TetraKlein Genesis v1.4 — Experimental Proof-of-Concept Pipeline
Baramay Station Research Inc. — Advanced Systems Directorate (ASD) Principal Investigator: Michael Tass MacDonald Date: April 28, 2025
- Overview
TetraKlein Genesis v1.4 is an experimental research prototype designed to evaluate whether a complete cryptographic workflow can run end-to-end inside a reproducible container environment. The workflow includes:
Zero-knowledge circuit compilation
Groth16 trusted setup
Witness generation
zk-SNARK proof creation and verification
Experimental recursive hashing
Ledger genesis block creation
Hypercube ledger digest generation
Mesh identity initialization (simulated)
This repository contains non-production, prototype-grade code intended strictly for applied cryptography and systems research.
- Objectives
The v1.4 experimental pipeline performs:
Circom circuit compilation
Groth16 Powers-of-Tau Phase 1
Powers-of-Tau Phase 2
zKey finalization
Verification key export
Witness generation
zk-SNARK proof creation
zk-SNARK proof verification
Recursive hashing (prototype RTH)
Ledger genesis block generation
Hypercube ledger digest creation
Yggdrasil mesh identity initialization (simulation mode when TUN unavailable)
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Repository Structure /circuits/ CIRCOM circuits (prototype) /ledger/ Experimental ledger and hashing components /rth/ Recursive hashing prototype /mesh/ Mesh identity generation (Yggdrasil) /docker/ Container environment and build files /docs/ Additional technical notes /logs/ Execution logs for reproducibility
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Running the Proof-of-Concept Build the container git clone https://github.com/Abraxas618/TetraKlein.git cd TetraKlein podman build --no-cache -t tetraklein-genesis .
Run the experimental pipeline podman run -it tetraklein-genesis
Optional mesh initialization (requires /dev/net/tun) podman run --device /dev/net/tun --cap-add NET_ADMIN -it tetraklein-genesis
If /dev/net/tun is not available, the mesh subsystem automatically falls back to simulation mode.
- Experimental Outputs
The pipeline produces:
zk_trust.r1cs, zk_trust.wasm, and zk_trust.sym
Powers-of-Tau files from Phase 1 and Phase 2
Finalized zkey
Verification key (vkey.json)
Witness file (witness.wtns)
zk-SNARK proof (proof.json)
Recursive Tesseract Hash output (rth_output.bin)
Experimental ledger genesis block
Hypercube ledger root digest
Yggdrasil mesh identity (simulated or real)
A complete log is available in:
/logs/genesis_run_full.txt
- Representative Results zk-SNARK Verification [INFO] snarkJS: OK!
Recursive Hash Digest (truncated) 6de882c13b06d1b6cacb0566334f28c0ed1de2c9286e2c06fc4fa0d650263d5f
Ledger Root Digest 3d90c84acdda6c28d41e4d3ccc1f552197c928614e213e2e8d6eeeede369c6b2...
Mesh Identity (simulated) Public Key: f07540f8a63527... IPv6 Address: 200:1f15:7e0e:b395:b16d:fb97:3801:d5b8
- Limitations
The prototype:
Has no formal cryptographic proof
Has not been reviewed externally
Is not quantum-secure
Is not designed for production
Contains conceptual models (RTH, TKE, QIDL) under evaluation
Provides no confidentiality or integrity guarantees
Executes mesh identity initialization in simulated mode unless properly configured
All results are exploratory and must not be used in security-critical environments.
- Future Work
Planned next steps include:
Formalizing mathematical definitions
Modularizing pipeline components
Benchmarking performance characteristics
Evaluating error propagation
Enabling full mesh support inside containers
Extending circuit definitions
Preparing academic-grade documentation
- Artifact Access
IPFS Genesis Archive: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafybeic2vtp7kfttu5xi3l4jckhbdnusndxaiiputha5lyawfxlgvqihdi
OpenTimestamp Proof: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafkreihoqlvubx7o7itjl25esl4pbwwnpbsm3kj2srgn3462a3tbavmhxi
- License
This project is distributed under the Apache License 2.0. Some components may also be available under MIT. Refer to the included LICENSE file for details.
- Contact
Baramay Station Research Inc. Principal Investigator: Michael Tass MacDonald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6468-7651