DFINITY Founder’s Allegation NEAR Intents Unauthorized use of cryptographic technology
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Dominic Williams alleges that NEAR Intents used DFINITY’s threshold ECDSA technology without authorization, but no lawsuit has been disclosed to date.
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DFINITY Founder’s Allegation NEAR Intents Unauthorized use of its proprietary cryptographic technology
BlockBeats reports,October 23，DFINITY founder Dominic Williams posted an allegation that NEAR Intents’s chain abstraction functionality used DFINITY threshold ECDSA signature technology, which was licensed exclusively for Internet Computer, without authorization, and said the related work was driven in part by a person who was 2021 dismissed by DFINITY in GitHub records,NEAR has used the algorithm for approximately 2 years and is currently attempting to switch to a slower scheme requiring three rounds of interaction for signing, while questioning its degree of decentralization and user security. Williams said the matter involves legal issues that need to be resolved; his article did not disclose that a lawsuit had been filed.
Original link https://m.theblockbeats.info/flash/373301
Key points
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October 23，DFINITY Founder Dominic Williams posted an allegation that NEAR Intents’s chain abstraction functionality used threshold ECDSA signature technology without authorization.
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Williams said,DFINITY the technology was licensed exclusively for use by Internet Computer.
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Williams said the related work was driven in part by a person who was dismissed by 2021 in DFINITY year.
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Williams cited papers and GitHub records, saying that NEAR has used the algorithm for approximately 2 years.
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Williams said that NEAR is currently attempting to switch to a slower scheme whose signing process requires three rounds of interaction.
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Williams questioned NEAR Intents’s degree of decentralization and user security, and said the matter involves legal issues that need to be resolved.
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The article did not disclose that a lawsuit had been filed.
AI-assisted interpretation
The following is analysis, separate from reported facts. Verify important claims independently.
This is a unilateral allegation concerning the licensing of cryptographic technology, system implementation, and user security. Threshold ECDSA is a type of signature technology; the dispute centers on whether NEAR Intents had the right to use the relevant algorithm and whether the alternative could affect speed, security, or decentralization.
Why it matters to readers
If the allegation is substantiated,NEAR Intents may need to address technology replacement, licensing, and legal issues; questions regarding security and decentralization may also affect user confidence.
Beginners should treat this as an unverified security and legal dispute and should not regard the founder’s public allegation as confirmed infringement or a confirmed security incident.
Risks and unknowns
At present, the allegation comes only from Williams, and the evidence and conclusions have not been independently confirmed.
Not provided in the original article NEAR or NEAR Intents’s response.
It is not possible to confirm the actual scope of the relevant technology license or whether NEAR Intents’s use constitutes unauthorized use.
It is not possible to confirm the actual speed, security, or degree of decentralization of the alternative signature scheme.
The article does not disclose whether a lawyer's letter has been sent, other legal proceedings have been initiated, or a lawsuit has been filed.
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