Fwd: [gsc] Fwd: (micro)payments for anonymous routing in Tor?

[R.A. Hettinga]

Begin forwarded message:

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