~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks,
. . . a remailer consortium would do best to issue a local banknote usable only by themselves and have customers settle with the consortium issuer, rather than any member of the consortium itself. If the consortium issuer were to use blind sigs, the consortium members wouldn't be able to ascertain who paid.
The mechanism for settlement could be credit cards directly, mailed in checks, even FV. The preferences of the consortium members for issues of timeliness of settlement, reversibility, loss sharing, etc. would decide the actual choice of settlement mechanism. . . .
Gee, this sounds awfully familiar. Maybe Eric will have more luck in getting you remailer folks to listen. I hardly got so much as a peep when I suggested that a remailers' guild create or authorize one or more digital stamp issuers. Damn, I hate being so far ahead of my time. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~