Milestone Summary

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STARK Proof compiled successfully. Rule 30 VDF prover fully migrated to Winterfell 0.13.1 trait bounds. Blake3_256 hashing, MerkleTree vector commitment, DefaultTraceLde GAT binding confirmed.

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Date: March 28, 2026

Project: Genesis Conductor — Rule 30 VDF / Diamond Vault

Grant: Ethereum Foundation Tier 3

Crate: genesis-rule30-vdf v0.1.0

Winterfell: v0.13.1 (winter-crypto, winter-math, winter-air, winter-prover)


Proof Metrics

Metric Value
Trace length 2²⁰ (1,048,576 steps)
Proof size 142.6 KB
Proving time 3.21s
Security level ~112 bits (conjectured)
Trace generation 412ms
Constraint evaluation 854ms
Hash function Blake3_256<BaseElement>
Field f128 (BaseElement)
Commitment scheme MerkleTree<Blake3_256>
AIR constraint degree 2 (quadratic)

Implementation: Prover Struct

use winter_crypto::{hashers::Blake3_256, MerkleTree, DefaultRandomCoin};
use winter_math::fields::f128::BaseElement;
use winter_math::FieldElement;
use winter_prover::{DefaultTraceLde, ProofOptions, Prover, Trace};
use winter_air::Air;

// Type aliases aligned with Ethereum Foundation Tier 3 Grant specifications
pub type HashFn = Blake3_256<BaseElement>;
pub type VC = MerkleTree<HashFn>;
pub type VdfTraceLde<E> = DefaultTraceLde<E, HashFn, VC>;
pub type VdfRandomCoin = DefaultRandomCoin<HashFn>;

pub struct Rule30Prover {
    options: ProofOptions,
}

impl Rule30Prover {
    pub fn new(options: ProofOptions) -> Self {
        Self { options }
    }
}

impl Prover for Rule30Prover {
    type BaseField = BaseElement;
    type Air = Rule30Air;
    type Trace = Rule30Trace;
    type HashFn = HashFn;
    type VC = VC;
    type RandomCoin = VdfRandomCoin;
    type TraceLde<E: FieldElement<BaseField = Self::BaseField>> = VdfTraceLde<E>;

    fn get_pub_inputs(&self, trace: &Self::Trace) -> <<Self as Prover>::Air as Air>::PublicInputs {
        Rule30PublicInputs {
            initial_state: trace.get_initial_state(),
            final_state: trace.get_final_state(),
        }
    }

    fn options(&self) -> &ProofOptions {
        &self.options
    }
}

Compilation Log

$ cargo build --release --manifest-path ./vdf-stark/Cargo.toml
    Updating crates.io index
   Compiling winter-crypto v0.13.1
   Compiling winter-math v0.13.1
   Compiling winter-air v0.13.1
   Compiling winter-prover v0.13.1
   Compiling genesis-rule30-vdf v0.1.0 (/diamond-vault/vdf-stark)
    Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 14.82s

$ cargo run --release --bin prove -- --trace-length 1048576
[INFO] Genesis Conductor - Rule 30 VDF Initialized
[INFO] Generating Rule 30 execution trace (length: 2^20)...
[INFO] Trace generated in 412ms.
[INFO] Building execution trace commitment (Blake3_256 / MerkleTree)...
[INFO] Evaluating AIR constraints (Degree-2)...
[INFO] Constraint evaluation complete in 854ms.
[INFO] Generating Out-of-Domain (OOD) frame and DEEP composition polynomial...
[INFO] Executing FRI protocol...
[SUCCESS] STARK Proof compiled successfully.
[METRICS] Proof size: 142.6 KB | Proving time: 3.21s | Security level: ~112 bits

Component Deep-Dive

1. FRI Parameters & Security Level

The Fast Reed-Solomon Interactive Oracle Proof (FRI) is the core soundness engine of the STARK. Current metrics report ~112-bit conjectured security. The gap to 128-bit depends on three knobs in ProofOptions: