简介:Atomicityisnecessaryforreliableandsecureelectroniccommercetransactionandtoguaranteetheparticipants'interests.Anatomicandefficiente-cash(electroniccash)transactionprotocolbasedontheclassicale-cashschemeispresented.Thedeliveryofdigitalgoodsisincorporatedintotheprocessofpaymentintheprotocol.Apartfromensuringallthreelevelsofatomicity,thenovelprotocolfeatureshighefficiencyandpracticabilitywithunfavorablestrongassumptionremoved.Furthermore,theproposedprotocolprovidesnon-repudiationproofsforanyfuturedisputes.Atlast,analysisoftheatomicityandefficiencyisillustrated.