[41649] in Cypherpunks
Re: DalSemi: Add-Only Memory for Storage of Digital Cash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Brickner)
Tue Oct 17 20:11:09 1995
To: Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: (Your message of Tue, 17 Oct 1995 14:20:49 EDT.)
<199510171820.OAA24348@colon.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 19:06:49 -0500
From: Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net>
Nathan Loofbourrow writes:
>And there's another item of note: each chip has a unique, etched,
>machine-readable serial number. What are the bets that Dallas
>Semiconductor can tell you who purchased that chip? Well, so much for
>an anonymous payment scheme based on *this* product.
Some enterprising cypherpunks can buy a bunch and resell 'em for cash.
