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1997-05-05 - Re: Bypassing the Digicash Patents

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1997-05-05 13:41:40 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 21:41:40 +0800

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From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 21:41:40 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Bypassing the Digicash Patents
In-Reply-To: <199705041819.LAA00411@crypt.hfinney.com>
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At 3:02 PM -0700 5/4/97, Tim May wrote:
>(And such cash systems are almost certainly cheaper for merchants for other
>types of transactions. Getting the money immediately has to be at least as
>cheap as having checks, credit cards, tabs, etc. Obviously.)

An exception may be for businesses like all-night gas stations, where
robbery is a significant cost of doing business.


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