Transferable Constant-Size Fair E-Cash

  • Authors:
  • Georg Fuchsbauer;David Pointcheval;Damien Vergnaud

  • Affiliations:
  • École normale supérieure, LIENS - CNRS - INRIA, Paris, France;École normale supérieure, LIENS - CNRS - INRIA, Paris, France;École normale supérieure, LIENS - CNRS - INRIA, Paris, France

  • Venue:
  • CANS '09 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We propose a new blind certification protocol that provides interesting properties while remaining efficient. It falls in the Groth-Sahai framework for witness-in distinguishable proofs, thus extended to a certified signature it immediately yields non-frameable group signatures. We then use it to build an efficient (offline) e-cash system that guarantees user anonymity and transferability of coins without increasing their size. As required for fair e-cash, in case of fraud, anonymity can be revoked by an authority, which is also crucial to deter from double spending.