{
  "type": "failure-mode",
  "name": "The transcript becomes unavailable",
  "slug": "the-transcript-becomes-unavailable",
  "section": {
    "id": "ceremony",
    "number": "04",
    "title": "Running or reusing a trusted setup",
    "url": "https://zkpick.com/ceremony/"
  },
  "url": "https://zkpick.com/ceremony/failure-modes/the-transcript-becomes-unavailable/",
  "markdown": "https://zkpick.com/md/ceremony/failure-modes/the-transcript-becomes-unavailable.md",
  "detail": "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.",
  "mitigation": "Mirror artefacts across independent parties and archival services, pin content hashes in the published documentation, and keep the verifier buildable with pinned dependencies.",
  "relatedOptions": [],
  "updated": "2026-09-12",
  "version": "1.3",
  "canonical": "https://zkpick.com/ceremony/failure-modes/the-transcript-becomes-unavailable/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "authors": [
    "MarketComp"
  ]
}