Why the AI revolution needs tollbooths – Crazy Stupid Tech

We continue to see reasons that micropayments need to be built into the fabric of the web. The issues described in here are all real, and I think they are being overly limited in just considering crawling. This is an ideal surface area for crypto. It would be very easy for websites to advertise an address that payments should go to. In addition, I think we need to be considering the idea of every website having an MCP endpoint, as well as an Agent that other Agents could talk to. My blog could have a "menu" like:

• Download archive (faster than crawl): 10 sats
• Call to MCP server: 20 sats
• Agent interactions: 40 sats

There is increasing cost and capability. This is then direct payment from the requestor. Super low transaction costs and immediate settlement are necessary.

There is a known need for micropayments and I don't see how any of the traditional financial solutions can meet the need. Digital money, crypto, has the answer.