From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 11:02:46 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Pasting in From:
Message-ID: <199712030243.DAA16591@basement.replay.com>
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Nerthus wrote:
>Since anonymous remailing is now considered a free service in the
>minds of most of its users, charging for it does not make sense.  I'd
>be curious to know how much money has been collected by the
>ecash-accepting remailer that Ian Goldberg set up a couple months
>back.

My guess is it has brought in very little money.  There is really no
reason to use it.  It seems to be the same as the jam remailer which
is free.  I had hoped to use it as an exit remailer, but even that is
a loss as it apparently uses cracker (?) for that purpose.

What we did learn is that it isn't that hard to set up a remailer to
accept ecash.  I doubt we've learned much about the market potential.

The recent reports of the anonymizer pulling in $180,000 annually are
worth thinking about.

>[nym] remailer like I mentioned above may become lucrative if it
>generates enough repeat customers (i.e., persistent nyms).  So could
>charging a fee for each address put in the Bcc: header.

This is a good idea.  Ecash accepting remailers should offer perks
which are not generally available, or just offer a faster more
reliable service to paying customers.  For example, free messages are
delayed 90 minutes while paid messages are sent immediately, modulo
some details like mixing.

Monty Cantsin
Editor in Chief
Smile Magazine
http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html
http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm

Subject: Re: Pasting in From:
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
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