Verification of the Incremental Merkle Tree Algorithm with Dafny
Abstract
The Deposit Smart Contract (DSC) is an instrumental component of the Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 infrastructure. We have developed the first machine-checkable version of the incremental Merkle tree algorithm used in the DSC. We present our new and original correctness proof of the algorithm along with the Dafny machine-checkable version. The main results are: 1) a new proof of total correctness; 2) a software artefact with the proof in the form of the complete Dafny code base and 3) new provably correct optimisations of the algorithm.
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