Re: W3C Payments CG work item -- paywalls with micropayments

One more here, lightning on the kindle :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1w-W6oMb_M

reddit post :

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/akay9z/a_proof_of_concept_kindle_store_with_bitcoin/

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 15:39, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Also for larger files :
>
> https://github.com/ElementsProject/filebazaar
>
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 15:16, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Some other data points
>>
>> BTCPay wordpress paywalls
>>
>> https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer/status/1089282664115458048
>>
>> Yalls paywall
>>
>> https://yalls.org/
>>
>> https://github.com/ElementsProject/wordpress-lightning-publisher
>>
>> Lightning publisher for wordpress
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 09:44, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chairs (aka Manu!) :)
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to take up micropayments over the lightning network
>>> as a work item for this group?
>>>
>>> We have 2 people interested in this work (Michael Mumann and myself) and
>>> I already chatting to Rene Pickhardt on the lightning dev mailing list who
>>> has been extremely helpful.
>>>
>>> Here is a working proof of concept :
>>>
>>>
>>> https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Hack_A_Lapp:_Introduction_to_Bitcoins_Lightning_Network_App_Development/C-Lightning_with_python
>>>
>>> As you can see in 15 minutes hacking time, it's possible to set up a
>>> functioning paywall for a fraction of a cent.  I've tried it with the joule
>>> lightning extension and it is seamless.
>>>
>>> There is enormous interest at the grass roots level in the lightning
>>> network.  Which imho represents the best of breed, and definitive solution
>>> for micro payments, right now.
>>>
>>> What's the next steps for making this a work item?  Write up the use
>>> case?  Where, in the wiki?
>>>
>>> Anyone else interested in this use case?
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Melvin
>>>
>>