I don't recall seeing mention of this, so here goes. The October 1995 issue of "Worth" magazine has a fairly long article about digital cash in several forms, and about David Chaum's Digicash in particular. It has a more detailed description of his Amsterdam operation, and his history, than I recall seeing anywhere else. While I'm on the subject of Chaum and Digicash, several recent posts here have commented about my dislike of Digicash's current approach, or about my criticisms of the current approach. Given the recent "piling on" aimed at Netscape (for various reasons I think are obvious--see Note), I don't want to be perceived as one of Digicash's leading critics. The fact is, I'm not in the business of trying to deploy any kind of digital cash, so I don't follow too closely the ins and outs of what various "digital money" systems are currently offering. I have some long-range interests in the societal implications of truly anonymous digital cash, and argue the issues frequently, but I avoid worrying overmuch about Mondex vs. First Virtual vs. QuickenCash vs. whatever. Note: About half of all posts to the CP list for the past several weeks have somehow involved Netscape. The attacks on Netscape have been impressive, but many of the posts have a "me too" flavor, sort of the way my smaller cat takes every opportunity to nip at my larger cat when the larger cat is in distress. The phrase "kicking them when they're down" comes to mind. Not that the issues aren't real, just that a lot of folks want to be the "next Goldberg and Wagners," or that they want to add their two cents about how Netscape is blowing it. I stay out of this, but I certainly don't want to see Digicash given the same treatment. Their current product may not be all that some of us desire (in terms of anonymity, for example), but it sure does beat the alternatives in essential ways. I don't want to see Netscape so trashed that people turn to lesser-tested alternatives without good reason (Microsoft Network being one example), and I don't want to see Digicash so trashed that people turn to some product like Mondex. --Tim May Views here are not the views of my Internet Service Provider or Government. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."