We analyze an optimistic contract signing protocol of Asokan, Shoup, and Waidner as a case study in the applicability of formal methods to verification of fair exchange protocols...
Abstract. A multi-party contract signing protocol allows a set of participants to exchange messages with each other with a view to arriving in a state in which each of them has a p...
Multi-party contract signing protocols specify how a number of signers can cooperate in achieving a fully signed contract, even in the presence of dishonest signers. This problem h...
Sjouke Mauw, Sasa Radomirovic, Mohammad Torabi Das...
A fair contract signing protocol allows two potentially mistrusted parities to exchange their commitments (i.e., digital signatures) to an agreed contract over the Internet in a f...