1994-06-21 - Re: e$: Geodesic Securities Markets

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga)
Message Hash: 6044c0e008f94d4ba2503fac0a002ea40ef4527f293b37155fe60f89b4ce21b3
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Reply To: <199406212203.SAA18481@zork.tiac.net>
UTC Datetime: 1994-06-21 22:30:05 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 15:30:05 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 15:30:05 PDT
To: rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga)
Subject: Re: e$: Geodesic Securities Markets
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Robert Hettinga says:
> Strong crypto accomplishes 1, and e$ protocols make 2 and 3 meaningless.

Not really. Not all commodities are fungible. Not all entities are
willing to conduct all sorts of trades with all other sorts of
entities. Besides all that, someone has to hold physical goods, and
investing will continue to be a realm for which expert advice is
purchased.

Perry





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