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\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,