| Very Interesting. I have been Developing intentions services and Micropayment system for than ten years. We are currently developing technology that integrates Micropayment's into a Browser as well as a platform Interesting points/ideas concerning the corporate structure of this kind of project….We are also investigating this area
William
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On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Doc Searls <
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On Dec 18, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Tom Crowl <
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I'm not qualified to address the ins and outs of VRM.
Everybody is. VRM is still zero-based. All of us make the ins and outs (and choose your prepositions) here. However I am convinced that the requirements for making a micropayment possible lead to a natural monopoly for its core. And that core may easily be just as important as the micropayment itself.
One would think. I'm not thinky enough to challenge that, though. Perhaps others here can weigh in.
And were this core to be constructed as a for profit enterprise... owned by its members...(one human, one share, non-transferable and expires with death)...
Interesting idea. A co-op of everybody. May I volunteer Customer Commons? < http://customercommons.org> While not quite zero-based, it's not far past the starting line. It seems to me this gives that inevitably ubiquitous user base tremendous power regarding the use of its data... as well as a means to acquire compensation from those who wish to use it... whether the user ever makes a micropayment or not.
Getting more ideas here. Need to hold back until I bake (or burn) them a bit.
While the system for the micropayment itself is very straightforward and not a 'programming issue... I'm not a programmer and can't say I can fully see how the VRM aspect might operate... it seems to me there's something to be thought about there.
Agreed. I'm not a programmer either. But that doesn't stop me from seeing, if not fully.
If not... so be it. I wanted to throw it out. David Brin and I are putting together an article on the general capability... and I was curious to see if there might be something to be added from this end.
Characteristics of the Monied "Like" Button
One-Click Micropayment Capability for Volume Solicitations and Multiple Providers
P.S. The "for profit, one user,one share...etc." idea for ownership is my own and separate from the basic mechanisms themselves... and I can't say whether Dr. Brin necessarily agrees or not... so if its terminally stupid... put it on my head.
P.P.S. And if this has no relationship with your ideas I understand and won't push it. But I think its worth a moment or two for consideration.
Additional background: Fred Wilson's talk. His framing supports this. Links:
Lots of other good stuff in Tom's blog, all very VRooMy. I invite others here to peruse it.
Doc
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