From 854b893a24f50286a9955a08c6d975c9aed930f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aere Network Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:43:24 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Note of 2026-09-24 points to the consensus page, which states the live set and quorum --- AERE-AIP-PROCESS-AND-INDEX.md | 2 +- AERE-ARCHITECTURE-MAP.md | 2 +- AERE-EIP-COMPATIBILITY-MATRIX.md | 2 +- AERE-ENGINEERING-SECURITY-SPEC.md | 2 +- AERE-ERC7683-DESTINATION.md | 2 +- AERE-POST-QUANTUM-GOVERNANCE.md | 2 +- AERE-PROTOCOL-SPECIFICATION.md | 2 +- AERE-QA-CONSOLIDATION-REPORT.md | 2 +- AERE-STARK-VERIFIER-PORT-SPEC.md | 2 +- AERE-TLA-FORMAL-SPEC.md | 2 +- 10 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/AERE-AIP-PROCESS-AND-INDEX.md b/AERE-AIP-PROCESS-AND-INDEX.md index 9be2ce5..7085532 100644 --- a/AERE-AIP-PROCESS-AND-INDEX.md +++ b/AERE-AIP-PROCESS-AND-INDEX.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # spec-25: The Aere Improvement Proposal (AIP) Process and Index -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. | Field | Value | | --- | --- | diff --git a/AERE-ARCHITECTURE-MAP.md b/AERE-ARCHITECTURE-MAP.md index f346d8f..556e223 100644 --- a/AERE-ARCHITECTURE-MAP.md +++ b/AERE-ARCHITECTURE-MAP.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Aere Network Architecture Map -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. > **Note added 2026-08-19.** Statements in this document that consensus on chain 2800 is (or remains) classical secp256k1 ECDSA QBFT were written before the post-quantum header anchor went live, and remain true for block-by-block finality. Since block 13,014,000 anchor blocks (every 32nd block, on every one since block 13,889,296) also carry, under the block hash, a certificate of validator Falcon-512 seals, and since 2026-08-14 a node rejects an anchor block with fewer than three valid seals (f+1 of nine; eight or nine are carried in practice). That is a post-quantum checkpoint about every 16 seconds, not a per-block quorum: the claim published on 2026-08-15 that from block 14,050,000 no block finalizes without a post-quantum quorum was wrong (the per-block rule armed at that height is retired in the shipped code in favour of the anchor rules) and was withdrawn on 2026-08-19. Details: https://aere.network/quantum.html and the aere-node repository, anchor/README.md. diff --git a/AERE-EIP-COMPATIBILITY-MATRIX.md b/AERE-EIP-COMPATIBILITY-MATRIX.md index cc3b822..0f1743d 100644 --- a/AERE-EIP-COMPATIBILITY-MATRIX.md +++ b/AERE-EIP-COMPATIBILITY-MATRIX.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Aere Network: Ethereum EIP Compatibility Matrix -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. **Chain:** Aere Network mainnet, chain ID 2800 (`0xaf0`). Execution client: Hyperledger Besu 26.4.0 with QBFT consensus (classical secp256k1 ECDSA, N=7 validators, f=2), approximately 0.5 second blocks. This document is a developer reference: it states, EIP by EIP, where Aere's EVM matches Ethereum mainnet and where it deliberately differs. diff --git a/AERE-ENGINEERING-SECURITY-SPEC.md b/AERE-ENGINEERING-SECURITY-SPEC.md index f89bfa4..937a0ad 100644 --- a/AERE-ENGINEERING-SECURITY-SPEC.md +++ b/AERE-ENGINEERING-SECURITY-SPEC.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Aere Network Engineering and Security Specification -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. > **Note added 2026-08-19.** Statements in this document that consensus on chain 2800 is (or remains) classical secp256k1 ECDSA QBFT were written before the post-quantum header anchor went live, and remain true for block-by-block finality. Since block 13,014,000 anchor blocks (every 32nd block, on every one since block 13,889,296) also carry, under the block hash, a certificate of validator Falcon-512 seals, and since 2026-08-14 a node rejects an anchor block with fewer than three valid seals (f+1 of nine; eight or nine are carried in practice). That is a post-quantum checkpoint about every 16 seconds, not a per-block quorum: the claim published on 2026-08-15 that from block 14,050,000 no block finalizes without a post-quantum quorum was wrong (the per-block rule armed at that height is retired in the shipped code in favour of the anchor rules) and was withdrawn on 2026-08-19. Details: https://aere.network/quantum.html and the aere-node repository, anchor/README.md. diff --git a/AERE-ERC7683-DESTINATION.md b/AERE-ERC7683-DESTINATION.md index 69f656c..5f75abf 100644 --- a/AERE-ERC7683-DESTINATION.md +++ b/AERE-ERC7683-DESTINATION.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Aere Network ERC-7683 Destination Settler -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. The receiving side of cross-chain intents on Aere Network. This document explains how the origin and destination halves compose, the solver flow, the repayment proof path, diff --git a/AERE-POST-QUANTUM-GOVERNANCE.md b/AERE-POST-QUANTUM-GOVERNANCE.md index ae9e2fc..1f35700 100644 --- a/AERE-POST-QUANTUM-GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/AERE-POST-QUANTUM-GOVERNANCE.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Spec 29: Post-Quantum Governance -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. > **Note added 2026-08-19.** Statements in this document that consensus on chain 2800 is (or remains) classical secp256k1 ECDSA QBFT were written before the post-quantum header anchor went live, and remain true for block-by-block finality. Since block 13,014,000 anchor blocks (every 32nd block, on every one since block 13,889,296) also carry, under the block hash, a certificate of validator Falcon-512 seals, and since 2026-08-14 a node rejects an anchor block with fewer than three valid seals (f+1 of nine; eight or nine are carried in practice). That is a post-quantum checkpoint about every 16 seconds, not a per-block quorum: the claim published on 2026-08-15 that from block 14,050,000 no block finalizes without a post-quantum quorum was wrong (the per-block rule armed at that height is retired in the shipped code in favour of the anchor rules) and was withdrawn on 2026-08-19. Details: https://aere.network/quantum.html and the aere-node repository, anchor/README.md. diff --git a/AERE-PROTOCOL-SPECIFICATION.md b/AERE-PROTOCOL-SPECIFICATION.md index 7354d2c..a61f5c5 100644 --- a/AERE-PROTOCOL-SPECIFICATION.md +++ b/AERE-PROTOCOL-SPECIFICATION.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Aere Network Protocol Specification -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. > **Note added 2026-08-19.** Statements in this document that consensus on chain 2800 is (or remains) classical secp256k1 ECDSA QBFT were written before the post-quantum header anchor went live, and remain true for block-by-block finality. Since block 13,014,000 anchor blocks (every 32nd block, on every one since block 13,889,296) also carry, under the block hash, a certificate of validator Falcon-512 seals, and since 2026-08-14 a node rejects an anchor block with fewer than three valid seals (f+1 of nine; eight or nine are carried in practice). That is a post-quantum checkpoint about every 16 seconds, not a per-block quorum: the claim published on 2026-08-15 that from block 14,050,000 no block finalizes without a post-quantum quorum was wrong (the per-block rule armed at that height is retired in the shipped code in favour of the anchor rules) and was withdrawn on 2026-08-19. Details: https://aere.network/quantum.html and the aere-node repository, anchor/README.md. diff --git a/AERE-QA-CONSOLIDATION-REPORT.md b/AERE-QA-CONSOLIDATION-REPORT.md index b480105..862de91 100644 --- a/AERE-QA-CONSOLIDATION-REPORT.md +++ b/AERE-QA-CONSOLIDATION-REPORT.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Aere Network Consolidation QA Report -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. > **Note added 2026-08-19.** Statements in this document that consensus on chain 2800 is (or remains) classical secp256k1 ECDSA QBFT were written before the post-quantum header anchor went live, and remain true for block-by-block finality. Since block 13,014,000 anchor blocks (every 32nd block, on every one since block 13,889,296) also carry, under the block hash, a certificate of validator Falcon-512 seals, and since 2026-08-14 a node rejects an anchor block with fewer than three valid seals (f+1 of nine; eight or nine are carried in practice). That is a post-quantum checkpoint about every 16 seconds, not a per-block quorum: the claim published on 2026-08-15 that from block 14,050,000 no block finalizes without a post-quantum quorum was wrong (the per-block rule armed at that height is retired in the shipped code in favour of the anchor rules) and was withdrawn on 2026-08-19. Details: https://aere.network/quantum.html and the aere-node repository, anchor/README.md. diff --git a/AERE-STARK-VERIFIER-PORT-SPEC.md b/AERE-STARK-VERIFIER-PORT-SPEC.md index 61a1dae..632eda0 100644 --- a/AERE-STARK-VERIFIER-PORT-SPEC.md +++ b/AERE-STARK-VERIFIER-PORT-SPEC.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # AERE STARK verifier port specification (0x0AE8): component order, interfaces, vectors, effort -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. > **SCOPE CAVEAT (research finding, 2026-07-19; read before anything else).** The six generic > components below are real and conformance-confirmed, but they were confirmed against Plonky3 diff --git a/AERE-TLA-FORMAL-SPEC.md b/AERE-TLA-FORMAL-SPEC.md index c2b1a2c..0bdec21 100644 --- a/AERE-TLA-FORMAL-SPEC.md +++ b/AERE-TLA-FORMAL-SPEC.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Spec 27: TLA+ specification of Aere QBFT consensus -> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The current parameters are at https://aere.network/docs/network/parameters. +> **Note added 2026-09-24.** Validator-set figures in this document (N=7 with f=2 and a commit quorum of 5 of 7, or N=9 with a quorum of 6) describe the set on the date they were written. Since 2026-09-11 chain 2800 has ten validators (f=3, commit quorum 7 of 10), all still operated by the Foundation, one of them running the second, Nethermind-derived client. Since 2026-09-04 the anchor certificate carries Falcon-512 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s seals, at least six valid seals for each scheme, and since block 17,225,968 (2026-09-05) there is one anchor every 128 blocks. The live set and its quorum are at https://aere.network/docs/network/consensus. Date: 2026-07-19 Deliverable location: `aerenew/formal-tla/` (new directory)