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[GNUnet-SVN] [taler-exchange] 02/02: Comment on Ripple fine in relation to BOLT |
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Author: Jeffrey Burdges <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Fri May 19 21:50:46 2017 +0200
Comment on Ripple fine in relation to BOLT
---
doc/paper/taler.bib | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/paper/taler.tex | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/paper/taler.bib b/doc/paper/taler.bib
index e3dda1b..1e5b9a7 100644
--- a/doc/paper/taler.bib
+++ b/doc/paper/taler.bib
@@ -68,6 +68,36 @@
}
address@hidden,
+ author = {Steve Hudak},
+ title = {FinCEN Fines Ripple Labs Inc. in First Civil Enforcement Action
Against a Virtual Currency Exchanger},
+ month = {May},
+ day = {5},
+ year = {2015},
+ note =
{\url{https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-fines-ripple-labs-inc-first-civil-enforcement-action-against-virtual}},
+}
+
address@hidden,
+ author = {Megan Geuss},
+ title = {Cryptocurrency maker Ripple Labs fined \$700K for flouting
financial regs},
+ subtitle = {Virtual currency Wild West is done, registration as a Money
Services Business required.},
+ month = {May},
+ day = {5},
+ year = {2015},
+ note =
{\url{https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/cryptocurrency-maker-ripple-labs-fined-700k-for-flouting-financial-regs/}},
+ url_coindesk =
{http://www.coindesk.com/fincen-fines-ripple-labs-700000-bank-secrecy-act/}
+}
+
address@hidden,
+ author = {Stan Higgins},
+ title = {FinCEN Fines Ripple Labs for Bank Secrecy Act Violations},
+ month = {May},
+ day = {5},
+ year = {2015},
+ note =
{\url{http://www.coindesk.com/fincen-fines-ripple-labs-700000-bank-secrecy-act/}},
+}
+
+
@inproceedings{danezis2016rscoin,
author = {George Danezis and
Sarah Meiklejohn},
diff --git a/doc/paper/taler.tex b/doc/paper/taler.tex
index 997e409..9b6f1ec 100644
--- a/doc/paper/taler.tex
+++ b/doc/paper/taler.tex
@@ -332,10 +332,11 @@ In general, these off-chain payment channels, like BOLT
and the
Lightning Network, improve the blockchain based payment schemes by
centralizing payment processing, but they remain orders of magnitude
more costly than Taler with the same degree of centralization.
-In addition, they require that miners act far more like traditional
-payment processors than conventional cryptocurrencies, exposing miners
-to legal risks. Taler is explicitly designed to help a Taler exchange
-navigate these legal risks.
+In addition, they require nodes act far more like payment processors
+than like conventional miners, potentially exposing miners to legal
+risks, not unlike the financial violations for which Ripple was fined
+\cite{RippleFined-ArsTechnica}. Taler is explicitly designed to help
+a Taler exchange navigate these legal risks.
GreenCoinX\footnote{\url{https://www.greencoinx.com/}} is a more
recent AltCoin where the company promises to identify the owner of
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