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It was mentioned in the post: > without simply using a centralized service like Coinbase or needing secret shares from k of n friends.
by ipsum2 7y ago
It was mentioned in the post:
> without simply using a centralized service like Coinbase or needing secret shares from k of n friends.
- mrb 7y agoYup, jrpt already mentioned it. This is called Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme. There is a handy CLI tool implementing it: http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/ http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/ This is what's Satoshi's treasure hunt uses (have to find 400 of 1000(?) keys to win the 1 million USD prize)
- emmelaich 7y agoYep, installable on pretty much any Linux machine dnf (or apt) install ssss