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Summary

  • Ports poly-verified and poly-client from Rust to Go and C, establishing polyglot parity across three languages for the hash-IVC verified inference proof system
  • Both implementations use identical SHA-256 domain-separated hashing (leaf 0x00, transition 0x01, chain step 0x02, combine 0x03, blinding 0x04), constant-time hash comparison, and Merkle tree construction matching the Rust wire format
  • Selective disclosure system enables revealing arbitrary token positions to different parties (e.g. pharmacist sees medications, insurer sees diagnosis) while sharing a common Merkle root and execution proof

What's new

poly-verified-go — Core proof library in Go

  • Verified[T] generic wrapper pairing computed values with cryptographic proofs
  • Merkle-tree-backed selective disclosure (CreateDisclosure / CreateDisclosureRange / VerifyDisclosure)
  • Wire-compatible JSON serialization bridging to Rust serde {"HashIvc":{...}} envelope with [u8; 32] integer-array encoding
  • EncryptionBackend interface with mock implementation
  • 4 privacy modes: Transparent, PrivateProven, Private, Encrypted

poly-verified-c — Core proof library in C

  • Full C implementation using OpenSSL EVP for SHA-256
  • Cache-friendly flattened Merkle tree with layer offsets
  • Hand-rolled recursive descent JSON parser for wire format
  • Dynamic IVC checkpoint array (initial cap 16, doubles on overflow)
  • Both hex-encoded (pv_proof_to_json) and wire-compatible (pv_proof_to_wire_json) serialization

poly-client-go — Client SDK in Go

  • Thin client: keygen, encrypt input, build request, decrypt response, access proofs
  • Selective disclosure from verified responses via Disclose() / DiscloseRange()
  • Comprehensive test suite: 10 tests covering all modes, edge cases, stress (10k tokens), serialization round-trips

poly-client-c — Client SDK in C

  • Functionally equivalent C client with mock encryption (deterministic keys 0xAA*32 / 0xBB*32)
  • JSON request/response handling with depth-counted nested brace parsing
  • Delegates proof parsing to poly-verified-c

Stats

  • 20 files, 3,554 lines added
  • 4 new modules across 2 languages
  • Go tests cover all 4 privacy modes, empty/large inputs, disclosure verification, and JSON round-trips
  • C tests cover hashing, Merkle proofs, IVC fold/finalize, disclosure, and wire format parsing

Test plan

  • cd poly-verified-go && go test ./...
  • cd poly-client-go && go test ./...
  • cd poly-verified-c && make test
  • cd poly-client-c && make test
  • Cross-language wire format: verify Go MarshalWireProof output parses with C pv_proof_from_wire_json and vice versa

russellballestrini and others added 10 commits February 17, 2026 19:22
Go:
- poly-verified-go: add Verified[T] generic wrapper, selective disclosure
  system (CreateDisclosure, VerifyDisclosure), error types, encryption
  protocol types (Mode, InferRequest/Response, MockEncryption), wire proof
  bridge for Rust serde compatibility
- poly-client-go: thin client SDK — PrepareRequest encrypts tokens,
  ProcessResponse decrypts and verifies, Disclose/DiscloseRange for
  selective token revelation to different audiences

C:
- poly-verified-c: SHA-256 via OpenSSL EVP, domain-separated hashing
  (leaf/transition/chain/combine/blinding), Merkle trees with odd-leaf
  duplication, IVC accumulator (fold + finalize), selective disclosure,
  wire JSON serialization (integer arrays matching Rust serde)
- poly-client-c: client SDK with mock encryption, JSON request/response
  protocol, disclosure from verified responses

297 tests across all four packages.
Three parallel jobs: cargo test --workspace, go test for both Go
modules, and make test for both C modules. Triggers on push and PR.
The attack_timing_side_channel test used a 1.2x ratio threshold with
only 5 trials, too tight for shared CI runners where scheduling jitter
causes spurious failures. Widen to 1.5x which still catches real
timing leaks while tolerating noisy environments.
When cargo test --workspace runs, poly-chain's dev-dependency enables
poly-verified/mock via feature unification. This caused __macro_new to
panic on Mock proofs in integration tests (cfg(test) is false for the
library crate when compiled as a dependency).

Fix __macro_new: only panic when mock feature is OFF (production).
Fix is_verified: use cfg!(test) alone, not cfg!(feature = "mock"),
so Mock proofs are only trusted in the crate's own unit tests.
The doc examples in interface/parser.rs show Poly trait syntax, not
Rust code. Rustdoc tried to compile them, failing on list<i32> and
string types. Mark as ```text to prevent doctest compilation.
Proc macro crate doctests cannot invoke their own macros without full
crate setup. Mark all examples in polyglot-macros as ```ignore since
they show usage patterns, not compilable standalone snippets.
Heavy FHE tests (10-prime chains, 8 squarings, 2048 SIMD slots) run
for hours in unoptimized debug mode. Use cfg!(debug_assertions) to
select lighter parameters in debug while keeping full coverage in
release. CI now runs cargo test --release.
… verified

poly-verified-c (248 assertions):
- Cross-language hash vectors matching Rust/Go known SHA-256 outputs
- Hash combine zeros vector, non-commutativity, domain separation
- Hash leaf/transition/blinding domain prefix tests
- Chain tests: init, append one/two, order dependent
- IVC privacy modes (all 3), reject zero steps, reject missing blinding
- Disclosure: range, tamper merkle, wrong root, reorder, missing, zero leaf
- Verified/proof structure: is_verified, zero steps, privacy modes
- Stress: IVC 100/1000 steps, private 1000, merkle 1024/odd leaves,
  hash determinism 10k, chain uniqueness 1000, collision resistance

poly-client-c (56 assertions):
- Disclosure range from response
- Serialization roundtrip
poly-verified-c: +7 tests (328 assertions) — full pipeline
transparent/private/disclosure integration, merkle empty/all-indices,
wire JSON field validation, private mode JSON checks.

poly-client-c: +4 tests (79 assertions) — client reuse, large
response with disclosure, single-token edge case, NULL input safety.

Fix NULL guard in poly_client.c find_json_object for NULL json input.

Add test matrix to CLAUDE.md with run commands for all three languages.
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