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To suggest a newsworthy item about e-gold:
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Mozilla is possibly the best third-party web browser around, featuring numerous security, privacy, and usability advantages. The non-profit Mozilla Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for the Mozilla open-source software project. Donations to the Mozilla Foundation made using e-gold are accepted. You've already moved up to Better MoneyTM - now choose a better browser. (More and more entities are accepting e-gold. You can find links to some of them here.)
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e-gold® USODJ has seized all physical gold assets
November 2007
Another indictment, handed down on October 30, 2007, charges E-Gold Ltd; Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc.; and their owners Dr. Douglas L. Jackson, of Satellite Beach, Fla.; Reid A. Jackson, of Melbourne, Fla.; and Barry K. Downey, of Woodbine, Md., each with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. Subsequent to the indictment, the Department of Justice has seized all physical gold assets stored in Panama until future notice.
The case is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service with the assistance of the IRS and the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division Continue reading full text of press release...
e-gold Blocks Account Logins From Exploited Computers e-gold Users now have additional protection against "phishing attacks", thanks to a ground breaking upgrade to its Account Sentinel™ (a.k.a. AccSent(tm)) arsenal of account access security features.
April 2007
Using DNS blacklist data published by well known third parties, AccSent now blocks account access from IPs identified as open proxies, insecure web servers, or otherwise open to exploitation by criminals. For the sake of brevity, e-gold refers to such blacklisted IPs as "blips".
As always, the AccSent advantage is that e-gold Users need not take any action - or even understand what an IP address, an open proxy, or a phishing attack is - to immediately benefit from this innovative new feature. However, as powerful as AccSent is, the best protection against phishing and other criminal attacks is user education. For this reason e-gold urges its Users to carefully read and practice the Security Recommendations published on the e-gold.com website.
e-gold Empowers Online Gambling Sites to Refuse Payments from US Persons
February 2007
On October 12, 2006, the Safe Ports Act was signed into law in the United States. As a result of the Safe Ports Act and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 contained in the Safe Ports Act, the facilitation of many forms of Internet gambling by persons located in the United States has become a proscribed activity. With the objective of preventing the use of e-gold by United States persons for unlawful online gambling, e-gold has deployed a feature whereby any e-gold account holder may configure their e-gold account(s) to block incoming e-gold Spends from accounts controlled by Users residing inside the United States or who are accessing the Internet from within the United States. Online gambling businesses using e-gold are now required to enable this new account attribute.
e-gold Milestone: Ten Years Online
December 2006
"While other payment systems have come and gone losing millions of investment dollars egold has continued to successfully serve its customers. It has flourished due to its strong fundamental principles of freedom from default and finality of settlement. e-gold has always held true to meeting its User obligations. When merchants are paid they stay paid, and consumers can make payments without compromising their personal information online."
Read the full press release here.
e-gold Founding Member of Financial Coalition to Eradicate Commercial Child Pornography
March 2006
Eighteen of the world’s most prominent financial institutions and Internet industry leaders have joined with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), and its sister organization, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) in the fight against Internet child pornography. The goal is to eradicate commercial child pornography by 2008.
Press release available here.
e-gold Empowers Users to Refuse Payments from "Blocked Accounts"
February 2006
e-gold is pleased to deploy a feature empowering e-gold Users to refuse payments from "Blocked accounts". "Blocked accounts" are blocked from receiving payments due to insufficient identifying information and/or e-gold invoking its Right of Association. The new feature enables Users to reduce the possibility of receiving payments from potentially unscrupulous counterparties. The default setting (User may view/change via "Account Info") refuses payment from Blocked accounts.
January 2006
e-gold® welcomes US Government review of its status as a privately issued currency
Document available here
January 2006
e-gold founder responds to slanderous Business Week article
Document available here
e-gold "AccSentuates" Security e-gold Users now have some serious protection against "phishing" attacks, and its name is Account Sentinel? (a.k.a. AccSent?)...
May 2004
AccSent monitors account access attempts and issues a one-time PIN challenge to those coming from IP address ranges or browsers that differ from the last authorized account access. The AccSent advantage is that e-gold Users need not take any action - or even understand what an IP address or a phishing attack is - to immediately benefit from this innovative new feature. However, as powerful as AccSent is, the best protection against phishing and other criminal attacks is user education.
December 2003
e-gold Spend Fee Formula to change 2004-01-01
Millionth e-gold account opened
November 2003
In the third week of November 2003, the 1 millionth e-gold account was created!
Quick way to accept e-gold The e-gold Shopping Cart just got even easier to use. How can you accept e-gold online? It's now as easy as putting up a link like this:
February 2003
http://100998.e-gold.com/ on your web page. Users clicking the link will be taken straight to a payment form at the e-gold site ready to pay your account. Visit the e-gold Programmer's Information page to generate your own shortcut link.
e-gold Power User Tips Frequent visitors to the e-gold web site use the following shortcut URLs to go straight to the page they are interested in: use.e-gold.com
February 2003
stats.e-gold.com sci.e-gold.com prices.e-gold.com talk.e-gold.com
Account Access System Statistics
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e-gold covered by Reuters
July 2001
"In theory a grandmother in Bangladesh with a few grams of gold could get access to the global financial system for the first time"
Read the complete July 10 report online.
e-gold in recent Barron's
April 2001
"One company, E-gold, already allows online users to settle payments using its currency, which is 100% backed by gold. Ownership of the gold changes, but the physical bullion stays put with the company, which is based on the Caribbean island of Nevis. The system also is transparent: Holders have real-time access to the total amount of e-gold in circulation, and the company's total bullion reserves."
Read the complete article entitled "Making New Money" in the April 23, 2001 issue of Barron's.
Read about e-gold in the book "Money"... "[e-gold] is a fascinating concept and it merits the attention of everyone interested in helping to resolve the world's monetary dilemma."
MONEY
That's what James E. Ewart has to say about e-gold in his book "Money". Head on over to Principia Publishing and use e-gold to pick up a copy of the book for yourself. You'll have the same edition (first printing of first edition) on your coffee table as the founder of e-gold has on his. Gorgeous large colour photographs of US paper currency. Discover the difference between "currency" and "money" among other topics.
Have your own book to sell? Do what Principia Publishing did and use the e-gold shopping cart interface to sell it from your own web site.
TheStreet.com coverage of digital gold...
March 2001
John Rubino's article at TheStreet.com provides a brief glimpse into gold payment systems including e-gold: "The first attempt to turn this theory into reality".
e-gold Bullion Reserve inspected
February 2001
The e-gold bullion reserve was inspected by Central Escrow Agency on February 22, 2001. The results of that inspection are published here.
e-gold in World Gold Council Study on Digital Gold MONEY
December 2000
"The first company offering digital gold (e-gold) is now in existence."
e-gold described in World Gold Council Research Sudy 24 entitled Digital Money & Its Impact On Gold: Technical, legal, and economic issues". (The full report is a 41 page 432 kb download requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Updated Developer's Information
November 2000
The e-gold system provides a method for merchants (large and small) to accept e-gold payments. Receive notification via email or HTTPS connection from our secure server that you have received payment. Take a look at our shopping cart interface specification and our Interactive Calculator to compare the cost of doing business with Credit Cards vs. e-gold. If you're a programmer looking to use e-gold in an inventive application - we've got the information you need. See the Automation Interface details on our Programmer's Information page. Mal's e-commerce and PayForIt have integrated the e-gold shopping cart into their shopping cart products if you wish to leave the coding to someone else.
February 2000
e-gold at FC00
e-gold continues its sponsorship of the annual Financial Cryptography conference.
e-gold Ltd. assumes responsibility for e-gold family of currencies
January 2000
e-gold Ltd., a Nevis Corporation, has taken over as bailee, assuming responsibility for performance of the e-gold Account Agreement, the integrity of the e-gold balance sheet, and governance of the e-gold system. G&SR, now a customer of the e-gold system, will focus exclusively on exchange. This event will be the catalyst for major changes in the e-gold system in the upcoming year. Follow the transition here.
Wireless Phone access to e-gold now available
December 1999
Pay off your dinner tab right in the restaurant? Check your e-gold account balance on the city bus? You can do it now. e-gold now provides wireless access via its pcs.e-gold.com site. Use your SprintPCS Wireless Web phone, AT&T PocketNet Premium phone, (or other compatible HDML/WAP browser) to access:
http://mobile.e-gold.com European and other WAP compatible users should access:
http://mobile.e-gold.com/wml To see how the phone interface works right now, visit our e-gold wireless demo.
Miscellaneous
September 1999 October 1999
Historical e-gold Exchange rate chart. Click here to view a java applet displaying exchange rates since the birth of the e-gold system. Waterken Inc. accepts e-gold for its online payments capabilities. Visit waterken and read about smart contracts and capability based objects. e-gold was covered by Tim Jackson's "On The Web" column in the 13 July 1999 edition of Financial Times: "...e-gold is the only electronic currency that has achieved critical mass on the web ."
Sample e-gold Store
June 1999
For an example of how a very simple e-gold store might look on your homepage, visit an e gold sample store. This particular implementation is aimed at users that do not have access to their own web server machines and/or cgi/asp capability. The store utilizes the e-gold shopping cart interface specification.
e-gold at FC99
February 1999
e-gold sponsored FC99 in Anguilla, the third Financial Cryptography Conference hosted on the island. The conference is organized by the International Financial Cryptography Association (IFCA) and is attended by an assortment of interesting people. The e-gold team hosted a fun party, and donated a prize to the winner of the cryptographic "rump session." After the conference cryptographer Ian Goldberg, who ported SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption to the 3com "Palm Pilot.", made the first known e-gold payment from a pilot!
e-gold Incentive plan
November 1998
By directing others to the e-gold system, you can share in the growth of the system. Become an account originator today. May your progeny be many!
e-gold discussion mailing list
November 1998
Have a rant about the future of the e-gold economy, a question relating to an e-gold business idea that you're not even sure who to ask? Want to communicate to a relevant audience that your business accepts e-gold, or do you just want to lurk to hear what's being said on the topic of e-gold? Then join the e-gold discussion mailing list.
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