Zcash Releases New Version of Frost Signature Scheme

The Zcash Foundation announced an updated version of its flexible-optimized schnorr threshold signature scheme, FROST. FROST is the result of a collaboration between Zcash and the University of Waterloo.

FROST signatures will be used to sign transactions from the owners of a signing key. The foundation commented on the motivations behind the decision to upgrade: "Our decision to design a new threshold scheme stemmed from the desire to improve the state of threshold signature research to match the needs of Zcash users today.

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