17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Jeff Davis says:
But this question comes up often enough that I'm afraid I'm missing something. Why would offline systems be more useful?
Anonymity.
Online systems are also guaranteed anonymous. The whole point of offline transactions is just to eliminate the need to be online, which can be inconvenient -- as an example, if you are trying to buy something on a streetcorner or otherwise away from telecom. In the future, this will not be so much of a problem. For the moment its quite interesting. Perry