Paul Cantrell@tomw My understanding is that there are ways to prevent double spending without needing a blockchain, even while providing cash-like anonymity. It’s been decades since I heard about the research, and I’m a bit out of my depth, but for example I remember hearing about an algorithm which reveals the spender’s identity if and only if a token is double-spent.
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