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The development of electronic commerce has led to a new trend: the distribution of digital information. Micropayment systems come as an alternative, allowing the implementation of such transactions at low costs. This work introduces μP, a micropayment system based on central generation of electronic coins that are bought by and distributed among customers and easily verified — and thus accepted as payment — by electronic commerce vendors. It differentiates itself by generating a single group of tokens that can be used for shopping in all of these vendors. This process is performed concerning security and scalability requirements.
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Mindlin, P.A.L., Schweitzer, C.M., Carvalho, T.C.M.B., Ruggiero, W.V. (2004). μP: A Micropayment System. In: Mendes, M.J., Suomi, R., Passos, C. (eds) Digital Communities in a Networked Society. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 139. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7907-9_11
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