📅 Original date posted:2014-04-22
📝 Original message:On Tuesday, 22 April 2014, at 10:39 am, Jan Møller wrote:
> Necessary Shares = M+1, not a problem
>
> I would probably encode N-of-M in 1 byte as I don't see good use cases with
> more than 17 shares. Anyway, I am fine with it as it is.
I agree that M > 16 is probably not a viable use case for human beings, but machines would probably be able to make use of it. I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
Also, the byte that encodes M−1 is optional, so if you're concerned about space, you can omit it (and the checksum).
Matt Whitlock [ARCHIVE] /
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2023-06-07 15:17:11
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