From the official spec (still WIP)[0]: >For example, micropayments of a predetermined monetary value could be "streamed" to the site over time. Alternatively,

From the official spec (still WIP)[0]: >For example, micropayments of a predetermined monetary value could be "streamed" to the site over time. Alternatively, the user could make one or many discreet "one-off" payment(s) of any arbitrary monetary amount, even while micropayments are simultaneously being streamed. Also, Flattr[1] tried (and eventually failed) to establish something similar more than 10 years ago. [0] https://webmonetization.org/specification/#goals https://webmonetization.org/specification/#goals [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr