04 — Trusted setup · Failure mode

The transcript becomes unavailable

Artefacts live in one repository, one bucket or one company's infrastructure. Years later the links are dead, the verification tool no longer builds, and no one can independently confirm the ceremony happened as described.

By MarketComp Updated 2026-09-12 v1.3 About the authors Changelog

Mitigation

Mirror artefacts across independent parties and archival services, pin content hashes in the published documentation, and keep the verifier buildable with pinned dependencies.

Cite this page

MarketComp (2026). The transcript becomes unavailable. The ZK Field Manual (Version 1.3). MarketComp. https://zkpick.com/ceremony/failure-modes/the-transcript-becomes-unavailable/

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