Confidential Token: wire up Ultrahonk verifier

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fix #823

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• New Features

  • Added UltraHonk proof verification for confidential token circuits using registered binary verification keys.
  • Added a deployable confidential verifier example with access-controlled key registration, updates, retrieval, and proof verification.
  • Added clear error handling for missing or invalid verification keys.

• Documentation

  • Documented verification-key formats, generation, validation, and circuit artifact requirements.
  • Updated guidance to reflect the current verifier implementation and provisional zero-knowledge status.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for proof verification, key management, invalid inputs, malformed keys, and unauthorized operations.

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Changes

The confidential verifier now uses the pinned UltraHonk backend for proof verification. A deployable Soroban verifier example manages verification keys with role checks. Scripts and tests support packed 1760-byte verification keys for six circuits.

Confidential verifier integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Backend proof verification Cargo.toml, packages/tokens/Cargo.toml, packages/tokens/src/confidential/verifier/*, packages/tokens/src/confidential/{mod.rs,README.md,CLAUDE.md}	The verifier delegates proof checks to UltraHonkVerifier. Invalid registered keys return error #3403; missing keys retain error #3401.
Packed verification-key artifacts packages/tokens/src/confidential/circuits/scripts/build_vk_bins.sh, packages/tokens/src/confidential/circuits/{CLAUDE.md,vks/README.md}	The build script creates and validates 1760-byte binary keys from six circuits. Documentation describes the JSON and binary artifacts and regeneration process.
Deployable verifier example examples/confidential/verifier/*	The example adds ConfidentialVerifierContract, manager-gated key registration and updates, default verification behavior, and integration tests for key handling and authorization.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant ConfidentialVerifierContract
  participant verifier_storage
  participant UltraHonkVerifier
  Caller->>ConfidentialVerifierContract: verify proof
  ConfidentialVerifierContract->>verifier_storage: load key and verify proof
  verifier_storage->>UltraHonkVerifier: parse key and verify inputs
  UltraHonkVerifier-->>verifier_storage: verification result
  verifier_storage-->>ConfidentialVerifierContract: return result

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8fbdf

Committed verification-key binaries can drift from their generated source without CI detecting it, potentially deploying unusable or mismatched verifier keys. Add binary regeneration and comparison before merging.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description only states "fix #823". It does not describe the implementation or complete the required Tests and Documentation checklist.	Add a summary of the UltraHonk verifier integration, relevant implementation context, and completed checklist entries for Tests and Documentation. Use the required issue format, such as "Fixes #823".

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: integrating the UltraHonk verifier into confidential tokens.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy the coding requirements in #823. ConfidentialVerifier::verify_proof now has a default implementation that delegates to storage::verify_proof, which uses UltraHonkVerifier. Ve…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within #823. The example contract, dependency changes, packed verification-key generation, circuit documentation, and tests directly support the real UltraHonk verifier integration.…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 86.67% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 15 functions across 7 files. (5 skipped: 5 …

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_{A rabbit packs keys neat and bright
Six circuits hop into the night
Managers guard the registry door
Proofs meet UltraHonk at the core
Bad keys raise errors clear
Good tests bound the path sincere}

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In `@packages/tokens/src/confidential/circuits/CLAUDE.md`:
- Line 47: Update CI to run scripts/build_vk_bins.sh and compare the generated
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📒 Files selected for processing (15)

• Cargo.toml
• examples/confidential/verifier/Cargo.toml
• examples/confidential/verifier/src/contract.rs
• examples/confidential/verifier/src/lib.rs
• examples/confidential/verifier/src/test.rs
• packages/tokens/Cargo.toml
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/CLAUDE.md
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/README.md
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/circuits/CLAUDE.md
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/circuits/scripts/build_vk_bins.sh
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/circuits/vks/README.md
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/mod.rs
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/verifier/mod.rs
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/verifier/storage.rs
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/verifier/test.rs

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• packages/tokens/src/confidential/CLAUDE.md
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/README.md
• packages/tokens/src/confidential/mod.rs

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