17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Anonymity and nonescrowed crypto are the linchpins of AP and its more general case, Maysian crypto anarchy. The withering of the nation-state.
If I might dare a crypto-related comment as well; it also requires an absolutely trusted third-party to manage the funds and issue the ecash used to pay the murderer, (sorry, fortunate gambler). The reason why the third party must be trusted by both the payers and the gambler, and thus cannot be anonymous (only at 'best' pseduonymous) should be obvious.