On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
One of the attributes that a digital currency system MAY have is whether someone who finds lost currency may spend it. Conventional cash has this property. So do tickets to performances, lottery tickets, bus tokens, prepaid phone cards etc.. A (tamper-resistant) smartcard may have this 'finders keepers' property, or may not.
And anyone with two halves of a clue to rub together will only use a system that -won't- allow this. Who in their right mind is going to give money away... -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------