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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 11:48:34 -0500
From: Kyle Jerviss <bitcoin-devel@jerviss.org>
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Cc: Bitcoin Development <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] PSA: Please sign your git commits
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Multisig is great for irreversible actions, but pointless most of the 
time, which is why no PGP developer or user ever thought to implement it.

If you lose a key and an attacker signs a bogus email or commit with it, 
we all roll back with no lasting harm done.

Wladimir wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com> wrote:
>> Related:  Current multi-sig wallet technology being rolled out now,
>> with 2FA and other fancy doodads, is now arguably more secure than my
>> PGP keyring.  My PGP keyring is, to draw an analogy, a non-multisig
>> wallet (set of keys), with all the associated theft/data
>> destruction/backup risks.
>>
>> The more improvements I see in bitcoin wallets, the more antiquated my
>> PGP keyring appears.  Zero concept of multisig.  The PGP keyring
>> compromise process is rarely exercised.  2FA is lacking.  At least
>> offline signing works well. Mostly.
> Would be incredible to have multisig for git commits as well. I don't
> think git supports multiple signers for one commit at this point -
> amending the signature replaces the last one - but it would allow for
> some interesting multi-factor designs in which the damage when a dev's
> computer is compromised would be reduced.
>
> Sounds like a lot of work to get a good workflow there, though.
>
> My mail about single-signing commits was already longer than I
> expected when I started writing there. Even though the process is
> really simple.
>
> Though if anyone's interest is piqued by this, please pick it up.
>
> Wladimir
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