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README.md

aere-research

Formal verification models, post-quantum cryptography reference implementations, known-answer tests (KATs), and research specifications for Aere Network.

This repository is the "prove it yourself" half of the Aere Network verify-yourself core. It lets a third party re-run the machine-checked proofs, re-derive the cryptographic reference vectors, and read the research that underpins the protocol, without trusting any claim on faith.

Layout

  • formal-consensus/ Z3 / SMT models of consensus and contract safety properties (30 Python models plus a Quint spec FalconQuorum.qnt), driven by run_consensus_verification.py. These cover QBFT safety and liveness, hybrid dual-quorum post-quantum activation, and the money-contract invariants. CONSENSUS-VERIFICATION-2026-07-12.md documents the results.
  • pq-stark/ reference implementations and self-tests for the STARK verifier port: BabyBear field, Poseidon2, MMCS, FRI, the Fiat-Shamir challenger, and AIR quotient logic. Each component ships a Python reference, a JavaScript (.mjs) reference, a Java self-test, ground-truth JSON vectors, and a spec. The *-extractor/ directories are small Rust reference extractors (source only). This is reference and test material, not key material.
  • precompiles/ Java sources for the post-quantum EVM precompiles (ML-KEM-768, Falcon HashToPoint, SP1 STARK verifier).
  • kat/ and vectors/ NIST ACVP and Falcon known-answer test vectors and their generators.
  • pq-finality-circuit/ XMSS verify-core reference (Rust source) for the post-quantum finality circuit.
  • bench/ and results/ benchmark harness and recorded KAT / benchmark result JSON.
  • aips/ the Aere Improvement Proposal process and the accepted AIPs.
  • research/ research notes and long-form specifications (research/specs/).

Verify

The formal models run with Python 3 and z3:

cd formal-consensus
python run_consensus_verification.py

The STARK references are cross-checked against their ground-truth vectors; see each spec-*.md and the test_*.py files. Full commands and expected outputs are in the aere-docs repository (REPRODUCE.md).

What is deliberately not here

No private keys, no validator or Foundation key material, no infrastructure hostnames or credentials. Heavy prover runs must be executed on a throwaway non-infrastructure machine, never on production infrastructure.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.