Shamir’s Secret Sharing Scheme

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf crypt
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Shamir’s threshold scheme
gptkbp:application key management
secure multiparty computation
distributed trust
gptkbp:assumes information-theoretic security
gptkbp:basedOn polynomial interpolation
gptkbp:category secret sharing scheme
gptkbp:field cryptography
gptkbp:form finite fields
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shamir’s Secret Sharing Scheme
gptkbp:introducedIn 1979
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Adi_Shamir
gptkbp:minimumSharesRequired threshold number
gptkbp:property perfect secrecy
no single share reveals information
gptkbp:publisher Communication of the ACM, 1979
gptkbp:purpose secret sharing
gptkbp:type threshold scheme
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:cryptocurrency
cryptographic protocols
digital wallets
password recovery systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blakley’s_Secret_Sharing_Scheme
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7