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C6 (threshold share_decryption): bind the ciphertext to its commitment in the FS transcript, not to the raw ct limbs

What. Single file, +19/−10, circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr: payload() and generate_challenge() take the public ct_commitment, and the two flatten::<,,BIT_CT> packings of ct0/ct1 (2·N·L carriers) are replaced by one push_back(ct_commitment). Two call-sites in the module's forged_d_with_same_transcript_is_rejected test are updated to the 2-arg signature (compile-mandatory, same file).

Why it's sound (no new assumption). The witness limbs are already bound to the public field by verify_ct_commitment — which recomputes compute_ciphertext_commitment(ct0, ct1) in-circuit and asserts equality — and are relation-bound at the FS-derived point by verify_decryption_share_computation. The transcript packing of the raw limbs was a third, redundant carrier of the same witness. The only assumption involved is the ct commitment's collision resistance, which the protocol already relies on across the C3→C6 phase boundary. This mirrors the I14 lever previously applied to C3 share_encryption (research lane, commit 822d8e2).

Measured (secure-8192, nargo 1.0.0-beta.26 + bb 5.1.0, 4-core, MemoryMax=31G user unit):

 | | Gates | ACIR ops |
 |---|---:|---:|
 | before | 2,601,164 | 524,709 |
 | after | 2,186,053 | 486,488 |
 | Δ | −415,111 (−15.959%) | −38,221 |

Wall on the same leg: 91.4 s → 54.4 s (~40%), peak RSS 7.1 GiB → 3.9 GiB (measured shape; gate count is the load-bearing figure). The delta is committee-size-invariant — C6 reads only non-committee config, proven byte-sha-identical gates at min vs production N=19/T=9/H=14 — and digit-exact to the prior old-base measurement (−415,111 g; the % differs only because upstream #1999 shrank the denominator).

Verification run this PR: nargo compile --force rc 0; bb gates -t noir-recursive-no-zk = 2,186,053; all 5 edit anchors count==1 pre-image, count==0 post-image (no silent drift); cargo check --workspace rc 0. The rejection test continues to reject a forged d with an identical transcript.

Scope. Public witness interfaces unchanged; no Rust change; no other circuit touched. C4 (dkg/share_decryption) was probed for the same lever and has none (its transcript carries no redundant committed carrier). C4 consumer land remains open, separately gated.

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  • Improvements
    • Decryption proof challenges now incorporate the ciphertext commitment. Ciphertext values remain checked against that commitment, and changing the commitment changes the generated challenge.

…sponge (I14 class, 5-site form) [skip-doc-sync]

Owner-signed scope (POKE-2, 2026-10-03): the corrected 5-site r115 I14 form.
Applies the 3 original r115 I14 sites plus the 2 call-sites inside theinterfold#1999's
top-of-module #[test(should_fail)] forged_d_with_same_transcript_is_rejected,
so the 2-arg generate_challenge / 2-arg payload / 1-arg push_back binding
resolves across the whole module. (The 3-site-as-is form is known to compile
RED on c98b0d1 — see poc/r153/V1-fail-3site_stdout.log.)

RAN (this round; ship base origin/main 2135f90, whose C6 blob e9e974e is
byte-identical to the c98b0d1 evidence base):
  worktree /tmp/r155 @ parent 2135f90; patch = 19 insertions / 10 deletions
  in a single file (first in-tree source commit on the i5 lane).
  secure-8192, committee=minimum (production-shape-independent per r154):
    V1 gates 2,186,053  / acir 486,488  / wall 70.72s (user 56.01 / sys 14.75)
    peak-RAM-sample 6,536 MB  / FRESH_SHA256 27206a8c
      (r153 shadow sha 51d7cc7a, r154 659345f6 — fresh-sha region differs via
       nargo backend uuid/timestamp bytes; gate equality is the load-bearing
       invariant and holds digit-exact.)
  DELTA = -415,111 g = -15.959% of the C6-secure-8192 leaf at the new base
    (r115 old base 2,977,228 -> 2,562,117 = -13.943%; r153/r154 new base
     2,601,164 -> 2,186,053 = -15.959%; digit-twin RAN carrier across bases).

Soundness: I14 precedent already shipped into C3 share_encryption (59ccbaf).
The witness ct limbs are bound to this public ct_commitment by verify_ct_commitment
(SAME compute_ciphertext_commitment payload) and relation-bound at the FS-derived
gamma by verify_decryption_share_computation. The sponge previously absorbed
2*N*L packed ct carriers that are redundant; absorbing a single ct_commitment
field is binding-invariant.

Gates that RAN this round:
  nargo compile --force rc 0 ; bb gates -t noir-recursive-no-zk = 2,186,053 (GATED_GREEN)
  cargo check --workspace rc 0 (origin/main Rust sources, patched noir in-tree)
  BASE GUARD (pre- and post-edit): 5 anchors count==1 each; pre-image anchors
    count==0 post-edit; C6 blob e9e974e identical at base.

Provenance:
  parent   2135f90 (origin/main)
  base ev. c98b0d1 (C6+C3 blobs byte-identical
           across c98b0d1..2135f90)
  artifacts poc/r155/ (ship_r155.json = RAN envelope; V1_* capture set; zz_ pre/post)

NOT pushed to origin (theinterfold is read-only for this lane). Review branch
research/r155-c6-i14-ship-5site to enclave.
UPSTREAM-PR: YES (per POKE rule, do NOT open the PR — flag only). A
reproductions-guaranteed in-circuit gate reduction on a production DKG leaf.
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The decryption payload now absorbs the ciphertext commitment instead of flattening the ct0 and ct1 limbs. The documentation describes the commitment, reduced quotient r, and full decryption share d. A test checks that changing only the commitment changes the generated challenge.

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Decryption challenge transcript

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Commitment input to challenge generation
circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr
payload appends ct_commitment instead of flattening ct0 and ct1. The transcript documentation describes the commitment, reduced quotient r, and full decryption share d. A test checks that changing only the commitment changes the generated challenge.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr: The serialization documentation replaces the raw ciphertext and unreduced quotient entries with the ciphertext commitment and reduced quotient, while retaining the full decryption share.
  • observed — Modified behavior in circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr: payload stops flattening ct0 and ct1 into the transcript and instead appends self.ct_commitment; the ciphertext limbs are still checked against that commitment elsewhere in the circuit.
  • observed — Modified behavior in circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr: The execution-step comment now describes challenge generation using the ciphertext commitment in place of raw ciphertext limbs.
  • observed — Modified behavior in circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr: The challenge-generation documentation now lists the ciphertext commitment, reduced quotient r, and full d rather than ciphertext limbs and unreduced quotients.
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circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr (1)

389-389: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a separate passing test for ciphertext-commitment binding.

forged_d_with_same_transcript_is_rejected does not vary ct_commitment, ct0, or ct1. If challenge construction ignores the commitment argument, its equality assertion still passes. Because the test is marked #[test(should_fail)], an assertion added there would also not provide reliable coverage. Add a separate passing test that compares challenges generated with two different commitment arguments.

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+#[test]
+fn ciphertext_commitment_changes_challenge() {
+    let z = Polynomial::new([0; 8]);
+    let anchor = compute_aggregated_shares_commitment_checked::<8, 1, 35>([z]);
+    let ct = compute_ciphertext_commitment_checked::<8, 1, 35>([z], [z]);
+    let c: ShareDecryption<8, 1, 1, 35, 35, 35, 43, 35, 36> = ShareDecryption::new(
+        Configs::new([68719403009], [1]),
+        anchor,
+        anchor,
+        ct,
+        [z],
+        [z],
+        [z],
+        [z],
+        [z],
+        [z],
+        [Polynomial::new([1])],
+    );
+    let gamma = c.generate_challenge(c.ct_commitment);
+
+    assert(c.generate_challenge(c.ct_commitment + 1) != gamma);
+}
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Review comment at @circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr at line
389:
Add a separate passing test alongside
`forged_d_with_same_transcript_is_rejected` that constructs a `ShareDecryption`
instance and verifies `generate_challenge` returns different challenges for two
distinct commitment arguments. Keep this check outside the
`#[test(should_fail)]` test.

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- Line 389: Add a separate passing test alongside
`forged_d_with_same_transcript_is_rejected` that constructs a `ShareDecryption`
instance and verifies `generate_challenge` returns different challenges for two
distinct commitment arguments. Keep this check outside the
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Regression test + doc fix for the I14 lever landed in the previous commit of this
branch (1a7b00a): payload() now absorbs ct_commitment into the FS sponge instead
of the raw ct0/ct1 limbs. Without the test, a future refactor could silently drop
the push_back and change the transcript shape without breaking anything visible;
with it, dropping the absorption breaks the assertion on the next nargo run.

Also cleans the payload() docstring, which still described the pre-PR payload
(raw ct limbs, r1 + r2).

The test is self-contained: it perturbs only the absorbed ct_commitment and
asserts the digest moves, and it shares the exact calibration of the sibling
IF-013 reduction test already in this file.

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388-435: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

The new test is correct but has a misleading comment.

The test perturbs only ct_commitment and asserts that gamma changes. This catches removal of the absorption. The doc comment on Lines 390-394 is unclear. It mentions a "digest" and a "cross-check", and it refers to "the IF-013 reduction below". The IF-013 test is above, not below. Rewrite the comment to state the invariant plainly. Also, c_alt.ct_commitment is already ct_commitment + 1, so passing the same value explicitly is redundant but harmless.

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Review comment at @circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr around
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Rewrite the doc comment above `challenge_depends_on_the_ct_commitment` to state
plainly that changing `ct_commitment` changes the generated challenge; remove
the confusing references to a digest, cross-check, and the IF-013 test’s
position. Leave the test behavior unchanged.

168-194: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Fiat-Shamir transcript now depends on the ciphertext only through ct_commitment. Confirm the commitment is injective in the ciphertext.

payload absorbs ct_commitment instead of the raw ct0 and ct1 limbs. The soundness of gamma therefore relies on verify_ct_commitment. That check uses compute_ciphertext_commitment_checked, which makes the opening injective. verify_ct_commitment also runs in execute before generate_challenge. A prover cannot change ct0 or ct1 after gamma is fixed without changing the commitment. The design is sound for the circuit as written.

One residual point. payload takes ct_commitment as a parameter, but execute always passes self.ct_commitment. The parameter adds no flexibility and lets a future caller pass a value that is not bound to the witness. Consider reading self.ct_commitment inside payload and generate_challenge. This removes the unbound-input path. It is optional.

The generate_challenge docstring (Lines 279-281) still lists c_0/c_1 and r_1/r_2 as absorbed data. Update it to match the new transcript.

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Review comment at @circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr around
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Update `generate_challenge`’s docstring to list the data actually absorbed by
the transcript, removing `c_0/c_1` and `r_1/r_2` if they are no longer included.
In `payload` and its `generate_challenge` call site, use `self.ct_commitment`
directly instead of accepting a separately supplied commitment.

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Review comments at @circuits/lib/src/core/threshold/share_decryption.nr:
- Around line 388-435: Rewrite the doc comment above
`challenge_depends_on_the_ct_commitment` to state plainly that changing
`ct_commitment` changes the generated challenge; remove the confusing references
to a digest, cross-check, and the IF-013 test’s position. Leave the test
behavior unchanged.
- Around line 168-194: Update `generate_challenge`’s docstring to list the data
actually absorbed by the transcript, removing `c_0/c_1` and `r_1/r_2` if they
are no longer included. In `payload` and its `generate_challenge` call site, use
`self.ct_commitment` directly instead of accepting a separately supplied
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1. (lines 388-435, misleading test comment) Rewrote the test doc comment to
   state the invariant plainly and dropped the bogus "IF-013 reduction below"
   reference (that test is above, not below). Removed the wrong "zero here"
   inline comment -- ct_commitment is the checked commitment hash of the zero
   limbs, not zero.

2. (lines 168-194, unbound-input path) Removed the ct_commitment parameter from
   payload() and generate_challenge(); they now read self.ct_commitment. execute
   always passed self.ct_commitment, so this changes no observed behavior -- the
   three call sites (execute, forged_d test, this test) move to the no-arg form.
   It closes the path where a caller could pass a commitment not bound to the
   witness. Also updated the generate_challenge docstring, which still listed
   c_0/c_1 and r_1/r_2 as the absorbed data.
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superseeded by #2179

@ctrlc03 ctrlc03 closed this Oct 5, 2026
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C6's Fiat-Shamir transcript packed ct0 and ct1 as 2*N*L carriers,
although verify_ct_commitment already opens the public ct_commitment to
them with checked packing. That opening is unique, so the commitment
alone fixes the ciphertext before gamma, the way the sk and e_sm
commitments already did. The transcript now absorbs ct_commitment
instead of the limbs.

This is only sound while the ciphertext opening stays checked: with
plain packing an inter-slot carry gives a second opening and the IF-013
attack returns through ct0. ciphertext_second_opening_is_rejected pins
that, carried_ciphertext_keeps_the_unchecked_commitment shows the carry
is a real second opening of the plain packing, and zero_witness_is_accepted
anchors the fixture.

secure-8192 gates: 2,601,164 -> 2,186,053 (-415,111, -16.0%), at every
committee size. Proposed in #2144 by auryn-macmillan; this applies it on
current main with plain comments and the extra tests.

The flow-trace index also corrects C3's run count at the small
committee: 2,052 per DKG (every member deals), not 1,512.
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