IP: Re: Why we don't use digital cash

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:47:18 -0700
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> From: Dan Lynch <dan () lynch com>
> Subject: Re: IP: Re: Why we don't use digital cash
>
> As a cofounder oc Cybercash and the instigator of CyberCoin I can 
> attribute its failure to many dark forces as Richard mentions, but in 
> addition to that we failed to make it easy to use.  Reaching on one's 
> pocket for some change is all onje wants to do to effect a small 
> transaction.  In the interests (fear) of security we made it hard to use 
> for the customer and the merchant, not on purpose, but that was the end 
> result.  Maybe someday...
>
> Dan



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