Re: In Search of Genuine DigiCash

[rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga)]

At 12:27 PM 8/28/94 -0700, Hal wrote:
>rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga) writes:
>
>>I suppose what I meant was is there any fully identified offline digital
>>cash system in the literature. I haven't heard of any from secondary
>>sources, like around here, or from my cursory reading of Schneier, for
>>instance.
>
>"Fully identified cash" is not widely discussed in the literature because
>it is (relatively) trivial, and here because it is not privacy
>protecting.  "Fully identified cash" is equivalent to a check made out to
>"cash".  All you need is a signed directive to your bank to transfer
>money from your account number such-and-such to the bearer.
>

Open mouth. Insert sea boot. <Yech!>

That's what I get for shooting everything that moves. I think I even
remember this now. I should have remembered it before I opened my mouth.

Sorry. Fully identified digital cash is basically a digital check. Got it.

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga

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