Efforts have been put for electronization of complementary currencies (alternative forms of monetary media) in the hope that it would reduce their operational cost. However, this ...
nvented abstract representations of value. As time passed, representations of value became more abstract, progressing from barter through bank notes, payment orders, checks, credit...
N. Asokan, Philippe A. Janson, Michael Steiner, Mi...
We analyse scenarios in which self-interested agents negotiate with each other in order to agree on deals to exchange resources. We consider two variants of the framework, one whe...
Ulrich Endriss, Nicolas Maudet, Fariba Sadri, Fran...
We study protocols to enable one user (the principal) to make potentially profitable but risky interactions with another user (the agent), in the absence of direct trust between ...