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1994-05-27 - Re: ecash Press Release

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: Rolf Michelsen <Rolf.Michelsen@delab.sintef.no>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-05-27 11:16:06 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 27 May 94 04:16:06 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 94 04:16:06 PDT
To: Rolf Michelsen <Rolf.Michelsen@delab.sintef.no>
Subject: Re: ecash Press Release
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Rolf Michelsen says:
> Before you get too enthusiastic remember that electronic cash is not 
> legal tender

I have to mention, yet again, that this sort of phrasing is a product
of the notion that digital cash is somehow a currency. It is not. It
is an anonymous money transfer method. Saying "digicash is not legal
tender" is sort of meaningless -- the real question is "is the
currency being transfered legal tender".

Perry

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