Replace the dense per-chunk offset index with a sparse block-sampled structure (64 chunks per block), reducing the index file size by approximately 300× while preserving O(1) k-mer extraction. Introduce a design document for eliminating the `evidence.bin` file, which accounts for ~66% of the lookup layer, by transitioning to fingerprint-based approximate indexing and value-based MPHF lookups. Update MkDocs navigation to include the new documentation and add a file count tracker to the scatter step progress bar for improved observability.
Eric Coissac