Seems to be comparable to the proposed "Tick Method" from 2013: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=307211.msg3308565#msg3308565 However I remember that someone told me the tick method had a flaw.. On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 6:28 PM Dustin Dettmer via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Does revaulting vault up with the same keys, or new ones? > > Are they new derivation paths on the same key? > > Would love some expanded explanation on how you’re proposing this would > work. > > Thanks, > Dustin > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 1:35 PM Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev < > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> One of the biggest problems with the vault scheme (besides all of the >> setup data that has to be stored for a long time) is an attacker that >> silently steals the hot wallet private key and waits for the vault's >> owner to make a delayed-spend transaction to initiate a withdrawal >> from the vault. If the user was unaware of the theft of the key, then >> the attacker could steal the funds after the delay period. >> >> To mitigate this, it is important to choose a stipend or withdrawal >> amount per withdrawal period like x% of the funds. This limits the >> total stolen funds to x% because once the funds are stolen the user >> would know their hot key is compromised, and the user would know to >> instead use one of the other clawback paths during all of the future >> withdrawal delay periods instead of letting the delay timeout all the >> way to the (stolen) default/hot key. >> >> The reason why a loss limiter is the way to go is because there's >> currently no way (that I am aware of, without an upgrade) to force an >> attacker to reveal his key on the blockchain while also forcing the >> attacker to use a timelock before the key can spend the coins. I am >> curious about what the smallest least invasive soft-fork would be for >> enabling this kind of timelock. There are so many covenant proposals >> at this point (CHECKSIGFROMSTACK, SECURETHEBAG, CHECKOUTPUTVERIFY, >> ....). Or there's crazy things like a fork that enables a transaction >> mode where the (timelock...) script of the first output is >> automatically prefixed to any of the other scripts on any of the other >> outputs when an input tries to spend in the future. A thief could add >> his key to a new output on the transaction and try to spend (just like >> a user would with a fresh/rotated key), but the OP_CSV would be >> automatically added to his script to implement the public observation >> delay window. >> >> Also, there was other previous work that I was only informed about >> today after posting my proposal, so I should mention these as related >> work: >> >> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-February/015793.html >> >> https://blog.oleganza.com/post/163955782228/how-segwit-makes-security-better >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diNxp3ZTquo >> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5111656 >> >> - Bryan >> http://heybryan.org/ >> _______________________________________________ >> bitcoin-dev mailing list >> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org >> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >