Datasets:
Phase 8 Design: Multi-Prover Verification and Automated Governance
Phase 8 treats proof validation as a distributed evidence problem. Independent provers submit signed reports over an artifact digest; the network aggregates matching evidence only when the configured quorum and verifier-diversity requirements are met.
Multi-prover contract
multiprover.py retains every report and dissenting artifact. A report may claim a status, but the aggregate remains open unless the required number of reports agree on one digest and at least two reports identify independent-kernel verification when that policy is enabled. Aggregation coordinates evidence; it never substitutes for Lean or an independently reviewed proof verifier.
Governance contract
governance.py evaluates proposals using weighted support, a configurable quorum, veto authority, and an explicit timelock. Every decision receives a deterministic receipt. Governance may change network configuration or admission policy, but it may not promote an unverified mathematical proposition to proven merely by vote.
Load and fault injection
loadtest.py connects concurrent clients to the live WebSocket room and records readiness, accepted proposal broadcasts, rejections, timeouts, and connection errors. The fault profiles are deliberately bounded: malformed JSON, stale timestamps, duplicate nonces, and equivocation-shaped traffic. Results are JSON artifacts under benchmarks/artifacts/phase8/ and are not presented as a capacity guarantee; they are point-in-time observations from one network path and one small client population.
| Profile | Purpose |
|---|---|
none |
Valid Ed25519 envelopes and normal broadcast path. |
malformed |
Invalid JSON rejection. |
stale |
Freshness-window enforcement. |
duplicate |
Invalid/replayed envelope path. |
equivocation |
Conflicting or malformed proposal behavior. |
Production readiness still requires rate limits, authenticated peer admission, persistent audit logs, backpressure, bounded room membership, key rotation, and a real consensus state machine rather than simple broadcast.