Browser API 'Web Monetization' to send coins more easily

Money is an act of sending money to creators on the Internet, and it is possible to make money with many services such as live distribution service, but the minimum amount of money and users need to contract with each platform etc. I have a lot of problems. ' Web Monetization ' plans to implement an API for such coins as an open and unified web browser API.

Web Monetization A JavaScript browser API which allows the creation of a payment stream from the user agent to the website

https://webmonetization.org/

The web platform was created in 1989, but various features have been added with the progress of the Internet. However, even if more than 30 years have passed since the birth, the remittance function has not been implemented, and in order to settle funds on the Web, the provider of the web service needs to prepare a mechanism, and since it costs a fee, the amount to be settled Must be above a certain level.

The Web Monetization API has been proposed to improve this situation.This API also supports payment of a small amount of less than 1 yen, and uses the ' Interledger Protocol (ILP) ' for remittance. Therefore, it is designed for the web era where users can automatically exchange money no matter which currency they pay. When making a change using this API, the user side and the creator side only need to contract with one service compatible with ILP.

To receive the change, you need an account service that supports ILP. After opening the account, have an address called a payment pointer issued and set that address in the meta tag of the website. It is also possible to add benefits such as deleting advertisements to charged users. The site of the Web Monetization 'as account services of the corresponding ILP

In order for users to send money, it is necessary to contract a service compatible with Web Monetization, but because it is not yet implemented in major browsers, it is posted on the Web Monetization site as ' Coil ' It was only a service called. Coil is a service that pays $5 (about 530 yen) every month and sends a small amount of chips to Web Monetization compatible sites within that amount. In addition to supporting the Web Monetization API by using the dedicated extension function, Puma Browser, a browser that supports the Web Monetization API, is also available so that it can be used with smartphones that cannot use the extension function.

At the time of writing the article, the Web Monetization API is in the stage of being proposed to the web standard, and the discussion is ongoing in the community. You can browse detailed specifications and documents on the official website of Web Monetization.