The Crypto-Financial Paradox
Ryan Lackey
ryan at havenco.com
Wed Nov 21 15:26:14 PST 2001
Bob Hettinga wrote:
> Quoting "Blanc <blancw at cnw.com>":
> > But sometimes it seems like it will be a Cold Day in Hell before
> > that happens.
> > (Ryan, would you make this your next project?
> > We'd all appreciate it *ever* so much.)
I think I've figured out why ecash hasn't been deployed.
1) "Math is hard! Let's go shopping!"
2) Yet, ecash can be used for shopping.
The resulting paradox has rendered ecash a logical impossibility :)
> Not to un-swash his buckle, and all that, because he really deserves
> massive kudos for what he's done with HavenCo., but Ryan's already
> tried that, once before, on Anguilla, if we all remember, and it
> wasn't at all pretty (cf. Declan's articles earlier this year about
> the E-Gold/Systemics pissing contest).
Twice, actually, if you count HINDE.
(unclear if 0 for 2 is better than 0 for 1; I actually think so.
Better than 0 for 0 regardless.)
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