I certainly agree with Greg Broiles that this thread is appropriate for Cypherpunks:

I'm finding the thread interesting and educational, apart from my suspicion it's about to turn into a flamewar about who [doesn't] want to bet $10K to back a particular position.

I seem to remember the list being about "technological defenses for privacy", or some such - money laundering (e.g., anonymized transactions) seems close enough for me.

And digital money, offshore markets, Internet casinos, and the like will surely have an effect on how money laundering, asset hiding, and the like will be done. Very apropos to the list. Besides, a new thread on money laundering schemes, one which even touches on the mathematics of martingales (something many more people should work out to their own satisfaction), is a whole lot more interesting than tired old discussions of TEMPEST and whether Clipper is good or bad (the topic is fine, but we've beat it into the ground 37 times and only Dorothy Denning and David Sternlight are known to support it).

If the Extropians' list is dry these days, perhaps some commerce-oriented Cypherpunks ought to sell them a copy of this thread.

Sounds like a good idea to me. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... 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: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."