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Re:A Decentralized Dead Man’s Switch by qqii on Thursday March 11, 2021 @06:16PM (#26430279)
The sarcophagus is Enc_arch(Enc_recip(data)) so unwrapping it off chain isn't useful to them.

The only case it would be useful is if they collude with the recipient. I'm not sure how this procotol disincentives this.

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Re:A Decentralized Dead Man’s Switch by Imnimo on Thursday March 11, 2021 @07:42PM (#26430946)
Right, I get that, but presumably I don't want the recipient to have it unless the switch goes off, or else I wouldn't be using this system - I'd have just given it to the recipient unencrypted.
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Re:A Decentralized Dead Man’s Switch by qqii on Thursday March 18, 2021 @09:53PM (#26509502)
That's why the archaeologists are supposed to be a disinterested third party, you essentially pay them (and they forfeit their collateral) to not unwrap it.
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