>But this makes zero sense! What purpose does the coin serve here? Imagine coins had somehow gotten tied in with email protocols. The person who came up with th

>But this makes zero sense! What purpose does the coin serve here? Imagine coins had somehow gotten tied in with email protocols. The person who came up with the protocol somehow gets to magically siphon off money every time someone sends an email? Why? How? They don't, why would they?