At 07:31 PM 11/25/2001 -0800, Ragnar wrote: > >Most of all, think about why so many efforts to sort of deploy > >digital cash or untraceability tools have essentially failed > >due to a failure of nerve, a failure to go for the brass ring. >----------------------- > >Very good analysis, Mr. Schear. Very cogent.
Thanks, but I can't claim credit for this one, although I am in substantial agreement. The author is a leading Cypherpunk who sometimes objects to cross-postings with his attribution. >I believe e-gold and a few other providers of e-currency >understand these concepts (without admitting it). The biggest >fear is not whether companies such as e-gold will become popular >or not. They will. The fear, at least from my perspective, is >how soon big brother government will intervene. They may have already. There is no way for users to know whether U.S. law enforcement has been monitoring e-gold transactions (with or without their approval). Only systems who's mathematical and technological underpinnings (esp. distributed architectures and open reviewed source code) provide assurance of privacy are to be so trusted. steve --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.e-gold.com/stats.html lets you observe the e-gold system's activity now!
