List Moderator's Edict of the Day:
A bunch of people seem anxious to branch the discussion of
cryptographic cash protocols off into a discussion of the politics of
money. I'm a rabid libertarian myself, but this isn't the rabid
libertarian mailing list. Please stick to discussing either the
proto
>[Lengthy exposition of vulnerability of a systm to use-of-force
>monopolies ellided.]
>
>You will not find a solution to political problems in cryptography.
Yes, but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of
freedom for several years.
Governments are good at cutting
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 06:20 +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
> If I understand Simplified Payment Verification
> correctly:
>
> New coin issuers need to store all coins and all recent
> coin transfers.
>
> There are many new coin issuers, as many as want to be
> issuers, but far more coin users.
>
