skeleton: proof-pyramid layout, honest status table, trusted-base doc

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# pasta-pallas-verified
Formal verification of Pallas (Pasta curve cycle, Zcash Halo 2) arithmetic in
**zcash/pasta_curves**, built as a coherent proof pyramid in Lean 4 via the
Charon/Aeneas transpilation pipeline:
```
┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Scalar multiplication │ [n]P correct over the group
├────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Group law (short Weierstrass) │ point ops = curve group law
├────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Field 𝔽_p (Montgomery form) │ 4×64-limb Fp ops correct mod p
└────────────────────────────────────┘
p = 0x40000000000000000000000000000000224698fc094cf91b992d30ed00000001
```
Every theorem is stated about the **actual Aeneas-transpiled Rust code** from
`src/fields/fp.rs` / `src/curves.rs`. There are **no bridge axioms**: the
correctness of add/sub/neg/mul/square/montgomery_reduce/invert is *proven*,
not assumed. (A previous attempt at this target axiomatized exactly those
statements; this repository exists to do it properly.)
## Layer status
| Layer | Certificate | Status | Axioms of certificate |
|-------|-------------|--------|-----------------------|
| Field 𝔽_p (Montgomery) | `fieldImplementation` | ⏳ in progress | — |
| Group law (Pallas) | `curveImplementation` | ⏳ in progress | — |
| Scalar multiplication | `scalarMulCorrect` | ⏳ in progress | — |
Status legend: ✅ proven & axiom-audited · ⏳ in progress · ❌ not started.
This table is updated only when `verification/check.sh` passes for the layer.
## Source
- **Upstream**: [zcash/pasta_curves](https://github.com/zcash/pasta_curves), commit `fe08536`
- **Pinned/patched source**: [saymrwulf/pasta_curves-source](https://github.com/saymrwulf/pasta_curves-source), commit `7f32788`
- Representation: 4×64-bit limbs, Montgomery form (a·R mod p, R = 2²⁵⁶)
## Toolchain (pinned)
| Component | Version |
|-----------|---------|
| Aeneas | `bf13c42e` |
| Charon | `9dd7f23c` |
| Lean | `v4.30.0-rc2` |
| OCaml | `5.3.0` |
## Reproducing
```bash
source ~/aeneas-toolchain/env.sh
cd verification
./extract.sh # Rust → LLBC → Lean (regenerates gen/)
./check.sh # compiles EVERY shipped file + axiom-audits EVERY certificate
```
## Trusted base
See [TRUSTED-BASE.md](TRUSTED-BASE.md).

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# Trusted base
What you must believe for the theorems in this repository to transfer to the
running Rust code. Everything else is machine-checked.
1. **Lean 4 kernel** (v4.30.0-rc2) and its three foundational axioms
`[propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound]`. Every certificate is
`#print axioms`-audited against exactly this list.
2. **mathlib** (prebuilt oleans fetched by `lake exe cache get`).
3. **Charon + Aeneas** (pinned `9dd7f23c` / `bf13c42e`): the translation
from Rust MIR to the Lean model is assumed faithful. The generated
`gen/` files are never edited (comments only); proofs are stated ABOUT them.
4. **External-function models** (`gen/*/FunsExternal.lean`): Rust items that
Aeneas cannot translate (constant-time `subtle` primitives, iterator
plumbing, formatting) are axiomatized as opaque symbols. The axiom audit
proves none of these axioms enters the dependency cone of any certificate,
except where a model is explicitly listed below.
5. **u64 primitive helpers** (`adc`/`sbb`/`mac`, if not translatable): where a
helper must be modeled externally, its model is a *definition* with proven
arithmetic content (not an opaque axiom), or an axiom provably outside every
certificate cone. The axiom audit enforces this.
6. **Compilation of Rust to machine code** (rustc backend) is out of scope,
as is side-channel behaviour (timing, speculation). The proofs are about
functional correctness at the MIR/LLBC level.