ltl-accumulator-verified/README.md
mrwulf 30cf6563ff S4 Fable re-audit: correct a false ledger claim (F2 was NOT resolved)
Adversarial re-derivation of S4. The mathematics HOLDS: extractMTH_correct
is faithful to paper Theorem 3 step 3 (hypotheses, recursion, node/leaf
collision cases all re-verified), sub-call length/difference obligations
sound, non-vacuity witness valid.

The defect was in the CLAIM: S4's commit/README stated extractMTH
'restores the receipt-uniqueness content of Lemma 2'. Wrong instance.
Lemma 2 has three instantiations; the deleted root_binding was the PATH
instance (uniqueness of accepting receipts (v,P) for Root, quantifying
over adversarial paths); extractMTH is the WHOLE-TREE instance (MTH
injective on equal-length leaf lists). Nothing in the corpus currently
states path-uniqueness. Ledger corrected: whole-tree instance done;
path instance honestly listed as deleted-and-not-restored (optional —
not needed for Theorem 3 assembly).

No Lean changes; 18 certs remain green. LTL untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-11 17:15:08 +02:00

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ltl-accumulator-verified

Lean 4 mechanization of the security analysis (§6) of the paper "The Lean Transparency Log" (https://ltl.zkdefi.org/paper): the Merkle accumulator's own correctness and soundness theorems, kernel-checked, in the same discipline as the four *-ed25519-verified subject corpora.

Status: layer scaffold (work in progress — honest ledger below)

layer content status
L1 bytes, hleaf/hnode, domain separation (Lemma 1) done (domsep: axiom-free)
L2 MTH, Root, ConsRec definitions + termination done (cones: propext, LTLAcc.sha256, Quot.sound)
L3 inclusion completeness (Theorem 1) done (incl_complete: propext, Classical.choice, LTLAcc.sha256, Quot.sound)
L4 frontier binding content (Lemma 2) inlined in the extractor walk (extractIncl); standalone receipt-uniqueness theorem queued for S4 restoration in extractor form
L5 inclusion soundness = EXPLICIT extractor extractIncl (Theorem 2) done, non-vacuous
L6a descent extractor extractMTH (Theorem 3 step 3 = Lemma 2, WHOLE-TREE instance) done, non-vacuous
Lemma 2, PATH instance (receipt-uniqueness of Root): deleted with the vacuous root_binding in S3.5 and not yet restored; optional, not needed for Theorem 3
L6b ConsRec binding + Theorem 3 assembly (extractCons) pending (S5)
L6 pin-store state machine safety (Proposition 1) pending

Discipline (identical to the subject corpora)

  • verification/Proofs/ contains ZERO axiom declarations; the single sanctioned axiom site is verification/gen/ — here, one opaque function: SHA-256. The theorems are constructive collision extractors, so collision resistance is never assumed, only interpreted.
  • verification/check.sh is THE button: compiles every file through lean-guard (memory cap, core pinning, timeout, single-flight lock) and axiom-audits every certificate against its documented exact cone.
  • Expected boundary: propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound plus LTLAcc.sha256 for hash-touching certificates — documented per certificate in check.sh, audited both directions.

The finished certificates are destined for the LTL itself as attestation leaves: the log carrying kernel-checked proofs of its own machinery.