21 Nov
2001
21 Nov
'01
4:25 p.m.
From R. A. Hettinga:
:So, as has ever been the case, whoever builds a robust, :instantly-settled, identity-independent, internet-ubiquitous :transaction mechanism that actually works in production for assets :people want to trade in large quantity is going to do quite well for :themselves by saving the entire economy a whole lot of money, and not :just people suffering from the depredations of an increasingly :powerful nation-state. ------------------------ But sometimes it seems like it will be a Cold Day in Hell before that happens. (Ryan, would you make this your next project? We'd all appreciate it *ever* so much.) .. Blanc