On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:44:36 -0400 grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.hashcash.com/ didn't you bother to make a summary of the scammers' project? http://www.hashcash.com/faq.html "Isn't HashCash centralized, and isn't that bad? HashCash is polycentric, rather than centralized. " Translation : yes hashcash is just a centralized bank and so it is shit. "A HashCash vault is a "trusted third party". Isn't that bad? A healthy market is full of "trusted third parties. Bla bla bla" Translation : yes hashcash is just a centralized bank and so it is shit. You're welcome. > > HashCash is free software, written in Perl and published under the > Artistic License 2.0. > > Source can be downloaded from CPAN. On Unix-ish systems it should also > be possible to download and install the package with: > > cpan Crypt::HashCash > > (note different capitalization from Adam's Hashcash) > > HashCash is a lightweight Chaumian blind-signature based digital cash > system, designed to work without the need for user registration or > accounts. > > The current implementation is a minimal usable version. It is > experimental and released for beta testing. > > HashCash can operate with various blind signature algorithms and value > bases. The initial version includes support for blind RSA and ECDSA > signatures, and a vault based on Bitcoin. > > HashCash coins are bearer tokens of specific denominations, > blind-signed by a vault, representing a quantity of some value > (precious metals / Bitcoin / altcoins / fiat / whatever) stored by the > vault. > > Users can export coins from their wallets and send them directly to > anyone else using any communication medium. Coins can be encrypted > when exported, and the encryption passphrase sent to the recipient > using an alternate communication method, to protect coins in > transit. For in-person transactions, recipients can just scan coins as > QR codes from payers' devices. > > The wallet can work with multiple independent vaults, just as an email > client might connect to multiple email accounts on different servers. > > With the free vault software and fairly modest hardware and bandwidth > requirements, operating a HashCash vault is within the capabilities of > most people with basic computer skills, facilitating decentralizaton > based on a diversity of competing private vaults. Independent > automated reliability and reputation tracking of vaults could help > users select reliable vaults to use. > > Coin minting and verification fees can be set independently by each > vault, and are built into each interaction with a vault, which enables > vaults to operate without the need for user accounts. > > A vault's private keys can be kept completely offline at all times, by > running the vault on machines air-gapped from the Internet and > communicating with them over serial links. The HashCash protocol is > designed to facilitate air-gapped vaults, as well as completely > offline yet fully functional wallets, which can provide a high level > of security for naive users. > > Offline mode for the wallet is included in current implementation. I'm > still fine-tuning the support for air-gapped vaults. It works and has > been well tested, just needs to be cleaned up. Support for air-gapped > vaults should be included in an upcoming release soon, and an > experimental live air-gapped vault should also be online shortly. In > the meantime, you can get a feel for the system by running a vault > locally. More details on that on the Download page: > > http://www.hashcash.com/download.html > > Comments, bug reports, code, translation assistance, etc. most welcome > and greatly appreciated. > > Hash > > http://www.hashcash.com > > _______________________________________________ > The cryptography mailing list > cryptogra...@metzdowd.com > http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography