Most of the ideas in amint are not originally mine. This page lists the people I think first came up with certain key ideas. I regret any accidental omissions or inaccuracies. Nobody listed on this page has endorsed this project, and I'll remove any reference to any individual upon request.
The idea of digital blinding and its use in anonymous coin systems is due to David Chaum.
The idea of ripping digital coins is due to Markus Jakobsson
I first got the idea "the key is the identifier" from the SPKI group, but I don't know who originally thought up the concept.
A person calling himself Pr0duct Cipher created an open source digital coin system called Magic Money back in 1994. The amint system is largely modelled on Magic Money.
I had many useful discussions the cypherpunks mailing list, but I haven't subscribed to the list in years and I don't even know if it exists anymore.