At 05:54 PM 12/20/2001 -0800, you wrote: >At 09:30 PM 12/20/01 -0000, Dr. Evil wrote: > >> A token-based remailer system, while an "obvious" system, would be a > >> major accomplishment. > > > >Any kind of privacy-enhanced token/payment/value system would be a > >major accomplishment at this point. The c'punks have been in biz for > >almost ten years now, and private payments have always been probably > >the #1 goal, and we are _further_ from having a private payment system > >now than we were ten years ago. We've got the math. We don't have > >the software or the business, though. > > > >The reasons for this have been debated over and over. We're at an > >impasse. > >Its not possible for the mousetrap builders to generate interest >in the better stopping of mice. We don't control the silos of grain >nor the investors therein. Do not thrash your soul over this.
I disagree. We should all be ashamed. The main reason we don't have the private payment system many have discussed is lazyness/"better things to do with their time" by those with the technical ability to create the SW (if I were one of them the SW would be done by now, as I've easily spent 1-2 many years and $10Ks trying to get others to write the code). Funding the payment system, as Tim has noted, is not that hard. steve
