Clause-Attested Compute Rollups

Scalable Aggregation of Governance Executions with Verifiable Integrity and Cross-Jurisdictional Consistency

4.5.1 The Scaling Challenge in Verifiable Governance

As NSF expands, the system must handle:

• Millions of clause executions

• Thousands of simultaneous agents, jurisdictions, and DAOs

• Resource-constrained TEE and ZK environments

• Long-term audit, query, and verification demands

To meet these requirements, NSF introduces Clause-Attested Compute Rollups (CAC Rollups):

A batching and aggregation framework that compresses multiple CACs into a single verifiable unit with deterministic replay, audit traceability, and trust-minimized execution lineage.

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4.5.2 What Is a CAC Rollup?

A CAC Rollup is a structured, cryptographically signed bundle of individual Clause-Attested Compute (CAC) entries, organized into:

• Rollup header

• Execution metadata

• Merkleized CAC index

• Aggregate signature and attestation

• Cross-domain binding references (DAO, jurisdiction, credential)

Each rollup:

• May contain 10–10,000 CACs

• Is scoped to a domain, timeframe, or jurisdiction

• Can be stored and queried as a single atomic artifact

• May be anchored to a L1/L2 blockchain for external verification

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4.5.3 CAC Rollup Schema Overview

{
  "rollup_id": "cacrollup-0x84712a...",
  "timestamp": "2025-04-30T17:00Z",
  "domain": "DisasterRelief",
  "jurisdiction": "BR",
  "executions": 247,
  "cac_root": "0xabc123...",
  "enclave_set": [
    "did:nsf:TEEExecutor#1",
    "did:nsf:TEEExecutor#9"
  ],
  "aggregate_signature": "0xDEAD...",
  "verifier_set": "NSFValidatorSet-Q2",
  "blockchain_anchor": "Ethereum@block:19723455"
}

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4.5.4 Merkle Tree and Hash Commitment

All CACs in a rollup are:

• Ordered deterministically

• Hashed into a Merkle Tree structure

• Indexed by execution_id, clause_id, and timestamp

• Rooted in a cac_root hash stored in:

  • Audit Layer

  • Blockchain anchor (if configured)

  • Jurisdictional archive (if sovereign mirror required)

This allows:

• Partial proof inclusion

• CAC proof-of-membership

• Cross-rollup lineage tracking

• Stateless validation for downstream agents

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4.5.5 Rollup Generation Protocol

Rollups may be generated by:

• Rollup Coordinators (DAO-elected or node-affinitized agents)

• TEE Nodes with aggregation scope

• ZK rollup builders (for privacy-preserving CACs)

• Governance DAOs executing policy-bound audits

Protocol steps:

1. Receive list of CACs (validated individually)

2. Canonicalize execution order

3. Generate Merkle Tree + metadata

4. Sign rollup with enclave quorum

5. Broadcast rollup hash to Audit Layer + optional L1 anchor

6. Update Registry Layer and GCR indices

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4.5.6 Cross-Domain and Cross-Jurisdiction Rollups

Rollups may span:

• Multiple clauses within one policy domain

• All executions across a sovereign in a given week

• Every CAC derived from one simulation model

• Trigger-aligned clauses (e.g., disaster alert across 3 UN regions)

Each rollup includes:

• Scope metadata

• Jurisdictional constraint declarations

• Fork compatibility index

• Credential impact summaries

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4.5.7 Rollup Compression and Query Models

CAC rollups offer:

• Storage compression (1–3 orders of magnitude reduction)

• Indexed search over CAC fields

• On-demand Merkle inclusion proofs

• Rollup-based policy audits (e.g., “show all emissions violations in Q1”)

• Batch replay (rerun all CACs in rollup for simulation comparison or governance challenge)

Search models include:

{
  "query": "clause_id LIKE 'UNFCCC::%'",
  "time_range": "2025-Q1",
  "jurisdiction": "IN",
  "risk_class": ">3"
}

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4.5.8 ZK-Enabled Rollup Integrity

For privacy-critical domains (e.g., finance, health), CAC Rollups can be:

• Generated in ZK backends

• Include SNARK-based proof of:

  • Valid CAC membership

  • Consistent hash path inclusion

  • Aggregated output summaries

• Publicly verifiable without revealing CAC content

Example:

{
  "rollup_id": "...",
  "zk_proof": "groth16@0x934f...",
  "circuit_commitment": "0xAAFF...",
  "verifier_key": "did:nsf:ZKRegistry#2025-Q2"
}

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4.5.9 Governance and DAO Anchoring

Rollups are governance assets:

• May be referenced in DAO proposals

• Used for policy outcome evaluation

• Audited by domain-specific reviewers

• Accepted as evidence in dispute resolution

• Trigger simulation retraining if anomalies detected

DAO voters can receive:

• RollupAuditVC

• Signed review reports

• Forensic execution traces by clause ID

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4.5.10 Rollups as the Ledger of Risk-Aware Governance

CAC Rollups create:

• Scalable governance

• Verifiable machine-led execution

• Queryable public memory

• Legally meaningful digital receipts

• Institutional-grade simulation integrity

They are the blocks of the NSF governance ledger, enabling the world to reason about:

• What executed

• Why it triggered

• Who verified it

• What action it caused

• What rule it enforced

And all of it provable—across clauses, sovereigns, and systems.