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Comment by Animats | original | Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402
[−]Animats · 2026-07-01 Wed 18:01 UTC · link
"There is an enormous amount of value moving across the Internet today that goes unmonetized or undermonetized, not because no one would pay for it, but because the tools to charge for it have never existed."

Every road a toll road.

How big a cut does Cloudflare want? Whose "stablecoin" does this use? How much does each on-chain stablecoin transaction cost?[1]

For comparison, FedNow bank to bank transfers cost $0.045, regardless of size.

[1] https://www.spark.money/tools/stablecoin-fee-calculator

[−]dgellow · 2026-07-01 Wed 18:53 UTC · link
It’s the same „financialization of everything“ mindset that was being pushed by cryptocurrency people. It’s such a perverse concept, pushing for every interaction on the internet to be a transaction
[−]rickydroll · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:14 UTC · link
Not only cloudflare's cut of the action, but your ISP, your mobile carrier, Internet exchanges, the service provider on the far end.

Seriously, everybody will have their hand out.