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Article #591Re: Q: DigiCash & electronic money
From: Phil Karn
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 07:12
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 07:12
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Although I think the idea of electronic cash is wonderful, I'm afraid it will never get very far given the present worldwide drug hysteria. Unlike the private use of cryptography, which no government will ever be able to control, the success of cryptographic cash depends in large part on governments formally recognizing it as legal tender. Phil
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!mips!swrinde!network.ucsd.edu!qualcom.qualcomm.com!chicago.qualcomm.com!karn From: karn@chicago.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Q: DigiCash & electronic money Message-ID: <1992Apr14.071207.11679@qualcomm.com> Date: 14 Apr 92 07:12:07 GMT References: <1992Apr14.042214.6943@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc Lines: 9 Nntp-Posting-Host: chicago.qualcomm.com