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May 13, 2013, 08:28:58 AM
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The bitcoin micropayment system is a perfect platform to make a pay-for-information website.  This could revolutionize the internet, experts would have an incentive to contribute information and a wikipedia version 2 could be made which would run off bitcoin donations to pay the information contributors.  Imagine if this was applied to education, have a website which is a central repository of information on every single college class, with professors constantly adding info and students donating a small amount to the website to keep it all going.

I am working on a platform utilizing this model, have you guys heard of anything like this before?
PM me if you are interested in collaborating, I have done a good bit of php coding to make this platform and it can be applied to basically anything.
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May 13, 2013, 09:28:34 AM
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Not sure about the basic idea. I mean wikipedia is already struggling to get enough donations to upkeep the hardware and personel. I don't know if such a project could raise enough through donations to on top of it also pay any contributors an amount of bitcoin that is meaningful enough to be an incentive to create quality content.

Apart from that also the question arises how payment is handled: Per Article? Per word? Will it be automated or moderated?

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May 13, 2013, 07:17:37 PM
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But if wikipedia had textbook quality information, they might not be struggling for donations...
Does anyone see the potential here?
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May 13, 2013, 07:25:23 PM
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How about you pay for the priviledge of being able to edit Wikipedia? Sounds more reasonable to me.
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May 13, 2013, 08:19:39 PM
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What if you were paid by a donation pool based on how the article is rated or the traffic to it.

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May 13, 2013, 08:33:19 PM
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A better idea is to add a way to donate by having a BTC address for people to give a few mBTC here and there.  If a few hundred/thousand people donate it could prove to be a substantial revenue stream.
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May 13, 2013, 08:36:07 PM
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Bitcoin isn't good for Micro-payments. Tons of tiny transaction increase the blockchain too much.
(It's kinda regulated by the fee-system right now)
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July 30, 2013, 08:12:21 PM
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I have make the 0.01 donation. How and who should I notify it?.
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