I have stumbled upon this today:
Here is a 128-cent digital coin minted by the Mark Twain Bank of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA:
-----BEGIN ECASH PAYMENT-----
oLmQgwABSKGgiqCukIFPkIECkIGAkIEEkIEBkYQzYKk5kIQzcx45kIFPkoRDb2lu
lJRpSi4NV8DyBybsuJol2kuLjAH50pSUi/aL7f//5TVGLn5htjstc+3h/F6QgRCS
jEZvciB3ZWIgcGFnZZKAlICQgQqRhAAAAACQgQChoLigq5CCAgeT4BlA4yYMF2aV
ZRI6xWYhGQRPXZKCIBJ1Sd9oQiqqoZlh/Jd9vspm/iBjymeb9ArJobfOLLDXZW4D
hT1+zwmhMOAmk0Vu/k5wCMYh/fuway7ON/h/rs4kZXA6emvsH+UrTZPgrtArRGeM
ELNp5JSWc2AiBAtRuhNLnLcUGYbW0Wk1UmCNLujJyYJLqx96VQ5sfZ3ZG5XKRIr9
H29AduWFxGlZl2aS+W+TUYh1VJWmaWhI5Vo1MOWIH+witW7s97IzXkj1kIGAoaGh
-----END ECASH PAYMENT-----
If you're the first one to deposit it, you'll be 1.28 dollars (US) richer when you do.
Full read here:
http://www.chilton.com/~jwc/free-money.htmlWhat is this about?
Also, the end of the text points to The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto by Timothy C. May, first read out on "Crypto '88" conference.
Some people may go a bit overboard about this stuff. Timothy C. May's Crypto Anarchist Manifesto describes a future where an anonymous, untraceable economy challenges governments' ability to tax, or even exist. Short of that, maybe you just don't think your bank or credit card company needs to compile a history of your every purchase--at least not without kicking back some of the money they make by selling it. This is where real digital cash differs from other network payment systems like Veriphone's ``CyberCash.''The Manifesto is here:
http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/crypto-anarchy.htmlWhat do you guys think about this digital coin and the Manifesto?
How this relates to Bitcoin?
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