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authorChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2020-07-13 19:03:05 +0200
committerChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2020-07-13 19:03:05 +0200
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@@ -727,8 +727,9 @@ the {\em withdraw} protocol or the refresh protocol. The most common scenario
is that the {\em fresh coin} is {\em deposited}. This payment creates a
deposit (see Figure~\ref{fig:deposit:states}) and either a {\em dirty coin}
(if the payment was for a fraction of the coin's value) or a {\em spent coin}.
-A spent coin can be {\em refunded} by the merchant (until the deposit is due),
-creating a {\em dirty coin}.
+A spent coin can be {\em refunded} by the merchant, creating a {\em dirty
+ coin}. Once the exchange has aggregated a coin and wired the amount to the
+merchant, a coin can no longer be refunded.
A {\em fresh coin} may also be subject to key {\em revocation}, at which point
the wallet ends up with a {\em revoked coin}. At this point, the wallet can
@@ -754,7 +755,7 @@ when the committment made for the {\em refresh session} is checked during the
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
- \includegraphics[scale=0.75]{taler/coin.pdf}
+ \includegraphics[scale=0.65]{taler/coin.pdf}
\end{center}
\caption{State machine of a coin.}
\label{fig:coin:states}