ecoin.net: anonymous payments today?
Anonymous
nobody at noisebox.remailer.org
Tue Nov 20 09:14:15 PST 2001
Back in 1999, Steve Lihn posted to cypherpunks and some other mailing
lists about his new online payment system, ecoin.net. He intended to
work towards a blind coin system based on David Wagner's alternative to
Chaum blinding, as implemented by Ben Laurie in the lucre library.
Surprisingly, he is still in business. Some recent press releases:
8/15/01 eCoin OutExchange service is released. You can transfer fund
to/from PayPal and e-Gold. Login and check it out.
7/25/01 Anonymous Cash Certificate is released. MMDH is finally in
commercial use. Login and check it out.
6/30/01 PayPal Payment Interface is supported. Now you can transfer
fund from your credit card by PayPal.
6/25/01 Managed Access Solution is released. Use eCoin to pay your
subscription!
1/16/01 eCoin.net announces that e-Gold payment interface is formally
supported. You will be able to purchase eCoins through your
e-Gold account!
Sounds like it might be worth it just for the transfer to/from PayPal.
Also could be an alternative way to fund your e-Gold account anonymously.
With the blinding it could be a real anonymous payment system. Credit
card to PayPal, PayPal to eCoin, transfer eCoin anonymously, then from
eCoin back to PayPal. Anyone want to try a transfer experimentally?
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