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From: "George Hara" Date: September 27, 2008 5:09:41 AM GMT-04:00 To: gold-silver-crypto@rayservers.com Subject: Re: [gsc] Fwd: (micro)payments for anonymous routing in Tor?

RAH,

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None of these micro-mints use blinding, so what makes this "cash" anonymous? What guarantees that transactions are not traced / linked by the mint? What makes any of these mints better than Loom or eCache?

The mint's is the only signature.

Remember, that on the internet, traffic analysis is a bitch anyway. So anonymity-wise, you get whatcha, heh, pay for.

My claim is that passing coins is cheaper than keeping track of book- entries -- and sending people to jail when they lie about 'em.

None of that guarantees that transactions are anonymous, as in digital blinded cash anonymous. The mint can still create a trail of transactions. Anyone who can get such data from the mint can send one to jail when they lie about them. And the more mints there are, the more entities can (potentially) track transactions.