Cyphertentacles, A couple of you have asked about "Wired" and the availability of the new issue, 1.6. Especially as the first "monthly" issue, 1.5, has only been out a few weeks. (And it mentions a strange thing called "BlackNet" on page 32, as sharp observers have noted.) I've been told by Sandy Sandfort that the issue is not yet on the newstands, and may not even be sent out to contributor and subscribers for a couple more weeks....so no point in looking for it now. How'd I get one, then? Well, we found hundred of copies of 1.6 on our dinner tables Friday night at the Hackers Conference. The FinCEN article that I mentioned was thus a fine preparation for the Crypto panel later that evening. Speaking of which, it went quite well. Personally, I liked the panels on "agents and agoric computing," the talk on "algorithmic investing," and the demoes of some truly impressive virtual reality work at Sun. Maybe the crypto stuff is old hat to me. But lots of folks were extremely interested, many even claiming it was their favorite panel. The panelists were Peter Honeyman, Phil Karn, Eric Hughes, Mike Godwin, and John Draper, with me nominally as the moderator. A "BOF" ("birds of a feather," a SIG by another name) session was held in the early hours of Saturday, with even more interest. We may get another wave of new members on the list. -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Note: I put time and money into writing this posting. I hope you enjoy it.