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Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ?

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Date	2011-11-01 14:39 -0800
From	Mark Thorson <nospam@sonic.net>
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Subject	Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ?
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Skybuck Flying wrote:
> 
> In case you interested in the idea of digital coint then I can point you
> towards this website:
> 
> http://digitalcoin.info/
> 
> It also has a forum where I also asked more or less this same question and
> raised my doubt about it in a somewhat more lengthy posting ;)
> 
> Personally I think just because of this one issue it might be technically
> infeasible but I hope I am wrong, who can prove me wrong ?! ;) :) =D
> 
> So in short the problem is as follows:
> 
> Computer A must transfer ownership of digital information to Computer B.
> 
> Computer A must give up ownership.
> 
> Computer B must take ownership.
> 
> My reasoning is:
> 
> Computer A can fool computer B and not give up ownership, thereby creating
> duplicate ownership, which would be bad ?

This problem has been completely solved.
See, for example:

http://falkvinge.net/2011/05/29/why-im-putting-all-my-savings-into-bitcoin/

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Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-10-30 11:28 +0100
  Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-10-30 11:33 +0100
  Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ? Mark Thorson <nospam@sonic.net> - 2011-11-01 14:39 -0800
    Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-11-02 11:02 +0100
      Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-11-02 15:23 +0100
        Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ? Globemaker <alanfolmsbee@cabanova.com> - 2011-11-07 05:46 -0800
          Re: Transferring ownership of digital information (in a p2p system) ? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-11-08 14:20 +0100

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