good point.

in seth’s example, the “network coordinator” seems like an entity worth eliminating. and of course, sats should be the standard.

instead of a 25% cut going to some company in the middle, i wonder if some open source coordination software could enable unencumbered access for all

bitcoin

Micropayments for content

A reason why I am worried this might take a while to catch on is there is a perception that interoperability is bad.  

Think of a video arcade.  You put a dollar into a machine and get back 4 tokens.  The games can take quarters just as easily, but they frequently don't.  

Also reminds me of in-game item NFTs.  This idea that all these different companies would let a sword from someone's game and a helmet from someone else's game be used on their game rarely happened.  No game designer wanted to lose the chance of selling their own in-game item NFTs.

However, history shows that interoperable open networks beats walled gardens.  I can earn sats playing THNDR's solitaire, and tip someone here, who tips someone on fountain, who hires someone on stakwork to do a transcript, etc.
Everyone elses work makes others' projects more valuable.  