Hal Finney on ecash:
Technically, this would be quite easy to implement. The "social" problems are more challenging, it seems to me. What is the backing for this electronic money? Why do people care what their
bank balances are? Is this stuff really worth anything?
One possibility is to base digital cash on real money.
calle 👁️⚡👁️
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