Re: Controlled nymity

2003-08-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: What we want of a payment system, is that Alice can prove she paid Bob, even if Bob wants to deny it, but no one else can prove that Alice paid Bob unless Alice takes special action to make it provable. Major Variola (ret) Does it help if: Alice generates a

Re: Controlled nymity

2003-08-14 Thread Tim May
On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 09:12 AM, James A. Donald wrote: -- What we want of a payment system, is that Alice can prove she paid Bob, even if Bob wants to deny it, but no one else can prove that Alice paid Bob unless Alice takes special action to make it provable. (This provides

Controlled nymity

2003-08-14 Thread James A. Donald
-- What we want of a payment system, is that Alice can prove she paid Bob, even if Bob wants to deny it, but no one else can prove that Alice paid Bob unless Alice takes special action to make it provable. (This provides permits recipient anonymity in that Bob can be an alternate identity of