On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Morlock Elloi wrote: > Apart for few cypherpunks, People With Real Money and mafia, all of whom > already have all the anonymity they want, sheeple is handled by corporations > whose income depends on non-anonymity. I don't see a market pressure for anon > replacement for credit cards from the consumer side any more that I see > pressure for IPSec'd traffic from Joe FivePack.
Here's the rub. When we can trade e-cash the same way we trade meat cash for illegal goods, it will fly. Until then, forget it. The pot head has to be able to use it, without worry, before e-cash can really be anonymous and trusted. Once it works for the mafia, it works for everybody :-) Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
