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| author | Roy Badami <roy@gnomon.org.uk> | 2014-03-29 17:51:30 +0000 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2014-03-29 17:51:44 +0000 |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Presenting a BIP for Shamir's Secret Sharing of Bitcoin private keys
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