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pants2today at 5:43 AM2 repliesview on HN

^ this is a common security misconception in crypto. "We're using an HSM, they can't steal our private key." OK genius now you still have to secure the HSM.

There's no shortcut to MPC/multisig with 3+ keyholders.


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Ferret7446today at 5:59 AM

It's still significantly better, since access can be revoked, vs a leaked key where you're permanently fucked

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WatchDogtoday at 6:09 AM

> you still have to secure the HSM

Obviously.

> There's no shortcut to MPC/multisig with 3+ keyholders.

The whole concept of a stablecoin seems to be based on centralised trust. Ultimately there is some org that has the fiat bank account, that mints and redeems the coins.

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