I was hoping this would be a browser with better IPFS/IPNS/Tor/I2P support, but sadly it's just another Bitcoin project. They seem to use IPFS, so that's nice, but the cryptocurrency side makes me very wary of this project.
Would there be a better way to implement P2P payments without a cryptocurrency?
The fact they're using Bitcoin, instead of Ethereum or another altcoin, is a positive for me.
I don't want to implement P2P payments. I don't even know what this means. Does it just mean "sending someone money?" Why would I want that to be built into a browser? I'm a bit confused why this is being pushed.
It means there's an easy way to "pay" for "premium" content in very small forms. Like "here's 15 cents for letting me read this article." No ads, no subscription and sending all your personal info, no email spam. I think if it works, it will change everything.
I feel like this is overly idealistic, it will be $1.99 with ads and personal info harvesting and spam. Why wouldn’t you?
I'm sure some will want to do that, sure. Especially the marketing driven blogs/sites.
But they'll be competing against people that don't do that, so unless their content is really really good and unique, they'll lose in the market and either adapt or die. Maybe some mega celebrities could pull that off, but it would be pretty rare.
I mean, they could easily be doing that right now. $1.99 is high enough that the problem of micro payments isn't really a problem at that price. But they don't because it would be a terrible strategy...
> But they'll be competing against people that don't do that,
That's already the case, yet there is no way to escape. We need to go back to browsers that don't take over our computer (harvest personal info etc).
> That's already the case
How is anybody accepting micro payments currently? What technology do they use?
I’m curious to know how it could be more widely adopted. Maybe a Flask integration? Other ideas?