Re: Indisputable audit trails (left-over question from the workshop)

Hi Evan,

"Ledgers and connectors may require knowing the full path of a payment
before agreeing to participate, in which case they could also keep a
history of all the paths they have been part of."

Does this imply that the sender/receiver upfront decide/know how the
signature on the receipt should look like (eg. the receiver exposes his
public key on his ledger to the sender?)

Best,

Dimi

Op di 1 mrt. 2016 om 20:43 schreef Evan Schwartz <evan@ripple.com>:

> How can you provide an audit trial which is indisputable?
>>
>
> From the sender's perspective, the key piece of indisputable proof needed
> is the recipient's signature on the receipt. If the sender has that, their
> obligation to the recipient has been discharged and they need no further
> trail to prove that they have paid. For other participants, I would expect
> ledgers to keep a history of their transfers. Ledgers and connectors may
> require knowing the full path of a payment before agreeing to participate,
> in which case they could also keep a history of all the paths they have
> been part of. This brings up the privacy vs transparency debate though, so
> I would guess that the full path will be disclosed primarily for higher
> value payments.
>
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