Micropayments and Content Monetization

10 min readinteractive

How Lightning enables new business models through micropayments.

Micropayment Applications:

  • Content: Pay-per-article, no subscriptions
  • Streaming: Pay-per-second video/audio
  • Gaming: In-game purchases, rewards
  • APIs: Pay-per-call pricing
  • Social Media: Tip content creators
  • IoT: Machine-to-machine payments

Platforms:

  • Sphinx Chat
  • Podcasting 2.0
  • Stacker News
  • ZEBEDEE gaming
Value4Value Model
Value4Value Model