I hope they implement a system of revokable transactions: parties agree at the time of the deal the price *and for that price* how much of the total transaction is one-time, and how much is revokable, up to a certain date. Then publish the histories and statistics for all parties. This gives you a reputation-based system based on real money that drives lower prices for reputable buyers and sellers: a system of risk sharing that is non-binary.
Notice that Google doesn't actually have to take part in the transactions: just be a trusted party for maintaining reputations and using valid data. They better hurry up and patent it before I do:-)
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I hope they implement a system of revokable transactions: parties agree at the time of the deal the price *and for that price* how much of the total transaction is one-time, and how much is revokable, up to a certain date. Then publish the histories and statistics for all parties. This gives you a reputation-based system based on real money that drives lower prices for reputable buyers and sellers: a system of risk sharing that is non-binary. Notice that Google doesn't actually have to take part in the transactions: just be a trusted party for maintaining reputations and using valid data. They better hurry up and patent it before I do :-)
My blog has been speculating about Apple for a few months now. It includes Apple's subscription music service, computing with the CELL processor, a gadget for displaying what is playing on your iPod , iPods in cars and other wild-assed ideas.