On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Morlock Elloi wrote:
b) The competition (government) will pulp the pulpable mint.
Not if they can't find it.
So, n-way blind e-cash will never happen. It may be a nice thing to bullshit about and to do PhD thesis and patents on and thus attract chicks, but it will never happen.
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