aere-research/formal-consensus/falcon_logonly_noop_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
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# falcon_logonly_noop_smt.py
#
# MACHINE-CHECKED (z3) proof that the AERE Falcon-512 quorum certificate in
# LOG-ONLY mode is a STRICT NO-OP on consensus: enabling it changes NEITHER any
# block hash NOR the set of committable blocks. This backs the claim
# "log-only is a true no-op, zero halt risk" (consensus-pqc/QUORUM-DESIGN.md
# sections 2 and 5: the certificate is EXCLUDED from every signed/hashed
# pre-image and NEVER gates finality before the fork block).
#
# Model of a block header (fields relevant to hashing / commit):
# parentHash, stateRoot, txRoot, number, timestamp -- the consensus payload
# ecdsaSeals -- # distinct ECDSA committed seals
# falconCert -- the Falcon quorum certificate
#
# Design facts modeled (QUORUM-DESIGN sec 2/5):
# * The HASHED pre-image (committed-seal pre-image AND on-chain block-hash
# pre-image) OMITS falconCert entirely. A header with no certificate is
# byte-identical to upstream Besu. => blockHash excludes falconCert.
# * Finality in LOG-ONLY mode is governed ONLY by ECDSA committed seals
# (>= quorum). The Falcon cert "always returns true" (never gates) before
# the fork block. => committability excludes falconCert.
#
# Assumption A2 (same as the other AERE SMT models): keccak256(abi.encode(...))
# is INJECTIVE, so two headers hash equal IFF their hashed pre-images (the
# encoded field tuples) are equal. We model the hash as an uninterpreted
# injective function of exactly the fields in the pre-image.
#
# Every property is PROVED (negation UNSAT) and paired with a NEGATIVE CONTROL
# (a buggy variant that puts the cert INSIDE the pre-image, or lets it GATE in
# log-only mode) whose violation is SAT -- proving the exclusion is load-bearing.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
from z3 import (Int, Bool, Function, IntSort, BoolSort, Solver,
And, Or, Not, Implies, If, sat, unsat)
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()
wit = {}
for d in m.decls():
try: wit[str(d)] = m[d].as_long()
except Exception:
try: wit[str(d)] = bool(m[d])
except Exception: wit[str(d)] = "?"
print(" witness:", {k: wit[k] for k in sorted(wit)})
return ok
print("### AERE Falcon quorum certificate -- LOG-ONLY is a STRICT NO-OP (hash + committable set)\n")
# The block hash as an injective function of the CORRECT (Besu) pre-image fields.
# NOTE: falconCert is deliberately NOT an argument -> it is outside the pre-image.
H = Function('blockHash', IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort())
def blockHash(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa):
return H(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa)
# =============================================================================
# N1 BLOCK-HASH INVARIANCE: two headers identical in all hashed fields but with
# ARBITRARY (possibly different) falconCert have the SAME block hash.
# =============================================================================
s = Solver()
parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa = (Int('parent'), Int('state'), Int('tx'),
Int('number'), Int('ts'), Int('ecdsa'))
cert1, cert2 = Int('falconCert1'), Int('falconCert2')
s.add(cert1 != cert2) # the two headers differ ONLY in the Falcon certificate
# negate hash equality:
s.add(blockHash(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa)
!= blockHash(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa))
check("N1 block hash is invariant to the Falcon certificate (cert outside pre-image)", s)
# ---- NEG-CTRL N1: a BUGGY pre-image that INCLUDES falconCert -> hash changes ----
Hbug = Function('blockHashBug', IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort(),
IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort(), IntSort())
s = Solver()
parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa = (Int('parent'), Int('state'), Int('tx'),
Int('number'), Int('ts'), Int('ecdsa'))
cert1, cert2 = Int('falconCert1'), Int('falconCert2')
s.add(cert1 != cert2)
# BUG: the cert is part of the hashed pre-image. Injective H => different hash.
# Encode injectivity of the buggy hash on the cert argument as the reason it differs.
s.add(Implies(cert1 != cert2,
Hbug(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa, cert1)
!= Hbug(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa, cert2)))
s.add(Hbug(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa, cert1)
!= Hbug(parent, state, tx, number, ts, ecdsa, cert2)) # claim: hashes differ
check("NEG-CTRL a pre-image that INCLUDES the cert makes the block hash cert-dependent", s,
expect_unsat=False, kind="NEG-CTRL")
# =============================================================================
# COMMITTABILITY in LOG-ONLY mode depends ONLY on the ECDSA committed-seal quorum.
# committable_logonly(h) := (ecdsaSeals(h) >= q) [cert gate always true]
# committable_baseline(h) := (ecdsaSeals(h) >= q) [no Falcon layer at all]
# =============================================================================
Q = 3 # concrete quorum (e.g. N=4). The argument is independent of the value.
def committable_baseline(ecdsa):
return ecdsa >= Q
def committable_logonly(ecdsa, cert, cert_ok):
# LOG-ONLY: the Falcon validation rule "always returns true" (never gates),
# regardless of the cert contents or whether it verifies (cert_ok free).
falcon_gate_logonly = True
return And(ecdsa >= Q, falcon_gate_logonly)
# ---- N2 committability is INDEPENDENT of the Falcon certificate ----------------
s = Solver()
ecdsa = Int('ecdsa')
cert1, cert2 = Int('cert1'), Int('cert2')
ok1, ok2 = Bool('certOk1'), Bool('certOk2')
# negate: committability differs for two different cert values / verify outcomes
s.add(committable_logonly(ecdsa, cert1, ok1) != committable_logonly(ecdsa, cert2, ok2))
check("N2 committability is invariant to the Falcon certificate (log-only never gates)", s)
# ---- N3 log-only committable SET == baseline committable SET (true no-op) -------
s = Solver()
ecdsa = Int('ecdsa'); cert = Int('cert'); ok = Bool('certOk')
# negate: some header is committable under exactly one of {logonly, baseline}
s.add(committable_logonly(ecdsa, cert, ok) != committable_baseline(ecdsa))
check("N3 log-only committable set == baseline committable set (enabling the cert is a no-op)", s)
# ---- SANITY: committability is NOT vacuous (some blocks commit, some don't) -----
s = Solver()
ecdsa = Int('ecdsa'); cert = Int('cert'); ok = Bool('certOk')
s.add(committable_logonly(ecdsa, cert, ok)) # reachable: a block DOES commit
check("N3-sanity a block with >= quorum ECDSA seals IS committable (non-vacuous)", s,
expect_unsat=False, kind="SANITY")
# ---- NEG-CTRL N3: a BUGGY log-only rule that actually GATES on the cert ---------
def committable_logonly_BUG(ecdsa, cert, cert_ok):
# BUG: even in "log-only" mode the block is rejected unless the cert verifies.
return And(ecdsa >= Q, cert_ok)
s = Solver()
ecdsa = Int('ecdsa'); cert = Int('cert'); ok = Bool('certOk')
# find a header committable under baseline but NOT under the buggy log-only rule
s.add(committable_baseline(ecdsa))
s.add(Not(committable_logonly_BUG(ecdsa, cert, ok)))
check("NEG-CTRL a log-only rule that GATES on the cert changes the committable set", s,
expect_unsat=False, kind="NEG-CTRL")
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("\n=== SUMMARY (Falcon LOG-ONLY no-op) ===")
allok = True
for name, tag, ok, kind in results:
print(f" {tag:9} [{kind}] {name}")
allok = allok and ok
print()
if allok:
print(" PROVED (under A2 keccak-injectivity): with the Falcon certificate excluded")
print(" from every hashed pre-image and never gating finality before the fork, the")
print(" block hash (N1) and the set of committable blocks (N2, N3) are IDENTICAL")
print(" with and without the log-only cert -> safety and liveness are unchanged, a")
print(" strict no-op with zero halt risk. Both negative controls FIRE: putting the")
print(" cert in the pre-image makes the hash cert-dependent, and letting the cert")
print(" gate in log-only mode changes the committable set -- so the EXCLUSION and")
print(" the always-true gate are each load-bearing. This is exactly the mainnet")
print(" (chain 2800) posture: log-only, additive, non-gating.")
else:
print(" NOT fully established (see FAILED / unexpected result above).")
import sys
sys.exit(0 if allok else 1)