Implement stage 'consistency-checks'.

crypto3/libs/zk/include/nil/crypto3/zk/commitments/polynomial/lpc.hpp

@@ -150,15 +150,7 @@ namespace nil {
                     proof_type proof_eval(transcript_type &transcript) {
                         PROFILE_SCOPE("LPC proof_eval");
 
-                        this->eval_polys();
-
-                        BOOST_ASSERT(this->_points.size() == this->_polys.size());
-                        BOOST_ASSERT(this->_points.size() == this->_z.get_batches_num());
-
-                        // For each batch we have a merkle tree.
-                        for (auto const& it: this->_trees) {
-                            transcript(it.second.root());
-                        }
+                        eval_polys_and_add_roots_to_transcipt(transcript);
 
                         // Prepare z-s and combined_Q;
                         auto theta = transcript.template challenge<field_type>();
@@ -168,16 +160,7 @@ namespace nil {
                         return proof_type({this->_z, fri_proof});
                     }
 
-                    /** This function must be called for the cases where we want to skip the
-                     * round proof for FRI. Must be called once per instance of prover for the aggregated FRI.
-                     * \param[in] combined_Q - Polynomial combined_Q was already computed by the current
-                            prover in the previous step of the aggregated FRI protocol.
-                     * \param[in] transcript - This transcript is initialized from a challenge sent from the "Main" prover,
-                            on which the round proof was created for the polynomial F(x) = Sum(combined_Q).
-                     */
-                    lpc_proof_type proof_eval_lpc_proof(
-                            const polynomial_type& combined_Q, transcript_type &transcript) {
-
+                    void eval_polys_and_add_roots_to_transcipt(transcript_type &transcript) {
                         this->eval_polys();
 
                         BOOST_ASSERT(this->_points.size() == this->_polys.size());
@@ -187,9 +170,18 @@ namespace nil {
                         for (auto const& it: this->_trees) {
                             transcript(it.second.root());
                         }
+                    }
 
-                        std::vector<typename fri_type::field_type::value_type> challenges =
-                            transcript.template challenges<typename fri_type::field_type>(this->_fri_params.lambda);
+                    /** This function must be called for the cases where we want to skip the 
+                     * round proof for FRI. Must be called once per instance of prover for the aggregated FRI.
+                     * \param[in] combined_Q - Polynomial combined_Q was already computed by the current 
+                            prover in the previous step of the aggregated FRI protocol.
+                     * \param[in] challenges - These challenges were sent from the "Main" prover,
+                            on which the round proof was created for the polynomial F(x) = Sum(combined_Q).
+                     */
+                    lpc_proof_type proof_eval_lpc_proof(
+                            const polynomial_type& combined_Q,
+                            const std::vector<typename fri_type::field_type::value_type>& challenges) {
 
                         typename fri_type::initial_proofs_batch_type initial_proofs =
                             nil::crypto3::zk::algorithms::query_phase_initial_proofs<fri_type, polynomial_type>(
@@ -357,7 +349,6 @@ namespace nil {
                     // Computes and returns the maximal power of theta used to compute the value of Combined_Q.
                     std::size_t compute_theta_power_for_combined_Q() {
                         std::size_t theta_power = 0;
-                        this->eval_polys();
                         this->build_points_map();
 
                         auto points = this->get_unique_points();

crypto3/libs/zk/include/nil/crypto3/zk/snark/systems/plonk/placeholder/prover.hpp

@@ -211,8 +211,13 @@ namespace nil {
                         // 8. Run evaluation proofs
                         _proof.eval_proof.challenge = transcript.template challenge<FieldType>();
                         generate_evaluation_points();
+
                         if (!_skip_commitment_scheme_eval_proofs) {
                             _proof.eval_proof.eval_proof = _commitment_scheme.proof_eval(transcript);
+                        } else {
+                            // This is required for aggregated prover. If we do not run the LPC proof right now,
+                            // we still need to push the merkle tree roots into the transcript.
+                            _commitment_scheme.eval_polys_and_add_roots_to_transcipt(transcript);
                         }
 
                         return _proof;

parallel-crypto3/libs/parallel-zk/include/nil/crypto3/zk/commitments/polynomial/lpc.hpp

@@ -152,15 +152,7 @@ namespace nil {
                     proof_type proof_eval(transcript_type &transcript) {
                         PROFILE_SCOPE("LPC proof_eval");
 
-                        this->eval_polys();
-
-                        BOOST_ASSERT(this->_points.size() == this->_polys.size());
-                        BOOST_ASSERT(this->_points.size() == this->_z.get_batches_num());
-
-                        // For each batch we have a merkle tree.
-                        for (auto const& it: this->_trees) {
-                            transcript(it.second.root());
-                        }
+                        eval_polys_and_add_roots_to_transcipt(transcript);
 
                         // Prepare z-s and combined_Q;
                         auto theta = transcript.template challenge<field_type>();
@@ -170,28 +162,27 @@ namespace nil {
                         return proof_type({this->_z, fri_proof});
                     }
 
-                    /** This function must be called for the cases where we want to skip the
-                     * round proof for FRI. Must be called once per instance of prover for the aggregated FRI.
-                     * \param[in] combined_Q - Polynomial combined_Q was already computed by the current
-                            prover in the previous step of the aggregated FRI protocol.
-                     * \param[in] transcript - This transcript is initialized from a challenge sent from the "Main" prover,
-                            on which the round proof was created for the polynomial F(x) = Sum(combined_Q).
-                     */
-                    lpc_proof_type proof_eval_lpc_proof(
-                            const polynomial_type& combined_Q, transcript_type &transcript) {
-
+                    void eval_polys_and_add_roots_to_transcipt(transcript_type &transcript) {
                         this->eval_polys();
 
                         BOOST_ASSERT(this->_points.size() == this->_polys.size());
                         BOOST_ASSERT(this->_points.size() == this->_z.get_batches_num());
-
                         // For each batch we have a merkle tree.
                         for (auto const& it: this->_trees) {
                             transcript(it.second.root());
                         }
+                    }
 
-                        std::vector<typename fri_type::field_type::value_type> challenges =
-                            transcript.template challenges<typename fri_type::field_type>(this->_fri_params.lambda);
+                    /** This function must be called for the cases where we want to skip the 
+                     * round proof for FRI. Must be called once per instance of prover for the aggregated FRI.
+                     * \param[in] combined_Q - Polynomial combined_Q was already computed by the current 
+                            prover in the previous step of the aggregated FRI protocol.
+                     * \param[in] challenges - These challenges were sent from the "Main" prover,
+                            on which the round proof was created for the polynomial F(x) = Sum(combined_Q).
+                     */
+                    lpc_proof_type proof_eval_lpc_proof(
+                            const polynomial_type& combined_Q,
+                            const std::vector<typename fri_type::field_type::value_type>& challenges) {
 
                         typename fri_type::initial_proofs_batch_type initial_proofs =
                             nil::crypto3::zk::algorithms::query_phase_initial_proofs<fri_type, polynomial_type>(
@@ -436,7 +427,6 @@ namespace nil {
                     // Computes and returns the maximal power of theta used to compute the value of Combined_Q.
                     std::size_t compute_theta_power_for_combined_Q() {
                         std::size_t theta_power = 0;
-                        this->eval_polys();
                         this->build_points_map();
 
                         auto points = this->get_unique_points();

parallel-crypto3/libs/parallel-zk/include/nil/crypto3/zk/snark/systems/plonk/placeholder/prover.hpp

@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ namespace nil {
                         generate_evaluation_points();
                         if (!_skip_commitment_scheme_eval_proofs) {
                             _proof.eval_proof.eval_proof = _commitment_scheme.proof_eval(transcript);
+                        } else {
+                            // This is required for aggregated prover. If we do not run the LPC proof right now,
+                            // we still need to push the merkle tree roots into the transcript.
+                            _commitment_scheme.eval_polys_and_add_roots_to_transcipt(transcript);
                         }
 
                         return _proof;

proof-producer/README.md

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ In all the calls you can change the executable name from
 proof-producer-single-threaded to proof-producer-multi-threaded to run on all
 the CPUs of your machine.
 
+## Using proof-producer to generate and verify a single proof
+
 Generate a proof and verify it:
 ```bash
 ./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded \
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@ Verify generated proof:
     -q 10
 ```
 
-Partial proof:
+## Using proof-producer to generate and verify an aggregated proof.
+
+Partial proof, ran on each prover.
 ```bash
 ./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded \
     --stage partial-prove \
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ Partial proof:
     --json                         $CIRCUIT-proof.json
 ```
 
-Aggregate challenges, done once on the main prover
+Aggregate challenges, done once on the main prover.
 ```bash
 ./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded \
     --stage="generate-aggregated-challenge" \
@@ -138,23 +142,35 @@ Aggregate challenges, done once on the main prover
     --aggregated-challenge-file="aggregated_challenge.dat"
 ```
 
-Compute polynomial combined_Q, done on each prover
+Compute polynomial combined_Q, done on each prover. Please notice that the caller must provide the correct value of --combined-Q-starting-power, which can be taken from "$CIRCUIT-theta-power.txt" generated on stage "partial-prove".
 ```bash
 ./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded \
     --stage="compute-combined-Q" \
     --aggregated-challenge-file="aggregated_challenge.dat" \
     --combined-Q-starting-power=0  \
-    --commitment-state-file="commitment_state.dat" \
-    --combined-Q-polynomial-file="combined-Q.dat"
+    --commitment-state-file="$CIRCUIT-commitment_state.dat" \
+    --combined-Q-polynomial-file="$CIRCUIT-combined-Q.dat"
+```
 
-Compute aggregated FRI proof done once on the main prover. This is a part of the complete proof.
+Compute aggregated FRI proof done once on the main prover. This is a part of the complete proof. The '--assignment-description-file' can point to any description file, since only the number of rows matters.
 ```bash
 ./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded \
     --stage="aggregated-FRI" \
     --assignment-description-file="assignment-description.dat"
     --aggregated-challenge-file="aggregated_challenge.dat" \
-    --input-combined-Q-polynomial-files "combined-Q-1.dat" "combined-Q-2.dat" \
+    --input-combined-Q-polynomial-files "$CIRCUIT1-combined-Q.dat" "$CIRCUIT2_combined-Q.dat" \
     --proof="aggregated_FRI_proof.bin" \
     --proof-of-work-file="POW.dat" \
     --consistency-checks-challenges-file="challenges.dat"
 ```
+
+Compute LPC consistency check proofs for polynomial combined_Q, done on each prover.
+```bash
+./build/bin/proof-producer/proof-producer-single-threaded \
+    --stage="consistency-checks" \
+    --commitment-state-file="$CIRCUIT-commitment_scheme_state.dat" \
+    --combined-Q-polynomial-file="$CIRCUIT-combined-Q.dat" \
+    --consistency-checks-challenges-file="challenges.dat" \
+    --proof="$CIRCUIT-LPC_consistency_check_proof.bin"
+```
+

proof-producer/bin/proof-producer/include/nil/proof-generator/prover.hpp

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace nil {
                 PARTIAL_PROVE = 5,
                 COMPUTE_COMBINED_Q = 6,
                 GENERATE_AGGREGATED_FRI_PROOF = 7,
-                GENERATE_LPC_INITIAL_PROOF = 8,
+                GENERATE_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS_PROOF = 8,
                 MERGE_PROOFS = 9
             };
 
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ namespace nil {
                     {"partial-prove", ProverStage::PARTIAL_PROVE},
                     {"compute-combined-Q", ProverStage::COMPUTE_COMBINED_Q},
                     {"merge-proofs", ProverStage::MERGE_PROOFS},
-                    {"aggregated-FRI", ProverStage::GENERATE_AGGREGATED_FRI_PROOF}
+                    {"aggregated-FRI", ProverStage::GENERATE_AGGREGATED_FRI_PROOF},
+                    {"consistency-checks", ProverStage::GENERATE_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS_PROOF}
                 };
                 auto it = stage_map.find(stage);
                 if (it == stage_map.end()) {
@@ -768,7 +769,7 @@ namespace nil {
 
             bool save_challenge_vector_to_file(
                 const std::vector<typename BlueprintField::value_type>& challenges,
-                const boost::filesystem::path &consistency_checks_challenges_output_file) {
+                const boost::filesystem::path& consistency_checks_challenges_output_file) {
 
                 using challenge_vector_marshalling_type = nil::crypto3::marshalling::types::field_element_vector<
                     typename BlueprintField::value_type, TTypeBase>;
@@ -783,6 +784,28 @@ namespace nil {
                     consistency_checks_challenges_output_file, marshalled_challenges);
             }
 
+            std::optional<std::vector<typename BlueprintField::value_type>> read_challenge_vector_from_file(
+                const boost::filesystem::path& input_file) {
+
+                using challenge_vector_marshalling_type = nil::crypto3::marshalling::types::field_element_vector<
+                    typename BlueprintField::value_type, TTypeBase>;
+
+                if (!nil::proof_generator::can_read_from_file(input_file.string())) {
+                    BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Can't read file " << input_file;
+                    return std::nullopt;
+                }
+
+                auto marshalled_challenges = detail::decode_marshalling_from_file<challenge_vector_marshalling_type>(
+                    input_file);
+
+                if (!marshalled_challenges) {
+                    return std::nullopt;
+                }
+
+                return nil::crypto3::marshalling::types::make_field_element_vector<
+                    typename BlueprintField::value_type, Endianness>(marshalled_challenges.value());
+            }
+
             bool generate_aggregated_FRI_proof_to_file(
                 const boost::filesystem::path &aggregated_challenge_file, 
                 const std::vector<boost::filesystem::path>& input_combined_Q_polynomial_files,
@@ -824,6 +847,41 @@ namespace nil {
                     save_challenge_vector_to_file(challenges, consistency_checks_challenges_output_file); 
             }
 
+            bool save_lpc_consistency_proof_to_file(
+                    const typename LpcScheme::lpc_proof_type& lpc_consistency_proof,
+                    const boost::filesystem::path &output_file) {
+                // TODO(martun): consider changinge the class name 'inital_eval_proof'.
+                using lpc_consistency_proof_marshalling_type = nil::crypto3::marshalling::types::inital_eval_proof<
+                    TTypeBase, LpcScheme>;
+
+                BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(info) << "Writing LPC consistency proof to " << output_file << std::endl;
+
+                lpc_consistency_proof_marshalling_type marshalled_proof = nil::crypto3::marshalling::types::fill_initial_eval_proof<Endianness, LpcScheme>(lpc_consistency_proof);
+
+                return detail::encode_marshalling_to_file<lpc_consistency_proof_marshalling_type>(
+                    output_file, marshalled_proof);
+            }
+
+            bool generate_consistency_checks_to_file(
+                const boost::filesystem::path& combined_Q_file,
+                const boost::filesystem::path& consistency_checks_challenges_output_file,
+                const boost::filesystem::path& output_proof_file) {
+
+                std::optional<std::vector<typename BlueprintField::value_type>> challenges = read_challenge_vector_from_file(
+                    consistency_checks_challenges_output_file);
+                if (!challenges)
+                    return false; 
+
+                std::optional<polynomial_type> combined_Q = read_poly_from_file<polynomial_type>(combined_Q_file);
+                if (!combined_Q)
+                    return false;
+
+                typename LpcScheme::lpc_proof_type proof = lpc_scheme_->proof_eval_lpc_proof(
+                    combined_Q.value(), challenges.value()); 
+
+                return save_lpc_consistency_proof_to_file(proof, output_proof_file);
+            }
+
         private:
             const std::size_t expand_factor_;
             const std::size_t max_quotient_chunks_;

proof-producer/bin/proof-producer/src/arg_parser.cpp

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace nil {
             // clang-format off
             auto options_appender = config.add_options()
                 ("stage", make_defaulted_option(prover_options.stage),
-                 "Stage of the prover to run, one of (all, preprocess, prove, verify, generate-aggregated-challenge, generate-combined-Q, aggregated-FRI). Defaults to 'all'.")
+                 "Stage of the prover to run, one of (all, preprocess, prove, verify, generate-aggregated-challenge, generate-combined-Q, aggregated-FRI, consistency-checks). Defaults to 'all'.")
                 ("proof,p", make_defaulted_option(prover_options.proof_file_path), "Proof file")
                 ("json,j", make_defaulted_option(prover_options.json_file_path), "JSON proof file")
                 ("common-data", make_defaulted_option(prover_options.preprocessed_common_data_path), "Preprocessed common data file")

proof-producer/bin/proof-producer/src/main.cpp

@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ int run_prover(const nil::proof_generator::ProverOptions& prover_options) {
                             prover_options.proof_of_work_output_file,
                             prover_options.consistency_checks_challenges_file);
                     break;
+                case nil::proof_generator::detail::ProverStage::GENERATE_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS_PROOF:
+                    prover_result = 
+                        prover.read_commitment_scheme_from_file(prover_options.commitment_scheme_state_path) &&
+                        prover.generate_consistency_checks_to_file(
+                            prover_options.combined_Q_polynomial_file,
+                            prover_options.consistency_checks_challenges_file,
+                            prover_options.proof_file_path
+                            );
+                    break;
             }
         } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << e.what();