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commit 07fc1461c6c853e868e8e166ecd208adec8e66b1
Author: Dennis Neufeld <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 25 22:28:37 2020 +0000

    worked on business plan and abstract - thesis
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diff --git a/doc/thesis/abstract.tex b/doc/thesis/abstract.tex
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+\section{Abstract}
+Everyone has probably noticed at least once through the media that someone has 
lost their key to their electronic wallet and therefore huge sums of money have 
become useless. Therefore, backup systems are essential to avoid such cases.\\
+
+But how should one create and manage such a backup of a key? It certainly 
makes sense to encrypt a key with a different password and then use the result 
as a backup. After all, this password can also be forgotten. Apart from that, 
the question arises how or where to save such a backup. A simple storage on 
e.g. Google Drive bears several risks: On the one hand, we are talking about 
Google, a company that is known to cooperate with certain authorities, and on 
the other hand, the cloud stor [...]
+Unfortunately, to the best of our knowledge, there is no backup solution for 
keys that works password-less while giving the user complete control over his 
data.\\
+
+With Anastasis this gap shall be filled and a solution for secure recovery of 
secret keys, which works without passwords or other key material, shall be 
offered. This is achieved by splitting the
key material across multiple independent Anastasis service
+providers, and enabling users to recover their master key by
authenticating with each provider.\\
+
+Our protocol ensures that - without prior knowledge- the service
+providers learn nothing from the protocol except the minimum amount of
+data required to authenticate the user. Even that information is only
+disclosed at the time of authentication.
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diff --git a/doc/thesis/business_model.tex b/doc/thesis/business_model.tex
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+\section{Business model}
+
+\subsection{Executive Summary}
+\label{sec:bm_exsum}
+Project Anastasis was inspired by a discussion the GNU Taler team had with the 
European Central Bank, which informed them about a requirement for electronic 
wallets denominated in Euros to support password-less recovery. GNU Taler is a 
privacy-preserving microtransaction and electronic payment system based on free 
software. In consultation with Taler Systems SA we, Dominik Meister and Dennis 
Neufeld, decided to develop such a password-less recovery system within our 
bachelor thesis. We n [...]
+Having an agreement with Taler Systems SA our first customers will be the 
users of GNU Taler and Taler Systems SA themselves. Later on we also want to 
integrate Anastasis within other services like for example pEp which is also 
interested in our service. There are many other use cases Anastasis can be used 
for: Password Manager (like KeePass), electronic wallets for cryptocurrencies 
etc.
+There are some solutions out there for password recovery. But none of them is 
respecting privacy and enabling the users to remain in control of their data.
+Anastasis enables ordinary users to remain in control of their data, including 
ensuring their data remains available to them, even if they cannot remember or 
securely store any sufficient high-entropy key material to secure their access.
+
+
+
+\subsection{Founder}
+Dominik Meister and Dennis Neufeld are students at the Berner Fachhochschule 
in Biel. They will graduate their study with Bachelor of Science in Computer 
Sciences in summer 2020. During his bachelor thesis Dominik Meister will found 
Anastasis. 
+
+\subsection{Customers segments}
+Already having an agreement with Taler Systems SA as our first customer, they 
will integrate our protocol with their software and additionally pay us to 
operate an Anastasis server for their users or to help integrate Anastasis with 
their product. Similar discussions are ongoing with other organizations, in 
particular pretty Easy privacy SA and the Web3 foundation.
+Once many users utilize Anastasis, we expect end-users will directly pay for 
the service.
+
+\subsection{Idea}
+Anastasis shall be the first privacy-respecting and password-less recovery 
system for ordinary users. By using Anastasis the users remain in control of 
their data.
+Our approach is to split the information needed to recover the data across 
multiple independent operators. These providers will then use orthogonal 
authentication techniques to enable users to recover their key material. For 
authentication, we will plug into existing services to send SMS or snail mail, 
or perform video identification. Our protocol is designed to minimize 
information disclosure, ensuring that operators learn as little information as 
necessary.
+
+Anastasis will provide the service by implementing a REST API and an 
associated client library as Free Software, in line with a licensing and 
business strategy that was agreed with the GNU project.
+
+Initially, few applications will support Anastasis. Hence, our business will 
launch by being paid by companies that need an escrow provider to be included 
in their product offering.
+
+\subsection{Market}
+Various applications need to somehow secure core secrets of their users. We 
have all read stories about Bitcoin fortunes having gone lost because users 
lost their electronic wallets, but the same challenge also applies to classical 
electronic payment providers using electronic wallets for fiat currencies. 
Securing private keys is also an issue for classical encryption solutions such 
as OpenPGP. All of these applications urgently need a privacy-respecting key 
recovery service.
+
+\subsection{Strategy}
+
+\subsection{Marketing}
+Anastasis will be used by the users of other services or applications like GNU 
Taler, OpenPGP etc. They will suggest their users to backup their private keys 
with Anastasis. We just have to find and integrate Anastasis with such services 
which could benefit from using Anastasis as a password backup and recovery 
service.
+
+\subsection{Revenue streams}
+In the beginning, businesses like Taler Systems SA will pay us to operate an 
Anastasis server and to help them integrate our protocol with their software.
+Once we have many end-users utilizing Anastasis, the will have to pay directly 
for the service. At first we will start then with an annual fee at 20 cents per 
user. Our goal is to optimize our service such that we only have to pay for 
operations later, not for development etc. So, we will be able to offer a very 
cheap service for our users.
+
+\subsection{Cost structure}
+In the first two years we have to develop and optimize Anastasis which will be 
the biggest costs. After the two years we expect to have just costs for 
operations running on Amazon AWS etc.
+
+\begin{center}
+               \begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | l | l | l |}
+               \hline
+               Year & Users & Clients & Sales & Profit & Employees \\ \hline
+               2020 & 0 & 1 & 5k & -100k & 2.5 FTE \\ \hline
+               2021 & 100000 & 2 & 30k & -50k & 1.5 FTE \\ \hline
+               2022 & 1000000 & 4 & 200k & 0k & 2.0 FTE \\ \hline
+               2023 & 5000000 & 5 & 500k & 100k & 2.0 FTE \\
+               \hline
+               \end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+
+\subsection{Key Ressources} 
diff --git a/doc/thesis/thesis.tex b/doc/thesis/thesis.tex
index 26a5b1e..37bd0c2 100644
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 \tableofcontents
 \clearpage
 
-\section{Abstract}
-\lipsum[1-5]
+\include{abstract}
 
 \section{Motivation}
 \lipsum[1-5]
@@ -47,12 +46,13 @@
 \lipsum[1-5]
 \section{Evaluation}
 \lipsum[1-5]
-\section{Business model}
-\lipsum[1-5]
+
+\include{business_model}
+
 \section{Conclusion}
 \lipsum[1-5]
 
 %% Print the bibibliography and add the section to th table of content
-\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]
+%%\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]
 
 \end{document}

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