I just finished reading Cryptonomicon for the third or fourth time, and it's got me wondering (again) about how digital currency would be possible. He talks a lot about how "strong crypto" can enable you to have digital currency that is unforgeable, but I've thought and thought about it and I just don't see how it's possible to issue a digital, transferable document that you couldn't just make a copy of, thereby doubling the amount of this currency that you own. Is digital currency really possible, or is it purely a product of Neal Stephenson's imagination?
Thanks, Dan -- What is the largest power of two that has three zeros at the end of its base 7 representation? (before the radix point, aka "decimal point") /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
