From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:55:04 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Digital Cash application
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In article <199606190339.UAA07400@mail.pacifier.com>,
jim bell  <jimbell@pacifier.com> wrote:
>But there's been a practical question of how to actively do this, 
>economically.  Issuing checks and mailing them costs money, and they're 
>traceable, etc.    The advent of digital cash suggests an answer: Make the 
>payments in the form of digital cash, payable on the Web.  This will 
>encourage the use of digital cash, and provide a sudden infusion that will 
>promote other uses.  There's another advantage, however.  Since "Netizens" 
>are somewhat biased towards libertarianism, this will have the effect of 
>keeping more of this money "in the family" as it were, while at the same 
>time being open, technically, to everyone who can get on the 'net. 

Well, this has been around for quite a while:

http://www.SkylineMall.com/lpva/donate.html

(it's the Libertarian Party of Virginia; they accept ecash and First Virtual).

   - Ian

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