1994-02-18 - Re: MONEY: cryptocash is transaction money

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
To: jpp@markv.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-02-18 18:01:09 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 10:01:09 PST

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 10:01:09 PST
To: jpp@markv.com
Subject: Re: MONEY: cryptocash is transaction money
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jpp@markv.com says:
> Hmm.  I don't concider myself too naive about money, or digital cash,
> but I find your remarks a bit opaque.  Could you elucidate please?
> Why do you insist that digital cash isn't money?  

Its much more like an anonymous bank transfer. In this sense, it is
not like money just as a fedwire transaction is not money -- its a way
of moving money around, not the money itself.

Perry





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