On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:53:02PM -0800, georgemw@speakeasy.net wrote:
Even this is not a scalar. Since reputation cannot be bought and sold, the idea that it is worth a specific well defined amount is false.
If you own a nym, you can easily sell its reputation. Just give the private key to the buyer.
well, maybe. But if we define reputation capital the way you did (the value one places on one's own reputation) then it's important to be aware that one can only know the value of one's own reputation capital.
Yes, I see that as the biggest problem with reputation capital, which is why I proposed a different way of providing disincentives for nyms to do bad things. See http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai/bmoney.txt.
2) you can see to it that the bank doesn't know who "you" are when you buy the certificates in the first place.
How do you propose to do that?