Episode 158: Threshold Cryptography with Omer Shlomovits from ZenGo

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In this week’s episode, we chat with Omer Shlomovits from ZenGo Wallet about MPC, threshold cryptography and how the research around this topic can be used in a blockchain context.

We reference the Zero Knowledge Podcast Episode 90 with Nigel Smart.

Here are some additional links to check out:

• ZenGo X
• Flaws Could Have Exposed Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Hackers presented at Blackhat USA
• Omer’s work on Diogenes
• Survey of threshold ECDSA
• MPC Alliance
• JugglingSwap: Scriptless Atomic Cross-Chain Swaps
• CryptoWills: How to Bequeath Cryptoassets

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