The Web Needs a Digital Currency: The Time for Seamless #micropayments Is Upon Us
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The founders of the web expected that the web will, one day, have a native currency. Some sort of digital cash or micropayment system that will be as integral to the proper operation of the space as links and passwords. Thirty years have passed, and there is no sign of the 402 error!Let’s go back to the early 90s when the founders of the World Wide Web and its inventor Tim Berners-Lee were working on a list of errors people might encounter as they were interacting with the web.Some of the errors they created are too familiar — the 404 Not Found error has turned into such a cultural sensation that websites compete to have the funniest page. Other’s are less common, but you might have witnessed them at some point, such as the 401 Unauthorized error. But, I bet almost none of you have come (...)