Direct answer · §03 Auditing

When should the audit happen?

Short answer

Engage early enough that findings can still change the design, and late enough that the code is stable — in practice, when the circuits and protocol are feature-complete and the specification is written, not when the launch date is three weeks away. The specification is the binding constraint: an auditor cannot tell you a circuit is underconstrained without a statement of what it was supposed to constrain. Budget separate time for a fix-review round. See Section 03.

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

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MarketComp (2026). When should the audit happen?. The ZK Field Manual (Version 1.3). MarketComp. https://zkpick.com/faq/when-should-the-audit-happen/

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