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Financial Cryptography and Data Security

Volume 5143 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 307-313

Real Electronic Cash Versus Academic Electronic Cash Versus Paper Cash (Panel Report)

  • Jon CallasAffiliated withPGP Corporation
  • , Yvo DesmedtAffiliated withDept. of Computer Science, University College London
  • , Daniel NagyAffiliated withELTECRYPT research group, Eötvös Lóránd University
  • , Akira OtsukaAffiliated withRICS, AIST
  • , Jean-Jacques QuisquaterAffiliated withUCL Crypto Group
  • , Moti YungAffiliated withGoogle Inc.Computer Science, Columbia University

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Abstract

Most electronic cash systems being deployed look very different from what academics have been envisioning over the last 3 decades. Experts on the panel gave different definitions for electronic cash, surveyed systems deployed in some countries, discussed reliability, privacy and security concerns. Moreover, electronic cash and advertisements were linked together.

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