"Some have predicted that the initial success of electronic money may be in the form of a technically illegal 'black market' where crypto-hackers buy and sell information, using cryptography to protect against government crackdowns."
— Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993)
#digitalcash #cryptography #resistance
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