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In the early days of Web 1.0, micropayments were going to arrive any day now. Most web pages were written out of sheer enthusiasm, and micropayments looked like a viable economic model of the web. Instead of getting the content for free, you would have paid a small amount, say one cent, per page view. That would not have hit anybody’s wallet too hard, yet the most favorite web authors would have got a substantial compensation.
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