ECASH
- Invented and as CEO saw through to global deployment the first digital bearer instrument and first privacy-protected electronic payments.
eCash was launched online as its own CyberBucks currency and also issued under license by banks around the world in national currencies.
1982
David Chaum Publishes “Blind Signatures for Untraceable Payments”
David Chaum - 1982
1994
World’s First Digital Cash Payment
DigiCash - 05/27/1994
DigiCash CyberBucks Trial begins
The New York Times - 10/19/1994
WIRED - 12/01/1994
BitArt PaintingShop
Caribbean Casino
American Book Center's Grand Lottery Extravangza
Electronic Privacy Information Center
NO-YEN
The Marnet Scenery eShop
VBShop
Some of the merchants that accepted the CyberBucks currency created by DigiCash using it’s eCash technology
1995
DigiCash Expands It’s Trial Worldwide
DigiCash - 01/06/1995
DigiCash Develops Chip Technology for “Smart Cards”
DigiCash - 02/14/1995
NYU Stern School of Business Publishes Paper Detailing Digital Cash
NYU Stern - April 1995
Export Approved for Cryptocurrency Sortware in the U.S
The New York Times - 05/08/1995
DigiCash Partners with Mark Twain Bank of St. Louis Missouri
DigiCash - 10/23/1995
The New York Times - 10/23/1995
The New York Times - 10/23/1995
1996
DigiCash Partners With EUNet For Online Payments In Finland
DigiCash - 03/13/1996
DigiCash Opens Office in Australia
DigiCash - 03/26/1996
DigiCash Partners With Mars Electronics International to Provide “Smart Card” Technology
DigiCash - 03/26/1996
DigiCash Partners with Deutsche Bank to Test eCash in Germany
DigiCash - 03/26/1996
DigiCash - 08/04/1997
Regulators Turn Spotlight on Cybermoney
New York Times - 09/19/1996
DigiCash Partners with Advance Bank to Issue eCash in Australia
DigiCash - 10/24/1996
1997
Nomura Research Institute licenses eCash for use in Japan
DigiCash - 04/02/1997
DigiCash - 12/11/1997
Bank Austria and Den norske Bank issues eCash
DigiCash - 04/14/1997
DigiCash appoints a CEO, gains more investment, and moves to California
DigiCash - 04/28/1997
American Banker - 04/28/1997
American Banker - 05/06/1997
American Banker - 12/11/1997
DigiCash claims “merging” privacy and online payments is neccessary for eCommerce to work
DigiCash - September 1997
1998
Former Wells Fargo Exec Joins Digicash Board
American Banker - 06/04/1998
Credit Suisse of Zurich licenses DigiCash technology
