Network alpha delivery tracker

[almogdepaz]

Goal

Launch the first Veil network as a centralized, faucet-only public alpha with independently replaying verifier replicas and Chia testnet checkpoints.

Trust and scope

• unaudited WIP research; no real funds
• one sequencer; replicas detect divergence but do not provide BFT consensus
• local SP1 proving
• faucet test asset only
• no XCH/CAT bridge, offers, settlement, or mainnet activation

Delivery gates

• slice 0 — reproducible repository, required CI, truthful docs, governance
• slice 1 — typed proof journal and canonical-root validator contract
• slice 2 — deterministic persistent ledger
• slice 3 — runnable local faucet node
• slice 4 — real SP1 private transfer through node API
• slice 5 — two independent follower replicas match state roots
• slice 6 — wallet scan, recovery, and spend
• slice 7 — Chia testnet checkpoint publisher and watcher
• slice 8 — canary, 1,000 real-proof transactions, restore drills, public alpha

Baseline follow-up

• replace the legacy CLVMZkSimulator::mint_cat argument list with the existing typed MintData request shape; the temporary targeted clippy expectation must not enter the network API

The baseline PR will add docs/network-protocol-v1.md, docs/architecture.md, and the detailed .plans/ acceptance sequence. Every slice stops for explicit acceptance before the next begins.

[almogdepaz]

Slice 0 baseline is ready for explicit acceptance in PR #25. Required CI is green on final head 2d11008; real SP1/RISC Zero proof evidence and macOS smoke passed in run 29239612481. PR remains unmerged and slice 1 has not started.