Re: Will Not Happen (was: bearer = anonymous = freedom to contract)

[Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>]

At 10:52 AM -0500 on 2/19/99, Dave Birch wrote:


> But the potential of the pilot was still limited by the fact that
> you could only use the cards in shops (e.g. Starbucks), the least
> interesting place to use e-cash. No internet, no mobile phones, no TV, no
> kiosks, no parking meters, no BART tickets etc etc.

1. Geodesic payment on geodesic networks.

2. 3 orders of magnitude cheaper than the status quo.

3. Nothing but net.

Take care of cypherspace, and meatspace will take care of itself.

Cheers,
RAH
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com>
Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
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experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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