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The Case Against Micropayments

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Financial Cryptography (FC 2003)

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Micropayments are likely to continue disappointing their advocates. They are an interesting technology. However, there are many non-technological reasons why they will take far longer than is generally expected to be widely used, and most probably will play only a minor role in the economy.

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    Andrew Odlyzko

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Odlyzko, A. (2003). The Case Against Micropayments. In: Wright, R.N. (eds) Financial Cryptography. FC 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2742. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45126-6_6

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