"How to Make a Mint: The Cryptography of Anonymous Electronic Cash" (copy hosted by MIT 6.805 course pages; released through Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson with NSA permission)

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"How to Make a Mint: The Cryptography of Anonymous Electronic Cash" (copy hosted by MIT 6.805 course pages; released through Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson with NSA permission)
Issuer or author: Laurie Law, Susan Sabett, Jerry Solinas — National Security Agency, Office of Information Security Research and Technology
Date: 18 Jun 1996
Original: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm

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