A Peer-to-Peer Software Metering System

B. Schneier and J. Kelsey

The Second USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce Proceedings, USENIX Press, November 1996, pp. 279-286.

ABSTRACT: We present two software-network payment systems, designed so that every user is capable of both buying and selling. One system uses online clearing; the other uses offline clearing.

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