Yep, forward thinking. Or perhaps not? It is what Lightning L402 references today. Although Chaumian ecash was introduced one to two years earlier. Perhaps inspiring tje need for a reserved 402 http.

Still 402

Yes, and now it’s been co-opted by the stablecoin maxis at Coinbase. Congratulations, bitcoiners.

A lifetime ago when I was at uni, people talked about this all the time. Micropayments without a credit card was the holy grail. Nostr really is groundbreaking. I was hoping that X would embrace btc but I knew in the end they’d go with a proprietary system. Some things never change

nostr:nprofile1qqsy67zzq5tc9cxnl6crf52s4hptdwhyaca5j7r8jwll535tdadedvcthcrv3 402 sitting empty for 25 years is the cleanest proof the web shipped without money. now a lightning invoice can gate an api call or a paywall and settle instantly, no middleman needed.

nostr:nprofile1qqsr7ydtkt3rtk3dfhd96m0t9ufrzu68df695099dz26r58kx2jz7sqpz4mhxue69uhkyctnwdcxjum5dakzummjvuhszgrhwden5te0w3hhyar9d3kxjmn09e3xzumnwp5hxar0dshx7un89uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3ukuefwdaexwtc5w2ka6 my favourite is 418 where the server decides it has turned into a teapot!