Chaum's patent on traceable payment systems
John Young
jya at pipeline.com
Tue May 19 20:17:08 PDT 1998
Chaum's "limited-traceability" patent includes other features
which directly counterbalance those of the Abstract accurately
posted by Anonymous. We've transcribed the initial sections of the
17-page patent which provide a fuller view of what his system
offers:
http://jya.com/chaum-lts.htm
It's an interesting, nuanced proposal, from 1994, which helps
explain some of the strategy he's been keeping close to his
chest until patent approval, and which may portend more
provocative designs in the pipeline for outfoxing the keepers
of the chickens.
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