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authorJeff Burdges <burdges@gnunet.org>2016-11-07 17:57:52 +0100
committerJeff Burdges <burdges@gnunet.org>2016-11-07 17:57:52 +0100
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FIXMEs on 3.2 being long winded
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@@ -399,11 +399,15 @@ who is performing the authentication to authorize the withdrawal.
Preventing the owner of the reserve from deliberately authorizing
someone else to withdraw electronic coins would require extreme
measures, including preventing them from communicating with anyone but
-the exchange terminal during withdrawal. As such measures would be
+the exchange terminal during withdrawal.
+% FIXME: Oddly phrased:
+ As such measures would be
totally impractical for a minor loophole, we are not concerned with
enabling the state to strongly identify the recipient of coins
from a withdrawal operation.
+% FIXME: Seems to kinda duplicate the previous paragraph, albeit doing
+% a better job.
We view ownership of a coin's private key as a ``capability'' to spend
the funds. A taxable transaction occurs when a merchant entity gains
control over the funds while at the same time a customer entity looses