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Re:Squareup by uggedal on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @02:25PM (#970476)
The sex industry could be a large market.
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Re:Squareup by kevindication on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @02:35PM (#970507)
In such a market, anonymity is probably preferred.
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Re:Squareup by olefoo on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @05:26PM (#970944)
Gift Cards. See things like http://www.swapagift.com/ And http://www.valutec.net/

Be careful though, under US law since 2001, you are probably committing a financial crime by doing anything that looks like anonymous digital cash.

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Re:Squareup by cpach on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @08:24AM (#972000)
Probably. But maybe less so in transactions that are not illegal.
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Re:Squareup by tbgvi on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @02:29PM (#970485)
Could be :)

Something like this could get merchants who don't traditionally accept credit to start

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