Re: managing and protecting nyms...

John Case wrote:

I suspect there is a Zookos-Triangle-like constraint on having anonymity and reputation simultaneously. Which is to suggest that I think it is possible, but that there will be some kind of limiting or inconveniencing factor...

A good Nym has a life of its own, and the reputation is attached to THAT life - almost impossible to transfer unless you are willing to compromise the Nym by linking it to somewhere else. No reason why the Nym-identity can't build a good reputation though, and I know of several that have done so.