HOT Protocol provides the infrastructure that allows smart contracts to securely own and manage private keys. The Multi-Party Computation (MPC) Network manages signing keys. By running an MPC node inside a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), the protocol achieves stronger security guarantees while lowering economic requirements for participants. The NEAR Protocol provides a decentralized and efficient state layer. Key management can be integrated with any smart contract across Stellar, TON, Solana, and EVM-compatible networks.
@article{arxiv.2512.02287,
title = {HOT Protocol},
author = {Peter Volnov and Georgii Kuksa and Andrey Zhevlakov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.02287},
year = {2025}
}