chore: refactor create proof method (#77)

* draft alt design for create-proof

* fix clippy

Signed-off-by: Kevaundray Wedderburn <[email protected]>

---------

Signed-off-by: Kevaundray Wedderburn <[email protected]>

ffi_interface/src/lib.rs

@@ -315,6 +315,100 @@ pub fn create_proof(input: Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
     proof.to_bytes().unwrap()
 }
 
+// This is an alternative implementation of create_proof
+pub fn create_proof_alt(input: Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
+    // - Checks for the serialized proof queries
+    ///
+    // Define the chunk size (8257 bytes)
+    // C_i, f_i(X), z_i, y_i
+    // 32, 8192, 1, 32
+    // = 8257
+    const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 8257; // TODO: get this from ipa-multipoint
+
+    if input.len() % CHUNK_SIZE != 0 {
+        // TODO: change this to an error
+        panic!("Input length must be a multiple of {}", CHUNK_SIZE);
+    }
+    let num_proofs = input.len() / CHUNK_SIZE;
+
+    let proofs_bytes = input.chunks_exact(CHUNK_SIZE);
+    assert!(
+        proofs_bytes.remainder().is_empty(),
+        "There should be no left over bytes when chunking the proof"
+    );
+
+    // - Deserialize proof queries
+    //
+    let mut prover_queries: Vec<ProverQuery> = Vec::with_capacity(num_proofs);
+
+    for proof_bytes in proofs_bytes {
+        let prover_query = deserialize_proof_query(proof_bytes);
+        prover_queries.push(prover_query);
+    }
+
+    // - Create proofs
+    //
+    // TODO: This should be passed in as a pointer
+    let precomp = PrecomputedWeights::new(256);
+
+    let crs = CRS::default();
+    let mut transcript = Transcript::new(b"verkle");
+    // TODO: This should not need to clone the CRS, but instead take a reference
+
+    let proof = MultiPoint::open(crs.clone(), &precomp, &mut transcript, prover_queries);
+    proof.to_bytes().expect("cannot serialize proof")
+}
+
+#[must_use]
+fn deserialize_proof_query(bytes: &[u8]) -> ProverQuery {
+    // Commitment
+    let (commitment, mut bytes) = take_group_element(bytes);
+
+    // f_x is a polynomial of degree 255, so we have 256 Fr elements
+    const NUMBER_OF_EVALUATIONS: usize = 256;
+    let mut collect_lagrange_basis: Vec<Fr> = Vec::with_capacity(NUMBER_OF_EVALUATIONS);
+    for _ in 0..NUMBER_OF_EVALUATIONS {
+        let (scalar, offsetted_bytes) = take_scalar(bytes);
+        collect_lagrange_basis.push(scalar);
+        bytes = offsetted_bytes;
+    }
+
+    // The input point is a single byte
+    let (z_i, bytes) = take_byte(bytes);
+
+    // The evaluation is a single scalar
+    let (y_i, bytes) = take_scalar(bytes);
+
+    assert!(bytes.is_empty(), "we should have consumed all the bytes");
+
+    ProverQuery {
+        commitment,
+        poly: LagrangeBasis::new(collect_lagrange_basis),
+        point: z_i,
+        result: y_i,
+    }
+}
+
+#[must_use]
+fn take_group_element(bytes: &[u8]) -> (Element, &[u8]) {
+    let element = Element::from_bytes(&bytes[0..32]).expect("could not deserialize element");
+    // Increment the slice by 32 bytes
+    (element, &bytes[32..])
+}
+
+#[must_use]
+fn take_byte(bytes: &[u8]) -> (usize, &[u8]) {
+    let z_i = bytes[0] as usize;
+    // Increment the slice by 32 bytes
+    (z_i, &bytes[1..])
+}
+#[must_use]
+fn take_scalar(bytes: &[u8]) -> (Fr, &[u8]) {
+    let y_i = fr_from_le_bytes(&bytes[0..32]).expect("could not deserialize y_i");
+    // Increment the slice by 32 bytes
+    (y_i, &bytes[32..])
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use banderwagon::Fr;