When you turn on your computer, your wallet will boot up on your desktop. From Internet tolls to pay-as-you-play software, you will be assessed endless bursts of miniscule fees by a dizzying array of personal purveyors.
Predictor: Hall, Justin Allyn
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 online essay, Justin Hall makes the statement: ”Digital Cash is virtual money, user-manipulatable online. You will convert your ‘real’ dollars into information currency, kept track of by some central authority or elaborate encryption scheme. When you turn on your computer, your wallet will boot up on your desktop. From Internet tolls to pay-as-you-play software, you will be assessed endless bursts of miniscule fees by a dizzying array of personal purveyors.”
Biography:Justin Hall worked briefly at Wired in 1994, during a sabbatical from his college days at Swarthmore. He started his own irreverent e-zine, covering diverse topics and providing links all over the Web. He later worked for ZDTV and Games.com and as a freelance journalist. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Microtransactions
Name of publication: Links.net
Title, headline, chapter name: Digital Cash: Deft Donations or Surf-Stopping Tithing
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.links.net/dox/tech/digicash.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Goodrich, Barbara J.