All these problems, like hiding the transfer amount , and anonymization, etc were solved (*) by my Appecoin protocol.
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The fact that I didn't publish it (for a year) is that I still have moral doubts of enabling a completely anonymous payment system. Somebody has to proof that the benefit of such system outweigh the costs of its illegal use.
Actually since CoinControl, CoinSwap, CoinJoin and even ZeroCoin are already coming i think that your invention is not so of a big deal anymore.
However obviously everybody would surely welcome yet another way(tm) to anonymize their wealth.
EDIT:
What I meant to say was that releasing it today would not mean much because we soon will have other means of gaining complete financial privacy.