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Previously proposed anonymous electronic payment systems have the drawback that the bank has to maintain large databases, which is a handicap for the realization of such systems. In this paper, we present a practical anonymous payment system that significantly reduces the size of such databases. It uses the concept of anonymous accounts and offers anonymity as an add-on feature to existing EFTPOS systems.
The first and the third author are jointly supported by the Swiss Federal Commission for the Advancement of Scientific Research (KWF), and the Union Bank of Switzerland.
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Camenisch, J.L., Piveteau, JM., Stadler, M.A. (1994). An efficient electronic payment system protecting privacy. In: Gollmann, D. (eds) Computer Security — ESORICS 94. ESORICS 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 875. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58618-0_65
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