On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 03:22:51PM -0500 Jim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > In the micropayment scheme I'm thinking of, each node would determine the > prices it would charge for insertions and retrievals. There would not be a > central organization that would charge people to use freenet. There wouldn't > even have to be a single 'bank' since various 'currencies' could be exchanged > freely. Also, people wouldn't be required to use cash or credit cards to > accumulate these currencies. They could simply set up a node and collect > fees for insertions and retrievals. Then they could use that to make > insertions and retrievals from other nodes. In short, no one would be forced > to use micropayments, there need not be a single point of failure and > anonymity should not be compromised. So you suggest some kind of electronic money. In this case the currency itself can be totally fictious. But how do you "interface" it with real the world? For example what do you do if somebody sets up a rouge node which sends out electronic money, but is not willing to pay real money? (Like writing checks, but not honoring them, promising to pay but not paying in the end)
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