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To appear in "Proceedings of Financial Cryptography 2000"

This is the PDF submitted to the conference. It's better for printing, but a bit out of date. An abridged form of this PDF will appear in the proceedings.

Table of Contents

Overview: Abstract, Intro, & Six Perspectives

From Functions To Objects

From Objects To Capabilities

Capabilities as a Cryptographic Protocol

Capabilities as a Public Key Infrastructure

Capabilities as a Vast Multiplayer Game

From Capabilities To Financial Instruments

Acknowledgments and References

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