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diff --git a/doc/paper/taler.tex b/doc/paper/taler.tex index 913611e44..dd9521575 100644 --- a/doc/paper/taler.tex +++ b/doc/paper/taler.tex @@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ believe needs a payment system with the following properties: \EUR{100,00} coin or transaction or the other change being generated. \end{description} -Instead of using cryptographic methods like restrictive blind -signatures to achieve divisiblity, Taler's fractional payments use a +Instead of using cryptographic methods like $k$-show +signatures to achieve divisiblity~\cite{brands1993efficient}, +Taler's fractional payments use a simpler, more powerful mechanism. In Taler, a coin is not simply a unique random token, but a private key. Thus, the transfer of a coin can be performed by signing a message using this private key. Thus, |