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I would prefer to see 2 options in browsers: 1. LSAT[1] support for micropayments (recently mentioned on HN[2]) 2. RandomX[3], mining XMR for the site owner
by thinkmassive 5y ago
I would prefer to see 2 options in browsers:
1. LSAT[1] support for micropayments (recently mentioned on HN[2])
2. RandomX[3], mining XMR for the site owner
Both provide something useful, replacing advertising and/or subscriptions for the site owner, rather than solely wasting energy. Let's eliminate captchas and advertising together.
[1]: https://lsat.tech/ https://lsat.tech/
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28459713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28459713
[3]: https://xmrig.com/docs/miner https://xmrig.com/docs/miner
- xur17 5y agoI would love to have the option of 1 instead of solving a captcha. Charge me 0.1 - 10 cents worth of bitcoin depending on the action, and I'd happily pay.
- wyager 5y agoLSAT looks really cool! Hopefully it can significantly displace ads as a revenue source. I’m happy to pay 1 cent to read a recommended blog post or something, and I’m not the sort of person who would pay for an online news outlet subscription. Any mining-based payment will inherently be worse and less efficient than a money-based payment, especially for mobile.
- inter_netuser 5y agoThere is a bot that does micropayments on Telegram via LN. Excellent for preventing spam: https://twitter.com/lntxbot https://twitter.com/lntxbot
- summm 5y agoMining also fits the definition of "wasting energy"...
- bluescrn 5y agoPOW: Proof Of Waste
- kymaz 5y agoIf in the future all bitcoin-like currency transactions have to be reported for tax purposes, and there's all these micropayments, wouldn't that effectively make your browser history part of a tax audit?