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docs: clarify signing fallback behavior

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80/100 · Strong
docs: clarify signing fallback behavior

Document the historical zero-contribution S2C fallback used by legacy
Bitcoin and Ethereum signing requests when anti-klepto is omitted.

Clarify that EIP-712 instead falls back to plain RFC6979 and that neither
fallback provides anti-klepto protection.
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit only adds documentation comments and does not change any program behavior. It explains that when a security feature called anti-klepto is left out of older Bitcoin and Ethereum signing requests, the device falls back to a historical, deterministic signing method that lacks anti-klepto protection. For EIP-712 typed messages, it falls back to plain RFC6979. No code logic is altered.

Recommended action

No action required; review the documentation for accuracy and consider whether users or SDK maintainers should be encouraged to always supply anti-klepto commitments.

Security signals we found

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No functional code changes

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Documentation clarifies existing anti-klepto fallback behavior

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Mentions lack of anti-klepto protection when host nonce commitment is omitted

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Distinguishes legacy S2C fallback from RFC6979

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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