[44930] in Cypherpunks
Re: Still more on the Digicash protocol
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim bell)
Thu Dec 7 19:08:05 1995
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 13:34:16 -0800
To: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
At 10:03 AM 12/7/95 -0800, you wrote:
>I am glad that DigiCash supports this type of cash which anyone can
>deposit. Actually, I am surprised and puzzled that it does, given
>Chaum's apparent reluctance to endorse schemes to allow payee anonymity
>(due to political problems, apparently).
I, on the other hand, think one of the best uses of digital cash is to
drastically reduce and eventually eliminate the whole concept of
"government." I see payee-anonymous digital cash as being absolutely
essential.
