[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-26 Thread Greg Broiles
At 03:21 PM 11/25/2001 -0500, David Brooks wrote: How is e-gold useful? Transaction fees are orders of magnitude larger than the transaction amount. Steve, With respect, I believe you do not understand the transaction fee structure of e-Gold. This is quoted from the e-Gold webpage:

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-26 Thread James M. Ray
At 08:51 PM -0800 11/25/2001, Greg Broiles wrote: ... Steve and I experimented with very small e-gold transactions tonight - if he sent me .1 ounces of gold (USD .002728), I received .06 ounces (USD .001637), and e-gold took .04 (USD .001091) for their spend fee .. which is a

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-26 Thread Steve Schear
At 10:15 PM 11/25/2001 -0500, Andrew McMeikan wrote: For sweetspot applications that are considered immoral in *any* place in the world then you get at least a potential problem for those that promote/encourage/use depending on the reach and proportional power of those offended Agreed. But then

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-25 Thread David Brooks
How is e-gold useful? Transaction fees are orders of magnitude larger than the transaction amount. Steve, With respect, I believe you do not understand the transaction fee structure of e-Gold. This is quoted from the e-Gold webpage: http://www.e-gold.com/unsecure/fees.htm The fee for

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-25 Thread Viking Coder
How is e-gold useful? Transaction fees are orders of magnitude larger than the transaction amount. How is 1% of the transaction amount orders of magnitude *larger* than the transaction amount? Shouldn't that be the other way around? We'll probably see pay per page online when we see pay

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-25 Thread Steve Schear
At 03:21 PM 11/25/2001 -0500, David Brooks wrote: How is e-gold useful? Transaction fees are orders of magnitude larger than the transaction amount. Steve, With respect, I believe you do not understand the transaction fee structure of e-Gold. This is quoted from the e-Gold webpage:

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-25 Thread Andrew McMeikan
snip CONCLUSION: To really do something about untraceability you need to be untraceable. Draw this graph I outlined. Think about where the markets are for tools for privacy and untraceability. Realize that many of the far out' sweet spot applications are not necessarily immoral: think of

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-25 Thread James M. Ray
Let me make it clear (and I hope Mr. Schear can also clarify his message) that I think e-gold's one of many tools that make very small payments easier than they're made out to be. e-gold spend and storage fees are low enough that I think it's economical, but I'd bet the more important role of

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-25 Thread jpm
Let me make it clear (and I hope Mr. Schear can also clarify his message) that I think e-gold's one of many tools that make very small payments easier than they're made out to be. e-gold spend and storage fees are low enough that I think it's economical, purely FWIW, my opinion is that

[e-gold-list] Re: How Penny Per Page Might Work

2001-11-25 Thread Bob
James M. Ray wrote: Trivia question for (at least) a gram! What's the name of the VERY FIRST currency that was based wholly on e-gold, Flying Rat and (this is the hint...) where is it used? First correct answer gets a gram of e-gold! It's not used now that I know of. Bob --- You are