{
  "type": "failure-mode",
  "name": "Adopting a construction ahead of its implementations",
  "slug": "adopting-a-construction-ahead-of-its-implementations",
  "section": {
    "id": "proof-systems",
    "number": "01",
    "title": "Choosing a proof system",
    "url": "https://zkpick.com/proof-systems/"
  },
  "url": "https://zkpick.com/proof-systems/failure-modes/adopting-a-construction-ahead-of-its-implementations/",
  "markdown": "https://zkpick.com/md/proof-systems/failure-modes/adopting-a-construction-ahead-of-its-implementations.md",
  "detail": "A recent construction with excellent published numbers is selected, but has one implementation, no independent verifier, thin audit coverage, and a codebase that has already been archived and superseded once.",
  "mitigation": "Weight an independent second implementation of the verifier heavily — it is the strongest available maturity signal. Match construction novelty to your team's ability to own cryptographic risk.",
  "relatedOptions": [],
  "updated": "2026-09-12",
  "version": "1.3",
  "canonical": "https://zkpick.com/proof-systems/failure-modes/adopting-a-construction-ahead-of-its-implementations/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "authors": [
    "MarketComp"
  ]
}