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> You can't micro-transact the whole internet.

I agree that end-users cannot handle micro transactions across the whole internet. That said, I would like to point out that most of the internet is blanketed in ads and ads involve tons of tiny quick auctions and micro transactions that occur on each page load.

It is totally possible for a system to evolve involving tons of tiny transactions across page loads.



You could argue that the suggested system is actually much simpler than the one we currently have for the sites that are "free", aka funded with ads.

The lengths Meta and the like go to in order to maximize clickthroughs...


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