Re: [Taler] latest draft on the Taler cryptography [re-re-send]

[Fabian Kirsch]

In 4.2. under 1.)

Is Variable "a" really the contract (which could be quite large) or is 
the contract communicated out-of-band and "a" is only a crypto-hash of 
the contract?

If so, why is "a" hashed again in the deposit-permission?

Greetings
  Fabian

Am 26.09.2015 um 12:17 schrieb Christian Grothoff:
> Dear all,
>
> I've just concluded another major round of edits to the Taler paper
> which details the cryptography and key concepts behind Taler.
>
> The current plan is to submit it to an academic conference with a
> 15-page limit (excluding references and appendices) soon. I'd really
> appreciate any feedback you may have (including questions / comments
> about things that are simply insufficiently clear).
>
> The paper's source is also in the mint Git. As the original e-mail
> didn't go through the list like 3x with the attachment, I've now
> also uploaded the PDF to http://grothoff.org/christian/taler-draft.pdf
> (FYI: Richard was responding on-list to the e-mail with the same file
> attached).
>
>
> Happy hacking!
>
> Christian