30 Nov
2001
30 Nov
'01
3:57 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:14:13PM -0800, Wei Dai wrote: | On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:53:02PM -0800, georgemw@speakeasy.net wrote: | > Even this is not a scalar. Since reputation cannot be bought | > and sold, the idea that it is worth a specific well defined amount is | > false. | | If you own a nym, you can easily sell its reputation. Just give the | private key to the buyer. How does the buyer ensure that I haven't kept a copy? If what I'm selling is a nym, then without the nym, I am anonymous. Adding layers of nymity for reputation with partial disclosure seems a complex and failure-prone approach. Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume