@InProceedings{SORJx03, author = { Nicko van Someren and Andrew Odlyzko and Ronald L. Rivest and Tim Jones and Duncan Goldie-Scot }, title = { Does Anyone Really Need Micropayments? }, pages = { 69--76 }, doi = { 10.1007/978-3-540-45126-6_5 }, booktitle = { Proceedings Financial Cryptography 2003 }, publisher = { Springer }, editor = { Rebecca N. Wright }, isbn = { 978-3-540-40663-1 }, date = { 2003-01 }, OPTyear = { 2003 }, OPTmonth = { January 27--30, }, urla = { FC'03 }, eventtitle = { FC'03 }, eventdate = { 2003-01-27/2003-01-30 }, venue = { Guadeloupe, French West Indies }, series = { Lecture Notes in Computer Science }, volume = { 2742 }, OPTorganization = {}, abstract = { Many cryptographers have tried to develop special technology for for transferring tiny amounts of value; they theory being that the computational and/or administrative costs of other payments schemes render them unsuitable for small value transactions. In this panel we discussed two major questions: firstly are the existing systems really not useful for small values and secondly might other models such as flat rate or subscription systems be more suitable anyway, and be possible without the need for small payments? }, }