Re: Q: DigiCash & electronic money

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From: Lawrie.Brown
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 04:58

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bs891@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert Anderson) writes:

>Does anyone have more information on DigiCash, and the
>specifics of their money system?

I would guess that its based on the ideas developed by David Chaum.
See:
Author(s): David L. Chaum
Title    : Security Without Identification: Transaction Systems To Make Big
           Brother Obsolete
Journal  : |CACM|
Volume   : 28
Number   : 10
Date     : |OCT| 1985
Pages    : 1030-1044
Keywords : communication, network, public key, privacy, security
Abstract : The large scale automated transaction systems of the near future can
           be designed to protect the privacy and maintain the security of both
           individuals and organizations.

and a number of subsequent papers in the Crypto or Eurocrypt conference
proceedings.

Cheers
Lawrie.

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