1 INTRODUCTION

2 PRELIMINARIES

3 THRESHOLD SCHNORR-LIKE DIGITAL SIGNATURES AND STANDARDS

4 THRESHOLD PAIRING-BASED DIGITAL SIGNATURES

5 THRESHOLD RSA DIGITAL SIGNATURE

6 GENERIC THRESHOLDING APPROACHES

7 POST-QUANTUM SECURE THRESHOLD DIGITAL SIGNATURES

8 EXOTIC (SPECIAL) DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL SCHEMES

9 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR THRESHOLD SIGNATURES

10 CONCLUSION