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+import std/sequtils
+import std/options
+import std/importutils
+
+import ../../../asynctest
+
+import pkg/questionable/results
+import pkg/datastore
+import pkg/constantine/math/arithmetic
+import pkg/constantine/math/io/io_bigints
+import pkg/constantine/math/io/io_fields
+
+import pkg/codex/rng
+import pkg/codex/stores
+import pkg/codex/merkletree
+import pkg/codex/utils/json
+import pkg/codex/codextypes
+import pkg/codex/slots/sampler
+import pkg/codex/slots/builder
+import pkg/codex/utils/poseidon2digest
+import pkg/codex/slots/sampler/utils
+
+import ../backends/helpers
+import ../helpers
+import ../../helpers
+
+suite "Test control inputs":
+
+  test "Should verify control inputs":
+    let
+      inputData = readFile("tests/circuits/fixtures/input.json")
+      inputJson = parseJson(inputData)
+      proofInput = jsonToProofInput[Poseidon2Hash](inputJson)
+
+    let
+      blockCells = 32
+      cellIdxs = proofInput.entropy.cellIndices(proofInput.slotRoot, proofInput.nCellsPerSlot, 5)
+
+    for i, cellIdx in cellIdxs:
+      let
+        sample = proofInput.samples[i]
+        cellIdx = cellIdxs[i]
+
+        cellProof = Poseidon2Proof.init(
+          cellIdx.toCellInBlk(blockCells),
+          proofInput.nCellsPerSlot,
+          sample.merklePaths[0..<5]).tryGet
+
+        slotProof = Poseidon2Proof.init(
+          cellIdx.toBlkInSlot(blockCells),
+          proofInput.nCellsPerSlot,
+          sample.merklePaths[5..<9]).tryGet
+
+        cellData =
+          block:
+            var
+              pos = 0
+              cellElms: seq[Bn254Fr]
+            while pos < sample.cellData.len:
+              var
+                step = 32
+                offset = min(pos + step, sample.cellData.len)
+                data = sample.cellData[pos..<offset]
+              let ff = Bn254Fr.fromBytes(data.toArray32).get
+              cellElms.add(ff)
+              pos += data.len
+
+            cellElms
+
+        cellLeaf = Poseidon2Hash.spongeDigest(cellData, rate = 2).tryGet
+        slotLeaf = cellProof.reconstructRoot(cellLeaf).tryGet
+
+      check slotProof.verify(slotLeaf, proofInput.slotRoot).tryGet
+
+suite "Test sampler inputs":
+
+  test "Should verify sampler inputs":
+    let
+      cellIndex = 1
+      nSamples = 5
+      blockSize = DefaultBlockSize
+      cellSize = DefaultCellSize
+      ecK = 2
+      ecM = 2
+
+      numSlots = ecK + ecM
+      numDatasetBlocks = 8
+      numTotalBlocks = calcEcBlocksCount(numDatasetBlocks, ecK, ecM)  # total number of blocks in the dataset after
+                                                                      # EC (should will match number of slots)
+      originalDatasetSize = numDatasetBlocks * blockSize.int
+      totalDatasetSize    = numTotalBlocks * blockSize.int
+
+      repoDs = SQLiteDatastore.new(Memory).tryGet()
+      metaDs = SQLiteDatastore.new(Memory).tryGet()
+
+      store = RepoStore.new(repoDs, metaDs)
+      chunker = RandomChunker.new(Rng.instance(), size = totalDatasetSize, chunkSize = blockSize)
+      datasetBlocks = await chunker.createBlocks(store)
+
+      (manifest, protectedManifest) =
+          await createProtectedManifest(
+            datasetBlocks,
+            store,
+            numDatasetBlocks,
+            ecK, ecM,
+            blockSize,
+            originalDatasetSize,
+            totalDatasetSize)
+
+      # build slots from protected manifest
+      builder = Poseidon2Builder.new(store, protectedManifest, cellSize = cellSize).tryGet
+      verifiableManifest = (await builder.buildManifest()).tryGet
+
+      # create sampler
+      verifiableBuilder = Poseidon2Builder.new(store, verifiableManifest).tryGet
+      sampler = Poseidon2Sampler.new(cellIndex, store, verifiableBuilder).tryGet
+
+      entropy = 1234567.toF
+
+      verifyTree = verifiableBuilder.verifyTree.get           # get the dataset tree
+      slotProof = verifyTree.getProof(cellIndex).tryGet       # get slot proof for index
+      datasetRoot = verifyTree.root().tryGet                  # get dataset root
+      slotTreeCid = verifiableManifest.slotRoots[cellIndex]   # get slot tree cid to retrieve proof from storage
+      slotRoot = verifiableBuilder.slotRoots[cellIndex]       # get slot root hash
+      cellIdxs = entropy.cellIndices(
+        slotRoot,
+        verifiableBuilder.numSlotCells,
+        nSamples)
+
+      nBlockCells = verifiableBuilder.numBlockCells
+      nSlotCells = verifiableBuilder.numSlotCells
+
+    for i, cellIdx in cellIdxs:
+      let
+        sample = (await sampler.getSample(cellIdx, slotTreeCid, slotRoot)).tryGet
+
+        cellProof = Poseidon2Proof.init(
+          cellIdx.toCellInBlk(nBlockCells),
+          nSlotCells,
+          sample.merklePaths[0..<5]).tryGet
+
+        slotProof = Poseidon2Proof.init(
+          cellIdx.toBlkInSlot(nBlockCells),
+          nSlotCells,
+          sample.merklePaths[5..<sample.merklePaths.len]).tryGet
+
+        cellLeaf = Poseidon2Hash.spongeDigest(sample.cellData, rate = 2).tryGet
+        slotLeaf = cellProof.reconstructRoot(cellLeaf).tryGet
+
+      check slotProof.verify(slotLeaf, slotRoot).tryGet