CDR: Re: Non-Repudiation in the Digital Environment (was Re: First Monday August 2000)

[Bram Cohen]

On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
> Since we're in hair-splitting mode, I should point out that "prevents
> the denial of an act" is not equivalent to a "negation that something is
> false". Of course, logically, it comes to the same thing, but then, so
> does "assertion that something is true".

Of course, the idea that you could 'prevent the denial of an act' is
completely wrong. The explanation "All this fancy-schmancy crypto stuff is
bullshit" is pretty much universally applicable.

-Bram Cohen