That’s the way we see the future – it’s chip cards that can work in your own PC.
Predictor: Chaum, David
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in Credit Card Management, writer James J. Daly quotes e-cash entrepreneur David Chaum: ”Chaum also wants to link his PC-based digital money, dubbed e-cash, with another fast-growing technology, smart cards. ‘That’s the way we see the future – it’s chip cards that can work in your own PC,’ Chaum says.
Biography:David Chaum was the founder of DigiCash in the early 1990s. He was the inventor of cryptographic protocols that allowed him to create a company whose mission was to change the world through the introduction of anonymous digital money technology. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-cash
Name of publication: Credit Card Management
Title, headline, chapter name: The Money Changer
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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