Steve, I'm forwarding this to cypherpunks, where this posting originated. Always ready to set the record straight. By the way, could I have an email copy of your original posting/publicity material for this, I'm curious about where it was announced to the net. Tighten up my links to the straight dope, etc. Thanks! Bob Hettinga
Bob,
Carl Ellison at TIS brought this to my attention. We'll provide you with a lengthier response in a bit, but let me comment briefly that the following contains a number of inaccuracies. Two of particular note: Citibank is not a principal in CyberCash, and the vaporware footnote is peculiar because our system has been operational since early April and the client software, which runs as a "viewer" with a number of browsers, is available from our web site for downloading around the world.
Steve
CyberCash The last I heard from these guys, a "consortium" of various heavies like RSA and I believe Citibank even, was an article plastered all over the Marketing section of the Wall Street Journal last fall. To my knowlege they haven't come up for air. My memory of 'consortia' like this one, and Citicorp in particular (who was trying to reverse engineer Chaum's Digicash patent last time I looked), leads me to believe this dog won't hunt, or at least not until the coon's already been treed, anyway. Cf: Citi's Quotron boondoggle.
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