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@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ secure and that each participant is under full control of his system.
The contact information of the exchange is known to both customer and
merchant from the start. We further assume that the customer can
authenticate the merchant, e.g. using X.509
-certificates~\cite{rfc5280}. Finally, we assume that customer has an
+certificates~\cite{rfc6818}. Finally, we assume that customer has an
anonymous bi-directional channel, such as Tor, to communicate with
both the exchange and the merchant.
@@ -805,8 +805,9 @@ protocol does not need to provide cryptographic security: If the
maximum applicable tax is less than $\frac{2}{3}$, then $\kappa = 3$
ensures that cheating results in a negative financial return on
average as $\kappa - 1$ out of $\kappa$ attempts to hide from taxation
-are detected and penalized by a total loss. This makes the use of
-cut-and-choose practical and efficient in this context.
+are detected and penalized by a total loss. This makes our use of
+cut-and-choose practical and efficient, and in particularly faster
+than the comparable use of zk-SNARKs in ZeroCash~\cite{zerocash}.
% FIXME: I'm explicit about the rounds in postquantum.tex