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Falsifiable assumptions

Aug 24, 2026

Falsifiable assumptions

An assumption is falsifiable if a violation of it can be witnessed by a polynomial-time game between a challenger and an adversary, so that a counterexample can be efficiently recognized; KEA-style knowledge assumptions are not.

TODO: syntax and security definition.

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Builds on Falsifiable assumptions

  • Falsifiable assumption ⇒ SNARK

Barriers

  • No reduction from Falsifiable assumption to KEA
  • No fully-black-box reduction from Falsifiable assumption to SNARK

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  • No reduction from Falsifiable assumption to KEA
  • No fully-black-box reduction from Falsifiable assumption to SNARK
  • Falsifiable assumption ⇒ SNARK

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