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60. Safety deposit box keys

61. Package delivery (split key

between delivery firm and

receiver)

62. Betting records

63. Fantasy sports records

VI. Intangibles

64. Coupons

65. Vouchers

66. Reservations (restaurants,

hotels, queues, etc.)

67. Movie tickets

68. Patents

69. Copyrights

70. Trademarks

71. Software licenses

72. Videogame licenses

73. Music/movie/book licenses

(DRM)

74. Domain names

75. Online identities

76. Proof of authorship/proof of

prior art

VII. Other

77. Documentary records

(photos, audio, video)

78. Data records (sports scores,

temperature, etc.)

79. Sim cards

80. GPS network identity

81. Gun unlock codes

82. Weapons unlock codes

83. Nuclear launch codes

84. Spam control

(micropayments for posting)

Endnotes and References

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4 Knight, H. and B. Evangelista. “S.F.,

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5 Although it is not strictly impossible

for two files to have the same hash, the

number of 64-character hashes is vastly

greater than the number of files that

humanity can foreseeably create. This is

similar to the cryptographic standard that

even though a scheme could be cracked,

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the history of the universe.

6 Nakamoto, S. “Bitcoin v0.1 Released.”

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12 Petschow, K. “Cisco Visual

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