-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <9610151846.AA00586@ch1d157nwk>, Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com> wrote:
Some of the cut-n-choose protocols for after-the-fact catching of double spenders would prevent this from happening. Because the proto-coins from the extortionist are blinded and the extortionee can't remove the blinding, it would be impossible for the extortionee to properly complete the protocol with the bank and pay-off the extortionist.
If you had Pipenet, or some other real-time anonymous communication system, the extortionee could still carry out the cut-and-choose protocol by passing the bank's requests for unblinding back to the extortionist. - Ian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMmR9P0ZRiTErSPb1AQHDKwP/VDDS3izymRhDPUME58k2UjJ4MTH4QRpp Vst4Wbys5hpXIB2bKOsaU44ZH9ayguGCKW+F/qK/mn8Y3o+2gnDlL9ErtZSie59x 0sh8XXTME8Q+dosvILU5QxQ55GBMNfMfALO5Iwjogw9efaXk3rABIXHcWHHu522C liRnuNeS3uQ= =nv41 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----