Extensions of Single-Term Coins

Niels Ferguson

In Advances in Cryptology—CRYPTO '93, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 773, pp 292-301, Springer Verlag, 1993.

Abstract

We show how the electronic cash scheme in "Single Term Off-Line Coins" can be extended to provide n-spendable coins. Furthermore, we show how observers can be incorporated in the protocols to provide prior restraint against double spending by the user, instead of just detection after the fact.

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