You realize those are the exact same questions I've been asking of the crypto-anarchist since day one? Careful, you're going to be agreeing with me pretty soon... On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Aimee Farr wrote:
I find open source information banking/trading/merchant (whatever) systems problematic propositions, beyond anonymous cash, especially viewed in light of this hypothetical on a distributed open source intelligence haven-brokerage.
i.e. How do you set yourself up as an anonymous, neutral, info-Switzerland? ...How will you obtain critical mass and critical trust? ...Where is your back-door, infosec accountability if you are nothing but digital wind? ...How do you set up a buy-sell marketplace for intelligence -- the value of which cannot be determined prior to analysis, even where there is a robust reputation capital metric in place? ...How do you enforce polycentric merchant society rules in the context of an anonymous transactional system? ...Requirements for admission? ...Quality control? Reputational systems?...What is your post-transactional enforcement mechanism? ...MUST you have anon cash? (Just lotsa questions.)
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