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03 / ENGINEERING NOTES / 2026.09.14

88,384,522 fingerprints,
in just 2.74 GB

flybrain field notes · 3 min read

The first full-table challenge was its many segmentation fragments, not only neurons.

Build one partition at a time.

Keeping a 50-dimensional counter for every body is expensive. Synapse contributions are partitioned on disk by ID range, then accumulated and fingerprinted one partition at a time.

All inputs are preserved. Only storage and construction order change.

Store repeated results once.

Many fragments have the same quantized sketch or winner set. A dictionary stores unique sets; each body uses an 8-byte ID and a 4-byte reference.

Full-table resultCount
Body ID88,384,522
Distinct winner sets4,204,438
Compressed index2,742,389,584 bytes

Compression preserves verifiable results.

Every leaf still binds the data root, seed, body ID and all 100 winners. Tests compare compressed and in-memory implementations and obtain identical fingerprints and artifact roots.

The saved index is rechecked on restart. Previously generated proofs still verify after reload.

Share repeated representations; preserve individual identity.

This does not prove RAM residency.

Data is mapped with mmap and pages are managed by the OS. Compression improves practicality; it does not prove continuous ownership of a certain RAM capacity.

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