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miden_core/program/
claim.rs

1//! The execution claim: the statement a Miden VM proof attests, and its canonical commitment.
2//!
3//! An execution claim binds four fields: the program digest `P`, the kernel commitment `K`, the
4//! stack inputs `I`, and the stack outputs `O`. The deferred root `D` produced by execution is
5//! *not* part of the claim: it is the obligation a verified claim hands back, bound separately
6//! into the transcript seed.
7//!
8//! # Canonical encoding
9//!
10//! The claim encodes as exactly [`NUM_CLAIM_ELEMENTS`] = 40 field elements:
11//!
12//! ```text
13//! offset  0..8    P ‖ K                       (program digest, kernel commitment)
14//! offset  8..24   I  StackInputs, 16 felts    (canonical zero-padded, native order)
15//! offset 24..40   O  StackOutputs, 16 felts   (canonical zero-padded, native order)
16//! ```
17//!
18//! The code context comes first so that callsites that pin `(P, K)` can resume the claim hash
19//! from a precomputed sponge state; 40 elements is exactly five Poseidon2 rate blocks, so no
20//! padding block is absorbed and both read points (the `(P, K)` prefix state and the claim
21//! commitment) fall on permutation boundaries.
22//!
23//! # Claim commitment
24//!
25//! `CLAIM_HASH = Poseidon2::hash_elements_in_domain(P ‖ K ‖ I ‖ O, CLAIM_DOMAIN_TAG)`, i.e. the
26//! domain tag rides in the second capacity element while the first carries the Sponge2 padding
27//! rule of <https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/911> (here `40 % 8 = 0`).
28
29use super::{
30    KernelDescriptor, ProgramInfo, StackInputs, StackOutputs,
31    domain::{EXECUTION_CLAIM_DOMAIN_ID, PROOF_REQUEST_DOMAIN_ID, domain_selector},
32};
33use crate::{Felt, Word, ZERO, chiplets::hasher};
34
35// CONSTANTS
36// ================================================================================================
37
38/// Number of field elements in the canonical claim encoding: `P ‖ K ‖ I ‖ O`.
39pub const NUM_CLAIM_ELEMENTS: usize = 40;
40
41/// Domain tag for the claim commitment: the registered selector
42/// `(EXECUTION_CLAIM_DOMAIN_ID << 8) | 1` (see the [`domain`](super::domain) module).
43pub const CLAIM_DOMAIN_TAG: Felt = domain_selector(EXECUTION_CLAIM_DOMAIN_ID, 1);
44
45/// Domain tag for the proof-request key: the registered selector
46/// `(PROOF_REQUEST_DOMAIN_ID << 8) | 1` (see the [`domain`](super::domain) module).
47pub const REQUEST_DOMAIN_TAG: Felt = domain_selector(PROOF_REQUEST_DOMAIN_ID, 1);
48
49// EXECUTION CLAIM
50// ================================================================================================
51
52/// The external statement a Miden VM proof attests: the program root and kernel identify the
53/// executed code and its syscall authorization set; the stack inputs and outputs are the
54/// execution's public I/O.
55///
56/// Stack inputs and stack outputs are both stored top-of-stack first: the first value in each
57/// slice is the top of the operand stack. The claim stores both in their canonical zero-padded
58/// 16-element form.
59///
60/// The deferred root is deliberately absent: verification returns it as an obligation.
61#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
62pub struct ExecutionClaim {
63    program_root: Word,
64    kernel: KernelDescriptor,
65    stack_inputs: StackInputs,
66    stack_outputs: StackOutputs,
67}
68
69impl ExecutionClaim {
70    /// Creates a new execution claim from the program root, kernel, and stack I/O.
71    pub const fn new(
72        program_root: Word,
73        kernel: KernelDescriptor,
74        stack_inputs: StackInputs,
75        stack_outputs: StackOutputs,
76    ) -> Self {
77        Self {
78            program_root,
79            kernel,
80            stack_inputs,
81            stack_outputs,
82        }
83    }
84
85    /// Creates a new execution claim from the program info and the stack I/O.
86    pub fn from_program_info(
87        program_info: ProgramInfo,
88        stack_inputs: StackInputs,
89        stack_outputs: StackOutputs,
90    ) -> Self {
91        let (program_root, kernel) = program_info.into_parts();
92        Self::new(program_root, kernel, stack_inputs, stack_outputs)
93    }
94
95    /// Returns the MAST root of the executed program.
96    pub const fn program_root(&self) -> Word {
97        self.program_root
98    }
99
100    /// Returns the kernel descriptor of this claim.
101    pub const fn kernel(&self) -> &KernelDescriptor {
102        &self.kernel
103    }
104
105    /// Returns the program info (program root + kernel) of this claim.
106    ///
107    /// This constructs a new [`ProgramInfo`], cloning the kernel descriptor.
108    pub fn to_program_info(&self) -> ProgramInfo {
109        ProgramInfo::new(self.program_root, self.kernel.clone())
110    }
111
112    /// Returns the stack inputs of this claim.
113    pub const fn stack_inputs(&self) -> &StackInputs {
114        &self.stack_inputs
115    }
116
117    /// Returns the stack outputs of this claim.
118    pub const fn stack_outputs(&self) -> &StackOutputs {
119        &self.stack_outputs
120    }
121
122    /// Splits this claim into its program root, kernel, and stack I/O.
123    pub fn into_parts(self) -> (Word, KernelDescriptor, StackInputs, StackOutputs) {
124        (self.program_root, self.kernel, self.stack_inputs, self.stack_outputs)
125    }
126
127    /// Returns the canonical 40-element encoding `P ‖ K ‖ I ‖ O` of this claim.
128    pub fn to_elements(&self) -> [Felt; NUM_CLAIM_ELEMENTS] {
129        let mut elements = [ZERO; NUM_CLAIM_ELEMENTS];
130        elements[0..4].copy_from_slice(self.program_root.as_elements());
131        elements[4..8].copy_from_slice(self.kernel.commitment().as_elements());
132        elements[8..24].copy_from_slice(&self.stack_inputs[..]);
133        elements[24..40].copy_from_slice(&self.stack_outputs[..]);
134        elements
135    }
136
137    /// Returns the canonical commitment to this claim (`CLAIM_HASH`).
138    ///
139    /// This is the verifier-independent name of the claim: the value used to request proof
140    /// packages and to bind verified claims into a consumer's own statement.
141    pub fn commitment(&self) -> Word {
142        claim_commitment(&self.to_elements())
143    }
144}
145
146/// Returns the canonical claim commitment over an already-encoded claim.
147///
148/// This is the single implementation of `CLAIM_HASH`; every native computation of the claim
149/// commitment (including the transcript observation in `miden-air`) must go through it.
150pub fn claim_commitment(elements: &[Felt; NUM_CLAIM_ELEMENTS]) -> Word {
151    hasher::hash_elements_in_domain(elements, CLAIM_DOMAIN_TAG)
152}
153
154/// Returns the advice-map key addressing a proof package for `claim_commitment` under the
155/// verifier identified by `verifier_root`.
156///
157/// The key is `H_tag(claim_commitment ‖ verifier_root)` (one rate block, domain-separated). It
158/// is a lookup address, not a trust anchor: the verifier re-checks the retrieved package against
159/// the claim, so a wrong package fails verification. Both inputs are values the requester owns
160/// (the verifier's MAST root; the claim commitment it computed or holds from its own inputs) —
161/// neither is taken from advice.
162pub fn request_key(verifier_root: Word, claim_commitment: Word) -> Word {
163    // Absorb claim_commitment first so the MASM mirror needs a single word-swap to place the
164    // rate; the order is otherwise arbitrary (a domain-separated hash of the two words).
165    let mut preimage = [ZERO; 2 * 4];
166    preimage[0..4].copy_from_slice(claim_commitment.as_elements());
167    preimage[4..8].copy_from_slice(verifier_root.as_elements());
168    hasher::hash_elements_in_domain(&preimage, REQUEST_DOMAIN_TAG)
169}
170
171// TESTS
172// ================================================================================================
173
174#[cfg(test)]
175mod tests {
176    use super::{
177        super::{KERNEL_DOMAIN_TAG, KernelDescriptor},
178        *,
179    };
180
181    fn test_claim() -> ExecutionClaim {
182        let word = |a: u64| -> Word {
183            [
184                Felt::new_unchecked(a),
185                Felt::new_unchecked(a + 1),
186                Felt::new_unchecked(a + 2),
187                Felt::new_unchecked(a + 3),
188            ]
189            .into()
190        };
191        let kernel = KernelDescriptor::from_hashes(vec![word(100)]).unwrap();
192        let program_info = ProgramInfo::new(word(1), kernel);
193        let inputs = StackInputs::new(&[Felt::new_unchecked(5), Felt::new_unchecked(6)]).unwrap();
194        let outputs = StackOutputs::new(&[Felt::new_unchecked(7)]).unwrap();
195        ExecutionClaim::from_program_info(program_info, inputs, outputs)
196    }
197
198    /// The commitment must bind every field and the I/O order, be domain-separated, and use
199    /// the registered selector.
200    #[test]
201    fn commitment_binds_fields_order_and_domain() {
202        let base = test_claim();
203        let base_commitment = base.commitment();
204        let base_elements = base.to_elements();
205
206        // mutate P
207        let mut mutated = base.clone();
208        mutated.program_root = [Felt::new_unchecked(999), ZERO, ZERO, ZERO].into();
209        assert_ne!(mutated.commitment(), base_commitment, "P not bound");
210
211        // mutate K (different kernel)
212        let mut mutated = base.clone();
213        mutated.kernel = KernelDescriptor::from_hashes(vec![
214            [Felt::new_unchecked(200), ZERO, ZERO, ZERO].into(),
215        ])
216        .unwrap();
217        assert_ne!(mutated.commitment(), base_commitment, "K not bound");
218
219        // mutate one element of I
220        let mut mutated = base.clone();
221        mutated.stack_inputs =
222            StackInputs::new(&[Felt::new_unchecked(5), Felt::new_unchecked(60)]).unwrap();
223        assert_ne!(mutated.commitment(), base_commitment, "I not bound");
224
225        // mutate one element of O
226        let mut mutated = base.clone();
227        mutated.stack_outputs = StackOutputs::new(&[Felt::new_unchecked(70)]).unwrap();
228        assert_ne!(mutated.commitment(), base_commitment, "O not bound");
229
230        // swap I and O (order binding): same multiset of felts, different positions
231        let mut mutated = base;
232        mutated.stack_inputs = StackInputs::new(&[Felt::new_unchecked(7)]).unwrap();
233        mutated.stack_outputs =
234            StackOutputs::new(&[Felt::new_unchecked(5), Felt::new_unchecked(6)]).unwrap();
235        assert_ne!(mutated.commitment(), base_commitment, "I/O order not bound");
236
237        // domain separation: differs from the untagged hash and from another registered tag
238        let elements = base_elements;
239        assert_ne!(
240            base_commitment,
241            hasher::hash_elements(&elements),
242            "claim commitment must differ from the untagged hash"
243        );
244        assert_ne!(
245            base_commitment,
246            hasher::hash_elements_in_domain(&elements, KERNEL_DOMAIN_TAG),
247            "claim commitment must differ from a kernel-tagged hash of the same data"
248        );
249
250        // the tag is the registered selector
251        assert_eq!(
252            CLAIM_DOMAIN_TAG.as_canonical_u64(),
253            (u64::from(EXECUTION_CLAIM_DOMAIN_ID) << 8) | 1
254        );
255    }
256}