SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multisig? with Nick Farrow

Nick Farrow joins me to talk about new developments coming in Bitcoin multi-signature security:

• FROST and what it is 


• Privacy benefits


• Downsides of FROST e.g interactivity, complexity


• ROAST - what it is


• How hardware and software might have to change to adapt


• The future of multi sig

Links:

• Site: utxo.club


• Twitter: @utxoclub 


• FROST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/852.pdf


• ROAST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/550.pdf

Sponsors:

• Swan Bitcoin


• CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)


• Mempool.space

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