In the light of recent developments in the digital gold market, with companies like e gold being indicted and the  US government taking a hardline against some of them because of moneylaundering and unregulated illegal practices going unchecked, what do you think the future of these alternative currencies or digital currencies are ?
Can the US govt and others force them out of business as some believe?
We value your opinion here on www.digitalmoneyworld.com and both Mark and Benson have written here on digital gold extensively in the past.
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Author: Mark Herpel
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Tags: gold e-gold e-bullion pecunix e-currency …read more

Last week I asked you to design the online payment system called edream you wanted as Here on www.digitalmoneyworld we regularly hear readers complaining about the services ( or lack of them) offered by e payments companies like moneybookers, paypal, e gold, loom, and the rest. In response, Sean over at franchise pick; a blog I never tire of reading, responded with a killah post not to be missed, with his usual wit and humour.
http://www.franchisepick.com/franchisepickcom-announces-esean-payment-processing-system/
So here’s the question, if you were to design the e payments system that you want and need, what would it look like?
What services would …read more

(Digital Money World) I’ve always thought how nice it would be to just click on a house at eBay and buying it straight without going through the hassle of all the tough procedures to procure a piece of real estate; Whilst I haven’t heard of any Realtors doing it nor know that this is possible (Since all countries have different policies when it comes to foreign buyers or even local buyers of the country), maybe a fact is that someone can come up with such a platform to expediate the process of viewing a house and procuring a house with …read more

(Digital Money World) I know it’s relatively unheard, but has anyone has ever encounter people doing such transactions before? The nearest that ever came close to reality was the Money Booker’s scam that Moneypenny’s readers have been conned for ‘buying a car’
How much do you trust your Digital Money provider or a internet payment solution to procure something that’s of a huge value to you?
Or if you haven’t, would anyone please share what’s the biggest or the most expensive items that you have ever paid for using payment solutions like Paypal, Alertpay or even Digital Gold Currency like e-Gold, e-Bullion?
Hmmn, …read more

This is a kind of unofficial poll to find out which online payment company is rated best.
These are the criteria:
1. ease of use, functionality and options.
2. service level, charges/cost and market share.
3. security, support and reliability.
4. ethical, regulated and financially sound company.
So which online payment company does these best for you.
Leave a comment and tell us your experience for the benefit of our readers.
Moneypenny

(Digital Money World) These tips have been screened and contributed by most of DMW’s own readers, and we do have a winner of $50 sponsored by Swapgold.com , a reliable digital money exchanger.
There are some tips which are account genre related, and we’ll be show casting those security blurps when we’re talking about those accounts (example, e-Gold, Pecunix).

(Digital Money World) Thanks to all the participating readers who has contributed to the Contest blog entry on the tips to secure your PC to prevent ID theft, and how to protect your internet money accounts (Paypal, E-bullion, E-gold, Liberty Reserve etc)
Here are some great tips,

(Digital Money World) Digital Money Forum hits its 11th cycle which will be held on 23rd and 24th of April 2008 in London.

Join Dave Birch of Digital Money Forum alongside with high profile speakers like Giles Andrews of Zopa, Charles Cohen from Probability, Jim Wadsworth from J.P. Morgan, Mike Jackson of Shaping Tomorrow, Ronnie O’Toole of National Irish Bank, Sandra Alzetta from Visa Europe, economist and author Diane Coyle, Donal Rice from the National Disability Authority in Ireland, Colin Swain from Barclays, Peter Jones from Payment Systems Europe, Jerry Dischler from Google, Anne Caffrey from RBS, Oliver Kelly from Vodafone, …read more

(Digital Money World) Now, I know there are alot of smart people out there that reads my blog on daily digital currency happenings and the latest on payment news. Now it’s time to throw it back for all my readers or digital currencies people even to suggest how should you be protecting your Digital Currencies account like Paypal, E-gold, E-bullion so on and so forth.
Comment on anything from computer security tips to digital currency specific settings and win $10, or maybe $20 depending on the number of entries I get (I know its not much but spare a poor bloke) …read more

EMOCorp gets closed down, EvoCash is gone, E-gold gets into hot soup with the US Government. So what is the exact issue? Why can’t any digital form of currency actually work with every legislation in each country on a universal scale?
Anti Money Laundering (AML) policy issues is the main reason why the government legislations for most countries doesn’t really encourage people to use it on the big scale; and in fact, I haven’t exactly seen any country using a particular e-currency/ digital money. You may argue that Paypal seems to be dominating on this field, since almost ALL people around …read more