1996-05-18 - marginal cost of ecash transaction

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From: Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com>
To: bryce@digicash.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-05-18 01:13:05 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 09:13:05 +0800

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From: Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com>
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 09:13:05 +0800
To: bryce@digicash.com
Subject: marginal cost of ecash transaction
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On Wed, 15 May 1996 bryce@digicash.com wrote:

> Excuse me?  Here James, have a penny.
> 
> - -----BEGIN ECASH PAYMENT-----
> [... penny deleted ...]

That brings up an interesting question.  What is the marginal cost to
MarkTwain of such a one-cent ecash transaction?  If everyone started
sending each other these pennies, will MarkTwain go broke? 

Wei Dai







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