Re: voting by m of n digital signature?

2008-11-10 Thread dan
James A. Donald writes: -+--- | Is there a way of constructing a digital signature so | that the signature proves that at least m possessors of | secret keys corresponding to n public keys signed, for n | a dozen or less, without revealing how many more than m, | or which

Re: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper

2008-11-10 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald wrote: OK, suppose one node incorporates a bunch of transactions in its proof of work, all of them honest legitimate single spends and another node incorporates a different bunch of transactions in its proof of work, all of them equally honest legitimate single

Re: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper

2008-11-10 Thread Satoshi Nakamoto
James A. Donald wrote: Furthermore, it cannot be made to work, as in the proposed system the work of tracking who owns what coins is paid for by seigniorage, which requires inflation. If you're having trouble with the inflation issue, it's easy to tweak it for transaction fees instead. It's