>On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> One small final comment: physical cash is not really anonymous (bills have
>> serial numbers, and certainly coins may contain secret marks. Why?
At 02:47 PM 09/27/1999 -0700, bram wrote:
>I believe at least part of the reason is to make heists dif
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One small final comment: physical cash is not really anonymous (bills have
> serial numbers, and certainly coins may contain secret marks. Why?
I believe at least part of the reason is to make heists difficult - Places
which have loads of nice new
Steve takes an issue with me for my belief that anonymous payments will involve
overhead that may make them less popular than non-anonymous payments. He says,
> There is no reason to expect anonymous system will be more expensive than
> the current book-entry variety, in fact quite the contrary
Amir Herzberg writes:
> (btw, I really wonder what's the point of having a technical discussion
> incognito... I hope this is not for a really good/bad reason such as
> you are living in some dark country)
Yes, regrettably many of us do live in a dark country. Public discussions
of cryptographic
At 01:36 PM 9/26/99 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>There are two reasons. First, as you say below, there is simply the reality of
>there being multiple systems. Second, and more essential, there are some
>important advantages e.g. in efficiency to non-anonymous payment mechanisms.
>BTW, non-anon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Anonymous says, (btw, I really wonder what's the point of having a technical
> discussion incognito... I hope this is not for a really good/bad reason such as
> you are living in some dark country),
Frankly, I'm somewhat surprised. There are several really obvious
re
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Subject: Re: Ecash without a mint, or - making anonymous payments practical
Amir Herzberg says,
> Anonymous says,
>
> > It is still worth considering how to create anonymous payment s
Amir Herzberg says,
> Anonymous says,
>
> > It is still worth considering how to create anonymous payment systems
> > which could be more compatible with other elements of present day society.
>
> I think we can do this, indeed, we can achieve an even stronger goal:
> a payment mechanism that will
Anonymous says,
> It is still worth considering how to create anonymous payment systems
> which could be more compatible with other elements of present day society.
I think we can do this, indeed, we can achieve an even stronger goal: a payment
mechanism that will support anonymous payments fo
