Re: [xanadu] flecks ?????

[Andrew Pam <xanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 02:32:20AM -0500, Jeff Rush wrote:
> Flecks of gold...  I believe they are mentioned in Literary
> Machines but it may have been something else I read.
> Supposedly they make a good unit of international exchange
> and can be used to measure the *tiny* Xanadu charges for
> reading a paragraph or sentence of a published document.
> 
> I'm not into precious metals investments so I have no
> idea how sound they are for this application.

Actually K. Nishii, who provided much assistance and support in Japan for
a couple of years, was very keen on the idea of denominating micropayments
in gold both to avoid tying it to any existing national currency and for
PR value - gold has a visceral feeling of value and financial stability
to it.  We have considered talking to egold.com, since their smallest
transaction denomination is a gram of silver which is a reasonable size.

Cheers,
	Andrew
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