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author | Jeff Burdges <burdges@gnunet.org> | 2016-11-07 17:57:52 +0100 |
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committer | Jeff Burdges <burdges@gnunet.org> | 2016-11-07 17:57:52 +0100 |
commit | cf15aaae1817c0e2f2c8230e120489b790f138c2 (patch) | |
tree | f2c41a9e88eacf418f205a83a34a31e0fbca6a41 /doc | |
parent | 247e795904fc4bd75e174faf4abe6227ba3017ef (diff) |
FIXMEs on 3.2 being long winded
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/paper/taler.tex b/doc/paper/taler.tex index 4fad0f4a3..65d40f9ef 100644 --- a/doc/paper/taler.tex +++ b/doc/paper/taler.tex @@ -399,11 +399,15 @@ who is performing the authentication to authorize the withdrawal. Preventing the owner of the reserve from deliberately authorizing someone else to withdraw electronic coins would require extreme measures, including preventing them from communicating with anyone but -the exchange terminal during withdrawal. As such measures would be +the exchange terminal during withdrawal. +% FIXME: Oddly phrased: + As such measures would be totally impractical for a minor loophole, we are not concerned with enabling the state to strongly identify the recipient of coins from a withdrawal operation. +% FIXME: Seems to kinda duplicate the previous paragraph, albeit doing +% a better job. We view ownership of a coin's private key as a ``capability'' to spend the funds. A taxable transaction occurs when a merchant entity gains control over the funds while at the same time a customer entity looses |