On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We want to restrict fines to currencies whose backing documents opt-in > to fineability. Now, we could make it binary rather than scalar > (instead of "The maximum FINE amount of VP is 7", "VP are fineable"), > if you want to give more power to the judge, but fineability really has > to be opt-in, or at the very least opt-out. Otherwise zero-sum > currencies such as VP will horribly break. >
Why? As long as the fine can be paid to the L&FD it doesn't break zero-sum currencies, and therefore any currency can be finable without breaking its underlying contract. (NOTE: I'm intending to submit a proposal to allow the Accountor to auction off items in the L&FD as previously discussed) BobTHJ
