DigiCash Inc. was a pioneering electronic currency corporation founded by David Chaum

David Chaum

David Chaum is the inventor of many cryptographic protocols, including blind signature schemes, commitment schemes, and digital cash. In 1982, Chaum founded the International Association for Cryptologic Research , which currently organizes academic conferences in cryptography research...

 in 1990. DigiCash transactions were unique in that they were anonymous due to a number of cryptographic

Cryptography

Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...

 protocols developed by its founder. DigiCash declared bankruptcy in 1998, and subsequently sold its assets to eCash Technologies, another digital currency company, which was acquired by InfoSpace

InfoSpace

Infospace provides metasearch and private-label Internet search services for consumers and businesses.InfoSpace's flagship metasearch site is Dogpile; its other consumer brands are WebCrawler, Nation, DoGreatGood and MetaCrawler.-History:...

 on Feb. 19, 2002.

Further reading

• Presenting Digital Cash, p. 99-106, 226-229; Seth Godin (ISBN 1-57521-062-2)

External links

• E-Money (That's What I Want), Wired
  Wired (magazine)
  Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
  
  , Issue 2.12, December 1994
• Boom then Bust: How Electronic Cash Faltered
• How DigiCash Blew Everything translated by Dutch natives and edited by Ian Grigg from original article Hoe DigiCash alles verknalde in Dutch magazine NEXT!, accessed on Apr 27, 1999