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diff --git a/doc/paper/taler.tex b/doc/paper/taler.tex index 997e4097b..9b6f1ecea 100644 --- a/doc/paper/taler.tex +++ b/doc/paper/taler.tex @@ -332,10 +332,11 @@ In general, these off-chain payment channels, like BOLT and the Lightning Network, improve the blockchain based payment schemes by centralizing payment processing, but they remain orders of magnitude more costly than Taler with the same degree of centralization. -In addition, they require that miners act far more like traditional -payment processors than conventional cryptocurrencies, exposing miners -to legal risks. Taler is explicitly designed to help a Taler exchange -navigate these legal risks. +In addition, they require nodes act far more like payment processors +than like conventional miners, potentially exposing miners to legal +risks, not unlike the financial violations for which Ripple was fined +\cite{RippleFined-ArsTechnica}. Taler is explicitly designed to help +a Taler exchange navigate these legal risks. GreenCoinX\footnote{\url{https://www.greencoinx.com/}} is a more recent AltCoin where the company promises to identify the owner of |