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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:25:04 -0400, Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> Hashcash.  Not X-Hashcash, real hashcash.

Unlikely. If the hashcash is redeemable for cash, then either it has
to be about $.0001, or each email will include a built-in 90% profit
margin for the recipient. (And I don't want to know how that profit
margin would be, err, exploited, in unique and interesting ways by a
moneymaking enterprise.)


Scott