@aztec/prover-client 0.0.1-commit.96bb3f7 → 0.0.1-commit.993d52e

package/src/light/lightweight_checkpoint_builder.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { SpongeBlob, computeBlobsHashFromBlobs, encodeCheckpointEndMarker, getBlobsPerL1Block } from '@aztec/blob-lib';
 import { NUMBER_OF_L1_L2_MESSAGES_PER_ROLLUP } from '@aztec/constants';
-import type { CheckpointNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
+import { type CheckpointNumber, IndexWithinCheckpoint } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
 import { padArrayEnd } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
 import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
-import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-import { L2BlockNew } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
+import { type Logger, type LoggerBindings, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { L2Block } from '@aztec/stdlib/block';
 import { Checkpoint } from '@aztec/stdlib/checkpoint';
 import type { MerkleTreeWriteOperations } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
-import { computeInHashFromL1ToL2Messages } from '@aztec/stdlib/messaging';
+import {
+  accumulateCheckpointOutHashes,
+  computeCheckpointOutHash,
+  computeInHashFromL1ToL2Messages,
+} from '@aztec/stdlib/messaging';
 import { CheckpointHeader, computeBlockHeadersHash } from '@aztec/stdlib/rollup';
 import { AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot, MerkleTreeId } from '@aztec/stdlib/trees';
 import {
@@ -30,28 +34,38 @@ import {
  * Finally completes the checkpoint by computing its header.
  */
 export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
-  private readonly logger = createLogger('lightweight-checkpoint-builder');
+  private readonly logger: Logger;
 
   private lastArchives: AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot[] = [];
   private spongeBlob: SpongeBlob;
-  private blocks: L2BlockNew[] = [];
+  private blocks: L2Block[] = [];
   private blobFields: Fr[] = [];
 
   constructor(
     public readonly checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber,
     public readonly constants: CheckpointGlobalVariables,
+    public feeAssetPriceModifier: bigint,
     public readonly l1ToL2Messages: Fr[],
+    private readonly previousCheckpointOutHashes: Fr[],
     public readonly db: MerkleTreeWriteOperations,
+    bindings?: LoggerBindings,
   ) {
+    this.logger = createLogger('checkpoint-builder', {
+      ...bindings,
+      instanceId: `checkpoint-${checkpointNumber}`,
+    });
     this.spongeBlob = SpongeBlob.init();
-    this.logger.debug('Starting new checkpoint', { constants, l1ToL2Messages });
+    this.logger.debug('Starting new checkpoint', { constants, l1ToL2Messages, feeAssetPriceModifier });
   }
 
   static async startNewCheckpoint(
     checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber,
     constants: CheckpointGlobalVariables,
     l1ToL2Messages: Fr[],
+    previousCheckpointOutHashes: Fr[],
     db: MerkleTreeWriteOperations,
+    bindings?: LoggerBindings,
+    feeAssetPriceModifier: bigint = 0n,
   ): Promise<LightweightCheckpointBuilder> {
     // Insert l1-to-l2 messages into the tree.
     await db.appendLeaves(
@@ -59,7 +73,15 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
       padArrayEnd<Fr, number>(l1ToL2Messages, Fr.ZERO, NUMBER_OF_L1_L2_MESSAGES_PER_ROLLUP),
     );
 
-    return new LightweightCheckpointBuilder(checkpointNumber, constants, l1ToL2Messages, db);
+    return new LightweightCheckpointBuilder(
+      checkpointNumber,
+      constants,
+      feeAssetPriceModifier,
+      l1ToL2Messages,
+      previousCheckpointOutHashes,
+      db,
+      bindings,
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -71,11 +93,22 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
   static async resumeCheckpoint(
     checkpointNumber: CheckpointNumber,
     constants: CheckpointGlobalVariables,
+    feeAssetPriceModifier: bigint,
     l1ToL2Messages: Fr[],
+    previousCheckpointOutHashes: Fr[],
     db: MerkleTreeWriteOperations,
-    existingBlocks: L2BlockNew[],
+    existingBlocks: L2Block[],
+    bindings?: LoggerBindings,
   ): Promise<LightweightCheckpointBuilder> {
-    const builder = new LightweightCheckpointBuilder(checkpointNumber, constants, l1ToL2Messages, db);
+    const builder = new LightweightCheckpointBuilder(
+      checkpointNumber,
+      constants,
+      feeAssetPriceModifier,
+      l1ToL2Messages,
+      previousCheckpointOutHashes,
+      db,
+      bindings,
+    );
 
     builder.logger.debug('Resuming checkpoint from existing blocks', {
       checkpointNumber,
@@ -115,6 +148,11 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
     return builder;
   }
 
+  /** Returns how many blocks have been added to this checkpoint so far */
+  public getBlockCount() {
+    return this.blocks.length;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Adds a new block to the checkpoint. The tx effects must have already been inserted into the db if
    * this is called after tx processing, if that's not the case, then set `insertTxsEffects` to true.
@@ -123,7 +161,7 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
     globalVariables: GlobalVariables,
     txs: ProcessedTx[],
     opts: { insertTxsEffects?: boolean; expectedEndState?: StateReference } = {},
-  ): Promise<L2BlockNew> {
+  ): Promise<L2Block> {
     const isFirstBlock = this.blocks.length === 0;
 
     // Empty blocks are only allowed as the first block in a checkpoint
@@ -172,8 +210,8 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
     const newArchive = await getTreeSnapshot(MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, this.db);
     this.lastArchives.push(newArchive);
 
-    const indexWithinCheckpoint = this.blocks.length;
-    const block = new L2BlockNew(newArchive, header, body, this.checkpointNumber, indexWithinCheckpoint);
+    const indexWithinCheckpoint = IndexWithinCheckpoint(this.blocks.length);
+    const block = new L2Block(newArchive, header, body, this.checkpointNumber, indexWithinCheckpoint);
     this.blocks.push(block);
 
     await this.spongeBlob.absorb(blockBlobFields);
@@ -204,15 +242,18 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
 
     const newArchive = this.lastArchives[this.lastArchives.length - 1];
 
-    const blobs = getBlobsPerL1Block(this.blobFields);
+    const blobs = await getBlobsPerL1Block(this.blobFields);
     const blobsHash = computeBlobsHashFromBlobs(blobs);
 
     const inHash = computeInHashFromL1ToL2Messages(this.l1ToL2Messages);
 
     const { slotNumber, coinbase, feeRecipient, gasFees } = this.constants;
+    const checkpointOutHash = computeCheckpointOutHash(
+      blocks.map(block => block.body.txEffects.map(tx => tx.l2ToL1Msgs)),
+    );
+    const epochOutHash = accumulateCheckpointOutHashes([...this.previousCheckpointOutHashes, checkpointOutHash]);
 
-    // TODO(palla/mbps): Should we source this from the constants instead?
-    // timestamp of a checkpoint is the timestamp of the last block in the checkpoint.
+    // All blocks in the checkpoint have the same timestamp
     const timestamp = blocks[blocks.length - 1].timestamp;
 
     const totalManaUsed = blocks.reduce((acc, block) => acc.add(block.header.totalManaUsed), Fr.ZERO);
@@ -221,6 +262,7 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
       lastArchiveRoot: this.lastArchives[0].root,
       blobsHash,
       inHash,
+      epochOutHash,
       blockHeadersHash,
       slotNumber,
       timestamp,
@@ -230,15 +272,18 @@ export class LightweightCheckpointBuilder {
       totalManaUsed,
     });
 
-    return new Checkpoint(newArchive, header, blocks, this.checkpointNumber);
+    return new Checkpoint(newArchive, header, blocks, this.checkpointNumber, this.feeAssetPriceModifier);
   }
 
   clone() {
     const clone = new LightweightCheckpointBuilder(
       this.checkpointNumber,
       this.constants,
+      this.feeAssetPriceModifier,
       [...this.l1ToL2Messages],
+      [...this.previousCheckpointOutHashes],
       this.db,
+      this.logger.getBindings(),
     );
     clone.lastArchives = [...this.lastArchives];
     clone.spongeBlob = this.spongeBlob.clone();

package/src/mocks/fixtures.ts

@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ export async function getSimulator(
       logger?.info(
         `Using native ACVM at ${config.acvmBinaryPath} and working directory ${config.acvmWorkingDirectory}`,
       );
-      return new NativeACVMSimulator(config.acvmWorkingDirectory, config.acvmBinaryPath);
+      const acvmLogger = logger?.createChild('acvm-native');
+      return new NativeACVMSimulator(config.acvmWorkingDirectory, config.acvmBinaryPath, undefined, acvmLogger);
     } catch {
       logger?.warn(`Failed to access ACVM at ${config.acvmBinaryPath}, falling back to WASM`);
     }

package/src/mocks/test_context.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { getEnvironmentConfig, getSimulator, makeCheckpointConstants, makeGlobal
 export class TestContext {
   private headers: Map<number, BlockHeader> = new Map();
   private checkpoints: Checkpoint[] = [];
+  private checkpointOutHashes: Fr[] = [];
   private nextCheckpointIndex = 0;
   private nextCheckpointNumber = CheckpointNumber(1);
   private nextBlockNumber = 1;
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ export class TestContext {
 
   public startNewEpoch() {
     this.checkpoints = [];
+    this.checkpointOutHashes = [];
     this.nextCheckpointIndex = 0;
     this.epochNumber++;
   }
@@ -245,10 +247,12 @@ export class TestContext {
     });
 
     const cleanFork = await this.worldState.fork();
+    const previousCheckpointOutHashes = this.checkpointOutHashes;
     const builder = await LightweightCheckpointBuilder.startNewCheckpoint(
       checkpointNumber,
-      constants,
+      { ...constants, timestamp },
       l1ToL2Messages,
+      previousCheckpointOutHashes,
       cleanFork,
     );
 
@@ -274,6 +278,7 @@ export class TestContext {
 
     const checkpoint = await builder.completeCheckpoint();
     this.checkpoints.push(checkpoint);
+    this.checkpointOutHashes.push(checkpoint.getCheckpointOutHash());
 
     return {
       constants,

package/src/orchestrator/block-building-helpers.ts

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const insertSideEffectsAndBuildBaseRollupHints = runInSpan(
 
     const blockHash = await tx.data.constants.anchorBlockHeader.hash();
     const anchorBlockArchiveSiblingPath = (
-      await getMembershipWitnessFor(blockHash, MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, ARCHIVE_HEIGHT, db)
+      await getMembershipWitnessFor(blockHash.toFr(), MerkleTreeId.ARCHIVE, ARCHIVE_HEIGHT, db)
     ).siblingPath;
 
     const contractClassLogsFields = makeTuple(
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ export function getPublicChonkVerifierPrivateInputsFromTx(tx: Tx | ProcessedTx,
 // Build "hints" as the private inputs for the checkpoint root rollup circuit.
 // The `blobCommitments` will be accumulated and checked in the root rollup against the `finalBlobChallenges`.
 // The `blobsHash` will be validated on L1 against the submitted blob data.
-export const buildBlobHints = (blobFields: Fr[]) => {
-  const blobs = getBlobsPerL1Block(blobFields);
+export const buildBlobHints = async (blobFields: Fr[]) => {
+  const blobs = await getBlobsPerL1Block(blobFields);
   const blobCommitments = getBlobCommitmentsFromBlobs(blobs);
   const blobsHash = computeBlobsHashFromBlobs(blobs);
   return { blobCommitments, blobs, blobsHash };

package/src/orchestrator/block-proving-state.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export class BlockProvingState {
     | ProofState<BlockRollupPublicInputs, typeof NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH>
     | undefined;
   private builtBlockHeader: BlockHeader | undefined;
+  private builtArchive: AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot | undefined;
   private endState: StateReference | undefined;
   private endSpongeBlob: SpongeBlob | undefined;
   private txs: TxProvingState[] = [];
@@ -232,6 +233,14 @@ export class BlockProvingState {
     return this.builtBlockHeader;
   }
 
+  public setBuiltArchive(archive: AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot) {
+    this.builtArchive = archive;
+  }
+
+  public getBuiltArchive() {
+    return this.builtArchive;
+  }
+
   public getStartSpongeBlob() {
     return this.startSpongeBlob;
   }

package/src/orchestrator/checkpoint-proving-state.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   type L1_TO_L2_MSG_SUBTREE_ROOT_SIBLING_PATH_LENGTH,
   type NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH,
   NUM_MSGS_PER_BASE_PARITY,
+  OUT_HASH_TREE_HEIGHT,
 } from '@aztec/constants';
 import { BlockNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
 import { padArrayEnd } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 import type { Tuple } from '@aztec/foundation/serialize';
 import { type TreeNodeLocation, UnbalancedTreeStore } from '@aztec/foundation/trees';
 import type { PublicInputsAndRecursiveProof } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
+import { computeCheckpointOutHash } from '@aztec/stdlib/messaging';
 import { ParityBasePrivateInputs } from '@aztec/stdlib/parity';
 import {
   BlockMergeRollupPrivateInputs,
@@ -38,6 +40,11 @@ import { accumulateBlobs, buildBlobHints, toProofData } from './block-building-h
 import { BlockProvingState, type ProofState } from './block-proving-state.js';
 import type { EpochProvingState } from './epoch-proving-state.js';
 
+type OutHashHint = {
+  treeSnapshot: AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot;
+  siblingPath: Tuple<Fr, typeof OUT_HASH_TREE_HEIGHT>;
+};
+
 export class CheckpointProvingState {
   private blockProofs: UnbalancedTreeStore<
     ProofState<BlockRollupPublicInputs, typeof NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH>
@@ -46,6 +53,11 @@ export class CheckpointProvingState {
     | ProofState<CheckpointRollupPublicInputs, typeof NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH>
     | undefined;
   private blocks: (BlockProvingState | undefined)[] = [];
+  private previousOutHashHint: OutHashHint | undefined;
+  private outHash: Fr | undefined;
+  // The snapshot and sibling path after the checkpoint's out hash is inserted.
+  // Stored here to be retrieved for the next checkpoint when it's added.
+  private newOutHashHint: OutHashHint | undefined;
   private startBlobAccumulator: BatchedBlobAccumulator | undefined;
   private endBlobAccumulator: BatchedBlobAccumulator | undefined;
   private blobFields: Fr[] | undefined;
@@ -73,7 +85,7 @@ export class CheckpointProvingState {
       typeof L1_TO_L2_MSG_SUBTREE_ROOT_SIBLING_PATH_LENGTH
     >,
     public parentEpoch: EpochProvingState,
-    private onBlobAccumulatorSet: (checkpoint: CheckpointProvingState) => void,
+    private onBlobAccumulatorSet: (checkpoint: CheckpointProvingState) => Promise<void>,
   ) {
     this.blockProofs = new UnbalancedTreeStore(totalNumBlocks);
     this.firstBlockNumber = BlockNumber(headerOfLastBlockInPreviousCheckpoint.globalVariables.blockNumber + 1);
@@ -195,6 +207,35 @@ export class CheckpointProvingState {
     return new ParityBasePrivateInputs(messages, this.constants.vkTreeRoot);
   }
 
+  public setOutHashHint(hint: OutHashHint) {
+    this.previousOutHashHint = hint;
+  }
+
+  public getOutHashHint() {
+    return this.previousOutHashHint;
+  }
+
+  public accumulateBlockOutHashes() {
+    if (this.isAcceptingBlocks() || this.blocks.some(b => !b?.hasEndState())) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!this.outHash) {
+      const messagesPerBlock = this.blocks.map(b => b!.getTxEffects().map(tx => tx.l2ToL1Msgs));
+      this.outHash = computeCheckpointOutHash(messagesPerBlock);
+    }
+
+    return this.outHash;
+  }
+
+  public setOutHashHintForNextCheckpoint(hint: OutHashHint) {
+    this.newOutHashHint = hint;
+  }
+
+  public getOutHashHintForNextCheckpoint() {
+    return this.newOutHashHint;
+  }
+
   public async accumulateBlobs(startBlobAccumulator: BatchedBlobAccumulator) {
     if (this.isAcceptingBlocks() || this.blocks.some(b => !b?.hasEndState())) {
       return;
@@ -204,7 +245,7 @@ export class CheckpointProvingState {
     this.endBlobAccumulator = await accumulateBlobs(this.blobFields!, startBlobAccumulator);
     this.startBlobAccumulator = startBlobAccumulator;
 
-    this.onBlobAccumulatorSet(this);
+    await this.onBlobAccumulatorSet(this);
 
     return this.endBlobAccumulator;
   }
@@ -230,12 +271,15 @@ export class CheckpointProvingState {
     return this.totalNumBlocks === 1 ? 'rollup-checkpoint-root-single-block' : 'rollup-checkpoint-root';
   }
 
-  public getCheckpointRootRollupInputs() {
+  public async getCheckpointRootRollupInputs() {
     const proofs = this.#getChildProofsForRoot();
     const nonEmptyProofs = proofs.filter(p => !!p);
     if (proofs.length !== nonEmptyProofs.length) {
       throw new Error('At least one child is not ready for the checkpoint root rollup.');
     }
+    if (!this.previousOutHashHint) {
+      throw new Error('Out hash hint is not set.');
+    }
     if (!this.startBlobAccumulator) {
       throw new Error('Start blob accumulator is not set.');
     }
@@ -243,11 +287,13 @@ export class CheckpointProvingState {
     // `blobFields` must've been set if `startBlobAccumulator` is set (in `accumulateBlobs`).
     const blobFields = this.blobFields!;
 
-    const { blobCommitments, blobsHash } = buildBlobHints(blobFields);
+    const { blobCommitments, blobsHash } = await buildBlobHints(blobFields);
 
     const hints = CheckpointRootRollupHints.from({
       previousBlockHeader: this.headerOfLastBlockInPreviousCheckpoint,
       previousArchiveSiblingPath: this.lastArchiveSiblingPath,
+      previousOutHash: this.previousOutHashHint.treeSnapshot,
+      newOutHashSiblingPath: this.previousOutHashHint.siblingPath,
       startBlobAccumulator: this.startBlobAccumulator.toBlobAccumulator(),
       finalBlobChallenges: this.finalBlobBatchingChallenges,
       blobFields: padArrayEnd(blobFields, Fr.ZERO, FIELDS_PER_BLOB * BLOBS_PER_CHECKPOINT),
@@ -273,7 +319,7 @@ export class CheckpointProvingState {
 
   public isReadyForCheckpointRoot() {
     const allChildProofsReady = this.#getChildProofsForRoot().every(p => !!p);
-    return allChildProofsReady && !!this.startBlobAccumulator;
+    return allChildProofsReady && !!this.previousOutHashHint && !!this.startBlobAccumulator;
   }
 
   public verifyState() {

package/src/orchestrator/epoch-proving-state.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 import { BatchedBlob, BatchedBlobAccumulator, type FinalBlobBatchingChallenges } from '@aztec/blob-lib';
-import type {
-  ARCHIVE_HEIGHT,
-  L1_TO_L2_MSG_SUBTREE_ROOT_SIBLING_PATH_LENGTH,
-  NESTED_RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
-  NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH,
+import {
+  type ARCHIVE_HEIGHT,
+  type L1_TO_L2_MSG_SUBTREE_ROOT_SIBLING_PATH_LENGTH,
+  type NESTED_RECURSIVE_PROOF_LENGTH,
+  type NESTED_RECURSIVE_ROLLUP_HONK_PROOF_LENGTH,
+  OUT_HASH_TREE_HEIGHT,
 } from '@aztec/constants';
 import { BlockNumber, EpochNumber } from '@aztec/foundation/branded-types';
-import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
+import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 import type { Tuple } from '@aztec/foundation/serialize';
-import { type TreeNodeLocation, UnbalancedTreeStore } from '@aztec/foundation/trees';
+import {
+  MerkleTreeCalculator,
+  type TreeNodeLocation,
+  UnbalancedTreeStore,
+  shaMerkleHash,
+} from '@aztec/foundation/trees';
 import type { PublicInputsAndRecursiveProof } from '@aztec/stdlib/interfaces/server';
 import type { Proof } from '@aztec/stdlib/proofs';
 import {
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ import {
   RootRollupPrivateInputs,
   type RootRollupPublicInputs,
 } from '@aztec/stdlib/rollup';
-import type { AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot, MerkleTreeId } from '@aztec/stdlib/trees';
+import { AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot, type MerkleTreeId } from '@aztec/stdlib/trees';
 import type { BlockHeader } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
 
 import { toProofData } from './block-building-helpers.js';
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ export class EpochProvingState {
     public readonly epochNumber: EpochNumber,
     public readonly totalNumCheckpoints: number,
     private readonly finalBlobBatchingChallenges: FinalBlobBatchingChallenges,
-    private onCheckpointBlobAccumulatorSet: (checkpoint: CheckpointProvingState) => void,
+    private onCheckpointBlobAccumulatorSet: (checkpoint: CheckpointProvingState) => Promise<void>,
     private completionCallback: (result: ProvingResult) => void,
     private rejectionCallback: (reason: string) => void,
   ) {
@@ -212,6 +218,50 @@ export class EpochProvingState {
     this.checkpointPaddingProof = { provingOutput };
   }
 
+  public async accumulateCheckpointOutHashes() {
+    const treeCalculator = await MerkleTreeCalculator.create(OUT_HASH_TREE_HEIGHT, undefined, (left, right) =>
+      Promise.resolve(shaMerkleHash(left, right)),
+    );
+
+    const computeOutHashHint = async (leaves: Fr[]) => {
+      const tree = await treeCalculator.computeTree(leaves.map(l => l.toBuffer()));
+      const nextAvailableLeafIndex = leaves.length;
+      return {
+        treeSnapshot: new AppendOnlyTreeSnapshot(Fr.fromBuffer(tree.root), nextAvailableLeafIndex),
+        siblingPath: tree.getSiblingPath(nextAvailableLeafIndex).map(Fr.fromBuffer) as Tuple<
+          Fr,
+          typeof OUT_HASH_TREE_HEIGHT
+        >,
+      };
+    };
+
+    let hint = this.checkpoints[0]?.getOutHashHint();
+    const outHashes = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.totalNumCheckpoints; i++) {
+      const checkpoint = this.checkpoints[i];
+      if (!checkpoint) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      // If hints are not set yet, it must be the first checkpoint. Compute the hints with an empty tree.
+      hint ??= await computeOutHashHint([]);
+      checkpoint.setOutHashHint(hint);
+
+      // Get the out hash for this checkpoint.
+      const outHash = checkpoint.accumulateBlockOutHashes();
+      if (!outHash) {
+        break;
+      }
+      outHashes.push(outHash);
+
+      // If this is NOT the last checkpoint, get or create the hint for the next checkpoint.
+      if (i !== this.totalNumCheckpoints - 1) {
+        hint = checkpoint.getOutHashHintForNextCheckpoint() ?? (await computeOutHashHint(outHashes));
+        checkpoint.setOutHashHintForNextCheckpoint(hint);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public async setBlobAccumulators() {
     let previousAccumulator = this.startBlobAccumulator;
     // Accumulate blobs as far as we can for this epoch.