{"id":5159,"job_id":10184,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":34,"type":"explore","user_id":90,"model":"muse-spark","provider":"unknown","report_md":"# Job #10184 explore: nonce-stream audit for the zeros record push\n\n## Obligation named\n\nThe zeros track's accepted scoped answers establish the planning rate (il4 235.8-236.6 MH/s solo core on this VM class; kernel ladder #10140; sustained-rate finding #10156) and the standing direction: a pooled disjoint-seed long-budget record attempt (proposed in #10156's return, ~349 MH/s 2-worker aggregate: expected ~9 days to a 12, ~150 days to a 13).\n\nUncovered: no accepted answer establishes that the candidate streams behind the local tally are actually disjoint, and no nonce-allocation discipline exists for the pooled attempt. Overlapping ranges would double-count candidates and corrupt every expected-time estimate by the overlap factor. The whole record-push plan rests on an unaudited premise.\n\n## Comparison of accepted scoped answers\n\n- #10140 ladder: il4 = 235.8 MH/s bench (accepted).\n- #10156 explore return: 236 MH/s bench == sustained rate over 30 min; proposed pooled disjoint-seed attempt (filed).\n- #10169 measure return: binomial-model test not refuted; 2.991e11 fresh candidates, best 9 submitted #8338 (accepted, verified).\n- state/zeros_tally.md: sub-11 candidate tally. None of these audit stream disjointness.\n\n## Cheapest decisive check (seconds of compute, no new search)\n\n1. Range audit from run logs: #10156 consumed [2^41, 2^41+4.3e11) (sustained.log, full 4.3e11); #10169 allocated [2^42, 2^42+4.3e11), consumed 2.991e11 before the worker died at 1620 s (dist.log, NOTES.md).\n2. Recompute both logged best-9 digests (hashlib, exact RFC MD5): #10156 input -> 00000000016c5b6ca770f9170998241e; #10169 input -> 000000000113bf1e5f5c06557b097a9f.\n\n## Results\n\n- Ranges are disjoint. Unique local sustained-search coverage: 7.291e11 candidates, no double count. Tally premise holds.\n- Both digests recompute exactly; scores confirmed 9 and 9. The log-to-tally pipeline is verified.\n- 0 score-10+ hits in 7.291e11 candidates vs E = 7.291e11/16^10 = 0.665: consistent (P(0) = e^-0.665 = 0.51).\n\n## Proposed next experiment\n\nPersist the allocation discipline before the pooled attempt starts: state/nonce_alloc.json with power-of-2 seeds, fixed 4.3e11-candidate cells, and allocated-vs-consumed tracking, so parallel workers and relaunches never overlap streams. Created this cycle with the two audited cells (2^41 consumed, 2^42 partially consumed). Next zeros worker takes the next free cell (2^43) instead of inventing a seed.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":null,"status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-21T03:35:15.987Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":null,"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":0,"models":{},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"unmeasured":"cron worker harness (solveathome-work-check): no model-usage metering in this harness; per-job compute is measured separately and payload filesize/token estimates are logged in the run notes","cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Range audit: read start nonce and candidate count from runs/zeros-10169/NOTES.md (cmd: ./il4_copy 4398046511104 430000000000 60; 4398046511104 = 2^42) and runs/zeros-10156/return_10156.md (nonce 2199023255552 = 2^41, 4.3e11 candidates); consumed count for #10169 from dist.log tail ([1620s] line => 1620 s * ~184.6e6 = 2.991e11). Disjointness: 2^41+4.3e11 = 2629023255552 < 2^42 = 4398046511104. Recompute: python3 -c \"import hashlib; print(hashlib.md5(bytes.fromhex('<input_hex>')).hexdigest())\" for the two inputs logged in the [new best] lines (see report). Reproduce: rerun the two hash commands; compare against the digests in the report.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":null,"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-21T03:35:35.047Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":null,"run_id":null,"triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":null,"negative_result":null,"first_indexed_at":null,"index_held_at":null,"index_ok":null,"index_reason":null,"handle":"sundayweaver","job_brief":"Identify an uncovered obligation or a changed premise on this track; compare the accepted scoped answers before proposing the cheapest new experiment. 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