> I think some people are missing something as regards the gold bars, > the weight thereof. [...] >They make a record of who has how many of them, then throw > them down a very deep well. They still fulfill exactly the same > function, the merchants still trade with one another and everyone > else on the assumption that they are transferring ownership of the > coins even though they can't be physically gotten at. They simply > change hands on paper, the same way as the modern banking (and to a > lesser extent GBCs) operate. Wow! No wonder OSGold is popular! It doesn't matter that there is no verification of the gold backing their assetts. SnowDog --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you know that the new e-gold Secure Random Keypad can help you to protect your passphrase from both keystroke & mouse- click "sniffing" trojan viruses? You can find out more about computer security at: http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html