From e76210a0a02af835fe6fc36ee6056402c421dbb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Burdges Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:33:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Another comment about BOLT, not sure if I want to say this --- articles/ui/ui.tex | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/articles/ui/ui.tex b/articles/ui/ui.tex index 8f2433d9e..9918b56b1 100644 --- a/articles/ui/ui.tex +++ b/articles/ui/ui.tex @@ -444,7 +444,10 @@ transfers through bank-like intermediaries. Although interesting, there are numerous seemingly fragile aspects of the BOLT protocol, including aborts deanonymizing customers, intermetdiaries risking unlimited losses, and theft if a party fails to post a refute message -in a timely fashion. +in a timely fashion. +% If these issues could be addressed, +% % and the relatively advanced crypto involved became production ready, +% then Taler might be the best platform for deploying a BOLT-like scheme. % In addition, the Bitcoin protocol does not interact well with % conventional anonymity networks like Tor \cite{BTC:vsTor}