halo2_proofs/poly/commitment/

prover.rs

use ff::Field;
use rand_core::RngCore;

use super::super::{Coeff, Polynomial};
use super::{Blind, Params};
use crate::arithmetic::{
    best_multiexp, compute_inner_product, eval_polynomial, parallelize, CurveAffine, FieldExt,
};
use crate::transcript::{EncodedChallenge, TranscriptWrite};

use group::Curve;
use std::io;

/// Create a polynomial commitment opening proof for the polynomial defined
/// by the coefficients `px`, the blinding factor `blind` used for the
/// polynomial commitment, and the point `x` that the polynomial is
/// evaluated at.
///
/// This function will panic if the provided polynomial is too large with
/// respect to the polynomial commitment parameters.
///
/// **Important:** This function assumes that the provided `transcript` has
/// already seen the common inputs: the polynomial commitment P, the claimed
/// opening v, and the point x. It's probably also nice for the transcript
/// to have seen the elliptic curve description and the URS, if you want to
/// be rigorous.
pub fn create_proof<
    C: CurveAffine,
    E: EncodedChallenge<C>,
    R: RngCore,
    T: TranscriptWrite<C, E>,
>(
    params: &Params<C>,
    mut rng: R,
    transcript: &mut T,
    p_poly: &Polynomial<C::Scalar, Coeff>,
    p_blind: Blind<C::Scalar>,
    x_3: C::Scalar,
) -> io::Result<()> {
    // We're limited to polynomials of degree n - 1.
    assert_eq!(p_poly.len(), params.n as usize);

    // Sample a random polynomial (of same degree) that has a root at x_3, first
    // by setting all coefficients to random values.
    let mut s_poly = (*p_poly).clone();
    for coeff in s_poly.iter_mut() {
        *coeff = C::Scalar::random(&mut rng);
    }
    // Evaluate the random polynomial at x_3
    let s_at_x3 = eval_polynomial(&s_poly[..], x_3);
    // Subtract constant coefficient to get a random polynomial with a root at x_3
    s_poly[0] = s_poly[0] - &s_at_x3;
    // And sample a random blind
    let s_poly_blind = Blind(C::Scalar::random(&mut rng));

    // Write a commitment to the random polynomial to the transcript
    let s_poly_commitment = params.commit(&s_poly, s_poly_blind).to_affine();
    transcript.write_point(s_poly_commitment)?;

    // Challenge that will ensure that the prover cannot change P but can only
    // witness a random polynomial commitment that agrees with P at x_3, with high
    // probability.
    let xi = *transcript.squeeze_challenge_scalar::<()>();

    // Challenge that ensures that the prover did not interfere with the U term
    // in their commitments.
    let z = *transcript.squeeze_challenge_scalar::<()>();

    // We'll be opening `P' = P - [v] G_0 + [ξ] S` to ensure it has a root at
    // zero.
    let mut p_prime_poly = s_poly * xi + p_poly;
    let v = eval_polynomial(&p_prime_poly, x_3);
    p_prime_poly[0] = p_prime_poly[0] - &v;
    let p_prime_blind = s_poly_blind * Blind(xi) + p_blind;

    // This accumulates the synthetic blinding factor `f` starting
    // with the blinding factor for `P'`.
    let mut f = p_prime_blind.0;

    // Initialize the vector `p_prime` as the coefficients of the polynomial.
    let mut p_prime = p_prime_poly.values;
    assert_eq!(p_prime.len(), params.n as usize);

    // Initialize the vector `b` as the powers of `x_3`. The inner product of
    // `p_prime` and `b` is the evaluation of the polynomial at `x_3`.
    let mut b = Vec::with_capacity(1 << params.k);
    {
        let mut cur = C::Scalar::one();
        for _ in 0..(1 << params.k) {
            b.push(cur);
            cur *= &x_3;
        }
    }

    // Initialize the vector `G'` from the URS. We'll be progressively collapsing
    // this vector into smaller and smaller vectors until it is of length 1.
    let mut g_prime = params.g.clone();

    // Perform the inner product argument, round by round.
    for j in 0..params.k {
        let half = 1 << (params.k - j - 1); // half the length of `p_prime`, `b`, `G'`

        // Compute L, R
        //
        // TODO: If we modify multiexp to take "extra" bases, we could speed
        // this piece up a bit by combining the multiexps.
        let l_j = best_multiexp(&p_prime[half..], &g_prime[0..half]);
        let r_j = best_multiexp(&p_prime[0..half], &g_prime[half..]);
        let value_l_j = compute_inner_product(&p_prime[half..], &b[0..half]);
        let value_r_j = compute_inner_product(&p_prime[0..half], &b[half..]);
        let l_j_randomness = C::Scalar::random(&mut rng);
        let r_j_randomness = C::Scalar::random(&mut rng);
        let l_j = l_j + &best_multiexp(&[value_l_j * &z, l_j_randomness], &[params.u, params.w]);
        let r_j = r_j + &best_multiexp(&[value_r_j * &z, r_j_randomness], &[params.u, params.w]);
        let l_j = l_j.to_affine();
        let r_j = r_j.to_affine();

        // Feed L and R into the real transcript
        transcript.write_point(l_j)?;
        transcript.write_point(r_j)?;

        let u_j = *transcript.squeeze_challenge_scalar::<()>();
        let u_j_inv = u_j.invert().unwrap(); // TODO, bubble this up

        // Collapse `p_prime` and `b`.
        // TODO: parallelize
        for i in 0..half {
            p_prime[i] = p_prime[i] + &(p_prime[i + half] * &u_j_inv);
            b[i] = b[i] + &(b[i + half] * &u_j);
        }
        p_prime.truncate(half);
        b.truncate(half);

        // Collapse `G'`
        parallel_generator_collapse(&mut g_prime, u_j);
        g_prime.truncate(half);

        // Update randomness (the synthetic blinding factor at the end)
        f += &(l_j_randomness * &u_j_inv);
        f += &(r_j_randomness * &u_j);
    }

    // We have fully collapsed `p_prime`, `b`, `G'`
    assert_eq!(p_prime.len(), 1);
    let c = p_prime[0];

    transcript.write_scalar(c)?;
    transcript.write_scalar(f)?;

    Ok(())
}

fn parallel_generator_collapse<C: CurveAffine>(g: &mut [C], challenge: C::Scalar) {
    let len = g.len() / 2;
    let (g_lo, g_hi) = g.split_at_mut(len);

    parallelize(g_lo, |g_lo, start| {
        let g_hi = &g_hi[start..];
        let mut tmp = Vec::with_capacity(g_lo.len());
        for (g_lo, g_hi) in g_lo.iter().zip(g_hi.iter()) {
            tmp.push(g_lo.to_curve() + &(*g_hi * challenge));
        }
        C::Curve::batch_normalize(&tmp, g_lo);
    });
}