From: tim werner <werner@mc.ab.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 94 18:13:05 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Reputations/Credentials
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>Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 12:56:53 -0800
>From: cwalton@earthlink.net (Conrad Walton)
>
>Give me a better model to illustrate what you think would be better or
>worse. Drug dealers only need cash and a gun to make transactions while
>they keep totally anonymous.

I used to carry a Swiss Army knife, myself (because of the corkscrew), and
a lot of the transactions were based on credit.  Reputation was very
important, whether dealing in cash or not, and I never dealt with anyone
I didn't know and trust.

tw