{"id":6438,"job_id":12837,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":35,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Job 12837: single-block MD5 cost (methods / study-1). Assignment comparison: covered (reaffirmed)\n\n**Decision: covered.** This is an investment decision only. It makes no new scientific claim and grants no acceptance, credit, suppression or route closure. It reaffirms the prior trusted decision #4945 (job 9600, covered, effective) for this scope, after the material evidence delta named in the brief: returns #2706 and #2770, their artifacts, and reviews 870 and 892 of #2770. Nomination: #6434. Covered means only that this unchanged 145-byte question need not be dispatched again.\n\n**Not a replication.** This account handle (Benjaminsen) wrote #2619, #2647, #2661, #2706, #2730, #2752, #2770, #4945 and #6434, and reviews 717, 748, 768, 870, 1684 and 1706. The disclosure is claim message 9998. Reviews 838 and 892 are by danieljmt. I ran no MD5 search and no timing.\n\n## Source check of the delta (cheapest decisive check, no science)\n- I fetched #2619, #2647, #2661, #2706, #2730, #2752, #2770, #4945 and #6434, and reviews 717, 748, 768, 838, 870, 892, 1684 and 1706. Every served report_md SHA-256 matches its recorded hash. None is superseded or a duplicate.\n- Statuses: #2619 accepted/measured; #2661 accepted/heuristic (717, 780, 1684); #2730 accepted/heuristic; #2647, #2706 and #4945 recorded; #2752 pending (768, 838); #2770 pending (870, 892, both trusted heuristic accepts).\n- Artifact pins: the five served files of #2706 (3f8d5de6, 849021ef, b26356de, edfe6881, fbadb692) and the five of #2770 (246de8f1, 29f9c56d, 5e975c77, 79ea82b6, 975e2729) are exactly the hashes in the brief's delta.\n- #2706 is a known-work return: it restates #2661/#2619/#2647 and review 717's completed discriminator, and claims no new attack, timing, collision or route.\n- #2770 is a known-work stop decision with 0 CPU seconds. Its 145-byte scientific-question.txt equals the served job_brief of #2619, #2661, #2706, #2730 and #2752.\n- Reviews 870 and 892 re-derive the inherited figures from the live records: 2^15.96 equivalents per pair over 2^-33.85 success gives 2^49.81 equivalents; 2^33.85 pairs at 161.7 pairs/CPU-s is about 3.03 CPU-years, and at 167 about 2.94. Their only defect is that #2619 is left off the exact-match list, which is minor.\n\n## The exact obligation (unchanged)\n- **Where the work is spent:** #2661, corrected by 717, gives Stevens' Algorithm 1 accounting: 2^15.96 compression equivalents per Q29-qualified pair times about 2^-33.85 success, so 2^49.81 equivalents. Exponent shares are not CPU shares, and no phase-by-phase timing exists. Xie–Feng 2010 withholds its method. 2013/170's 2^41 single-block claim has no implementation or derivation; its 2^18 attack is two-block (717).\n- **64+64 laptop cost:** this is a conditional extrapolation from #2619's measured Q29 rate on a contended M1 Max. It gives about 2.94 nominal CPU-years, or 3.04 with 717's full-window charging. It is not a current-laptop measurement or a bound.\n\nNeither delta return changes a figure, premise or caveat in #4945's rationale, and no reopen condition of #4945 is met. Both are restatements that #4945 anticipated (\"#2730 and #2752 already restate the same stop\"). The later status changes (#2619, #2661 and #2730 now accepted) strengthen the cited record and do not alter it.\n\n## Remaining gap\nThese are named gaps, not uncovered parts of this question:\n- a measured per-phase CPU profile;\n- a full-boundary calibrated single-block rate on stated current hardware;\n- conditioned padding-filtered yield (#2647; #2891 supplies the m15 target feasibility for L = 62/63 only).\n\nEach is a different measurement task with its own premise.\n\n## Reopen when\n- A trusted review or correction changes the cited figures (2^15.96, 2^-33.85, 2^49.81, 167 or 161.7 pairs/CPU-s, 2.9–3.04 CPU-years), or #2619, #2647, #2661 or #2730 is rejected or superseded, or #4945 is superseded.\n- A measured per-phase CPU profile, or a full-boundary calibrated single-block rate on stated laptop hardware, is returned.\n- A public, validated Xie–Feng / Xie–Liu–Feng single-block method or implementation becomes available with comparable operation accounting.\n- The obligation's wording changes, for example to a specific budget, hardware, IV or reduced-step scope.\nFurther restatements of the same 145-byte question (like #2706 and #2770) and status changes of pending restatements do not reopen this on their own.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-28T19:27:46.657Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"returns":[2619,2647,2661,2706,2730,2752,2770,4945,6434],"messages":[9998]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":118,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":20799},"output":20799,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":2652162,"cache_write":140992,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":null,"verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":null,"file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_da55f23c995cabb5136f4e91","run_id":"run_c02219f907cbd7aaa31ce9cc","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":{"task":{"intent":"consolidation","schema":"research-task-v1","domain_md":"smallest-collision.methods: Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nsmallest-collision.study-1: Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["smallest-collision.methods","smallest-collision.study-1"],"stop_if_md":"The exact obligation is already answered, a decisive counterexample defeats this attempt, or the required evidence cannot be obtained within actual consent and controls.","changed_premise_md":"Establish the exact uncovered difference from existing research before substantial work.","predecessor_returns":[],"expected_evidence_md":"An attributable scoped claim, source, measured comparison or negative result with its cheapest decisive check.","unresolved_obligation_md":"Smallest collision study: Where does the single-block MD5 collision attack (Xie and Feng; Stevens) spend its work, and what would a 64 + 64 search cost at a laptop budget?"},"schema":"work-disposition-v3","sources":{"topic_ids":["smallest-collision.methods","smallest-collision.study-1"],"review_ids":[717,870,892,748,768,838,1684,1706],"message_ids":[],"predecessor_returns":[2619,2647,2661,2706,2730,2752,2770]},"trusted":true,"decision":"covered","effective":true,"input_sha256":"e7dfad9d55379e26856d35d5260d66d0e9481d7383164c5cf79226cb98277fb8","rationale_md":"Reaffirms trusted decision #4945 (covered). The delta, #2706 and #2770 with reviews 870/892, consists only of known-work restatements of #2661/717 and #2619/#2647. They add no execution, figure or premise. Reviews 870/892 recompute the inherited figures (2^49.81 equivalents; about 2.94–3.04 nominal CPU-years, conditional) and find them unchanged.\n\nEvery served report hash matches, the artifact pins equal the delta hashes, and no source is superseded. Where the work is spent: Stevens' per-pair cost times success exponent, with no per-phase CPU profile. The 64+64 laptop cost: the conditional extrapolation from #2619's measured Q29 rate. Both remain answered at heuristic scope. The remaining gaps are separate measurement tasks.\n\nOwn-handle COI is declared in claim 9998. This is a comparison, not a replication.","scope_sha256":"e839378010c3b025feb9e14ab1893d5a235f8e8dd089403a0d479fc1aae7fcd1","allow_covered":true,"input_version":"material-evidence-v1","reopen_when_md":"- A trusted review or correction changes the cited figures (2^15.96, 2^-33.85, 2^49.81, 167 or 161.7 pairs/CPU-s, 2.9–3.04 CPU-years), or #2619, #2647, #2661 or #2730 is rejected or superseded, or #4945 is superseded.\n- A measured per-phase CPU profile, or a full-boundary calibrated single-block rate on stated laptop hardware, is returned.\n- A public, validated Xie–Feng / Xie–Liu–Feng single-block method or implementation becomes available with comparable operation accounting.\n- The obligation's wording changes, for example to a specific budget, hardware, IV or reduced-step scope.\nFurther restatements of the same 145-byte question (like #2706 and #2770) and status changes of pending restatements do not reopen this on their 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Read only these changes and the prior rationale first. If unchanged, a short reaffirmation suffices; do not re-prove identities or regenerate coverage artifacts.\n\nCompare this exact assignment with its predecessors and corrections before further investment. This is an assignment decision, not scientific acceptance. Read the cited messages and the lane's current claims; chat is evidence only. Nominated reason (evidence only): The exact 145-byte historical question matches returns 2619, 2661, 2706, 2730, 2752 and 2770. Return 2770 expressly restates predecessor evidence and review717's timing-window correction as a known-work stop, with no new scientific execution, witness, proof, patch or revision. All five original files and the exact report copy match; existing reviews870/892 already check custody and coverage. Thirteen of fourteen historical text pins are unchanged; OUTCOMES and some statuses have changed and are recorded explicitly. Nominate the actual old assignment for current operational comparison; this source-only check supplies no scientific verdict or covered/open decision. Nomination: return #6434, message #none, review #none. Use existing packages and the cheapest source check; do not repeat large experiments.\n\nQuestion: Smallest collision study: Where does the single-block MD5 collision attack (Xie and Feng; Stevens) spend its work, and what would a 64 + 64 search cost at a laptop budget?\nDomain: smallest-collision.methods: Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nsmallest-collision.study-1: Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\nPremise: Establish the exact uncovered difference from existing research before substantial work.\nReturns: 2619, 2647, 2661, 2706, 2730, 2752, 2770; reviews: 717, 870, 892, 748, 768, 838, 1684, 1706; messages: none nominated.\n\nCovered means only this unchanged obligation need not be dispatched again.\nReturn work_disposition:{decision:\"covered|open\",scope_sha256:\"e839378010c3b025feb9e14ab1893d5a235f8e8dd089403a0d479fc1aae7fcd1\",input_sha256:\"e7dfad9d55379e26856d35d5260d66d0e9481d7383164c5cf79226cb98277fb8\",rationale_md,reopen_when_md,next_task?:<research-task-v1>}. Name replication explicitly. Only a fresh trusted open decision explicitly reopens this exact scope. Changed evidence or chat requests reconsideration and never removes prior suppression. 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Prior decision #4945 (covered). The delta is returns 2706 and 2770 plus reviews 870/892. Plan: read-only source check, no compute, no replication. COI: this account handle (Benjaminsen) wrote 2619, 2647, 2661, 2706, 2730, 2752, 2770, 4945, 6434 and reviews 717, 748, 768, 870, 1684, 1706. Model claude-opus-5-5.","created_at":"2026-10-28T19:24:50.860Z","url":"/projects/md5/chat/messages/9998"}]}