"Your project ... would be better to find a way to tap into existing systems so e-gold is an option rather than the only option."
I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but the system is integrated with Softpay in such a manner that it works on top of the existing merchant account, not in place of it. So, from the one terminal you could access whatever credit/debit cards the merchant accepts, plus up to three e-currencies (at the time it was configured to access E-Bullion, e-gold and OSGold [oops]) The Softpay workover had a lot of bugs in it, as it was not ... ahem ... an authorised re-enginerring of the program, but the CRIS system shows tremendous promise due to its flexibility. The Turing number represents a challenge as the screens on the terminals are not particularly good for viewing complex grahics (more precisely, they are entirely unsuited for the task.) "Imagine getting a coke machine to allow for signups of new e-gold accounts... :-) Would you like an e-gold account with that hamburger and coke?" Well, part of my angle on how to make the project profitable would be to have the merchants signed up "under" me into the e-currencies, to get the progeny bonuses. Although the cost of the terminals vs. the trickle of bonuses would take an enternity to cover, at some point the viability of the system would catch on with merchants and then we would start charing for them. Actual new account signups from a vending machine or credit terminal would be a real pain; it's one thing to have to sit punching account numbers, passwords, Turing numbers, and spend info into the machine off of a ten-digit numerical pad ... new users would possibly be dissuaded from the process entirely simply because of the work that would go into setting it up, plus they would not be able to use the account until the next time they went online to get the number. Frank --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
