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Presumably this relies on Zcash's Trusted Setup which was likely compromised: >“Morgen, why is your phone playing the audio from our Google Hangout?” asked Wil
by grubles 9y ago
Presumably this relies on Zcash's Trusted Setup which was likely compromised:
>“Morgen, why is your phone playing the audio from our Google Hangout?” asked Wilcox, bemused, curious, and slightly alarmed.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/the-crazy-security-behind-the-birth-of-zcash https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/the-c...
- SippinLean 9y agoThe incident happened in 1 of 6 stations around the world, each creates a shard of the key. So if the phone compromised the air-gapped machine on the other side of the room (which the article concludes is unlikely) the attacker has 1/6 of the key. Do you have any evidence, even circumstantial, that the other 5 stations were compromised? Or do you have some other reason to believe the entirety of Zcash is "likely compromised"?
- honestlyreally 9y agoNo proof whatsoever, but the ceremony and who was involved was most certainly known ahead of time. Is prudence not prudent in matters such as these?