The Pulp Theorem (Re: Digital Cash)

[Jim Choate]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Morlock Elloi wrote:

> b) The competition (government) will pulp the pulpable mint.

Not if they can't find it.

> So, n-way blind e-cash will never happen. It may be a nice thing to bullshit
> about and to do PhD thesis and patents on and thus attract chicks, but it will
> never happen.

As long as we use the current OS and network models - yes. With other
inherently distributed and anonymous models - maybe.

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