A look back at our work in 2025: a FROST capstone, Zcash support, and new technologies including XIDs, provenance marks, Gordian Clubs, and Hubert the Dead-Drop Hub. A year building a shared infrastructure for self-sovereign systems—read the full report! blockchaincommons.com/quarte…

Our Q1 Report has been released. Its major topics: stack capstones; known values populated; XID expansion & tutorial; self-sovereign identity work; and the return of Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line. blockchaincommons.com/quarte…

The yearly report from @BlockchainComns dropped today, with a look at our work in 2025 towards an open, interoperable, secure & compassionate digital infrastructure. [1/12]

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Today's quarterly report from @BlockchainComns covers our three big initiatives in Q1, 2025: ZeWIF for Zcash, Open Integrity for GitHub, and Post-Quantum Cryptography. It was a busy quarter! [1/12] blockchaincommons.com/quarte…

🔐 We’ve lost the privacy plot. @hackernoon just published an interview where I dive into how we got here—and what we still can do about it. Interview by @TerezaBizkova 👇 (more links in 🧵…) 1/6

Yesterday's Gordian Developer Meeting focused on Post-Quantum Cryptography with a special presentation from @KenOfFoundation of @FOUNDATIONdvcs on Passport Prime's QuantumLink. [1/13] youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsH2fIH…

There is a superior standard for Shamir's Secret Sharing backups: #SSKR from @BlockchainComns SSKR allows one to split their existing BIP-39 seed into shards and later reconstruct the seed phrase from the shards. There are other benefits.

The 2024 annual report from @BlockchainComns is here! It highlights our work toward an open, secure, and compassionate digital infrastructure, emphasizing interoperability and self-sovereign wallet standards through key projects: dCBOR, FROST, and Gordian Envelope. 🧵… [1/11]

Hey Folks, just a reminder that our @blockchaincomns FROST Wallet Developers meeting is tomorrow at 10am PT. [1/2]

Sponsor our work on cliques at @BlockchainComns! Your patronage fuels the development of decentralized privacy-enhancing, relationship-focused digital identity solutions. Together, we can build a resilient future. Help make a difference! [11/11] github.com/sponsors/Blockcha…

Last week, I introduced "cryptographic cliques"—a novel way to view identity based on your connections & relationships. This week, I expand that concept with a new article detailing three variants: open cliques, closed cliques, and device cliques. [1/11] blockchaincommons.com/musing…

Our new quarterly report is out, covering FROST, Gordian Envelope, Seed Recovery, and more. blockchaincommons.com/quarte…

Identity isn't just about who you are, it's about who you're connected to & how you relate. My new article, "Edge Identifiers & Cliques", explores how cryptographic innovations redefine identity, making it more connected, resilient & decentralized. [1/14] blockchaincommons.com/musing…

The second FROST Implementers Round Table from @blockchaincomns featured cryptographers and designers talking about the status of their FROST projects and the challenges they're facing. We've published a full record of the event. [1/14] developer.blockchaincommons.…

Presented BIP ChillDKG: Distributed Key Generation for FROST at @BlockchainComns' Round Table. Covers motivation (progress with FROST in the real world), why this is a nontrivial problem, and gives an overview of ChillDKG's features. Recording: youtu.be/VxLTJ_OxGT4?t=3496