I've been expecting $5000 since... Well, $5000. The transition was much too abrupt, and the area just didn't get enough lovin'.
Not that I particularly want to go there, you understand, but it seems that we should. Just on principle.
Exactly this. We sliced through $5000 like a hot knife through butter and never tested again. Every other psychological barrier we've tested numerous times. I've been waiting for it ever since.
https://mainnet.yalls.org/... who's gonna be the first to create a pay-per-read "Wall Observer" group on Y'alls? (costs measly $25)
If this doesn't get the flailing newpaper media drooling, I don't know what will. The promise of easy, cheap, fast microtransactions is major game changer for newspapers, gamers, musicians, bloggers, digital artists... basically THIS is the promise that propelled Bitcoin in the early days, starting with two pizzas but somehow ending up with futures markets and gold parity.
With microtransactions, you can lease software applications by the minute, pay only for the streaming content you like, circumvent advertisers; the possibilities are limitless.
With microtransactions, you can effectively vote with your dollars and cents.
Once this goes mainstream, it's THIS that will propel the next bull cycle forward.
All you content providers, get chopping.