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Seed Phrases & Wallet Recovery

🤝 Requiring Multiple Signatures for Security

Learn how multi-sig wallets require 2-of-3 or 3-of-5 approvals to spend funds

🔐 Multi-Signature Wallets

What if one person controlling a $100 million treasury got hacked? What if a key employee disappeared with the only private key? Multi-signature wallets solve these single points of failure.

💡 The Problem with Single-Signature Wallets

Traditional wallets use one private key = complete control. This creates massive risks:

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Single Point of Failure
One compromised device = all funds stolen instantly
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Key Person Risk
Employee quits/dies with key = funds locked forever
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No Checks & Balances
No approval process = rogue employee drains treasury
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Trust Issues
Partners must trust one person with full control

🎮 Interactive: Single vs Multi-Signature

Compare how transaction approval works in different wallet types

Single-Signature Wallet
Transaction: Send $1M
Requires: 1 signature from owner
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Alice
Owner
Approved
Transaction sent
⚠️ Risks:
  • • Alice's device hacked = $1M stolen
  • • Alice disappears = $1M locked forever
  • • No approval process or oversight
  • • Complete trust required in one person

📊 Common Multisig Schemes

2-of-3
Most Popular
3 key holders, any 2 must approve. Use case: Small teams, married couples, personal security
3-of-5
5 key holders, any 3 must approve. Use case: Corporate treasuries, DAOs, larger teams
5-of-9
9 key holders, any 5 must approve. Use case: High-security operations, major protocol upgrades
1-of-2
2 key holders, only 1 needed. Use case: Backup keys (NOT recommended for security)

💰 Real-World Impact

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$50B+ Protected
Gnosis Safe (leading multisig platform) secures over $50 billion in crypto assets for DAOs, treasuries, and teams
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Enterprise Standard
Every major DeFi protocol (Uniswap, Aave, MakerDAO) uses multisig for treasury management and protocol upgrades
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BitGo Business
Institutions like Tesla and SpaceX use BitGo's 3-of-5 multisig for corporate Bitcoin holdings
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Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin development fund uses multisig controlled by trusted community members

🎯 What You'll Learn

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Technical Deep Dive
How threshold signatures work on Bitcoin and Ethereum
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Real Applications
Corporate treasuries, DAOs, inheritance planning
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Setup Guide
Step-by-step: Creating your first multisig wallet
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Best Practices
Security considerations and common pitfalls