Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-16 Thread Nomen Abditum
James A. Donald wrote: The DMT Rand system knows if client X43967 transfers money to client X98987 It also know that client X43967 transferred money to or from a bank of America account, rendering client X43967 no longer pseudonymous. Similarly for client X98987 That's not what DMT

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-14 Thread Bill Stewart
At 10:51 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Alleged attempts to introduce internet currencies have a ninety percent humbug and fraud rate. And the other 10% have unsustainable business plans :-)

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-14 Thread Bill Stewart
At 10:51 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Alleged attempts to introduce internet currencies have a ninety percent humbug and fraud rate. And the other 10% have unsustainable business plans :-)

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-13 Thread James A. Donald
The Yodel does not have a web site where yodels can be converted into some other form of money, and other forms of money converted into Yodels. Instead it has an IIRC bot. Use of this bot is described at http://yodel.deep-ice.com/bankbot.html This means a command line interface, to do

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-13 Thread James A. Donald
The Yodel does not have a web site where yodels can be converted into some other form of money, and other forms of money converted into Yodels. Instead it has an IIRC bot. Use of this bot is described at http://yodel.deep-ice.com/bankbot.html This means a command line interface, to do

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Nomen Nescio wrote: According to this link, http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/11/4183/2039, a new form of digital cash called yodels is being offered anonymously: [...] Supposedly, then, this is cash which can be transferred anonymously via IIP or

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 12 Nov 2002 at 8:50, Nomen Nescio wrote: According to this link, http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/11/4183/2039, a new form of digital cash called yodels is being offered anonymously: [...] Supposedly, then, this is cash which can be transferred

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread James A. Donald
-- On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Nomen Nescio wrote: According to this link, http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/11/4183/2039 a new form of digital cash called yodels is being offered anonymously: On 12 Nov 2002 at 7:31, Steve Schear wrote: Correct they are a bearer

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread Peter Fairbrother
Nomen Nescio quoted: The author of Yodel Bank can be reached on IIP under the name yodel on #yodel. He claims to be fully anonymous to the world Why? What for? It's the customers who need anonymity, not the Bank. It is now legal in the UK and the EU to issue private money. You need a lot

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 13 Nov 2002 at 2:26, Anonymous via the Cypherpunks wrote: It's not clear what value - if any - Yodel provides over and above the DMT Rand system. The DMT Rand system knows if client X43967 transfers money to client X98987 It also know that client X43967 transferred money to or from

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread Alan Barrett
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Nomen Nescio wrote: According to this link, http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/11/4183/2039, a new form of digital cash called yodels is being offered anonymously: [...] Supposedly, then, this is cash which can be transferred anonymously via IIP or

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 12 Nov 2002 at 8:50, Nomen Nescio wrote: According to this link, http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/11/4183/2039, a new form of digital cash called yodels is being offered anonymously: [...] Supposedly, then, this is cash which can be transferred

Re: Yodels, new anonymous e-currency

2002-11-12 Thread James A. Donald
-- On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Nomen Nescio wrote: According to this link, http://www.infoanarchy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2002/11/11/4183/2039 a new form of digital cash called yodels is being offered anonymously: On 12 Nov 2002 at 7:31, Steve Schear wrote: Correct they are a bearer