> Yes, I'm looking at ideas like this for ecash gambling, but you have > a who-goes-first problem. One side or the other has to "rip" their > own cash first, and then the other side can just go away and leave the > first side screwed. The act of ripping cash is relatively atomic and > involves a transaction with the ecash mint, so they can't both do it at > the same time. > > I guess the best fix is for each side to rip a little bit of cash at a > time, so that the guy who goes first only loses a trivial amount if the > other side aborts. Then after a few rounds both sides are sunk pretty > deep and both have a strong incentive to complete the transaction.
What is wrong with having a TTP, generally called a casino? iang --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
