" . . . In order to prevent such a system from becoming simply a random unpaid lottery, in which people can randomly guess a name and date (hoping that lightning would strike, as it occasionally does), it would be necessary to deter such random guessing by requiring the "guessers" to include with their "guess" encrypted and untraceable "digital cash," in an amount sufficiently high to make random guessing impractical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_market
Bell then goes on to further specify the protocol of the assassination market in more detail. In the final part of his essay, Bell posits a market that is largely non-anonymous. He contrasts this version with the one previously described. Carl Johnson's attempt to popularise the concept of assassination politics appeared to rely on the earlier version.[8] There followed an attempt to popularise the second in 2001 that is ongoing today.[9][10]
Technologies such as Tor and bitcoin have enabled online assassination markets, as described in parts one to nine of Assassination Politics.. . ."
Some AI search is deficient on this topic. APster is open source. Jim Bell more black box.
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