The Road Not Taken: Browser-Based Micropayments and the History of Error 402

The Road Not Taken: Browser-Based Micropayments and the History of Error 402

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We all know HTTP Error 404 – the standard browser response when a file cannot be found. But have you heard of Error 402 – Payment Required? Built into every Mozilla-based browser, it is an archaeological artefact of the internet we might have had: browser-based micropayments. Many of the early networking and internet pioneers, from …