 16,777,216 gas. authorize() performs t independent precompile
* verifications plus per-leg calldata (pubkey + signature) and bookkeeping, so
* the committee's t is bounded. Using the CHEAPEST path (Falcon-512), the
* per-leg cost is dominated by the 40,000-gas precompile verify plus ~1.6 KB
* of pubkey+signature calldata and the distinct-member bookkeeping. The
* practical (scheme, t) ceilings are documented in
* docs/THRESHOLD-PQC-2026-07-12.md; Falcon-512 admits the largest committee
* quorum, SLH-DSA-128s the smallest (its 7,856-byte signature makes calldata,
* not the verify, the dominant per-leg cost).
*
* @dev PRECOMPILE INPUT ENVELOPE (identical to AerePQCAttestation, which is proven
* bit-for-bit against the LIVE mainnet precompile via eth_call):
* Falcon (1,2): signature = nonce(40) || esig (esig starts 0x29 / 0x2A)
* ML-DSA-44 (3): signature = sig, exactly 2420 bytes
* SLH-DSA-128s (4): signature = sig, exactly 7856 bytes
* The contract supplies the 32-byte challenge itself, so no signer can sign a
* message other than the one this contract binds. Precompile output is a raw
* 32-byte word, 0x..01 valid else 0x..00; an empty/zero return (a stale/pre-fork
* address) is treated as INVALID, so a mis-targeted call can never authorize.
*
* @dev REPLAY PROTECTION. Each committee has a strictly increasing `authNonce`. Every
* member signs the SAME challenge, which binds
* {domain, chainId, this contract, committeeId, authNonce, messageHash}. On a
* successful authorization the nonce increments, so the exact same set of t
* signatures can never be replayed (they verified only for the old nonce) and no
* signature made for a different committee, message, contract, or chain verifies.
*/
contract AereThresholdPQCRegistry {
// ==========================================================================
// Scheme + precompile constants
// ==========================================================================
uint8 public constant SCHEME_FALCON512 = 1;
uint8 public constant SCHEME_FALCON1024 = 2;
uint8 public constant SCHEME_MLDSA44 = 3;
uint8 public constant SCHEME_SLHDSA128S = 4;
address public constant PRECOMPILE_FALCON512 = address(0x0AE1);
address public constant PRECOMPILE_FALCON1024 = address(0x0AE2);
address public constant PRECOMPILE_MLDSA44 = address(0x0AE3);
address public constant PRECOMPILE_SLHDSA128S = address(0x0AE4);
uint256 internal constant FALCON512_PK_LEN = 897;
uint256 internal constant FALCON1024_PK_LEN = 1793;
uint256 internal constant MLDSA44_PK_LEN = 1312;
uint256 internal constant SLHDSA128S_PK_LEN = 32;
uint8 internal constant FALCON512_PK_HEADER = 0x09; // 0x00 | logn=9
uint8 internal constant FALCON1024_PK_HEADER = 0x0A; // 0x00 | logn=10
uint256 internal constant MLDSA44_SIG_LEN = 2420;
uint256 internal constant SLHDSA128S_SIG_LEN = 7856;
uint256 internal constant FALCON_NONCE_LEN = 40;
// Domain separator for the per-authorization challenge each member PQC-signs.
bytes32 public constant AUTH_DOMAIN = keccak256("AereThresholdPQCRegistry.v1.authorize");
// ==========================================================================
// Types
// ==========================================================================
struct Committee {
bool exists;
uint8 scheme; // one of SCHEME_* (whole committee shares one scheme)
uint8 threshold; // t: distinct PQC signatures required to authorize
uint8 size; // n: number of members
uint64 authNonce; // strictly increasing; consumed on each successful authorize
address registrant; // who registered (informational; not an authority)
bytes32 membersHash; // keccak256(abi.encode(pubKeys)) integrity commitment
}
/// @notice One authorizing leg: the member's committee index and their PQC signature
/// over the current authorization challenge, in the scheme's envelope.
struct PqcSig {
uint8 memberIndex; // 0..n-1, must be a distinct committee member
bytes signature; // scheme envelope (see contract NatSpec)
}
/// @notice A recorded authorization, keyed by (committeeId, nonce).
struct Authorization {
bool exists;
bytes32 messageHash; // the caller-supplied 32-byte payload
bytes32 challenge; // the exact 32 bytes every leg PQC-signed
uint8 quorum; // number of distinct PQC signers (== threshold at record time)
uint64 blockNumber;
}
// ==========================================================================
// Storage
// ==========================================================================
uint256 public committeeCount;
mapping(uint256 => Committee) private _committees;
// committeeId => ordered member PQC public keys (index is the memberIndex)
mapping(uint256 => bytes[]) private _pubKeys;
// keccak256(committeeId, nonce) => recorded authorization
mapping(bytes32 => Authorization) private _auths;
/// @notice Total number of authorizations recorded across all committees.
uint256 public authorizationCount;
// ==========================================================================
// Events
// ==========================================================================
event CommitteeRegistered(
uint256 indexed committeeId, address indexed registrant, uint8 indexed scheme, uint8 threshold, uint8 size
);
event Authorized(
uint256 indexed committeeId,
uint64 indexed nonce,
bytes32 indexed messageHash,
bytes32 challenge,
uint8 quorum,
uint256 blockNumber
);
// ==========================================================================
// Errors
// ==========================================================================
error InvalidScheme(uint8 scheme);
error InvalidPubKey(uint8 memberIndex);
error DuplicatePubKey(uint8 memberIndex);
error BadCommitteeParams();
error UnknownCommittee(uint256 committeeId);
error MemberOutOfRange(uint8 memberIndex);
error DuplicateMember(uint8 memberIndex);
error LegVerificationFailed(uint8 memberIndex);
error BelowThreshold(uint256 valid, uint8 required);
// ==========================================================================
// Registration
// ==========================================================================
/**
* @notice Register a post-quantum t-of-n committee.
* @param scheme one of 1=Falcon-512, 2=Falcon-1024, 3=ML-DSA-44, 4=SLH-DSA-128s.
* All members use the same scheme.
* @param threshold t, with 1 <= t <= n. A valid authorization needs >= t distinct
* members to each PQC-sign the challenge.
* @param pubKeys ordered member PQC public keys (n = length, 1 <= n <= 255). Each is
* validated against the scheme's length (and Falcon header) so a
* malformed key cannot be stored. The memberIndex is the array index.
* @return committeeId the id of the new committee.
*
* @dev Permissionless: the registrant gains no privilege. Authority is ONLY the PQC
* keys registered here; there is no admin, no owner override, no fund custody.
* A `membersHash` commitment is stored so any relying party can pin the exact
* key set a committee was created with.
*/
function registerCommittee(uint8 scheme, uint8 threshold, bytes[] calldata pubKeys)
external
returns (uint256 committeeId)
{
uint256 n = pubKeys.length;
if (n < 1 || n > 255) revert BadCommitteeParams();
if (threshold < 1 || threshold > n) revert BadCommitteeParams();
// Committee keys MUST be distinct: authorization counts distinct signers by member INDEX, so a
// repeated key would let one keyholder occupy multiple "distinct member" slots and reach the
// threshold alone (same class as the AereThresholdAccount 2026-07-15 finding). Reject any dup
// key here, at registration, by hashing once and comparing pairwise (n <= 255, one-time cost).
bytes32[] memory keyHashes = new bytes32[](n);
for (uint256 i = 0; i < n; i++) {
_validatePubKey(scheme, pubKeys[i], uint8(i)); // also reverts InvalidScheme for a bad scheme
bytes32 kh = keccak256(pubKeys[i]);
for (uint256 j = 0; j < i; j++) {
if (keyHashes[j] == kh) revert DuplicatePubKey(uint8(i));
}
keyHashes[i] = kh;
}
committeeId = ++committeeCount;
Committee storage c = _committees[committeeId];
c.exists = true;
c.scheme = scheme;
c.threshold = threshold;
c.size = uint8(n);
c.authNonce = 0;
c.registrant = msg.sender;
c.membersHash = keccak256(abi.encode(pubKeys));
bytes[] storage store = _pubKeys[committeeId];
for (uint256 i = 0; i < n; i++) {
store.push(pubKeys[i]);
}
emit CommitteeRegistered(committeeId, msg.sender, scheme, threshold, uint8(n));
}
function _validatePubKey(uint8 scheme, bytes calldata pubKey, uint8 memberIndex) internal pure {
if (scheme == SCHEME_FALCON512) {
if (pubKey.length != FALCON512_PK_LEN || uint8(pubKey[0]) != FALCON512_PK_HEADER) {
revert InvalidPubKey(memberIndex);
}
} else if (scheme == SCHEME_FALCON1024) {
if (pubKey.length != FALCON1024_PK_LEN || uint8(pubKey[0]) != FALCON1024_PK_HEADER) {
revert InvalidPubKey(memberIndex);
}
} else if (scheme == SCHEME_MLDSA44) {
if (pubKey.length != MLDSA44_PK_LEN) revert InvalidPubKey(memberIndex);
} else if (scheme == SCHEME_SLHDSA128S) {
if (pubKey.length != SLHDSA128S_PK_LEN) revert InvalidPubKey(memberIndex);
} else {
revert InvalidScheme(scheme);
}
}
// ==========================================================================
// Threshold authorization
// ==========================================================================
/**
* @notice Authorize `messageHash` under a committee iff >= t DISTINCT committee
* members each supply a valid PQC signature over the committee's current
* authorization challenge, verified on-chain by the scheme's live precompile.
*
* challenge = keccak256(abi.encode(
* AUTH_DOMAIN, block.chainid, address(this), committeeId, authNonce, messageHash))
*
* Semantics (strict): EVERY provided leg must reference a distinct, in-range
* member and must verify; a leg that is out of range reverts MemberOutOfRange,
* a repeated member reverts DuplicateMember (so no member is ever double
* counted), and a leg whose PQC signature does not verify reverts
* LegVerificationFailed. After all legs are checked, the count of distinct
* valid signers must be >= t or the call reverts BelowThreshold. On success
* the authorization is recorded and the committee's authNonce increments, so
* the same set of signatures can never be replayed.
*
* @param committeeId the target committee.
* @param messageHash the 32-byte payload being authorized (caller binds its own
* domain separation into this value for its use case).
* @param sigs the authorizing legs (memberIndex + PQC signature envelope).
* @return nonce the authNonce this authorization consumed.
*/
function authorize(uint256 committeeId, bytes32 messageHash, PqcSig[] calldata sigs)
external
returns (uint64 nonce)
{
Committee storage c = _committees[committeeId];
if (!c.exists) revert UnknownCommittee(committeeId);
uint8 scheme = c.scheme;
uint8 size = c.size;
nonce = c.authNonce;
bytes32 challenge = authChallenge(committeeId, nonce, messageHash);
// Distinct-member bitmap over indices 0..size-1 (size <= 255 fits one word).
uint256 seen = 0;
uint256 valid = 0;
bytes[] storage keys = _pubKeys[committeeId];
for (uint256 i = 0; i < sigs.length; i++) {
uint8 idx = sigs[i].memberIndex;
if (idx >= size) revert MemberOutOfRange(idx);
uint256 bit = uint256(1) << idx;
if (seen & bit != 0) revert DuplicateMember(idx);
seen |= bit;
if (!_verify(scheme, keys[idx], challenge, sigs[i].signature)) {
revert LegVerificationFailed(idx);
}
valid += 1;
}
if (valid < c.threshold) revert BelowThreshold(valid, c.threshold);
// Effects: consume the nonce and record before emitting.
c.authNonce = nonce + 1;
bytes32 id = authorizationId(committeeId, nonce);
_auths[id] = Authorization({
exists: true,
messageHash: messageHash,
challenge: challenge,
quorum: uint8(valid),
blockNumber: uint64(block.number)
});
authorizationCount += 1;
emit Authorized(committeeId, nonce, messageHash, challenge, uint8(valid), block.number);
}
// ==========================================================================
// Views / challenge helpers
// ==========================================================================
/**
* @notice The exact 32-byte challenge every member must PQC-sign to authorize
* `messageHash` under `committeeId` at a given `nonce`. Off-chain signers
* query this (with the committee's current authNonce) to know what to sign.
*/
function authChallenge(uint256 committeeId, uint64 nonce, bytes32 messageHash) public view returns (bytes32) {
return keccak256(abi.encode(AUTH_DOMAIN, block.chainid, address(this), committeeId, nonce, messageHash));
}
/// @notice Deterministic id for the authorization recorded by `committeeId` at `nonce`.
function authorizationId(uint256 committeeId, uint64 nonce) public pure returns (bytes32) {
return keccak256(abi.encode(committeeId, nonce));
}
/**
* @notice Pure preview of whether a set of legs WOULD authorize at a given nonce,
* without recording. Returns (would, validCount). Never reverts on a bad leg:
* out-of-range and duplicate members are simply not counted, so this is a safe
* off-chain quorum check. Note the on-chain authorize() is STRICT (it reverts
* on any bad leg); this preview is intentionally lenient for UX.
*/
function previewAuthorize(uint256 committeeId, uint64 nonce, bytes32 messageHash, PqcSig[] calldata sigs)
external
view
returns (bool would, uint256 validCount)
{
Committee storage c = _committees[committeeId];
if (!c.exists) return (false, 0);
bytes32 challenge = authChallenge(committeeId, nonce, messageHash);
bytes[] storage keys = _pubKeys[committeeId];
uint256 seen = 0;
for (uint256 i = 0; i < sigs.length; i++) {
uint8 idx = sigs[i].memberIndex;
if (idx >= c.size) continue;
uint256 bit = uint256(1) << idx;
if (seen & bit != 0) continue;
seen |= bit;
if (_verify(c.scheme, keys[idx], challenge, sigs[i].signature)) validCount += 1;
}
would = validCount >= c.threshold;
}
function getCommittee(uint256 committeeId)
external
view
returns (
bool exists,
uint8 scheme,
uint8 threshold,
uint8 size,
uint64 authNonce,
address registrant,
bytes32 membersHash
)
{
Committee storage c = _committees[committeeId];
return (c.exists, c.scheme, c.threshold, c.size, c.authNonce, c.registrant, c.membersHash);
}
function getMemberPubKey(uint256 committeeId, uint8 memberIndex) external view returns (bytes memory) {
Committee storage c = _committees[committeeId];
if (!c.exists) revert UnknownCommittee(committeeId);
if (memberIndex >= c.size) revert MemberOutOfRange(memberIndex);
return _pubKeys[committeeId][memberIndex];
}
function nonceOf(uint256 committeeId) external view returns (uint64) {
Committee storage c = _committees[committeeId];
if (!c.exists) revert UnknownCommittee(committeeId);
return c.authNonce;
}
function getAuthorization(uint256 committeeId, uint64 nonce)
external
view
returns (bool exists, bytes32 messageHash, bytes32 challenge, uint8 quorum, uint64 blockNumber)
{
Authorization storage a = _auths[authorizationId(committeeId, nonce)];
return (a.exists, a.messageHash, a.challenge, a.quorum, a.blockNumber);
}
/// @notice True iff the authorization at (committeeId, nonce) exists and committed to `messageHash`.
function isAuthorized(uint256 committeeId, uint64 nonce, bytes32 messageHash) external view returns (bool) {
Authorization storage a = _auths[authorizationId(committeeId, nonce)];
return a.exists && a.messageHash == messageHash;
}
/// @notice The live precompile address for a scheme (reverts on an unknown scheme).
function precompileFor(uint8 scheme) external pure returns (address) {
if (scheme == SCHEME_FALCON512) return PRECOMPILE_FALCON512;
if (scheme == SCHEME_FALCON1024) return PRECOMPILE_FALCON1024;
if (scheme == SCHEME_MLDSA44) return PRECOMPILE_MLDSA44;
if (scheme == SCHEME_SLHDSA128S) return PRECOMPILE_SLHDSA128S;
revert InvalidScheme(scheme);
}
// ==========================================================================
// Internal PQC verifier
// ==========================================================================
//
// Identical envelope to AerePQCAttestation, which is proven bit-for-bit against the
// LIVE mainnet precompile via eth_call (scripts/pqc/verify-live-precompile.js). We
// inline it here so a committee authorization is one contract with no external call.
function _verify(uint8 scheme, bytes memory pubKey, bytes32 message, bytes memory signature)
internal
view
returns (bool)
{
(address precompile, bytes memory input, bool wellFormed) = _buildInput(scheme, pubKey, message, signature);
if (!wellFormed) return false; // a wrong-length signature is invalid, not a revert
(bool ok, bytes memory ret) = precompile.staticcall(input);
return ok && ret.length >= 32 && ret[31] == 0x01;
}
/// @dev Assemble (precompile, input) for a scheme. `wellFormed` is false when the
/// signature length cannot form a valid input (treated as an invalid leg, so a
/// malformed signature never reverts authorize()); a well-formed-but-wrong
/// signature yields an input the precompile rejects with 0.
function _buildInput(uint8 scheme, bytes memory pubKey, bytes32 message, bytes memory signature)
internal
pure
returns (address precompile, bytes memory input, bool wellFormed)
{
if (scheme == SCHEME_FALCON512 || scheme == SCHEME_FALCON1024) {
if (signature.length <= FALCON_NONCE_LEN) return (address(0), "", false);
uint256 sigLen = signature.length - FALCON_NONCE_LEN; // esig length
if (sigLen > type(uint16).max) return (address(0), "", false);
bytes memory nonce = _slice(signature, 0, FALCON_NONCE_LEN);
bytes memory esig = _slice(signature, FALCON_NONCE_LEN, sigLen);
// sm = sigLen(2, big-endian) || nonce(40) || message(32) || esig
bytes memory sm = abi.encodePacked(uint16(sigLen), nonce, message, esig);
input = abi.encodePacked(pubKey, sm);
precompile = scheme == SCHEME_FALCON512 ? PRECOMPILE_FALCON512 : PRECOMPILE_FALCON1024;
wellFormed = true;
} else if (scheme == SCHEME_MLDSA44) {
if (signature.length != MLDSA44_SIG_LEN) return (address(0), "", false);
input = abi.encodePacked(pubKey, signature, message); // pk(1312) || sig(2420) || message(32)
precompile = PRECOMPILE_MLDSA44;
wellFormed = true;
} else if (scheme == SCHEME_SLHDSA128S) {
if (signature.length != SLHDSA128S_SIG_LEN) return (address(0), "", false);
input = abi.encodePacked(pubKey, signature, message); // pk(32) || sig(7856) || message(32)
precompile = PRECOMPILE_SLHDSA128S;
wellFormed = true;
} else {
return (address(0), "", false);
}
}
function _slice(bytes memory data, uint256 start, uint256 len) internal pure returns (bytes memory out) {
out = new bytes(len);
for (uint256 i = 0; i < len; i++) {
out[i] = data[start + i];
}
}
}