RFC 9591: The Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold (FROST) Protocol for Two-Round Schnorr Signatures
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This document specifies the Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold (FROST) signing protocol. FROST signatures can be issued after a threshold number of entities cooperate to compute a signature, allowing for improved distribution of trust and redundancy with respect to a secret key. FROST depends only on a prime-order group and cryptographic hash function. This document specifies a number of ciphersuites to instantiate FROST using different prime-order groups and hash functions. This document is a product of the Crypto Forum Research Group (CFRG) in the IRTF.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9591
- Published
- June 2024
- Authors
- D. Connolly; C. Komlo; I. Goldberg; C. A. Wood
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IRTF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 47
- Also known as
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