Is anybody interested in forming a mailing list explicitly for e-cash discussion? After looking at the c'punks list for at least a year, there seems to be the critical mass of interest to create a medium volume mailing list.
Half a dozen such special sub-list exists on Cypherpunks--bet you didn't know that, eh? That's because they go unused, for reasons I've written about before. And there _are_ money-related lists: IMP-Interest, DigLib, AltInst, and probably others I've missed. Why start yet another one?
The most critical benefit that such a dedicated list would have is that we could probably generate interest from parties who may have an interest in alternate currency/cash systems but have no interest/ knowledge of crypto (a lot of hard core financiers that I know of come to mind...).
If you're not on _their_ lists, why do you think they'll join _your_ list?
I don't have the resources to create a list but I'd be more than glad to help out someone who has access to 'em.
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