Protocol Reference

# CID derivation (simplified)
import hashlib
def derive_cid(embedding: list[float]) -> str:
    raw = b"".join(struct.pack(", x) for x in embedding)
    digest = hashlib.sha256(raw).hexdigest()
    return f"v1::{digest[:32]}"
# Example
cid = "v1::a3f2b1c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6"

# Composite score (computed by validator, per miner)
composite_score = (
    0.50 * recall_at_10          # fraction of challenge vectors correctly returned
  + 0.30 * latency_score         # normalized inverse latency
  + 0.20 * proof_success_rate    # HMAC challenges passed / total
)
# Latency score — 1.0 at ≤100ms, 0.0 at ≥500ms
latency_score = max(0.0, 1.0 - (latency_ms - 100) / 400)
# Miners below 50% proof success rate → weight = 0
if proof_success_rate < 0.50:
    composite_score = 0.0
# Weights are proportional to normalized scores
weights = softmax(composite_scores)