How do nanopayments split a citation reward across multiple authors?

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6/20/2026, 3:21:28 AM · llm:deepseek:deepseek-chat

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Onchain Micropayments Digest$0.005 · EV 90%

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Stripe Blog$0.002 · EV 30%

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Vitalik Buterin's website$0.004 · EV 20%

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CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data$0.002 · EV 10%

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Onchain Micropayments Digest contributed 70% → reward $0.028

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§ IIThe reading2 cited

Nanopayments split a citation reward across multiple authors by using weighted micropayments that are settled onchain. A fair model pays each cited source in proportion to its contribution to the final answer, and multi-author works can automatically split a single reward across contributors . This granular settlement is made practical by nanopayments, which push the minimum economical payment to about $0.000001 by signing off-chain authorizations and settling them in batches, avoiding per-transaction gas fees . The use of stablecoins like USDC provides a stable unit of account for agents to reason about budgets and costs , and instant final settlement onchain removes counterparty risk . While blockchain or similar ledger technology is implied by the onchain settlement described, the provided sources do not explicitly mention blockchain for tracking fractional rewards; however, the references to onchain micropayments and stablecoin settlement indicate a ledger-based approach .

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5Stablecoin Ledger30%+$0.012

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