Successful use of e-cash!

[rishab@dxm.ernet.in]

I just made my first e-cash transaction.

Using, SLIP and Netscape, I webbed to HotWired to uy a sneak preview of
Bruce Sterling's Prague story to appear in the Jan issue for 0.50 cyberbucks.
At the same time, I ran the e-cash client (for Windows) from DigiCash.

It has a beautiful interface - just a few little icons visible on the screen;
it went to the back, asked me for my password to open my account, found out
what my balance was, and asked me whether I wanted to withdraw $10 from
the total of $100. I said yes.

Meanwhile I asked HotWired to send me the Sterling piece. Unfortunately it
was too quick - it came in on port (something) before the e-cash client had
filled my wallet; I tried again at HotWired, by which time the e-cash status
showed $10. My cyberwallet made a nice clanging sound, asked me whether I 
wanted to pay "Wired Ecash Shop" $0.50, and whether I wanted to set a payment
policy. I'm so smart - I told the client to automatically pay "Wired Ecash 
Shop" if it asked for less than $2 up to 10 times. Ouch! Now I can't go back
up my Web trail! When I went one step back at HotWired, for some reason
it ran the e-cash 'charge?' URL, and so 'clang' went my wallet and 
automatically deducted another 50c! Oops. Oh well, the whole experience was
worth a whole cyberdollar.

I also 'bought' Chaum's SciAm article, and got the reasonable lengthy list of
shops. Then I noticed it was 4 in the morning...


Rishab


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