From: nobody@mockingbird.alias.net (Anonymous)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:35:37 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: E-Cash promotion idea
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alano@teleport.com (Alan Olsen) wrote:

> This may or may not fly, but it is at least worth puting out for general
> comment...
>
> Have the people in the e-cash biz thought of getting with the various
> "Cyber Cafes" around the world to sell e-cash to the patrons.  Done
> properly, this could inject e-cash into a community who would both use
> the cash, as well as providing privacy and an exchange for real currency.

How about getting the CyberCafes to accept ecash?  Just pull out your
Newton/HP48/PDA and point the IR beam at the cash register.  Now that's
an ecash application I'd like to see!!