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by pablovidal85 3497 days ago
Why such a small group of people though?
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ewillbefull explains in another comment that the protocol is really expensive per participant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12979677
Then rushing the launch in the absence of a superior MPC protocol is just a bad idea.

Except that they had to rush the launch because they're a for-profit, centralised company, with investors that are demanding return on their investment. Thus they went with a shoddy, half-baked attempt at a trusted setup, with a whole lot of hand-waving to make it seem like it was done securely.

I don't have access to the answer to that question. I wasn't involved at all.