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Disarming Fiat-Shamir footguns

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Summary

Fiat-Shamir mistakes can enable proof forgery in ZKPs. Trail of Bits releases Decree, a tool that helps developers specify transcripts and avoid common Fiat-Shamir implementation pitfalls.
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