Michael Johnson <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com> writes:
Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
One problem is that a lot of people put fake addresses in the from: fields. Why waste good e-cash on e-mail to addresses that bounce?
That's the best kind for the payer, because ecash(tm) is not lost once you send it. You can cancel the payment if it bounces or after a specified amount of time. That's the double spending protection in ecash(tm), the first person to deposit a specific coin gets the money.
That's a good feature. Other than raw e-cash, Alice could be sending out messages like "Here's a random token: return this token to redeem your cash". Also instead of general-purpose cash, Alice could be sending out soft tokens only usable at her site: mention Alice's 900 number, receive an e-mail with a secret code that allows you to FTP a single x-rated picture from Alice's Web site. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps