There is Xanadu [0], which features a royalty mechanism and authentication. Early planning began in 1960, but it didn't help that Xanadu became one of the world

There is Xanadu [0], which features a royalty mechanism and authentication. Early planning began in 1960, but it didn't help that Xanadu became one of the world's longest-running vaporware efforts. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu