At 11:04 PM -0500 on 11/2/98, Michael Motyka lobs a low, slow one, over the plate:
These unregulated virtual economies need to conduct trade with ActualPhysicalSpace.
Oh. That's easy. Check out the essay section of <http://www.philodox.com/> for a good prima facie underwriting model for digital bearer instruments, expecially the model map. Render unto FinCEN. No problem. Flatland can't reach the sky no matter how hard they try. (hey. I'm rapping... pbbbt. tht. pbbbt. pbbbt. tht... :-)) Cheers, Bob ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'