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jfoutz ◴[] No.36882062[source]
This kinda seems like a fantastic way to implement micro payments. The site owner sets up a attestor that knows they’ve paid.

I hate Wei in general, but it really could open up control over bots and paid access.

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burkaman ◴[] No.36882351[source]
Are you aware of any websites that have tried to implement payments, but failed or chose not to because they couldn't verify which users have paid? It's an incredibly easy problem to solve without WEI.
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jfoutz ◴[] No.36882529[source]
Yet another username password pair? Yet another credit card entry?

Nah, let jfoutz pay the fraction of a penny and get no ads. Content producer gets paid, and I get to read the article.

The site can choose, based on attested properties to send to an ad network, or just take the money from the user.

There are other ways to do it, but this makes it a standard.

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1. Ylpertnodi ◴[] No.36882796[source]
Standard xkcd standards cartoon inserted here.