1996-06-15 - Re: Comments on MicroPayments and the Web

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From: Bruce Baugh <bruce@aracnet.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-15 10:57:39 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 18:57:39 +0800

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From: Bruce Baugh <bruce@aracnet.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 18:57:39 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Comments on MicroPayments and the Web
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At 03:22 PM 6/13/96 -0700, Hal wrote:

>Consider two sites, one which acts as a proxy and cache but which
>charges something under a penny per page, and another which acts for
>free.  Won't the for-pay site be able to afford a larger disk, more
>servers, and better net connections?  It will be a superior service.

Just like commercial crypto, servers, news clients, and the like are all
superior to the free versions?

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Bruce Baugh
bruce@aracnet.com
http://www.aracnet.com/~bruce






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