Introduction - ClockinChain Big Integer Specifications
Description: Normative specifications for ClockinChain big integer arithmetic

# ClockinChain Big Integer Specifications

This document collection contains the normative specifications for the ClockinChain Big Integer library, a production-ready big integer crate for blockchain consensus engines.

## Specifications

- Representation Specification v1.0 - Canonical encoding and memory layout
- Arithmetic Algorithm Specification v1.0 - Deterministic arithmetic operations
- Montgomery & Modular Exponentiation Specification v1.0 - Cryptographic arithmetic
- Gas Schedule Specification v1.0 - Precomputable gas metering

## Overview

The ClockinChain Big Integer specifications define a complete cryptographic big integer arithmetic library with the following key properties:

- Deterministic: Bit-for-bit identical results across all platforms
- Constant-time: All operations execute in constant time to prevent timing attacks
- Canonical encoding: Unique representation for each integer value
- Gas metering: Precomputable gas costs for VM execution
- Montgomery arithmetic: Full support for cryptographic operations
- Time-sliced operations: Pausable long operations for async VM execution

## Implementation

These specifications are implemented in the clock-bigint Rust crate.

## License

This specification is licensed under the same terms as the clock-bigint crate.