I'm joined by [Jonas Nick]( https://twitter.com/n1ckler ), [Tim Ruffing]( https://twitter.com/real_or_random ), [Lloyd Fournier]( https://twitter.com/LLFOURN ), [Jesse Posner]( https://twitter.com/jesseposner ) & [Rijndael]( https://twitter.com/rot13maxi ) to discuss libsecp.
**Discussion Topics**
* 00:01:13 Guest intros
* 00:04:18 Importance of libsecp
* 00:11:21 Why libsecp was invented
* 00:15:44 The process of adding Schnoor
* 00:17:14 Tools and testing
* 00:25:43 Most interesting thing writing the library
* 00:34:05 Wrappers and vendors integrating libsecp
* 00:41:31 Side channel attacks
* 00:44:35 Testing
* 00:48:38 Hacspec
* 00:51:31 Signature types in research
* 00:52:51 Cross input aggregation
* 00:55:08 Deciding on what is included in the libsecp release
* 01:06:10 Are there enough contributors?
* 01:09:12 Musig2
* 01:10:28 Governance
* 01:13:32 Funding
* 01:14:09 Contributing
* 01:19:50 Security proofs for FROST
* 01:20:37 Nested musig FROST proofs
* 01:26:58 Nonce sharing
* 01:31:14 Demystifying libsecp
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**Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-50**