Re:Priceline.com get $1000+ CPM for deceptive links in the c...
by silentOpen on Thursday November 19, 2009 @01:55AM
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Digital cash requires no intermediary like a bank. Also, it's still an active research area and not totally solved.
Digital cash allows you to send a long number which represents a single payment and can only be used for that single payment. Thus if the number represents you paying $100 to priceline.com, it can only be used for a single transfer of 100. If someone else tries the same number again, the bank will say, sorry this one has already been used up. In addition to being secure this system can provide absolute privacy.
So theoretically, it is possible but it has not happened. I think one reason is that credit card companies like having people's personal information and being able to see all their purchases.