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We show how to break an electronic cash protocol due to van Antwerpen (a refinement of the system proposed by Chaum, Fiat, and Naor), and given an alternative protocol that fixes the problem.
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Hirschfeld, R. (1993). Making Electronic Refunds Safer. In: Brickell, E.F. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — CRYPTO’ 92. CRYPTO 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 740. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48071-4_8
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