On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:53:02PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Even this is not a scalar. Since reputation cannot be bought > and sold, the idea that it is worth a specific well defined amount is > false.
If you own a nym, you can easily sell its reputation. Just give the private key to the buyer. > well, maybe. But if we define reputation capital the way you did > (the value one places on one's own reputation) then it's important > to be aware that one can only know the value of one's own > reputation capital. Yes, I see that as the biggest problem with reputation capital, which is why I proposed a different way of providing disincentives for nyms to do bad things. See http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/bmoney.txt. > 2) you can see to it that the bank doesn't know who > "you" are when you buy the certificates in the first place. How do you propose to do that?
