#micropayments — Public Fediverse posts

@StrawDog @donni And the troubles were cemented when the capitalists failed to add a practical way for visitors to pay a website operator an amount between 0.10 and 1.00 USD for access to an Internet resource. (Each credit card transaction has a fee close to 0.30 USD on top of the 3% of the total.) This gap in financial services led directly to normalizing abusive ad practices to avoid the loss of reach that comes with requiring a monthly subscription.

#AdTech #Micropayments #payments #paywall #CreditCard

Cloudflare updates x402 template as micropayments gain traction: Cloudflare updated its open source x402 payment-gated proxy template on January 9, 2026, enabling website owners to charge per download, per API call, or per crawl as traditional content monetization models face pressure. https://ppc.land/cloudflare-updates-x402-template-as-micropayments-gain-traction/ #Cloudflare #Micropayments #PaymentGate #ContentMonetization #API

Cloudflare updates x402 template as micropayments gain traction: Cloudflare updated its open source x402 payment-gated proxy template on January 9, 2026, enabling website owners to charge per download, per API call, or per crawl as traditional content monetization models face pressure. https://ppc.land/cloudflare-updates-x402-template-as-micropayments-gain-traction/ #Cloudflare #Micropayments #PaymentGate #ContentMonetization #API

Cloudflare updates x402 template as micropayments gain traction: Cloudflare updated its open source x402 payment-gated proxy template on January 9, 2026, enabling website owners to charge per download, per API call, or per crawl as traditional content monetization models face pressure. https://ppc.land/cloudflare-updates-x402-template-as-micropayments-gain-traction/ #Cloudflare #Micropayments #PaymentGate #ContentMonetization #API

✔️ Telegram TipChain: Viral Micro-Payments for Content Sharing

✨A #Telegram-native system that allows users to earn and distribute #Micropayments for forwarding content through chains, combining virality with financial incentives.

#ViralMarketing #FinTech #TipEconomy #ContentMonetization #MonetizedContentSharing

Also maybe I'm just dumb, but I cannot see how this #offerwall thing is going to solve the problem of "I lost revenue because people don't reach my site now". That thing is just a new paywall (in which I assume Google takes a cut), but the paywall will not give you revenue if people don't reach your site (and in some cases like mine, that paywall will make the user instantly close the page) 🤷‍♂️.

As the article says, many others have tried to make #micropayments work before, and failed.

Also maybe I'm just dumb, but I cannot see how this #offerwall thing is going to solve the problem of "I lost revenue because people don't reach my site now". That thing is just a new paywall (in which I assume Google takes a cut), but the paywall will not give you revenue if people don't reach your site (and in some cases like mine, that paywall will make the user instantly close the page) 🤷‍♂️.

As the article says, many others have tried to make #micropayments work before, and failed.

Also maybe I'm just dumb, but I cannot see how this #offerwall thing is going to solve the problem of "I lost revenue because people don't reach my site now". That thing is just a new paywall (in which I assume Google takes a cut), but the paywall will not give you revenue if people don't reach your site (and in some cases like mine, that paywall will make the user instantly close the page) 🤷‍♂️.

As the article says, many others have tried to make #micropayments work before, and failed.

Also maybe I'm just dumb, but I cannot see how this #offerwall thing is going to solve the problem of "I lost revenue because people don't reach my site now". That thing is just a new paywall (in which I assume Google takes a cut), but the paywall will not give you revenue if people don't reach your site (and in some cases like mine, that paywall will make the user instantly close the page) 🤷‍♂️.

As the article says, many others have tried to make #micropayments work before, and failed.

Also maybe I'm just dumb, but I cannot see how this #offerwall thing is going to solve the problem of "I lost revenue because people don't reach my site now". That thing is just a new paywall (in which I assume Google takes a cut), but the paywall will not give you revenue if people don't reach your site (and in some cases like mine, that paywall will make the user instantly close the page) 🤷‍♂️.

As the article says, many others have tried to make #micropayments work before, and failed.

AI crawlers take content without sending visitors — just costs, no return.
Search engines gave traffic. AI gives nothing.

Ad models are failing.
Time for micropayments — or a data strike?

#AI #websustainability #micropayments #botdefense

Хороший вопрос! Obyte применяется в нескольких сферах благодаря своей архитектуре DAG и безкомиссионным транзакциям. Вот основные направления:
**Децентрализованные финансы (DeFi)**
Переводы и платежи без комиссий.
Создание смарт-контрактов без необходимости в газе (как в Ethereum).
Эмиссия и управление токенами без блокчейна.
**Цифровая идентификация и управление данными**
Надежное хранение и подтверждение цифровых удостоверений.
Проверка личности без посредников.
Защита данных от подделки благодаря хешированию.
**Автономные смарт-контракты**
Создание условийных платежей (например, сделки с условием выполнения).
Программируемые выплаты в криптовалюте.
**Децентрализованные приложения (dApps)**
Разработка приложений, использующих DAG для быстрой обработки данных.
Встроенная поддержка анонимных транзакций.
**IoT (Интернет вещей)**
Микроплатежи между устройствами без посредников.
Передача данных между IoT-устройствами на безопасной децентрализованной платформе.
Obyte особенно полезен в тех случаях, где нужна скорость, безопасность и отсутствие комиссий. Если хочешь, могу подробнее расписать конкретные проекты, использующие Obyte. 🚀

Вот 23 хэштега для Obyte, учитывая его технологические особенности и применение:
#Obyte #DAG #Crypto #BlockchainAlternative #Decentralization #DeFi #SmartContracts #CryptoPayments #DigitalIdentity #IoT #Tokenization #P2P #CyberSecurity #Fintech #Cryptocurrency #Altcoin #SecureTransactions #DataPrivacy #Micropayments #ZeroFees #CryptoInnovation #DecentralizedApps #TrustlessSystem
Если нужно что-то подкорректировать или добавить, скажи! 🚀

Inside Lugano’s crypto revolution — A documentary - Bitcoin journalist Joe Hall tests Lugano, Switzerland, to see if it trul... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/inside-lugano-crypto-revolution-documentary #bitcoinpayments #micropayments #switzerland #payments #tether

Bitcoin reaches one billion transactions - An average of 178,475 daily transactions have been made on Bitcoin in it... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-reaches-one-billion-transactions #transactioncount #bitcoinlightning #satoshinakamoto #micropayments #genesisblock #layertwo #river

Crypto remittances offer cheaper alternative, but still face challenges to adoption - Crypto remittances are a lifeline for many people who need to sen... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-remittances-alternative-challenges-adoption #bitcoinpayments #mobilepayments #micropayments #remittances #payments

What is next for #micropayments now that the #LightningNetwork is finally accepted as a failed experiment?

Well... #nano is.
There is no better tool for micropayments (not to say about 'nanopayments') than #XNO. And this is just one particular use case for this fantastic tool.💸

@fzer0 Ja. Frauen gehen auf Frauen los. Da ist Stutenbissigkeit das eine Motiv, (zzz diese Hormone) andererseits aber auch das kalte Kalkül, dass die schwächste Gegnerin die man schlagen kann, eine andere Frau ist. Ich finde beides immer abstoßend und ist zumeinst ein erkennbarer Führungsfehler.

#Fallout habe ich damals aufgegeben, es gab mir noch zu wenige verschiedene Währungen für #p2w -#micropayments (gab glaub ich bloß 5)

#oida #erbsgruen #nierentisch #bakelit

@indieauthornews

I don't think he is any unique savior. Post.News is already doing this, just as one example.

Not to mention advertising-based publishing is soon threatened by big upcoming changes in search.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/05/11/google-is-about-to-drop-a-nuclear-bomb-on-the-online-publishing-industry/?sh=22ef9fd63faa

I actually DO think this is a big issue, I just think inflating Musk's already bloated ego by suggesting he is somehow showing the way or saving the day is not a good approach to talking about it. It sidetracks into hot button personality issues and misses the ubiquity of the scope and the number of other players exploring this.

See also some notes (at links below) that I wrote at post.news before I stopped blogging there about a different way to think about micropayments. (TL;DR Direct pay per article in advance is problematic. I'd rather pay ahead into a pool that later gets divvied out by formula tracking my use frequency and my decisions to highlight articles I ended up valuing.)

See "On the Managing of Micropayments" by me on Post at https://post.news/@/kentpitman/2JbqCKuASm6rIf6LjohMwlTFLRQ
and, in particular, the included post "A vision of Post subscriptions" by me on Post at https://post.news/@/kentpitman/2JYjq2hWQDI61IAPxJ8iwz4i4FZ

#Media #news #subscription #PayWall #PayPerView #PayPerRead #PayPerArticle #WritingCommunity #MicroPayments #BusinessModel #SelfPublishing #Writing

Nick Szabo Was Wrong: With Bitcoin, Micropayments Work

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/with-bitcoin-micropayments-can-work

#Lightningnetwork #Micropayments #NickSzabo #Culture #Opinion

Nick Szabo Was Wrong: With Bitcoin, Micropayments Work

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/with-bitcoin-micropayments-can-work

#Lightningnetwork #Micropayments #NickSzabo #Culture #Opinion

Here’s a half-baked idea that many have probably thought before but I’ll share anyways:
A federated tool that allows you to “like” websites and then have that “like” linked to an account that pays that site a #micropayment out of a fixed “like budget.”
You’d also get a discovery tool as well, viewable through the #Fediverse, in addition to a bookmark tool.
Essentially #socialbookmarking with #micropayments.
Does this exist?

Just discovered this article from 2015 on why #micropayments for #journalism articles are likely to fail. Extremely prescient, and still relevant today. The article mentions #Blendle as a model, which was in its early phase at the time. The author was sceptical of Blendle's prospects, and given its failure, rightly so.

Journalism needs to be funded somehow, but micropayments are not the way.

https://link.medium.com/G4YUXqbQPvb

Der Digitalpolitische Wochenrückblick.
Mehr Infos/Artikel/Quellen UND weitere Themen:
https://www.piratenpartei.ch/digitalpolitische-Woche/
#Datenschutz #chatkontrolle #killerroboter #micropayments #apple #microsoft #alexa

Lightning Shines For Its Practicality

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/lightning-shines-for-its-practicality

#Micropayments #podcasting2.0 #Lightning #Technical #zebedee #Opinion #Apps

Der Digitalpolitische Wochenrückblick.
Mehr Infos/Artikel/Quellen UND weitere Themen:
https://piratenpartei.ch/digitalpolitische-Woche/
#M365 #Cloud #Datenschutz #Micropayments #BMW #Amazon #Alexa #Ring #Überwachung #Facebook #DNSSperren #GPSTracker #FragDenStaat

Fewcents raises $1.6M to help publishers take payments for individual articles, videos and podcasts -   Fewcents co-founders Dushyant Khare and Abhishek Dadoo
Many publishers are focus... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/6DZYMa3U_9s/ #contentmonetization #fundings&exits #micropayments #southeastasia #publishing #singapore #startups #tc

When did #TedNelson first introduce the term #micropayments?

https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2000/12/07/the-babbage-of-the-web

(boosts appreciated)

A Modest Proposal: Universal Online Media Payment Syndication

A constant challenge for any creative type is making a living. And it's hardly a new problem. In the case of broadcast media, commercial sponsorship has been the primary model for the past 94 years, along with a few others: public / membership model, pay-per-view, subscription, and sponsorship by a public or religious institution in the case of college and religious stations. A payment syndication model might address many existing frustrations of publishers, journalists, authors, musicians, and artists....

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1uotb3/a_modest_proposal_universal_online_media_payment/

To my earlier suggestions, I'd say: roll an all-you-can-eat print media subscription to all broadband and mobile digital subscriptions. $100/yr broadband, $50/yr digital (quite possibly lower), scaled by wealth. All the books, news, and articles you can stand. Pro-rated payments on a quality metric scale to creators.

#UniversalContentSyndication #InformationIsAPublicGood #dreddit #advertising #micropayments

There are a few missing pieces for the primacy of some of these ideas. The broader concept of the commonplace book predated Nelson and Bush by centuries and surely informed much (if not all) of their thinking about these ideas. It’s assuredly the case that people already had the ideas either in their heads or written down and the links between them existed only in their minds or to some extent in indices as can be found in the literature—John Locke had a particularly popular index method that was widely circulated.

The other piece I find missing is a more historical and anthropological one which Western culture has wholly discounted until recently. There’s a pattern around the world of indigenous peoples in primarily oral cultures using mnemonic techniques going back at least 40,000 years. Many of these techniques were built into daily life in ways heretofore unimagined in modern Western Culture, but which are a more deeply layered version of transclusion imagined here. In some sense they transcluded almost all of their most important knowledge into their daily lives. The primary difference is that all the information was stored visually and associatively in the minds of people rather than on paper (through literacy) or via computers. The best work I’ve seen on the subject is Lynne Kelly’s Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies: Orality, Memory and the Transmission of Culture which has its own profound thesis and is underpinned by a great deal of archaeologic and anthropologic primary research. Given its density I recommend her short lecture Modern Memory, Ancient Methods which does a reasonable job of scratching the surface of these ideas.

Another fantastic historical precursor of these ideas can be found in ancient Jewish writings like the Mishnah which is often presented as an original, more ancient text surrounded by annotated interpretations which are surrounded by other re-interpretations on the same page. Remi Kalir and Antero Garcia have a good discussion of this in their book Annotation (MIT Press, 2019).

It would create a more layered and nuanced form of hypertext – something we’re exploring in the Digital Gardening movement. We could build accumulative, conversational exchanges with people on the level of the word, sentence, and paragraph, not the entire document. Authors could fix typos, write revisions, and push version updates that propogate across the web the same way we do with software. ❧

The Webmention spec allows for resending notifications and thus subsequent re-parsing and updating of content. This could be a signal sent to any links to the content that it had been updated and allow any translcuded pages to update if they wished.

Annotated on February 09, 2021 at 02:38PM

In this idealised utopia we obviously want to place value on sharing and curation as well as original creation, which means giving a small fraction of the payment to the re-publisher as well.We should note monetisation of all this content is optional. Some websites would allow their content to be transcluded for free, while others might charge hefty fees for a few sentences. If all goes well, we’d expect the majority of content on the web to be either free or priced at reasonable micro-amounts. ❧

While this is nice in theory, there’s a long road strewn with attempts at micropayments on the web. I see new ones every six months or so. (Here’s a recent one: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqrvNoDE35lFDUv2enkaEKuo6ATBj9GmL)

This also dramatically misses the idea of how copyright and intellectual property work in many countries with regard to fair use doctrine. For short quotes and excerpts almost anyone anywhere can do this for free already. It’s definitely nice and proper to credit the original, but as a society we already have norms for how to do this.

Annotated on February 09, 2021 at 02:46PM

Transclusion would make this whole scenario quite different. Let’s imagine this again… ❧

Many in the IndieWeb have already prototyped this using some open web standards. It’s embodied in the idea of media fragments and fragmentions, a portmanteau of the words fragment and Webmention.

A great example can be found at https://www.kartikprabhu.com/articles/marginalia

This reminds me that I need to kick my own server to fix the functionality on my main site and potentially add it to a few others.

Annotated on February 09, 2021 at 02:59PM

We can easily imagine transclusions going the way of the public comments section. ❧

There are definitely ways around this, particularly if it is done by the site owner instead of enabled by a third party system like News Genius or Hypothes.is.

Examples of this in the wild can be found at https://indieweb.org/annotation#Annotation_Sites_Enable_Abuse.

Annotated on February 09, 2021 at 03:04PM

#annotations #anthropology #archaeology #fragmentions #judaism #lynne-kelly #media-fragments #micropayments #mishnah #orality #transclusion #ui #webmention

https://boffosocko.com/2021/02/09/55786828/

Eine Welt ohne Cookie-Tracking? Ein kleines Praxisbeispiel von Micropayments in einem Wordpress-Blog. https://dev.adelberg-online.de/?p=556 #bitcoin #bitcoinlightning #micropayments #nanopayments #wordpress #cryptocurrency #raspiblitz #lnd