diff --git a/src/agents/coordinator.ts b/src/agents/coordinator.ts
index ca1e41f17..a30deb191 100644
--- a/src/agents/coordinator.ts
+++ b/src/agents/coordinator.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export interface CoordinatorRitual {
 export type DkgParticipant = {
   provider: string;
   aggregated: boolean;
+  // TODO: How do I get the transcript from the Coordinator?
   transcript: Transcript;
   decryptionRequestStaticKey: SessionStaticKey;
 };
diff --git a/src/agents/subscription-manager.ts b/src/agents/subscription-manager.ts
index ac8a5a3c5..f997508c8 100644
--- a/src/agents/subscription-manager.ts
+++ b/src/agents/subscription-manager.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class PreSubscriptionManagerAgent {
   }
 
   public static async getPolicyCost(
-    provider: ethers.providers.Provider,
+    provider: ethers.providers.Web3Provider,
     size: number,
     startTimestamp: number,
     endTimestamp: number
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export class PreSubscriptionManagerAgent {
     );
   }
 
-  private static async connectReadOnly(provider: ethers.providers.Provider) {
+  private static async connectReadOnly(
+    provider: ethers.providers.Web3Provider
+  ) {
     return await this.connect(provider);
   }
 
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ export class PreSubscriptionManagerAgent {
   }
 
   private static async connect(
-    provider: ethers.providers.Provider,
+    provider: ethers.providers.Web3Provider,
     signer?: ethers.providers.JsonRpcSigner
   ): Promise<SubscriptionManager> {
     const network = await provider.getNetwork();
diff --git a/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts b/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts
index 68ad97b8a..17af50e8b 100644
--- a/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts
+++ b/src/characters/cbd-recipient.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '../agents/coordinator';
 import { ConditionExpression } from '../conditions';
 import {
+  DkgClient,
   DkgRitual,
   getCombineDecryptionSharesFunction,
   getVariantClass,
@@ -91,6 +92,16 @@ export class ThresholdDecrypter {
       );
     }
 
+    const isLocallyVerified = await DkgClient.verifyRitual(
+      web3Provider,
+      this.ritualId
+    );
+    if (!isLocallyVerified) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Ritual with id ${this.ritualId} has failed local verification.`
+      );
+    }
+
     const dkgParticipants = await DkgCoordinatorAgent.getParticipants(
       web3Provider,
       this.ritualId
diff --git a/src/dkg.ts b/src/dkg.ts
index a728b7a59..749dae96f 100644
--- a/src/dkg.ts
+++ b/src/dkg.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import {
+  AggregatedTranscript,
   combineDecryptionSharesPrecomputed,
   combineDecryptionSharesSimple,
   DecryptionSharePrecomputed,
   DecryptionShareSimple,
   DkgPublicKey,
+  EthereumAddress,
+  FerveoPublicKey,
   FerveoVariant,
   SharedSecret,
+  Validator,
+  ValidatorMessage,
 } from '@nucypher/nucypher-core';
 import { ethers } from 'ethers';
 
@@ -97,6 +102,21 @@ export class DkgRitual {
 const assumedThreshold = (sharesNum: number): number =>
   Math.floor(sharesNum / 2) + 1;
 
+// TODO: Without Validator public key in Coordinator, we cannot verify the
+//    transcript. We need to add it to the Coordinator (nucypher-contracts #77).
+const participantPublicKeys: Record<string, FerveoPublicKey> = {
+  '0x210eeAC07542F815ebB6FD6689637D8cA2689392': FerveoPublicKey.fromBytes(
+    fromHexString(
+      'ace9d7567b26dafc512b2303cfdaa872850c62b100078ddeaabf8408c7308b3a43dfeb88375c21ef63230fb4008ce7e908764463c6765e556f9b03009eb1757d179eaa26bf875332807cc070d62a385ed2e66e09f4f4766451da12779a09036e'
+    )
+  ),
+  '0xb15d5A4e2be34f4bE154A1b08a94Ab920FfD8A41': FerveoPublicKey.fromBytes(
+    fromHexString(
+      '8b373fdb6b43e9dca028bd603c2bf90f0e008ec83ff217a8d7bc006b585570e6ab1ce761bad0e21c1aed1363286145f61134ed0ab53f4ebaa05036396c57f6e587f33d49667c1003cd03b71ad651b09dd4791bc631eaef93f1b313bbee7bd63a'
+    )
+  ),
+};
+
 export class DkgClient {
   public static async initializeRitual(
     web3Provider: ethers.providers.Web3Provider,
@@ -167,24 +187,34 @@ export class DkgClient {
     );
   }
 
-  // TODO: Without Validator public key in Coordinator, we cannot verify the
-  //    transcript. We need to add it to the Coordinator (nucypher-contracts #77).
-  // public async verifyRitual(ritualId: number): Promise<boolean> {
-  //   const ritual = await DkgCoordinatorAgent.getRitual(this.provider, ritualId);
-  //   const participants = await DkgCoordinatorAgent.getParticipants(
-  //     this.provider,
-  //     ritualId
-  //   );
-  //
-  //   const validatorMessages = participants.map((p) => {
-  //     const validatorAddress = EthereumAddress.fromString(p.provider);
-  //     const publicKey = FerveoPublicKey.fromBytes(fromHexString(p.???));
-  //     const validator = new Validator(validatorAddress, publicKey);
-  //     const transcript = Transcript.fromBytes(fromHexString(p.transcript));
-  //     return new ValidatorMessage(validator, transcript);
-  //   });
-  //   const aggregate = new AggregatedTranscript(validatorMessages);
-  //
-  //   return aggregate.verify(ritual.dkgSize, validatorMessages);
-  // }
+  public static async verifyRitual(
+    web3Provider: ethers.providers.Web3Provider,
+    ritualId: number
+  ): Promise<boolean> {
+    const ritual = await DkgCoordinatorAgent.getRitual(web3Provider, ritualId);
+    const participants = await DkgCoordinatorAgent.getParticipants(
+      web3Provider,
+      ritualId
+    );
+
+    // TODO: Does this check make sense here? Or do we delegate it to the Coordinator contract?
+    // for (const p of participants) {
+    //   // Not every participant has submitted a transcript
+    //   if (!p.aggregated) {
+    //     return false;
+    //   }
+    // }
+
+    const validatorMessages = participants.map((p) => {
+      const validatorAddress = EthereumAddress.fromString(p.provider);
+      // TODO: Replace with real keys
+      // const publicKey = FerveoPublicKey.fromBytes(fromHexString(p.???));
+      const publicKey = participantPublicKeys[p.provider];
+      const validator = new Validator(validatorAddress, publicKey);
+      return new ValidatorMessage(validator, p.transcript);
+    });
+    const aggregate = new AggregatedTranscript(validatorMessages);
+
+    return aggregate.verify(ritual.dkgSize, validatorMessages);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/cbd-strategy.test.ts b/test/unit/cbd-strategy.test.ts
index b580673c3..fe19d0350 100644
--- a/test/unit/cbd-strategy.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/cbd-strategy.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   mockGetUrsulas,
   mockInitializeRitual,
   mockRandomSessionStaticSecret,
+  mockVerifyRitual,
 } from '../utils';
 
 import { aliceSecretKeyBytes } from './testVariables';
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ describe('CbdDeployedStrategy', () => {
     const getUrsulasSpy = mockGetUrsulas(ursulas);
     const sessionKeySpy = mockRandomSessionStaticSecret(requesterSessionKey);
     const getRitualStateSpy = mockGetRitualState();
+    const verifyRitualSpy = mockVerifyRitual();
 
     const decryptedMessage =
       await deployedStrategy.decrypter.retrieveAndDecrypt(
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ describe('CbdDeployedStrategy', () => {
         variant,
         ciphertext
       );
+    expect(getRitualStateSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(verifyRitualSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(getUrsulasSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(getParticipantsSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(sessionKeySpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/test/utils.ts b/test/utils.ts
index b9b76db06..f33791cec 100644
--- a/test/utils.ts
+++ b/test/utils.ts
@@ -546,3 +546,9 @@ export const mockGetRitualState = (state = DkgRitualState.FINALIZED) => {
     .spyOn(DkgCoordinatorAgent, 'getRitualState')
     .mockImplementation((_provider, _ritualId) => Promise.resolve(state));
 };
+
+export const mockVerifyRitual = (isValid = true) => {
+  return jest
+    .spyOn(DkgClient, 'verifyRitual')
+    .mockImplementation((_provider, _ritualId) => Promise.resolve(isValid));
+};