RE: Making the Agora Vanish | OSINT distributed haven (Intellagora)

[Ray Dillinger]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

>At 02:06 PM 4/15/01 -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>>When you talk about a one-time transaction, it pretty much has to
>>involve something whose value can be ascertained ON THE SPOT.
>>otherwise, there is either a continuing relationship that can't
>>be unilaterally broken (ie, they know where you live) or there is
>
>I think this is a bit short-sighted.
>
>Assume there is an anonymous seller who has established reputation capital 
>over time for small transactions on the order of pennies. I may be willing 
>to risk a ten-cent transaction (to purchase an illicit MP3 or somesuch) if 
>the perceived reward is sufficient. If I am successful and word spreads 
>that the seller is to be trusted, the amount people will be willing to risk 
>larger amounts will presumably increase.

And your possible motive for spreading the word about his reputation, 
which ties you to an illicit transaction, is what exactly?

                                Bear