[81320] in Cypherpunks
Re: e$: The greater fool theory of Digicash, quantified, roughly
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Fri Jun 6 11:45:00 1997
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 11:14:24 -0400
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:05:34 -0400
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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Subject: Re: e$: The greater fool theory of Digicash, quantified, roughly
At 2:54 am -0400 on 6/6/97, somebody wrote:
> I don't think Chaum is in it for the money. You say he has family money.
> This fact makes my contention more likely.
The paradox, of course, is that money is just a way of keeping score. :-).
If Chaum's aim was to make the blind signature patent as ubiquitous as
possible, he's failed just as miserably as if he were trying to make money
on it.
Cheers,
Bob Hettinga
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