Re: e-postage stamps, was Welcome to the new(ish) ASRG list

"John Levine" <[email protected]> 18 Mar 2013 21:44:34 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.asrg
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> > If that's not what you mean, the double spending problem is what makes
> > the giant transaction system intractable.
>
>Counterfeiting has been a problem with physical money and postage
>since they were both invented (for postage think: metered stamping of
>bulk postal mail.)

Double spending has nothing to do with counterfeiting.

R's,
John