[e-gold-list] DBCs now issued by DMT

[R. A. Hettinga]

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Status: RO
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 16:31:31 -0800
To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com>,
 "e-gold Discussion" <e-gold-list at talk.e-gold.com>
From: Steve Schear <schear at attbi.com>
Subject: Re: [e-gold-list] DBCs now issued by DMT
Cc: cypherpunks at lne.com

At 06:45 PM 12/3/2002 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
>I suppose that if it's not blinded, or at least functionally anonymous,
>like you'd get with statistically-tested streaming cash, it's not *that*
>bearer, but, hey, that's just *my* opinion, right?

Since it has no payee or associated holder information and can "circulate"
via re-issuance (even if there is a charge) it has bearer "characteristics".


>I would assume that anything that has accounts with client names on them is
>probably not bearer, either, though Mark Twain did something quite like
>that.

DMT accounts have no customer information associated.

steve

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