At 1:19 PM +0100 11/30/00, Tom Vogt wrote:
"R. A. Hettinga" wrote:
...an argument for bearer credentials if there ever was one...
there's also a couple other things in there that I find highly
questionable. the worst is right at the end:
"We have forwarded it to the Justice Department's
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Subject: Re: Authenticate the "adult field", go to jail...
RAH writes:
I don't think you understand how bearer credentials would work.
With blinded bearer credentials, prosecutors wouldn't have much of a leg to
stand on, since the authenticato
"R. A. Hettinga" wrote:
At 10:16 AM -0800 on 11/29/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In fact if anything this kind of prosecution is an argument *against*
getting into the ecash/ecredential business, especially if it is focused
on porn as some have proposed. All you need is for someone to
At 7:27 PM -0500 on 11/29/00, Steven Furlong wrote:
Not a good comparison. The nation-states which issue the currency are
also the nation-states which make the laws and have (or attempt to have)
a monopoly on guns.
:-).
How well are or were private currencies insulated from legal action?
