[smanek]

Where does applied crypto talk about anonymous currency?

I read Cryptography Engineering (its successor) last year, and don't think I remember anything about that ...

I'm sure it discusses standard public key crypto, but it's a huge leap to go from that to a truly anonymous digital currency. Even with blind signatures it's really hard to prevent the 'bank' from maintaining an audit trail. My understanding is that even Bitcoin maintains an auditable transaction trail, so it's still not as good as cash.

PS: s/diety/deity/

PPS: I'd consider it bad form to use an affiliate amazon link there

[DanBC]

(http://www.schneier.com/book-applied-toc.html#chap6)

    Chapter 6: Esoteric Protocols 
    * SECURE ELECTIONS
    * Secure Multiparty Computation
    * Anonymous Message Broadcast
    * DIGITAL CASH