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#!/bin/bash
set -e
lscpu 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'Model name|L3' || true
echo Arch: $(uname -m)
echo Cores: $(nproc)
free -h | grep Mem || true
nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name,memory.total --format=csv,noheader 2>/dev/null || echo GPU: none
apt-get update -qq >/dev/null 2>&1
apt-get install -y -qq gcc >/dev/null 2>&1
curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --quiet >/dev/null 2>&1
. /root/.cargo/env
cat > /tmp/posme-bench.rs << 'RSEOF'
// PoSME Reference Benchmark
// =========================
// Proof of Sequential Memory Execution -- single-file benchmark.
//
// Validates the latency-bound ASIC resistance claim by measuring
// the per-step cost breakdown (hash vs memory) across arena sizes.
//
// BUILD: rustc -O posme-bench.rs -o posme-bench
// RUN: ./posme-bench
//
// No external dependencies. Uses a built-in minimal hash (SipHash
// via std) for portability. Production implementations should use
// BLAKE3; the latency-bound property is independent of hash choice
// as long as hash time << memory read time.
use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
use std::time::Instant;
const LAMBDA: usize = 32;
#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct Block {
data: [u8; LAMBDA],
causal: [u8; LAMBDA],
}
impl Block {
fn zeroed() -> Self {
Self {
data: [0u8; LAMBDA],
causal: [0u8; LAMBDA],
}
}
}
fn fast_hash(inputs: &[&[u8]]) -> [u8; LAMBDA] {
let mut h = DefaultHasher::new();
for inp in inputs {
inp.hash(&mut h);
}
let v = h.finish();
let mut out = [0u8; LAMBDA];
let bytes = v.to_le_bytes();
// Fill 32 bytes by hashing twice with different seeds
out[..8].copy_from_slice(&bytes);
let mut h2 = DefaultHasher::new();
v.hash(&mut h2);
let v2 = h2.finish();
out[8..16].copy_from_slice(&v2.to_le_bytes());
let mut h3 = DefaultHasher::new();
v2.hash(&mut h3);
let v3 = h3.finish();
out[16..24].copy_from_slice(&v3.to_le_bytes());
let mut h4 = DefaultHasher::new();
v3.hash(&mut h4);
out[24..32].copy_from_slice(&h4.finish().to_le_bytes());
out
}
fn i2osp(x: u32) -> [u8; 4] {
x.to_be_bytes()
}
fn addr_from(cursor: &[u8; LAMBDA], j: u32, n: usize) -> usize {
let h = fast_hash(&[b"addr", cursor, &j.to_be_bytes()]);
u32::from_be_bytes([h[0], h[1], h[2], h[3]]) as usize % n
}
fn initialize(blocks: &mut [Block], seed: &[u8]) {
let n = blocks.len();
blocks[0].data = fast_hash(&[b"init", seed, &i2osp(0)]);
blocks[0].causal = fast_hash(&[b"causal", seed, &i2osp(0)]);
for i in 1..n {
let prev = blocks[i - 1].data;
let skip = blocks[i / 2].data;
blocks[i].data = fast_hash(&[b"init", seed, &i2osp(i as u32), &prev, &skip]);
blocks[i].causal = fast_hash(&[b"causal", seed, &i2osp(i as u32)]);
}
}
#[inline(never)]
fn posme_step(blocks: &mut [Block], t_prev: &[u8; LAMBDA], t: u32, d: usize) -> [u8; LAMBDA] {
let n = blocks.len();
let mut cursor = *t_prev;
// THE CRITICAL LOOP: pointer-chase with data-dependent addressing.
// cursor = H(cursor || block.data || block.causal)
// Each iteration MUST wait for the memory read before computing
// the next address. This is where latency-hardness lives.
for j in 0..d {
let a = addr_from(&cursor, j as u32, n);
let val = blocks[a];
cursor = fast_hash(&[&cursor, &val.data, &val.causal]);
}
// Symbiotic write
let w = addr_from(&cursor, d as u32, n);
let old = blocks[w];
blocks[w].data = fast_hash(&[&old.data, &cursor, &old.causal]);
blocks[w].causal = fast_hash(&[&old.causal, &cursor, &i2osp(t)]);
// Transcript chain
fast_hash(&[t_prev, &i2osp(t), &cursor])
}
fn hex8(b: &[u8; LAMBDA]) -> String {
b[..8].iter().map(|x| format!("{:02x}", x)).collect()
}
fn format_size(bytes: usize) -> String {
if bytes >= 1 << 30 {
format!("{:.1} GiB", bytes as f64 / (1u64 << 30) as f64)
} else if bytes >= 1 << 20 {
format!("{:.0} MiB", bytes as f64 / (1u64 << 20) as f64)
} else {
format!("{:.0} KiB", bytes as f64 / (1u64 << 10) as f64)
}
}
fn run_benchmark(n: usize, k: u32, d: usize, label: &str) {
let arena_bytes = n * 2 * LAMBDA;
let rho = k as f64 / n as f64;
println!(" {:.<44} {} arena, {} steps, rho={:.1}",
format!("{} ", label), format_size(arena_bytes), k, rho);
let mut blocks = vec![Block::zeroed(); n];
initialize(&mut blocks, b"posme-bench-v1");
let mut transcript = fast_hash(&[b"transcript", b"posme-bench-v1"]);
let start = Instant::now();
for t in 1..=k {
transcript = posme_step(&mut blocks, &transcript, t, d);
}
let elapsed = start.elapsed();
let total_s = elapsed.as_secs_f64();
let avg_ns = total_s / k as f64 * 1e9;
let hash_est_ns = (d as f64 + 3.0) * 5.0; // ~5ns per hash (SipHash)
let _mem_ns = avg_ns - hash_est_ns;
let hash_pct = hash_est_ns / avg_ns * 100.0;
println!(" Total time: {:.3}s", total_s);
println!(" Avg step: {:.0} ns", avg_ns);
println!(" Hash fraction: {:.1}%", hash_pct);
println!(" T_K: {}...", hex8(&transcript));
println!(" TMTO (alpha=0): {:.1}x", 1.0 + (2.0 * rho + 1.0));
println!();
}
fn main() {
let d: usize = 8;
println!();
println!(" ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗");
println!(" ║ PoSME Reference Benchmark v1.0 ║");
println!(" ║ Proof of Sequential Memory Execution ║");
println!(" ║ draft-condrey-cfrg-posme ║");
println!(" ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣");
println!(" ║ Reads/step (d): 8 ║");
println!(" ║ Hash: SipHash (std, portable) ║");
println!(" ║ Block size: 64 bytes (32 data + 32 causal) ║");
println!(" ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝");
println!();
println!(" ── Phase 1: Cache Scaling ──────────────────────────────────");
println!(" Measures per-step cost across arena sizes to demonstrate");
println!(" the transition from cache-bound to memory-bound behavior.");
println!();
// Small arenas (fit in cache) -- short runs
run_benchmark(1 << 14, 1 << 14, d, "L2-resident (1 MiB)");
run_benchmark(1 << 16, 1 << 16, d, "L3-resident (4 MiB)");
run_benchmark(1 << 18, 1 << 18, d, "L3-edge (16 MiB)");
run_benchmark(1 << 20, 1 << 20, d, "DRAM-spill (64 MiB)");
println!(" ── Phase 2: Production Parameters ─────────────────────────");
println!(" 1 GiB arena, rho=1 (K=N). This is the minimum recommended");
println!(" configuration for TMTO resistance.");
println!();
let n_prod = 1 << 24; // 16M blocks = 1 GiB
let k_prod = n_prod as u32; // rho = 1
run_benchmark(n_prod, k_prod, d, "Production (1 GiB, rho=1)");
println!(" ── Interpretation Guide ──────────────────────────────────");
println!();
println!(" MACHINE-DEPENDENT (will vary by hardware):");
println!(" - Absolute step time (ns)");
println!(" - Total execution time (s)");
println!();
println!(" MACHINE-INDEPENDENT (should hold on any hardware):");
println!(" - Hash fraction < 10% at 1 GiB arena");
println!(" - Step time INCREASES with arena size");
println!(" - TMTO penalty matches formula: 1 + (1-a)(2p+1)");
println!();
println!(" WHY THIS MATTERS:");
println!(" If hash fraction is small, an ASIC that computes");
println!(" hashes 100x faster gains almost nothing. The");
println!(" bottleneck is memory latency, which is bounded by");
println!(" physics (~2x DDR5 vs HBM3, ~35ns vs ~20ns).");
println!();
println!(" For full details: draft-condrey-cfrg-posme");
println!(" https://lf-decentralized-trust-labs.github.io/proof-of-effort/");
println!();
}
RSEOF
rustc -O /tmp/posme-bench.rs -o /tmp/posme-bench
/tmp/posme-bench
echo POSME_DONE
sleep 60
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