Re: [Taler] (docs) taler-in-a-nutshell.txt

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> () Sebastian Javier Marchano <sebasjm@gmail.com>
> () Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:30:14 -0300
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
>    [...] from another newbie I can say that I find this overview
>    really interesting. What I think it may confuse is in step 5
>    where it says "These coins are not anonymous", since coins do
>    not change its condition but is the merchant who reveals its
>    identity in the operation.
>
> Good point.  I have changed step 5 to read "These coins are
> still anonymous, although the transaction itself is not
> anonymous."  WDYT?
>   

If my (still limited) understanding of Taler is correct, perhaps a 
better way to describe this would be:  "The exchange at this step knows 
the identity of the merchant, but not of the customer.  Taler uses 
cryptography to enable the exchange to validate that the coins are 
unique and were issued by the exchange, but not to determine to whom the 
coins were originally issued."


-- Jacob