Cash and electronic transactions over the Internet can be safe. This book describes some of the most basic techniques for transferring money as well as some of the most extreme and outlandish.
This second edition of the highly acclaimed Digital Cash is an updated and comprehensive guide to exchanging money over the Net. Included are detailed algorithms for producing and implementing monetary systems like digital checks, digital coupons, digital cashier's checks, and divisible cash. Several systems for creating secure credit card transactions are described as well as the many commercial digital cash systems available today.
* Reviews all of the latest digital cash software including Microsoft's SET, Mondex, Visa and Mastercard's Cash, and Millicent
* Covers commercial digital cash systems such as First Virtual, CyberCash, Digicash, and more
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