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Re: [e-gold-list] DBCs now issued by DMT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Sun Dec 8 13:22:37 2002
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:57:41 -0500
To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com, e$@vmeng.com, dcsb@ai.mit.edu,
<dgcchat@lists.goldmoney.com>
From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
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Status: RO
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 16:31:31 -0800
To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>,
"e-gold Discussion" <e-gold-list@talk.e-gold.com>
From: Steve Schear <schear@attbi.com>
Subject: Re: [e-gold-list] DBCs now issued by DMT
Cc: cypherpunks@lne.com
At 06:45 PM 12/3/2002 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
>I suppose that if it's not blinded, or at least functionally anonymous,
>like you'd get with statistically-tested streaming cash, it's not *that*
>bearer, but, hey, that's just *my* opinion, right?
Since it has no payee or associated holder information and can "circulate"
via re-issuance (even if there is a charge) it has bearer "characteristics".
>I would assume that anything that has accounts with client names on them is
>probably not bearer, either, though Mark Twain did something quite like
>that.
DMT accounts have no customer information associated.
steve
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