Owners of useful data (almost all computer users, that is) do not share this information generally because they
can’t see much point in doing so. To stimulate data sharing, selling files must be made quick and cheap.
Considering the speed of
Lightning implementation,
probabilistic transactions won't arrive any time soon.
But I have a great idea. The probabilistic quality of a transaction may be achieved by simply using a fee too small
to satisfy most miners. In this case, probability may only be determined empirically, but for a small thing like files,
it may be enough. The main concern here is that normal transactions are non-erasable. However,
reputation means a lot for shop owners, therefore, I guess it may be taken on trust that they won’t send a transaction
to mempool twice. Besides, nothing keeps the buyer from emptying the source wallet. It’ll work if there is no point
to empty wallet only to avoid a petty payment. It may make you think, if it’s all about tiny payments, it’s not really serious.
However, it is not absolute price values that you should consider, but the price to labour ratio.
Every working software has a long line of prototypes behind. By increasing frequency of updates, you improve customer
and partner relations and make work distribution better fit personal skills.
Not only will it facilitate creativity, but also deliver highly skilled specialists from hard and tedious work,
without any extra obligations or approvals.
An automated shop works 24/7 at a low energy cost. Paid file sharing can be combined with free sharing by setting the price at 0.
File server access may be an added feature to a bitcoin client. This way, request for a file may automatically trigger money transaction.
