Yes. I'm looking into Taler and Interleger (Open Payments) for direct fiat currency transfer.

And yes, payments are *very* different from how (most of) the Fediverse works right now.

There was an service called sub.club ~ which unfortunately shut down recently ~ that was experimenting with charging money for access to premium newsfeeds.

I'm doing that now with #Emissary, along with letting bands sell albums over Bandwagon.fm

@mro @gregalotl @julian @reiver

That was the main point of my presentation at #Fedicon2025, that:

1. We need a real payment infrastructure here on the Fediverse.

2. We need to do it well, to avoid the (numerous) sins of the past.

3. I'm doing that right now, PLEASE HELP ME OMG.

I can't wait until the videos are up, then I can just link to that presentation a thousand times, because I laid out my entire life's purpose in it.

@mro @gregalotl @julian @reiver