fix: actually start proof verifier

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Changes to circuit sizes

Generated at commit: 184bcfb6dc0a69d4a7c28fb61920ac72fbf49e4e, compared to commit: 63fe954b3e681685a165f678eb68f65edf7ad0d3

🧾 Summary (100% most significant diffs)

Program	ACIR opcodes (+/-)	%	Circuit size (+/-)	%
public_kernel_app_logic	-78,229 ✅	-26.56%	+1,199,149 ❌	+201.16%
public_kernel_tail	-10,135 ✅	-1.01%	-11,954 ✅	-0.13%
private_kernel_tail_to_public	-440 ✅	-1.17%	-76 ✅	-0.13%
private_kernel_inner	-1,088 ✅	-2.18%	-275 ✅	-0.41%
private_kernel_init	-802 ✅	-2.80%	-424 ✅	-1.09%
public_kernel_setup	-1,725 ✅	-0.80%	-38,976 ✅	-2.13%
public_kernel_teardown	-77,752 ✅	-26.35%	-118,780 ✅	-6.20%
private_kernel_reset	-24,458 ✅	-20.89%	-45,829 ✅	-8.80%
private_kernel_reset_full_inner	-24,459 ✅	-22.21%	-45,831 ✅	-9.33%
private_kernel_reset_big	-25,226 ✅	-28.80%	-36,190 ✅	-12.08%
private_kernel_reset_medium	-25,610 ✅	-35.25%	-31,369 ✅	-16.63%
private_kernel_reset_small	-25,802 ✅	-39.58%	-28,959 ✅	-21.75%
private_kernel_reset_tiny	-25,898 ✅	-42.14%	-27,754 ✅	-26.29%

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Full diff report 👇

Program	ACIR opcodes (+/-)	%	Circuit size (+/-)	%
public_kernel_app_logic	216,339 (-78,229)	-26.56%	1,795,259 (+1,199,149)	+201.16%
public_kernel_tail	995,023 (-10,135)	-1.01%	9,373,298 (-11,954)	-0.13%
private_kernel_tail_to_public	37,122 (-440)	-1.17%	57,044 (-76)	-0.13%
private_kernel_inner	48,931 (-1,088)	-2.18%	66,676 (-275)	-0.41%
private_kernel_init	27,819 (-802)	-2.80%	38,460 (-424)	-1.09%
public_kernel_setup	214,252 (-1,725)	-0.80%	1,794,998 (-38,976)	-2.13%
public_kernel_teardown	217,364 (-77,752)	-26.35%	1,795,982 (-118,780)	-6.20%
private_kernel_reset	92,596 (-24,458)	-20.89%	474,833 (-45,829)	-8.80%
private_kernel_reset_full_inner	85,690 (-24,459)	-22.21%	445,153 (-45,831)	-9.33%
private_kernel_reset_big	62,353 (-25,226)	-28.80%	263,436 (-36,190)	-12.08%
private_kernel_reset_medium	47,044 (-25,610)	-35.25%	157,219 (-31,369)	-16.63%
private_kernel_reset_small	39,387 (-25,802)	-39.58%	104,212 (-28,959)	-21.75%
private_kernel_reset_tiny	35,560 (-25,898)	-42.14%	77,798 (-27,754)	-26.29%

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Benchmark results

Metrics with a significant change:

• avm_simulation_time_ms (Token:mint_public): 70.4 (+66%)
• avm_simulation_time_ms (Token:assert_minter_and_mint): 40.4 (-40%)
• avm_simulation_time_ms (AuthRegistry:set_authorized): 46.5 (+30%)

Detailed results

All benchmarks are run on txs on the Benchmarking contract on the repository. Each tx consists of a batch call to create_note and increment_balance, which guarantees that each tx has a private call, a nested private call, a public call, and a nested public call, as well as an emitted private note, an unencrypted log, and public storage read and write.

This benchmark source data is available in JSON format on S3 here.

Proof generation

Each column represents the number of threads used in proof generation.

Metric	1 threads	4 threads	16 threads	32 threads	64 threads
proof_construction_time_sha256_ms	5,750	1,553	704	773 (+4%)	771 (+1%)
proof_construction_time_sha256_30_ms	11,787	3,178 (+1%)	1,412 (-1%)	1,433 (-1%)	1,462 (-1%)
proof_construction_time_sha256_100_ms	45,210	12,178 (+1%)	5,482 (+1%)	5,486 (+1%)	5,427 (+1%)
proof_construction_time_poseidon_hash_ms	78.0	34.0	34.0	59.0	89.0 (+2%)
proof_construction_time_poseidon_hash_30_ms	1,526	422	203	224 (-1%)	267
proof_construction_time_poseidon_hash_100_ms	5,628	1,510	674 (-1%)	721 (-1%)	750

L2 block published to L1

Each column represents the number of txs on an L2 block published to L1.

Metric	4 txs	8 txs	16 txs
l1_rollup_calldata_size_in_bytes	4,324	7,844	14,852
l1_rollup_calldata_gas	49,708	92,464	177,584
l1_rollup_execution_gas	1,383,149	2,130,873	3,958,032
l2_block_processing_time_in_ms	255 (+2%)	436 (-2%)	817 (-1%)
l2_block_building_time_in_ms	9,098 (-1%)	17,976	35,619
l2_block_rollup_simulation_time_in_ms	9,097 (-1%)	17,976	35,618
l2_block_public_tx_process_time_in_ms	7,688 (-1%)	16,434	34,067

L2 chain processing

Each column represents the number of blocks on the L2 chain where each block has 8 txs.

Metric	3 blocks	5 blocks
node_history_sync_time_in_ms	2,924 (-3%)	3,743 (-3%)
node_database_size_in_bytes	12,685,392 (+1%)	16,715,856
pxe_database_size_in_bytes	16,254	26,813

Circuits stats

Stats on running time and I/O sizes collected for every kernel circuit run across all benchmarks.

Circuit	simulation_time_in_ms	witness_generation_time_in_ms	input_size_in_bytes	output_size_in_bytes	proving_time_in_ms
private-kernel-init	96.1 (-1%)	401 (+5%)	21,673	44,858	N/A
private-kernel-inner	162 (-1%)	711 (+3%)	72,309	45,005	N/A
private-kernel-reset-tiny	500	904 (+4%)	65,974	44,844	N/A
private-kernel-tail	207	166 (+3%)	50,728	52,256	N/A
base-parity	5.58 (+1%)	N/A	160	96.0	N/A
root-parity	33.4 (+1%)	N/A	69,084	96.0	N/A
base-rollup	2,818	N/A	187,817	664	N/A
root-rollup	38.9 (+1%)	N/A	54,525	716	N/A
public-kernel-setup	88.1 (+1%)	N/A	103,760	71,222	N/A
public-kernel-app-logic	99.1	N/A	103,599	71,222	N/A
public-kernel-tail	576 (+1%)	N/A	409,190	16,414	N/A
private-kernel-reset-small	498 (+2%)	N/A	66,085	45,629	N/A
private-kernel-tail-to-public	1,064 (-10%)	660 (+4%)	492,960	1,697	N/A
public-kernel-teardown	86.0	N/A	104,005	71,222	N/A
merge-rollup	19.2	N/A	35,742	664	N/A
undefined	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	65,820 (-1%)

Stats on running time collected for app circuits

Function	input_size_in_bytes	output_size_in_bytes	witness_generation_time_in_ms
ContractClassRegisterer:register	1,344	11,731	339
ContractInstanceDeployer:deploy	1,408	11,731	18.4
MultiCallEntrypoint:entrypoint	1,920	11,731	420
FeeJuice:deploy	1,376	11,731	389 (+1%)
SchnorrAccount:constructor	1,312	11,731	104 (-1%)
SchnorrAccount:entrypoint	2,304	11,731	432 (+1%)
Token:privately_mint_private_note	1,280	11,731	142 (+2%)
FPC:fee_entrypoint_public	1,344	11,731	26.9 (+1%)
Token:transfer	1,312	11,731	282 (+6%)
Benchmarking:create_note	1,344	11,731	103 (+4%)
SchnorrAccount:verify_private_authwit	1,280	11,731	27.5 (-1%)
Token:unshield	1,376	11,731	558 (-2%)
FPC:fee_entrypoint_private	1,376	11,731	759 (-1%)

AVM Simulation

Time to simulate various public functions in the AVM.

Function	time_ms	bytecode_size_in_bytes
FeeJuice:_increase_public_balance	53.7 (+2%)	8,139
FeeJuice:set_portal	10.5 (+11%)	2,362
Token:constructor	79.7 (-3%)	31,107
FPC:constructor	52.8 (-1%)	22,380
FeeJuice:mint_public	38.5 (+2%)	6,150
Token:mint_public	⚠️ 70.4 (+66%)	11,720
Token:assert_minter_and_mint	⚠️ 40.4 (-40%)	8,028
AuthRegistry:set_authorized	⚠️ 46.5 (+30%)	4,537
FPC:prepare_fee	241 (+3%)	8,812
Token:transfer_public	23.1 (-1%)	47,358
FPC:pay_refund	56.5 (+2%)	12,082
Benchmarking:increment_balance	957	7,450
Token:_increase_public_balance	38.3	8,960
FPC:pay_refund_with_shielded_rebate	67.5	12,631

Public DB Access

Time to access various public DBs.

Function	time_ms
get-nullifier-index	0.158 (-4%)

Tree insertion stats

The duration to insert a fixed batch of leaves into each tree type.

Metric	1 leaves	16 leaves	64 leaves	128 leaves	256 leaves	512 leaves	1024 leaves
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_16_depth_ms	2.21 (+1%)	3.92 (+2%)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_16_depth_hash_count	16.8	31.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_16_depth_hash_ms	0.115 (+2%)	0.111 (+3%)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_32_depth_ms	N/A	N/A	11.8 (+2%)	18.2 (-1%)	33.0 (+6%)	59.4 (-1%)	113
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_32_depth_hash_count	N/A	N/A	95.9	159	287	543	1,055
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_32_depth_hash_ms	N/A	N/A	0.114 (+2%)	0.106 (-1%)	0.107 (+7%)	0.102 (-1%)	0.103 (+2%)
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_20_depth_ms	N/A	N/A	14.5	26.2	44.5 (+2%)	83.0 (-1%)	165 (+2%)
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_20_depth_hash_count	N/A	N/A	109	207	355	691	1,363
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_20_depth_hash_ms	N/A	N/A	0.111	0.106 (-1%)	0.108 (+2%)	0.103 (-1%)	0.105 (+4%)
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_40_depth_ms	N/A	N/A	16.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_40_depth_hash_count	N/A	N/A	132	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_40_depth_hash_ms	N/A	N/A	0.106	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Miscellaneous

Transaction sizes based on how many contract classes are registered in the tx.

Metric	0 registered classes	1 registered classes
tx_size_in_bytes	64,779	668,997

Transaction size based on fee payment method

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