You will put a chip card into a user-friendly electronic device of your own choosing, whether on your desk, in your living room, or in your pocket.
Predictor: Chaum, David
Prediction, in context:In an appearance at a Congressional hearing July 27, 1995, David Chaum says in regard to use of digital money: ”The trend is toward a convergence of … two forms into a hybrid – since people don’t want incompatible forms of money and since it offers the best of both worlds in terms of convenience; in other words, you will put a chip card into a user-friendly electronic device of your own choosing, whether on your desk, in your living room, or in your pocket.”
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: July 27, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-cash
Name of publication: Congressional Hearing
Title, headline, chapter name: Full Text of David Chaum’s Congressional speech
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/ElectronicProperty/ChaumTestimony
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