# NL.net proposal 2019-10-032
+* NLNet Project Page <https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreSoC-Proofs/>
+
## Project name
The Libre RISC-V SoC, Formal Correctness Proofs
# Management Summary
-The Libre RISC-V SoC Project, https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV/, is funded by NLNet to reach ASIC-proven status. As of Dec 2019 It has been in development for a year, and writing comprehensive unit tests has been both a critical part of that process and a major part of the time taken. Formal Mathematical Proofs turn out to be critical for several reasons: firstly, they are simpler to read and much more comprehensive (100% coverage), saving hugely on development and maintenance; secondly, they're mathematically inviolate. From a security and trust perspective, both aspects are extremely important. Firstly: security mistakes are often accidental due to complexity: a reduction in complexity helps avoid mistakes. Secondly: independent auditing of the processor is a matter of running the formal proofs. This proposal therefore not only saves on development time, it helps us meet the goal of developing a privacy-respecting processor in a way that is *independently* verifiable.
+The Libre RISC-V SoC Project, https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV/, is
+funded by NLNet to reach ASIC-proven status. As of Dec 2019 It has been
+in development for a year, and writing comprehensive unit tests has been
+both a critical part of that process and a major part of the time taken.
+Formal Mathematical Proofs turn out to be critical for several reasons:
+firstly, they are simpler to read and much more comprehensive (100%
+coverage), saving hugely on development and maintenance; secondly,
+they're mathematically inviolate. From a security and trust perspective,
+both aspects are extremely important. Firstly: security mistakes are
+often accidental due to complexity: a reduction in complexity helps
+avoid mistakes. Secondly: independent auditing of the processor is a
+matter of running the formal proofs. This proposal therefore not only
+saves on development time, it helps us meet the goal of developing a
+privacy-respecting processor in a way that is *independently* verifiable.