@danlyke

I mean, one team has worked on a method for monetizing a hyperspace with micropayments since, *literally* 1960. And to date it's had near zero adoption.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu

It's just not practical to make money with the Internet, so long as it's an open space with open protocols. So nowadays they are trying to close the protocols by law. Even if they pull it off, it's like legislating the value of π.

(And, yes, they tried that too. Circles stayed round.)