commit c607379bbb7de450077e74c6b520951e053dc8c1
parent 64924b5d4127eabe35b2dfa5751b929eb2056742
Author: Florian Dold <florian.dold@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:46:26 +0200
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diff --git a/summary/ercim-taler.txt b/summary/ercim-taler.txt
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ income for many independent online journalists and bloggers. Furthermore
the existing advertisement industry is based on the Big Data business
model, and users do not only pay with their attention but also with
private information about their behavior. This threatens to move our
-society towards post-democracy. Our goal is to empower
+society towards post-democracy [2]. Our goal is to empower
consumers and content creators by giving the choice to opt for
micropayments instead of advertisements.
Unlike many recent developments in the field of privacy-preserving
online payments, GNU Taler is not based on blockchain technology, but on
-Chaum-style digital payments with additional
+Chaum-style digital payments [1] with additional
constructions based on elliptic curve cryptography. Our work addresses
practical problems that previous incarnations of Chaum-style digital
payments suffered from. The system is entirely composed of free software
@@ -80,22 +80,23 @@ suffer from practical problems such as easy counterfeiting and the
limitation to physical coupons.
GNU Taler was started at TU Munich in April 2014 and is now being
-coordinated by the TAMIS team[^1] at INRIA Rennes, with contributions
-from the free software community at large and the GNUnet project[^2] in
+coordinated by the TAMIS team[4] at INRIA Rennes, with contributions
+from the free software community at large and the GNUnet project[4] in
particular. The initial research is being funded by ARED and the
-Renewable Freedom Foundation[^3], but we plan to launch a startup to
+Renewable Freedom Foundation[5], but we plan to launch a startup to
drive the commercial adaptation of the technology. We encourage readers
to try our prototype for GNU Taler at <https://demo.taler.net/>.
-[^1]: <https://www.inria.fr/en/teams/tamis>
-[^2]: <https://gnunet.org/>
-[^3]: <https://renewablefreedom.org/>
-
References:
-Chaum, David, Amos Fiat, Moni Naor. "Untraceable electronic cash." Proceedings on Advances in cryptology. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 1990.
-Stallman, Richard. "How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?." Wired, Oct. 2013.
+[1] Chaum et al., "Untraceable electronic cash." Proceedings on Advances in cryptology. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 1990.
+[2] Stallman, Richard, "How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?." Wired, Oct. 2013.
+
+Links:
+[3] https://www.inria.fr/en/teams/tamis
+[4] https://gnunet.org/
+[5] https://renewablefreedom.org/
-Contact addresses:
+Author contact addresses:
Florian Dold
+33 2 99 84 25 66
