# Keymanagement: Multisig based Custody as Enabler for Mass Adoption by Christoph Jentzsch (Devcon5)

- Speakers: Christoph Jentzsch
- Channel: [Devcon](https://streameth.org/devcon)
- Date: 2020-10-09
- Duration: 05:39
- Topics: blockchain, smart contracts, distributed ledger, ethereum, Science & Technology
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-rNnjQd6_HsQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNnjQd6_HsQ

## Description

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Key management is a fundamental challenge in the widespread use of blockchain technology. Especially when it comes to managing large tokenized values, a suitable custody service is essential.
While many existing custody services are primarily based on technologies such as Shamir's Secret Sharing, it makes sense to use a Smart  Contract based Multisig to manage the rules such as access, what signatures are required, time delay, recovery of lost accesses, etc.

Speaker(s): Christoph Jentzsch
Skill level: Intermediate
Track: Security
Keywords: technical

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