I have an idea of how ambitious cypherpunks could make money. They could be communications intermediaries between financial clients in the U.S. & financial institutions in locations such as the Bahamas & Switzerland. This would require a cypherpunk in the U.S. & another cypherpunk in the foreign country. From now on in text cypherpunk = CP. The U.S. CP would get message from client & then use the internet with anonymous remailers & strong encryption to send message to CP in foreign country. CP in foreign country then decrypts message & gives it to local financial institution. Financial institution gives message to foreign CP who then encrypts & uses anonymous remailers to send info. back to U.S. CP. U.S. CP decrypts & gives info to client. In this way, encryption naive client could have access to great financial privacy & CPs get money. At this point, I think everybody gets the basic idea. CPs would have initial problem getting clients. To do this they would need to hook up with a financially sophisticated partner. That shouldn't be too hard. College friends in finance, local CPA's you've dealt with,th, lawyers, etc.. CPs would probably be the rare & precious birds. Once the CP has his financial contact, that financial contact can develop the clients. In the foreign country, the CP shouldn't have much of a problem getting a financial partner/advisor & could probably operate with neon lights. In the land of the free (the U.S.), I would advise discretion. This business should not take a lot of capital. CPs would bring the rare communications technical expertise & the financial expertise should be plentiful. There is a possibility of harassment, so the CP's should have courage. By the way, there was someone on CYPERPUNKS that was offering a percentage of the profits for great financial ideas. I would like to volunteer this idea. It might not meet all the specifications, but then someone might like to change specifications & accept this idea. This idea may be half baked. In which case, I leave it to my fellow cypherpunk geniuses associates to fully bake it. Good luck - Gary Jeffers GO TEAM GO! - GO TEAM GO! PUSH EM BACK! - PUSH EM BACK! WAAYY BACK! BEAT STATE! - BEAT STATE!