The speakers discuss the concepts of threshold signatures and encryption and how they can be utilized to prevent MEV and front running. They delve into the process of collective signing and the distribution of decryption keys in a threshold manner. The chapter also explores the use of distributed key generation and its relation to zero-knowledge proofs.
In this week’s episode, Anna Rose is joined by Nigel Smart, Professor at KU Leuven and Chief Academic Officer at Zama to discuss the advancements in MPC over recent years. Nigel unpacks core components of MPC systems, including garbled circuits, secret sharing, and FHE. They discuss both systems-level applications like DKGs and Threshold Signature Schemes and actual real-world deployments. Throughout the episode, they also discuss how MPC and ZK differ, but how they can be used together to enhance each other's capabilities.
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