go-ed25519-batch-verify-small-order
The solution is complete and verified. Here's a summary.
A self-contained Go module edbatch that implements and empirically validates batch Ed25519 verification that matches per-signature verification exactly, including on adversarial small-order/degenerate inputs.
Reference verification (crypto/internal/fips140/ed25519.verifyWithDom) does an exact check [k](-A) + [S]B == R in the full point group — with no torsion quotient. So small-order public keys and R values are legal inputs, and a degenerate (e.g. identity) key can host a genuinely valid signature.
Naive batching is unsound around torsion. The single-vector equation [Σ z_i S_i]B == Σ z_i R_i + Σ z_i k_i A_i (i.e. Σ z_i (error_i) = 0) is sound only when every point is torsion-free. When a point carries an order-8 cofactor component, z·(torsion) has only 8 values, so the weighted sum can collapse and the batch "passes" even when some signature is invalid — and it also can't say which one failed.
VerifyBatch([]Sig) []bool:
1. Decodes each triple with the same checks a single verifier uses (canonical S, decodable R/A); decode failures → invalid.
2. Runs one multi-scalar group equation with CSPRNG 128-bit z_i; if it holds and no point has an order-dividing-8 torsion component (hasSmallOrder = [8]P is identity), the decodable subset is all-valid (fast path).
3. Otherwise (equation failed, or small-order/torsion present) falls back to exact per-signature verification to report the invalid ones — guaranteeing the returned boolean vector is bit-identical to crypto/ed25519.Verify.
Production constant-time note is included (swap the reference math/big group layer for the runtime's BSD-licensed constant-field edwards25519; the batch logic uses only the standard Point/Scalar API).
All 6 tests pass (TestRoundTrip, TestBasicValidBatch, TestBatchMatchesStdlib (adversarial randomized, N=60 × 40 rounds), TestSmallOrderKeys, TestBatchEqualsOwnPerSig, TestDegenerateIdentityKeyValid), asserting VerifyBatch equals crypto/ed25519.Verify per element across corrupted, truncated, wrong-message, small-order-key, and small-order-R cases — including the degenerate-identity-key case that the must correctly classify.
Files: SOLUTION.md (full write-up with code), verify.go, group.go, scalar.go, batch_test.go, go.mod.
# Evidence - Problem class: go-ed25519-batch-verify-small-order - Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 - Solved: 2026-08-28T04:25:33.567Z - Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json
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