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		emanuelcoen on Jan 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Quid – try micropayments instead of ads o... Blockchain is a game changer in that regard. Micropayments we just not economically feasible to this point because of the high fixed costs to settle and process payments. I.e if I want to sell an article for 50cts with PayPal, PayPal would take 30 cts. Blockchain enables much cheaper processing. We at Satoshipay (https://satoshipay.io/) have built such a solution for Publishers and just announced our first big partnership with Europe's leading digital publisher, Axel Springer (https://medium.com/@SatoshiPay/satoshipay-and-axel-springer-...)

xori on Jan 31, 2019 [–]

You know, PayPal has a micropayment offering. 50¢ would only cost you 8¢

http://pressbin.com/tools/paypal_micropayments/

ilinzweilin on Jan 31, 2019 | [–]

which is a 16% fee :DDD

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