Hey,

As a Bitcoin association, we're currently facing an issue because we're unable to sign an address with our multi-sig wallet.
After conducting some research, I came across BIP322 in these threads: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5408898.0 & https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1347

Explanation:

As a Bitcoin association, we offer membership to everyone for a few thousand sats per year. To facilitate this process, we utilize "Swiss Bitcoin Pay". It's an application that allows us to easily manage our accounting. Additionally, we onboard merchants with this app because of its user-friendly interface and self-custodial capabilities, making it very convenient. The accounting features are also highly beneficial.

To utilize this application in a self-custodial manner, users need to paste a Bitcoin address on the "Swiss Bitcoin Pay" dashboard and then sign a message with this address. This serves as a "Proof-of-Ownership" and is a legal requirement in some regulated countries. "Swiss Bitcoin Pay" is not the only application that requires signing a message as a "Proof-of-Ownership". Peach, a non-KYC P2P Bitcoin application, is another example.

Given our goal to decentralize our treasury, we naturally opt for a multi-sig wallet, similar to many companies. However, as you know, BIP 322 hasn't been pushed and it's currently impossible to sign a message with a multi-sig wallet.


Conclusion:

I'm unsure why BIP322 hasn't been pushed or addressed in the past few months/years, but I want to highlight its necessity.
Additionally, I hope that this comment sheds light on a deficiency in our Bitcoin ecosystem, and I trust that further improvements will be made to enable people to sign a message with a multi-sig wallet.


I'm available to assist if needed.

@ProfEduStream

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