BR050 - Libsec Panel ft. Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Lloyd Fournier, Jesse Posner & Rijndael

Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests

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
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• Nostr & LN:⚡[e-mail] (not an email!)

Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-50