"""ZKP prototype for BeXProof. This is a lightweight stand-in for a real ZKP back-end. It produces a compact certificate-like proof deterministically derived from the log entry and policy. """ from __future__ import annotations import json import hashlib from .policy import Policy def generate_proof(log_entry: dict, policy: Policy) -> dict: # Produce a deterministic, compact proof representation (string hash) seed = { "log": log_entry, "policy_version": policy.version, "policy_rules": policy.rules, } blob = json.dumps(seed, sort_keys=True).encode("utf-8") proof_hash = hashlib.sha256(blob).hexdigest() return {"proof": f"zkp-{proof_hash}"}