Every cryptographic system has a trust assumption somewhere

Hm. Computation with paper and pencil?

(I agree in general, I'm just exploring the statement).

Unless you are a world-class cryptographer, you have to trust someone that the algorithms are sound.

	▲	Ohentis 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Even if you are a world-class cryptographer, you have to trust that the algorithms are sound (but now it isn't even a person you are trusting).