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Projects Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography

Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography MPTC

Publications

The following NIST-authored publications are directly related to this project.

Series & Number Title Status Released
IR 8214C NIST First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes Final 01/20/2026
IR 8214B Notes on Threshold EdDSA/Schnorr Signatures Draft 08/12/2022
IR 8214A NIST Roadmap Toward Criteria for Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives Final 07/07/2020
ITL Bulletin Time to Standardize Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives Final 04/09/2019
IR 8214 Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives: Challenges and Opportunities in Standardization and Validation of Threshold Cryptography Final 03/01/2019

Contacts

Multi-Party Threshold Cryptography (MPTC) Project
[email protected]

Luís T. A. N. Brandão - NIST/Strativia
[email protected]

Michael Davidson - NIST

René Peralta - NIST

Dustin Moody - NIST

Created July 26, 2018, Updated February 06, 2026