1996-01-10 - Re: E-cash and Interest

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
To: Tim Philp <bplib@wat.hookup.net>
Message Hash: 0563ac95ec47bb7c8c4e58a7792e8ef880d3e9db636614bb4ba2fbc9b7e73b3a
Message ID: <m0ta43a-00090DC@pacifier.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-10 17:20:27 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 09:20:27 PST

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 09:20:27 PST
To: Tim Philp <bplib@wat.hookup.net>
Subject: Re: E-cash and Interest
Message-ID: <m0ta43a-00090DC@pacifier.com>
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At 08:20 AM 1/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I think that you have hit the nail on the head. Money could still 'earn' 
>interest until it is spent. The 'bank' still has the 'real' money. In 
>fact, it is an improvement over cash, in that you could still earn 
>interest on the money on your hard drive.
>Thanks for the clarification.

I think there is another way of looking at the ecash/interest situation:
From upside down, so to speak.  If the USE of Ecash avoids (legally or
illegally) income or sales taxes, that constitutes an "interest," in an odd
sort of way.  Not "real" interest, of course, but the next best thing.






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