Overview & Engagement Purpose

The Key Custody Architecture Review & Workshop is our flagship educational and advisory engagement, designed specifically for engineering teams, protocol foundations, and institutional node operators managing high-consequence cryptographic keys in the Dime ecosystem.

Many teams inadvertently rely on ad-hoc key creation practices, browser-based hot signers, single-point-of-failure backup sheets, or fragile multi-sig quorum rules. This intensive 3.5-hour consultative workshop systematically evaluates your organization’s entire key lifecycle—from entropy generation and hardware security configuration to signing access controls and disaster recovery procedures.

Who This Engagement Is For

This engagement is tailored for:

  • Protocol Engineering Leads & CTOs responsible for protocol governance keys, smart contract upgrade authorizations, and treasury vaults.
  • Validator Infrastructure Operators managing consensus signing keys, remote signer daemons, and stake withdrawal credentials.
  • Foundations & Family Offices establishing multi-jurisdictional self-custody frameworks for distributed keyholders.

What Is Included in the Engagement

  1. Pre-Workshop Threat Profiling: Structured assessment of your current hardware profile, operating systems, and keyholder distribution.
  2. Interactive 3.5-Hour Workshop Session:
    • Module 1: Root Entropy & Derivation Path Verification (BIP-32 / BIP-44 / Ed25519).
    • Module 2: Air-Gapped Signing Workflows (Optical QR vs. MicroSD vs. USB isolation).
    • Module 3: Multi-Signature Quorum Optimization & Failover Modeling.
    • Module 4: Physical Backup Engineering (Stainless steel stamping vs. Shamir’s SLIP-0039 shards).
    • Module 5: Signer Incapacitation & Emergency Recovery Drills.
  3. Custom Threat Matrix & Runbook Deliverable: A tailored, 20+ page Markdown and PDF operations manual containing exact command-line steps, hardware configurations, and incident response flowcharts.
  4. 30 Days of Asynchronous Q&A Support: Secure email channel with our principal researchers to review your team’s testnet dry-run outputs.

What Is Strictly Excluded

To ensure absolute security and regulatory clarity:

  • We never view, touch, receive, or store live production private keys, active seed phrases, or production passwords.
  • We do not manage funds or execute on-chain transactions on mainnet on your behalf.
  • We do not provide financial, investment, or tax advice.

Engagement Process & Delivery Timeline

  1. Step 1: Scoping Brief & Intake Form (Day 1): Submit your team’s hardware profile and primary operational goals.
  2. Step 2: Threat Surface Pre-Analysis (Days 2–3): Our research team prepares customized simulation scenarios based on your tooling stack.
  3. Step 3: Live 3.5-Hour Interactive Workshop (Day 4 or 5): Conducted via secure video conference or in-person at our Chiang Mai research studio.
  4. Step 4: Formal Runbook Delivery (Within 48 Hours): Receive your complete, customized Key Governance Manual.
  5. Step 5: 30-Day Implementation & Q&A Window: Async guidance as your engineers execute the recommended configurations on testnet.

Preparation & Prerequisites

Before attending the session:

  • Participants should have a designated test laptop running a clean Linux or macOS environment for dummy key simulations.
  • Have at least one hardware security token (Ledger, Trezor, Keystone, or Coldcard) available for air-gap testing.
  • No live production credentials or real funds are needed or permitted during the session.

Investment & Pricing Basis

  • Standard Fixed Scope Fee: $1,850 USD (or equivalent 64,500 THB).
  • Includes up to 8 active participants from your organization.
  • 50% deposit to confirm your date, with balance due upon delivery of final runbook documentation.

How to Book Your Review

To check available dates on our research calendar, submit a brief inquiry via our Contact Form or email our Chiang Mai office at info@focus-weavecore.click.