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arxivcs.LGcs.CR2026-07-23

Agree on the Model, Verify the Inference: GKR Protocols for HND-Based Transformer Inference

Xiaolong Liang, Juanjuan Li, Rui Qin, Yisheng Lv

Outsourced Transformer inference exposes clients to model substitution and incomplete execution, while direct replay removes the computational benefit of delegation. We present GKR-HND, a registered-model protocol for verifying the polynomial backbone of Homomorphic--Nonhomomorphic Decomposition Transformers. The retained verifier checks the GKR transcript and registered-weight openings, but delegates expensive public evaluations to an assigned computation worker. Assuming an honest retained verifier and prover--worker non-collusion, the verifier accepts only when the worker's signed, request-bound response agrees with the proof claims. Experiments with pretrained HND models validate the proof path and the delegated public computation without dense-matrix replay.

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