[43868] in Cypherpunks
Re: e$: Come aaaannnndddd Get it!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Thu Nov 23 20:02:42 1995
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 19:49 EDT
From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: sameer@c2.org
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: IN%"sameer@c2.org" "sameer" 16-NOV-1995 19:01:20.75
From EALLENSMITH:
> I will as soon as someone comes up with a _fully_ private digital
> cash system and starts using it for something. As I understand it, Chaum's
> ecash system is not one (i.e., non-privacy to the sender and of amounts to the
> bank). If I'm incorrect, please tell me and I'll set up an account with MTB
> immediately (if there's a text-based interface).
ecash provides full payor anonymity. Payee anonymity is
currently not possible, but that is being worked on.
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That's what I said; "non-privacy to the sender" is lack of payee
anonymnity. This lack is problematic for me personally in two respects:
First, there is that, as I have stated, I would like to be a payee at
some point. My likelihood of doing so is decreased if I do not have an
anonymnity option.
Second, services that I might like to utilize are less likely to be
available if the anonymnity of the provider is not guaranteed.
-Allen
