feat: TXE nr deployments, dependency cleanup for CLI

[Thunkar]

This PR eliminates unnecessary dependencies from TXE (namely @aztec/noir-contracts.js) and introduces a new format for simulated contract deployments in tests.

Leveraging two new variables introduced in nargo foreign calls that provide context to TXE (root_path and package_name), we are able to directly locate the .json artifacts resulting from compilation and use those to deploy bytecode. The API looks like this:

// The contract we're testing
env.deploy_self("ContractName").with{out/_public/_private}_initializer(...); // We have to provide ContractName since nargo it's ready to support multi-contract files

// A contract from a workspace
env.deploy("../path/to/workspace@package_name", "ContractName").with{out/_public/_private}_initializer(...); // This format allows locating the artifact in the root workspace target folder, regardless of internal code organization

// An isolated contract
env.deploy("../path/to/contract", "ContractName").with{out/_public/_private}_initializer(...);

All paths originate and point to a program root (where Nargo.toml lives)

[Thunkar]

Added extra context required for TXE, basically metadata on the project/workspace the nargo command is called from.

@TomAFrench please LMK if this is a problem, the improvements for us are huge. It doesn't feel like a stretch since it's just metadata added to the RPC call that might be useful in other cases.

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Benchmark results

Metrics with a significant change:

• avm_simulation_time_ms (Token:mint_public): 60.2 (-82%)
• avm_simulation_time_ms (Token:_increase_public_balance): 15.1 (-82%)
• avm_simulation_time_ms (FPC:pay_refund_with_shielded_rebate): 176 (+60%)
• protocol_circuit_proving_time_in_ms (base-parity): 1,931 (+38%)

Detailed results

All benchmarks are run on txs on the Benchmarking contract on the repository. Each tx consists of a batch call to create_note and increment_balance, which guarantees that each tx has a private call, a nested private call, a public call, and a nested public call, as well as an emitted private note, an unencrypted log, and public storage read and write.

This benchmark source data is available in JSON format on S3 here.

Proof generation

Each column represents the number of threads used in proof generation.

Metric	1 threads	4 threads	16 threads	32 threads	64 threads
proof_construction_time_sha256_ms	5,711	1,539	707	752 (-1%)	767 (-1%)
proof_construction_time_sha256_30_ms	11,674 (-1%)	3,130 (-1%)	1,401 (-1%)	1,422 (-2%)	1,474 (+1%)
proof_construction_time_sha256_100_ms	43,594	11,855 (-2%)	5,465 (-2%)	5,369 (-4%)	5,348 (-4%)
proof_construction_time_poseidon_hash_ms	78.0	34.0	34.0	59.0	88.0 (-2%)
proof_construction_time_poseidon_hash_30_ms	1,513 (-1%)	415	199	217 (-3%)	268
proof_construction_time_poseidon_hash_100_ms	5,593	1,513	685	732 (+1%)	751

L2 block published to L1

Each column represents the number of txs on an L2 block published to L1.

Metric	4 txs	8 txs	16 txs
l1_rollup_calldata_size_in_bytes	708	708	708
l1_rollup_calldata_gas	6,588	6,592	6,600
l1_rollup_execution_gas	583,050	583,205	583,364
l2_block_processing_time_in_ms	762 (+1%)	1,419	2,706
l2_block_building_time_in_ms	13,210 (+1%)	25,587	51,157
l2_block_rollup_simulation_time_in_ms	13,209 (+1%)	25,587	51,157
l2_block_public_tx_process_time_in_ms	11,048	23,275	48,775

L2 chain processing

Each column represents the number of blocks on the L2 chain where each block has 8 txs.

Metric	3 blocks	5 blocks
node_history_sync_time_in_ms	7,092	9,937 (-1%)
node_database_size_in_bytes	12,435,536	16,535,632 (+1%)
pxe_database_size_in_bytes	16,254	26,813

Circuits stats

Stats on running time and I/O sizes collected for every kernel circuit run across all benchmarks.

Circuit	simulation_time_in_ms	witness_generation_time_in_ms	input_size_in_bytes	output_size_in_bytes	proving_time_in_ms	proof_size_in_bytes	num_public_inputs	size_in_gates
private-kernel-init	115 (-2%)	435 (+9%)	21,732	54,085	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
private-kernel-inner	231 (+1%)	747	81,199	54,264	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
private-kernel-tail	1,119	2,500 (+2%)	61,568	62,127	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
base-parity	6.56 (+1%)	847 (+2%)	160	96.0	⚠️ 1,931 (+38%)	12,676	3.00	131,072
root-parity	108 (+1%)	108 (-15%)	64,860	96.0	28,056 (-12%)	12,676	3.00	4,194,304
base-rollup	4,192	5,124 (+3%)	181,083	632	40,969 (-8%)	13,476	28.0	4,194,304
root-rollup	154 (+1%)	120 (-2%)	51,261	652	25,261 (-11%)	13,412	26.0	4,194,304
public-kernel-setup	196 (+1%)	2,356 (-4%)	113,048	80,822	15,770 (-12%)	119,428	3,339	2,097,152
public-kernel-app-logic	151	3,340	113,048	80,822	8,802 (-14%)	119,428	3,339	1,048,576
public-kernel-tail	896	26,402 (-4%)	410,181	10,814	61,946 (-7%)	25,860	415	8,388,608
private-kernel-reset-tiny	297 (-1%)	1,045 (+4%)	77,007	53,954	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
private-kernel-tail-to-public	6,704 (-1%)	2,913 (+2%)	773,262	1,632	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
public-kernel-teardown	141 (+1%)	3,339 (-2%)	113,048	80,822	16,244 (-12%)	119,428	3,339	2,097,152
merge-rollup	57.7	N/A	33,566	632	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
undefined	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	172,136 (-2%)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Stats on running time collected for app circuits

Function	input_size_in_bytes	output_size_in_bytes	witness_generation_time_in_ms	proof_size_in_bytes	proving_time_in_ms
ContractClassRegisterer:register	1,312	9,344	394 (-1%)	N/A	N/A
ContractInstanceDeployer:deploy	1,376	9,344	25.4 (+1%)	N/A	N/A
MultiCallEntrypoint:entrypoint	1,888	9,344	640	N/A	N/A
GasToken:deploy	1,344	9,344	569 (+1%)	N/A	N/A
SchnorrAccount:constructor	1,280	9,344	465 (+1%)	N/A	N/A
SchnorrAccount:entrypoint	2,272	9,344	803 (+1%)	N/A	N/A
Token:privately_mint_private_note	1,248	9,344	571 (+6%)	N/A	N/A
FPC:fee_entrypoint_public	1,312	9,344	105 (+5%)	N/A	N/A
Token:transfer	1,280	9,344	1,535 (+1%)	N/A	N/A
AuthRegistry:set_authorized (avm)	19,222	N/A	N/A	95,392	2,187 (+7%)
FPC:prepare_fee (avm)	22,670	N/A	N/A	95,456	2,274 (+8%)
Token:transfer_public (avm)	42,914	N/A	N/A	95,456	3,053 (+4%)
AuthRegistry:consume (avm)	33,100	N/A	N/A	95,424	2,814 (+9%)
FPC:pay_refund (avm)	32,835	N/A	N/A	95,424	7,853 (-13%)
Benchmarking:create_note	1,312	9,344	451 (+2%)	N/A	N/A
SchnorrAccount:verify_private_authwit	1,248	9,344	41.5	N/A	N/A
Token:unshield	1,344	9,344	1,224	N/A	N/A
FPC:fee_entrypoint_private	1,344	9,344	1,589 (-1%)	N/A	N/A

AVM Simulation

Time to simulate various public functions in the AVM.

Function	time_ms	bytecode_size_in_bytes
GasToken:_increase_public_balance	98.7 (-1%)	13,790
GasToken:set_portal	13.5 (+28%)	3,339
Token:constructor	123 (-2%)	23,692
FPC:constructor	91.8 (-2%)	13,592
GasToken:mint_public	85.3 (+4%)	10,158
Token:mint_public	⚠️ 60.2 (-82%)	19,034
Token:assert_minter_and_mint	105 (+16%)	12,925
AuthRegistry:set_authorized	46.4	7,812
FPC:prepare_fee	106 (+9%)	11,068
Token:transfer_public	41.5 (+8%)	31,218
FPC:pay_refund	132 (-2%)	21,266
Benchmarking:increment_balance	1,305	11,281
Token:_increase_public_balance	⚠️ 15.1 (-82%)	15,006
FPC:pay_refund_with_shielded_rebate	⚠️ 176 (+60%)	22,361

Public DB Access

Time to access various public DBs.

Function	time_ms
get-nullifier-index	0.153 (-5%)

Tree insertion stats

The duration to insert a fixed batch of leaves into each tree type.

Metric	1 leaves	16 leaves	64 leaves	128 leaves	256 leaves	512 leaves	1024 leaves
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_16_depth_ms	10.4 (+1%)	16.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_16_depth_hash_count	16.8	31.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_16_depth_hash_ms	0.602 (+1%)	0.516	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_32_depth_ms	N/A	N/A	48.3	75.7	131	245	468
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_32_depth_hash_count	N/A	N/A	95.9	159	287	543	1,055
batch_insert_into_append_only_tree_32_depth_hash_ms	N/A	N/A	0.494	0.465	0.450	0.444	0.437
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_20_depth_ms	N/A	N/A	60.0	111	182	352	689
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_20_depth_hash_count	N/A	N/A	109	207	355	691	1,363
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_20_depth_hash_ms	N/A	N/A	0.507 (+1%)	0.498	0.482	0.476	0.475
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_40_depth_ms	N/A	N/A	72.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_40_depth_hash_count	N/A	N/A	133	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
batch_insert_into_indexed_tree_40_depth_hash_ms	N/A	N/A	0.519	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Miscellaneous

Transaction sizes based on how many contract classes are registered in the tx.

Metric	0 registered classes	1 registered classes
tx_size_in_bytes	77,362	668,542

Transaction size based on fee payment method

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