[Webfunds-commits] html/ricardo/contracts/digigold index.html DigiGold.asc DigiGold.loc DigiGold02.asc DigiGold02.ini DigiGold02.loc
Ian Grigg
iang@cypherpunks.ai
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:56:54 -0400 (AST)
iang 00/09/12 11:56:54
Modified: ricardo/contracts/digigold index.html
Removed: ricardo/contracts/digigold DigiGold.asc DigiGold.loc
DigiGold02.asc DigiGold02.ini DigiGold02.loc
Log:
cleaned up old contracts, added the new.
Hmm, done as sym links now, so that won't work ... maybe should
be accessed directly in the Makefile.
Revision Changes Path
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Index: index.html
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RCS file: /home/webfunds/cvsroot/html/ricardo/contracts/digigold/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.7
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--- index.html 2000/04/12 20:44:40 1.7
+++ index.html 2000/09/12 15:56:53 1.8
@@ -5,15 +5,31 @@
issues contracts redeemable and denominated in e-gold metals.
<p>
-Currently, there is only one contract, below,
-which is a currency where each unit is redeemable
-with a milligram of e-gold. As it is <i>denominated</i> in
-grams, WebFunds shows grams and puts the trailing milligrams
-in decimal form. This is just like any modern dollar currency,
+DigiGold issue contracts in four precious metals.
+Each is a currency contract, where each unit is redeemable,
+with a gram for gram, with metal from
+<a href="www.e-gold.com">e-gold.com</a>.
+Both Digigold and
+<a href="www.omnipay.net">Omnipay</a>
+claim to offer this service, with differing
+conditions.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Each contract is denominated in
+grams as the <i>unit of account</i>, however,
+the underlying contracts use milligrams as their
+<i>unit of contract</i>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+WebFunds shows grams and puts the trailing milligrams
+in decimal form. This is just like most other modern currencies,
and any accounting program that shows dollars as units and puts
cents after the decimal point.
The Ricardian contract includes hints in the currency section on
how to display the values.
+</p>
<p>
@@ -31,9 +47,9 @@
<tr bgcolor="#FFFF00">
<td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> Gold
(<a href="http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/key/Au.html">Au</a>)
- <td> <a href="DigiGold_AUG.asc">DigiGold_AUG.asc</a>
- <td> <a href="DigiGold_AUG.loc">.loc</a>
- <td> <a href="http://hayek.ai:8087/ricardo/sheet?contract=SHA:9c7c9e7bb564224977aea8674623a37407b8f6ee">Sheet</a>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_AUG_2000.asc">DigiGold_AUG_2000.asc</a>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_AUG_2000.loc">.loc</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://hayek.ai:8087/ricardo/sheet?contract=SHA:0ca5fd8297f88244865cd97d87f21155219c1a8d">Sheet</a>
<td> <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=105310">
primary</a> (105310) and
<a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=104982">
@@ -42,33 +58,58 @@
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td> Silver
(<a href="http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/key/Ag.html">Ag</a>)
- <td> DigiGold_AGG
- <td>
- <td> coming soon...
- <td>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_AGG_2000.asc">DigiGold_AGG_2000.asc</a>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_AGG_2000.loc">.loc</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://hayek.ai:8087/ricardo/sheet?contract=SHA:1966f4c529c3fb71e54700f623fd4642ab7adc04">Sheet</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=105310">
+ primary</a> (105310) and
+ <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=104982">
+ manager</a> (104982) accounts
<tr bgcolor="#DDDDDD">
<td> Platinum
(<a href="http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/key/Pt.html">Pt</a>)
- <td> DigiGold_PTG
- <td>
- <td> coming soon...
- <td>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_PTG_2000.asc">DigiGold_PTG_2000.asc</a>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_PTG_2000.loc">.loc</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://hayek.ai:8087/ricardo/sheet?contract=SHA:cd0d04f4738f1808703dae3ba27a43cdf16e862b">Sheet</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=105310">
+ primary</a> (105310) and
+ <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=104982">
+ manager</a> (104982) accounts
<tr bgcolor="#BBBBBB">
<td> Palladium
(<a href="http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/key/Pd.html">Pd</a>)
- <td> DigiGold_PDG
- <td>
- <td> coming soon...
- <td>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_PDG_2000.asc">DigiGold_PDG_2000.asc</a>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_PDG_2000.loc">.loc</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://hayek.ai:8087/ricardo/sheet?contract=SHA:428e456c9f89b902736d7cfeb29db530b7f51284">Sheet</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=105310">
+ primary</a> (105310) and
+ <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=104982">
+ manager</a> (104982) accounts
+
+ <tr bgcolor="#FFFF88"></tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#FFFF88"></tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#FFFF88"></tr>
+
+ <tr bgcolor="#FFFF00">
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> Old Gold
+ (<a href="http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/key/Au.html">Au</a>)
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_AUG.asc">DigiGold_AUG.asc</a>
+ <td> <a href="DigiGold_AUG.loc">.loc</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://hayek.ai:8087/ricardo/sheet?contract=SHA:9c7c9e7bb564224977aea8674623a37407b8f6ee">Sheet</a>
+ <td> <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=105310">
+ primary</a> (105310) and
+ <a href="http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=104982">
+ manager</a> (104982) accounts
+
</table>
<p>
- Ricardian contracts that are redeemable in e-gold metals have the
+ The ricardian contracts that are issued by DigiGold have the
additional benefit of dynamic publication of reserves,
see above. With both total reserves and total issue (or float),
as published information, it is possible to monitor the
@@ -81,7 +122,9 @@
Should be an automated way of calculating this...
<p>
-The guys at DigiGold.net claim that
-Silver, Palladium and Platinum cousins
-are coming soon.
+Note that there are two gold contracts. The "Old Gold" one is
+the deprecated x.509 variety, new ones use signature PKIs with
+OpenPGP. People holding Old Gold are encouraged to swap it
+for the new, generally by going to omnipay <i>at</i> hushmail.com
+or somewhere else listed in the contracts.
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