Parameters and byte sizes

Name	Value	Meaning
`HASH_BYTES`	32	Hash output and WOTS security parameter `n`
`WINTERNITZ_W`	16	Number of positions in one chain
`CHAIN_STEPS`	15	Maximum transitions per chain
`MESSAGE_DIGITS`	64	Base-16 digits in a 256-bit message
`CHECKSUM_DIGITS`	3	Base-16 checksum digits
`CHAIN_COUNT`	67	Total signature chains
`MASK_COUNT`	16	Reachable upstream mask indices 0 through 15
`SIGNATURE_BYTES`	2,144	67 × 32-byte chain values
`PUBLIC_KEY_BYTES`	64	Public seed and endpoint hash
`FUSED_OUTPUT_BYTES`	2,208	Signature plus public key
Signer output beats	35	512-bit transfers, partial final keep
Verifier input bytes	2,240	Signature, public key, and message digest
Verifier input beats	35	512-bit transfers, all lanes valid
SHA signer blocks	1,258	Fixed fused private-seed work
Active clusters	3	Signer and verifier
Contexts per cluster	4	One lane shared locally
Active contexts	12	Three clusters × four contexts
SHA lane latency	64 cycles	Exact tag-preserving compression latency

These constants describe authored protocol and source geometry. LUTs, registers, DSPs, RAM, frequency, and physical latency come from higher evidence tiers.