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Agora: A Minimal Distributed Protocol for Electronic Commerce
Authors:
Eran Gabber and Abraham Silberschatz, Bell Labs
Abstract:
Agora is a Web protocol for electronic commerce, which is intended to support high-volume of transactions each with low incurred cost. Agora has the following novel properties:
- Minimal. The incurred cost of Agora transactions is close to free Web browsing, where cost is determined by the number of messages.
- Distributed. Agora is fully distributed. Merchants can authenticate customers without access to a central authority. Customers with valid accounts can purchase from any merchant without any preparations (such as prior registration at the merchant or at a broker).
- On-line arbitration. An on-line arbiter can settle certain customer/merchant disputes.
- Fraud control. Agora can limit the degree of fraud to a pre-determined (low) level.
Agora is authenticated, secure and can not be repudiated. It can use regular (insecure) communication channels.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {260576,
author = {Eran Gabber and Abraham Silberschatz},
title = {Agora: A Minimal Distributed Protocol for Electronic Commerce},
booktitle = {2nd USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce (EC 96)},
year = {1996},
address = {Oakland, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/2nd-usenix-workshop-electronic-commerce/minimal-distributed-protocol-electronic-commerce},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = nov
}
author = {Eran Gabber and Abraham Silberschatz},
title = {Agora: A Minimal Distributed Protocol for Electronic Commerce},
booktitle = {2nd USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce (EC 96)},
year = {1996},
address = {Oakland, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/2nd-usenix-workshop-electronic-commerce/minimal-distributed-protocol-electronic-commerce},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = nov
}
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