[80979] in Cypherpunks
Re: Creating a unique ID number for a dollar
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Mon Jun 2 02:35:47 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970602014607.25651C-100000@netcom2>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:19:37 -0400
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Okay.
I'll bite.
1. Take a dollar.
2. Write down the serial number.
3. Burn the dollar.
Can you say "seignorage"?
I knew you could...
Cheers,
Bob Hettinga
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