I don’t think you’re also realizing the ability for zaps to, say, become an adhoc fundraise for a product or as-yet-uncreated content

Removing all the friction from showing your support for something financially is a sleeping giant

Protests movements raising funds

Disaster relief

Kickstarter, GoFundMe, BuyMeACoffee, Patreon, OnlyFans… all of these, but without any friction. A click.

And then turn it around… you supported the creation of a movie? You own a piece now - you get zapped every time someone buys a ticket

This kind of profit sharing is unimaginable before programmable money

Blockbuster beat mom and pop video stores because they did profit sharing with the studios. They had computer accounting systems that could track rentals and remit to the studios. Mom and pop’s were still on pen and paper.

Then of course they lost out to streaming, which was a different tech innovation, but another they couldn’t see coming

It’s hard to see the impact novel tech will have, but that doesn’t mean you should dismiss it outright because its use isn’t readily apparent to you