aere-research/formal-consensus/recovery_registry_smt.py
Aere Network 4a0b48588c Initial public release
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 01:02:30 +03:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# recovery_registry_smt.py
#
# SMT proof (z3) of the FAIL-CLOSED, APPEND-ONLY, REPLAY-PROOF guarantees of
# AereRecoveryRegistry, the on-chain attested consensus-recovery evidence trail
# authenticated by the LIVE Falcon-512 precompile (0x0AE1). Plus load-bearing
# NEGATIVE CONTROLS for the per-operator nonce and for append-only.
#
# Contract: contracts/contracts/AereRecoveryRegistry.sol
#
# submitRecovery() records a recovery event ONLY if a real Falcon-512 signature by
# the registered operator key over THIS contract's per-operator, per-nonce record
# hash verifies on-chain (fail-closed), then appends the record and consumes the
# nonce. The safety-critical guarantees:
# AP. APPEND-ONLY. Records live in a push-only array; recordId is the index; there
# is no edit/delete/owner path. A committed record is never rewritten.
# NO. STRICTLY-INCREASING per-operator nonce. Each write consumes op.nonce and sets
# op.nonce = nonce + 1; the record hash BINDS the nonce, so a (record, signature)
# pair cannot be replayed to rewrite history.
# FC. FAIL-CLOSED. An invalid / short / tampered Falcon-512 signature records nothing
# and advances no nonce (a stale caller on an un-activated chain, where 0x0AE1
# returns empty, also records nothing).
#
# recordHash = keccak256(abi.encode(RECORD_DOMAIN, chainId, this, operatorId, nonce,
# halt, resume, faultKind, nValidators, quorum, aliveDuringFault))
#
# We model the guards / append relation as first-order constraints and prove each
# property by asserting its NEGATION and showing z3 returns UNSAT. keccak256 is
# modelled as an INJECTIVE function in the nonce ([VERIFY]); Falcon-512 verification
# is modelled as an EUF-CMA predicate: a signature produced over message m1 verifies
# ONLY for m1 ([VERIFY]: 0x0AE1 precompile soundness). Each NEG-CTRL removes exactly
# one guard and shows the corresponding attack becomes SAT. This checks the
# DESIGN-level logic, NOT the compiled EVM bytecode.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
from z3 import (Int, Bool, Function, IntSort, BoolSort, Solver, And, Or, Not,
Implies, ForAll, sat, unsat)
FAULT_CRASH, FAULT_NETSPLIT, FAULT_BYZANTINE = 1, 2, 3
results = []
def check(name, s, expect_unsat=True, kind="PROOF"):
r = s.check()
if expect_unsat:
ok = (r == unsat); tag = "PROVED" if ok else "FAILED"
else:
ok = (r == sat); tag = "CEX-FOUND" if ok else "FAILED"
results.append((name, tag, ok, kind))
print(f"[{tag:9}] ({kind}) {name}: z3={r} (expected {'unsat' if expect_unsat else 'sat'})")
if r == sat:
m = s.model()
print(" witness:", {str(d): m[d] for d in m.decls()})
return ok
def wellformed(halt, resume, blocknum, faultKind, nV, quorum, alive):
"""submitRecovery()'s parameter guards (else revert, record nothing)."""
return And(
Or(faultKind == FAULT_CRASH, faultKind == FAULT_NETSPLIT, faultKind == FAULT_BYZANTINE),
halt >= 1, resume >= halt, resume <= blocknum, # InvalidHeights
nV >= 1, quorum >= 1, quorum <= nV, alive <= nV, # InvalidValidatorSet
)
print("### AereRecoveryRegistry -- APPEND-ONLY + STRICT NONCE + FAIL-CLOSED (Falcon-512)\n")
# ---- FC FAIL-CLOSED: a record is written ONLY if the Falcon-512 signature verifies.
# Model write_ok = wellformed AND verifyFalcon. Negation: a record is written
# with an invalid signature. UNSAT (PQCVerificationFailed guard). ------------
s = Solver()
halt, resume, blocknum = Int('halt'), Int('resume'), Int('blocknum')
faultKind, nV, quorum, alive = Int('faultKind'), Int('nV'), Int('quorum'), Int('alive')
verifyFalcon = Bool('verifyFalcon')
write_ok = And(wellformed(halt, resume, blocknum, faultKind, nV, quorum, alive), verifyFalcon)
s.add(write_ok, Not(verifyFalcon)) # NEGATION
check("FC a record is written only if the Falcon-512 signature verifies (fail-closed)", s)
# ---- FC2 WELL-FORMED: a written record has a valid fault kind, coherent heights,
# and a coherent validator set. Negation: a written record violates one. UNSAT.
s = Solver()
halt, resume, blocknum = Int('halt'), Int('resume'), Int('blocknum')
faultKind, nV, quorum, alive = Int('faultKind'), Int('nV'), Int('quorum'), Int('alive')
verifyFalcon = Bool('verifyFalcon')
write_ok = And(wellformed(halt, resume, blocknum, faultKind, nV, quorum, alive), verifyFalcon)
s.add(write_ok)
s.add(Or(And(faultKind != FAULT_CRASH, faultKind != FAULT_NETSPLIT, faultKind != FAULT_BYZANTINE),
halt < 1, resume < halt, resume > blocknum,
nV < 1, quorum < 1, quorum > nV, alive > nV)) # NEGATION
check("FC2 a written record is well-formed (fault kind / heights / validator set)", s)
# ---- NO STRICTLY-INCREASING nonce: a successful write sets op.nonce = nonce + 1.
# Negation: the post-write nonce does not strictly exceed the consumed one. UNSAT.
s = Solver()
nonce, noncePost = Int('nonce'), Int('noncePost')
s.add(nonce >= 0)
s.add(noncePost == nonce + 1) # effect of a successful write
s.add(Not(noncePost > nonce)) # NEGATION
check("NO the per-operator nonce strictly increases on every write", s)
# ---- RP REPLAY REJECTED: a signature produced over the nonce-k record hash cannot
# authorize a write once the nonce has advanced to k+1. The record hash BINDS the
# nonce (injective in nonce), and Falcon verification is EUF-CMA (a sig over m1
# verifies only for m1). At nonce k+1 the contract recomputes hash(k+1) != hash(k)
# and requires verify(pk, hash(k+1), sig_k); that is infeasible. UNSAT. -------
Hn = Function('Hn', IntSort(), IntSort()) # recordHash as a function of nonce (fixed op/payload)
verify = Function('verify', IntSort(), IntSort(), BoolSort()) # verify(message, sig) -> valid?
s = Solver()
# keccak injectivity in the nonce [VERIFY]:
a, b = Int('a'), Int('b')
s.add(ForAll([a, b], Implies(Hn(a) == Hn(b), a == b)))
k = Int('k'); sig_k = Int('sig_k')
s.add(k >= 0)
# EUF-CMA: the adversary's signature sig_k verifies ONLY over the nonce-k hash [VERIFY]:
m = Int('m')
s.add(ForAll([m], Implies(verify(m, sig_k), m == Hn(k))))
# The replay attempt: reuse sig_k when the live nonce is k+1, so the contract checks
# verify(Hn(k+1), sig_k). A write requires that to be true.
replay_write_ok = verify(Hn(k + 1), sig_k)
s.add(replay_write_ok) # NEGATION: the replay is accepted
check("RP a nonce-k signature cannot be replayed at nonce k+1 (record hash binds nonce)", s)
# ---- AP APPEND-ONLY: a committed record is never rewritten. Model the record array
# as index->value with the append relation (a write only pushes at index len).
# Negation: an already-committed index changes value. UNSAT. ----------------
rB = Function('rB', IntSort(), IntSort()) # records BEFORE the write
rA = Function('rA', IntSort(), IntSort()) # records AFTER the write
s = Solver()
L = Int('L'); newRec = Int('newRec'); i = Int('i')
s.add(L >= 0)
s.add(ForAll([i], Implies(And(i >= 0, i < L), rA(i) == rB(i)))) # existing entries preserved
s.add(rA(L) == newRec) # new record only at index L
j = Int('j')
s.add(j >= 0, j < L, rA(j) != rB(j)) # NEGATION: a committed record mutated
check("AP the records array is append-only (a committed record cannot be rewritten)", s)
# ============================ NEGATIVE CONTROLS ==============================
# ---- NEG-CTRL 1 (drop the nonce binding): if the record hash did NOT bind the nonce
# (a fixed hash Hc regardless of nonce), a signature valid over Hc replays at the
# next submit: verify(Hc, sig) stays true, so a second identical record is written.
s = Solver()
Hc = Int('Hc') # BUG: nonce-independent record hash
sig = Int('sig')
verify2 = Function('verify2', IntSort(), IntSort(), BoolSort())
s.add(verify2(Hc, sig)) # the operator's original signature
# second submit recomputes the SAME Hc (nonce not bound) and re-checks the SAME sig:
replay_ok = verify2(Hc, sig) # -> still true, write succeeds
s.add(replay_ok)
check("no-nonce-binding registry CAN replay one signature to rewrite history", s,
expect_unsat=False, kind="NEG-CTRL")
# ---- NEG-CTRL 2 (drop append-only): a BUGGY mutable records array that overwrites an
# EXISTING recordId. A committed recovery record is silently changed. ---------
s = Solver()
L = Int('L'); j = Int('j'); newRec = Int('newRec')
s.add(L >= 1, j >= 0, j < L)
# BUG: the write targets an existing index j (overwrite), so rA(j) != rB(j) is allowed.
s.add(rA(j) == newRec, rB(j) != newRec) # committed record rewritten
check("mutable-records registry CAN silently overwrite a committed recovery record", s,
expect_unsat=False, kind="NEG-CTRL")
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("\n=== SUMMARY ===")
allok = True
for name, tag, ok, kind in results:
print(f" {tag:9} [{kind}] {name}")
allok = allok and ok
print()
if allok:
print("AereRecoveryRegistry evidence-trail safety:")
print(" PROVED -- a record is written only if the Falcon-512 signature verifies (FC) and is")
print(" well-formed (FC2), the per-operator nonce strictly increases on every write (NO), a")
print(" nonce-k signature cannot be replayed once the nonce advances because the record hash")
print(" binds the nonce (RP), and the records array is append-only so a committed record can")
print(" never be rewritten (AP). Two NEG-CTRLs fire: dropping the nonce binding lets one")
print(" signature replay to rewrite history, and a mutable records array silently overwrites a")
print(" committed record.")
print(" [VERIFY] FALCON-512 PRECOMPILE (0x0AE1): the signature-validity bit is produced by the")
print(" live native precompile activated on mainnet 2800 at block 9,189,161; its soundness")
print(" (EUF-CMA of Falcon-512, correct precompile input parsing, empty-return-is-invalid on an")
print(" un-activated chain) is a trusted primitive, modelled here as the verify predicate, not")
print(" re-proved. keccak256 injectivity (the nonce-bound record hash) is [VERIFY], modelled.")
print(" DESIGN: this contract records ATTESTATIONS about recovery events; it does not observe")
print(" consensus, halt the chain, or activate PQ consensus (still classical ECDSA QBFT). The")
print(" uint64 nonce cannot realistically overflow. This checks the guard logic, not the")
print(" compiled EVM bytecode.")
else:
print(" NOT fully established (see FAILED / unexpected CEX above).")
import sys
sys.exit(0 if allok else 1)