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Donation authority for GNU Taler (experimental)
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commit 550689b1d44a497a1deb5e580558246014ce555e
parent 786cf42cfd28a2f0d16fe02bcbb24c7208ff5227
Author: Tanja Lange <tanja@hyperelliptic.org>
Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:36:31 +0100

spell checking and general read through

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diff --git a/doc/usenix-security-2025/paper/technicaldesign.tex b/doc/usenix-security-2025/paper/technicaldesign.tex @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The Donau service is typically run by the tax authority but can be an independen % \subsection{Background \& Terminology}\label{notation_and_definitions} Digital cash makes use of \textbf{blind signatures}~\cite{Chaum89} to issue tokens. Our - design uses the same mechansim to unlink the donation process from the issued + design uses the same mechanism to unlink the donation process from the issued donation receipts. This section introduces the definition and security properties of blind signatures. @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ without $S$, even if they know {\tt TAXID}. % \subsection{Donor donates to charity and transmits \textbf{Unique Donor identifiers} (future donation receipts)} When a donor wishes to donate to a charity, they first retrieve the Donau service's Donation Unit public keys $K_x^{\pub}$ for the current tax period. -The donor then represents their donation as a sum of the Donation Units offered by the Donaus ervice. +The donor then represents their donation as a sum of the Donation Units offered by the Donau service. \emph{Example: Assuming the Donau service publishes the Donation units $\{1,2,4,8\}$, a donation of $7$ would be split into 1 unit each of the values $4$, $2$ and $1$.} @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ that correspond to the public keys hashed in the BKPs. \overline{\beta_3} = \blind\_\sign(\overline u_3, K_4^{\priv}) \end{align*} -These signatures constitute a blinded donation receipt from the Donau service, and the Donau s ervice sends these back to the charity, +These signatures constitute a blinded donation receipt from the Donau service, and the Donau service sends these back to the charity, which in turn forwards them to the donor. \subsection{Donor receives donation receipt}\label{donor_receives_donation_receipt}