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multisig

multisig adjective: of a cryptocurrency wallet: requiring two or more signatures from different private keys in order to complete a transaction.

Adjective

multisig (not comparable)

  1. Of a cryptocurrency wallet: requiring two or more signatures from different private keys in order to complete a transaction.
    • Security firm Check Point believes the attacker identified multisig signers responsible for approving transactions and hacked their devices through the use of malware, phishing, or a supply chain attack.2025 February 24, Eduard Kovacs, “$1.5 Billion Bybit Heist Linked to North Korean Hackers”, in SecurityWeek

Noun

multisig (plural multisigs)

  1. A multisig cryptocurrency wallet.
    • Schroé describes Spiderchains as a decentralized network of multisigs, similar in concept to the Lightning Network but using a different architecture.2024 June 7, “Proof-Of-Stake On Bitcoin? Discussing Botanix's Spiderchains”, in Bitcoin Magazine, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024

Forms of multisig

pluralmultisigs

Origin of multisig

Clipping of multisignature. By surface analysis, multi- + sig (“signature”).

Questions about multisig

What does multisig mean?
Multisig means of a cryptocurrency wallet: requiring two or more signatures from different private keys in order to complete a transaction.
What part of speech is multisig?
Multisig can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multisig in the dictionary

  1. multishuttle
  2. multisialylated
  3. multisibling
  4. multisided
  5. multisidedness
  6. multisig
  7. multisign
  8. multisignal
  9. multisignature
  10. multisigned
  11. multisigs

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