Finder's Keepers, Smartcards, Anon Cash [Re: double-spending prevention w. spent coins]
Jim Choate
ravage at einstein.ssz.com
Tue Apr 29 17:08:36 PDT 2003
On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> One of the attributes that a digital currency system MAY have is
> whether someone who finds lost currency may spend it. Conventional
> cash has this property. So do tickets to performances, lottery
> tickets, bus tokens, prepaid phone cards etc..
> A (tamper-resistant) smartcard may have this
> 'finders keepers' property, or may not.
And anyone with two halves of a clue to rub together will only use a
system that -won't- allow this. Who in their right mind is going to give
money away...
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