Shamir Secret Split


Stuff You Need to Know

Shamir Secret Sharing! You may have heard the term, but do you have any idea what it does? Let's check it out together. The Shamir Secret Sharing Scheme (SSSS) enables you to split a secret into n number of shares. Upon split, you determine how many pieces are required to access the secret- number k. This is the Threshold required to reconstruct the secret (k of n).


How to Configure It

  • Secret to split: This is the original secret that you want to split into pieces (shares)
  • Number of shares to make: This is the total number of pieces (shares) you would like to create (n)
  • Shares required to recover: This in the minimum number of shares required to reconstruct the secret (k)


What Happens Next

Typically, you would distribute the shares to interested parties.