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1997-09-27 - Re: Remailers and ecash

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From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Message Hash: 4184dcda108b9f18f662a686e4809d5e9fe74e29078d7c1128abbc2fee9b62d8
Message ID: <v03102800b052cedf9470@[10.0.2.15]>
Reply To: <d9ad723431a59140b039a71c9cecc923@anon.efga.org>
UTC Datetime: 1997-09-27 15:11:02 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:11:02 +0800

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From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:11:02 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Remailers and ecash
In-Reply-To: <d9ad723431a59140b039a71c9cecc923@anon.efga.org>
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At 3:18 AM -0400 9/27/97, Anonymous wrote:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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>Just out of a curiousity, why is it that no remailers accept ecash?
>(This is not a jibe at remailer operators or authors of remailer
>software.  I am really curious if this is a "didn't get to it yet"
>sort of thing, or if there's something hard about it.)

One item which has been missing is an accessible API. (The Digicash
merchant software is, I believe, designed for online use only.)  This need
is about to be fulfilled.  Another item is a service to sell/redeem ecash
w/o need of a bank account and supporting client software.  This too is
about to become available.

--Steve

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