[4684] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Five years, and still no useful internet cash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Tue May 11 19:39:24 1999
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 16:09:33 -0700
To: Pat Farrell <pfarrell@netcom.com>, cryptography@c2.net
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990511185108.0099c990@netcom6.netcom.com>
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> There were many design decisions behind CyberCoin that make
> it work the way it does. For example, it is not a "bearer
> instrument" in the normal legal sense. It does, however,
> store the value in FDIC insured bank accounts.
>
> There are many reasons for CyberCoin's failure. I think I
> know some of them. I'd be very interested in an informed
> discussion of them.
You may well be the only person that knows some of them.
I would be interested in knowing more about its birth and
death.
--digsig
James A. Donald
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