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Didn't Bill Gates think of this in his 90's book The Road Ahead? Pay to gain attention, but the receiver can refuse to charge you if s/he found your mail worthy
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Didn't Bill Gates think of this in his 90's book The Road Ahead? Pay to gain attention, but the receiver can refuse to charge you if s/he found your mail worthy of their attention. (E.g. if you're trying to gain the attention of a lost relative and put a $200 reward so they'd notice your email).
Of course there's no cryptocurrency hungry rent-seeker in his concept.
- DennisP 5y agoCryptocurrency could be a convenient way to do the micropayments, without any rent-seeking if the project doesn't mint its own token. They'd need to solve scaling first though.