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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`. diff --git a/taler-exchange-manual.rst b/taler-exchange-manual.rst index bd1733ed..af5eea5c 100644 --- a/taler-exchange-manual.rst +++ b/taler-exchange-manual.rst @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ components: - Wire adapter A wire adapter is a component that enables exchange to talk to a bank. + (1) The libtalerfakebank implements a bank with a wire adapter API inside of a testcase. (2) For the demonstration Web site (or local currencies), @@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ components: (3) For production, libeufin's Nexus component implements a wire adapter towards the traditional SEPA banking system with IBAN accounts. + The client-side wire adapter API is implemented in libtalerbank and is used by the aggregator to execute wire transfers and for the auditor to query bank transaction histories. |