No, you break your key into a bunch of pieces and hand those pieces to trusted friends. When you need to recover your account, you request those pieces back. When you get a majority back, you get the key back.
Shamir’s Secret Sharing
tekne / τέχνη
npub12a…rrdyd
2026-09-14 15:51:29 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…ehfd
Author Public Key
npub12a77qmwwzc9qx7gk8f9m0d5qhclq5rsudr0xu6agcqgnfdzqvnwsfrrdydPublished at
2026-09-14 15:51:29 UTCEvent JSON
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