Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests BR050 - Libsec Panel ft. Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael
Sep 8, 2023
01:52:29
I'm joined by Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael to discuss libsecp.
Discussion Topics
- 00:01:13 Guest intros
- 00:04:18 Importance of libsecp
- 00:11:21 Why libsecp was invented
- 00:15:44 The process of adding Schnoor
- 00:17:14 Tools and testing
- 00:25:43 Most interesting thing writing the library
- 00:34:05 Wrappers and vendors integrating libsecp
- 00:41:31 Side channel attacks
- 00:44:35 Testing
- 00:48:38 Hacspec
- 00:51:31 Signature types in research
- 00:52:51 Cross input aggregation
- 00:55:08 Deciding on what is included in the libsecp release
- 01:06:10 Are there enough contributors?
- 01:09:12 Musig2
- 01:10:28 Governance
- 01:13:32 Funding
- 01:14:09 Contributing
- 01:19:50 Security proofs for FROST
- 01:20:37 Nested musig FROST proofs
- 01:26:58 Nonce sharing
- 01:31:14 Demystifying libsecp
Links & Contacts
- Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
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- NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
- Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
- Email: producer@coinkite.com
- Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-50