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3939We accomplish this by using modular arithmetic (where division is undefined),
4040and by using massive numbers for the factors and accumulators.
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42- A <font color =" blue " >tails file</font > is a binary file that contains an
42+ A <font color =" blue " >tails file</font > is associated with an accumulator
43+ and its factors. It is a binary file that contains an
4344array of randomly generated factors for an accumulator. Instead of small
4445numbers like 2 and 3 and 7, these factors are massive numbers, far too
4546big to display conveniently on a screen. Typically the quantity of these
4647numeric factors in a tails file is large--hundreds of thousands to tens of
4748millions.
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49- The tails file is not secret; it is published as plain text to the world
50+ A tails file is not secret; it is published as plain text to the world
5051and freely downloadable by anyone. The contents of this file never change.
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5253Each potential or actual credential issued by a particular issuer is
5354assigned an index to an accumulator factor in a tails file. However,
54- only credentials that have not revoked contribute to the value of the
55+ only credentials that have not been revoked contribute to the value of the
5556accumulator. We will see how this works, below.
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5758![ tails file and accumulator] ( tails.png )
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