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On 10 Dec 2001, at 16:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An idea just popped into my head, I was wondering if anyone
had thought of this before. Most likely someone has, and
has either proven the idea is impossible or has figured out
how to do it.
Th idea is, when buying some good or
At 09:48 PM 12/10/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Anonymous wrote:
To rip the coin, the passenger gives the taxi driver t = s^e1, along
with x. The driver can verify that t^e2 = s^(e1*e2) = s^e1 = x mod n
which tells him that it is a real coin. He also sends (t, x) to the
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, David Honig wrote:
this *corroborates* the stuff Hettinga has been saying about it being
cheaper to use certain kinds of payment than others.
Actually Hettinga's observation is rather obvious. The concept that all
exchanges will cost the same is rather self-destructing.
