01 — Proof system · Failure mode

Announcing 'no trusted setup' while shipping a wrapper

A transparent system is chosen for exactly that property and then wrapped in a pairing-based SNARK to make settlement affordable. The deployed system depends on a trusted setup and forfeits post-quantum soundness, but the public claim is never updated.

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

Mitigation

Describe the assumption at the boundary the verifier actually sits on. If a wrapper is used, its setup and its parameters are yours to justify — see §04.

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MarketComp (2026). Announcing 'no trusted setup' while shipping a wrapper. The ZK Field Manual (Version 1.3). MarketComp. https://zkpick.com/proof-systems/failure-modes/announcing-no-trusted-setup-while-shipping-a-wrapper/

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