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Panich52

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Sun May 17, 2015, 11:02 AM May 2015

Spare computing power: Secure, anonymous, easy way to pay for online content

Spare computing power: Secure, anonymous, easy way to pay for online content

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Page views and “likes” are great for journalists' and webmasters’ egos, but they don't pay the bills. Researchers may have found a solution. They have identified a secure, anonymous way for readers, viewers and gamers to pay for online content without them having to make a cash payment. “Any online website could participate, whether they are a news site, a blog, a video streaming service, a gaming site, or social media,” remarked one of the researchers.

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