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| author | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2020-03-01 13:23:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2020-03-01 13:23:44 +0100 |
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diff --git a/developers-manual.rst b/developers-manual.rst index 27ea00ac..ee8fc280 100644 --- a/developers-manual.rst +++ b/developers-manual.rst @@ -954,6 +954,14 @@ use when talking to end users or even system administrators. coins coins are individual token representing a certain amount of value, also known as the :term:`denomination` of the coin + commitment + refresh commitment + data that the wallet commits to during the :term:`melt` stage of the + :term:`refresh` protocol where it + has to prove to the :term:`exchange` that it is deriving the :term:`fresh` + coins as specified by the Taler protocol. The commitment is verified + probabilistically (see: :term:`kappa`) during the :term:`reveal` stage. + contract contracts formal agreement between :term:`merchant` and :term:`customer` specifying the @@ -1036,6 +1044,11 @@ use when talking to end users or even system administrators. commonly used in the Taler protocol as the payload of HTTP requests and responses. + kappa + security parameter used in the :term:`refresh` protocol. Defined to be 3. + The probability of successfully evading the income transparency with the + refresh protocol is 1:kappa. + LibEuFin FIXME: explain @@ -1079,6 +1092,13 @@ use when talking to end users or even system administrators. by a :term:`revocation` to their :term:`owner`, either by allowing the owner to withdraw new coins or wiring funds back to the bank account of the :term:`owner`. + planchet + precursor data for a :term:`coin`. A planchet includes the coin's internal + secrets (coin private key, blinding factor), but lacks the RSA signature + of the :term:`exchange`. When :term:`withdrawing`, a :term:`wallet` + creates and persists a planchet before asking the exchange to sign it to + get the coin. + purchase Refers to the overall process of negotiating a :term:`contract` and then making a payment with :term:`coins` to a :term:`merchant`. |