Citation Economics for AI Answers
Indie Researcher / 0.001200 USDCreceipt evidence
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accrued -> claimable on-chain
Indie Researcher
This receipt binds a source payment to the answer that used it; FeeRouter-routed receipts accrue into creator-claimable balances. The previous hash links it into the append-only attribution ledger.
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created at2026-06-27T21:17:28.167Z
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canonical URLhttps://example.com/citation-economics
content fetched at2026-06-27T21:17:28.167Z
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ownership proofseed-demo
ownership signernot verified
answer context
Which paid creator sources best explain x402 creator payouts in the Tollgate demo?
The Tollgate demo's x402 creator payouts are best explained by three complementary sources: Citation Economics for AI Answers provides the foundational principle that payments should be tiny, automatic, visible, and tied to the specific answer reusing the work. Lepton RFB Notes describes the technical framework asking builders to move sub-cent value per citation among other granular metrics. Circle Gateway Nanopayments Primer explains the infrastructure enabling these sub-cent x402 payments to clear efficiently by batching signed EIP-3009 authorizations without per-payment gas costs.
Open answer evidenceFrames the economic principles behind tiny, automatic, visible creator payments tied to answer reuse. Provides the conceptual foundation for x402 payout design.Seed/demo content from Indie Researcher. Title: Citation Economics for AI Answers. Excerpt: A source payment should be tiny, automatic, visible to the creator, and tied to the answer that reused the work. Tags: citations, attribution, publishers, answers, economics. Canonical URL: https://example.com/citation-economics.