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We present a protocol for unlinkable serial transactions suitable for a variety of network-based subscription services. The protocol prevents the service from tracking the behavior of its customers while protecting the service vendor from abuse due to simultaneous or “cloned” usage from a single subscription. We present variants of the protocol supporting pay-per-use transactions within a subscription. We describe other applications including third-party subscription management, multivendor package sales, proof of group membership, and voter registration.
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Syverson, P.F., Stubblebine, S.G., Goldschlag, D.M. (1997). Unlinkable serial transactions. In: Hirschfeld, R. (eds) Financial Cryptography. FC 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1318. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63594-7_66
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