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\maketitle \maketitle
\begin{abstract} \begin{abstract}
This paper introduces Taler, a Chaum-style digital currency that This paper introduces {\em Taler}, a Chaum-style digital currency that
enables anonymous payments while ensuring that entities that receive enables anonymous payments while ensuring that entities that receive
payments are auditable and thus taxable. In Taler, customers can payments are auditable and thus taxable. In Taler, customers can
never defraud anyone, merchants can only fail to deliver the never defraud anyone, merchants can only fail to deliver the
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transactions; still, each party only receives the minimum information transactions; still, each party only receives the minimum information
required to execute transactions. Enforcement of honest behavior is required to execute transactions. Enforcement of honest behavior is
timely, and is at least as strict as with legacy credit card payment timely, and is at least as strict as with legacy credit card payment
systems that do not provide for privacy. Taler allows fractional systems that do not provide for privacy. Taler unique {\em refresh
payments while maintaining unlinkability of transactions. We argue protocol} allows fractional payments and refunds while maintaining
that Taler provides a secure digital currency for modern liberal anonymity of the customer and unlinkability of transactions.
societies as it is a flexible, libre and efficient protocol and We argue that Taler provides a secure digital currency for modern
adequately balances the state's need for monetary control with the liberal societies as it is a flexible, libre and efficient protocol
citizen's needs for private economic activity. and adequately balances the state's need for monetary control with
the citizen's needs for private economic activity.
\end{abstract} \end{abstract}
\section{Introduction} \section{Introduction}