Hacker News: wpapper

New comment by wpapper in "Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402"

wpapper — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:32:14 +0000

We have Web Bot Auth to allow good bots to identify themselves to website operators: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-verific...

Bot detection is a big problem to solve, but it’s a significant focus at Cloudflare. (It’s not my team at Cloudflare specifically, but we work closely with them)

New comment by wpapper in "Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402"

wpapper — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:30:15 +0000

We plan to make it easy for both buyers and sellers to rotate addresses. Done right, everything should be pseudonymous to the outside world.

(Full privacy is a harder problem to solve, but address rotation is a good 80/20 solution for now)

New comment by wpapper in "Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402"

wpapper — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:45:38 +0000

Yes! I’m a PM on the team that is building this. We want this to work equally well for human payments or agent payments. Low friction micropayments are the problem to solve, but once solved, it can work for either segment.

Feel free to email me at (my username)@(my company) with ideas or suggestions here!

New comment by wpapper in "Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402"

wpapper — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:43:49 +0000

I’m a PM on the team that is building this. We want to offer a range of options, from charging everyone to charging unverified bots to simply charging users who exceed rate limits. We don’t want to add a dependency on a particular detection mechanism, but we do want to offer a variety of choices depending on how people want to filter.

Feel free to email me at (my username)@(my company) with feature requests or feedback!

New comment by wpapper in "Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402"

wpapper — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:39:37 +0000

Thank you for the kind words! I’m a PM on the team that is building this. I’ve believed in microtransactions for over a decade and hope that we can finally bring them to life.

Proper spend delegation and permissions is a big focus of ours - it’s great to let your agent have discretion, as long as the damage from going off course is limited. Definitely want people to feel comfortable experimenting with emerging tech

Feel free to email me at (my username)@(my company) if you have any feature requests or things you’d like to see

New comment by wpapper in "Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402"

wpapper — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:37:00 +0000

Hey all, I’m a product manager on the team at Cloudflare that is building this. Happy to answer any questions! You can also email me at (my username)@(my company)

Live Coding: A User's Manual

wpapper — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:00:10 +0000

Article URL: https://livecodingbook.toplap.org/book/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41342011

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

History of HTTPS Usage

wpapper — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:19:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jefftk.com/p/history-of-https-usage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41197726

Points: 61

# Comments: 26

How to lose a monopoly: Microsoft, IBM and anti-trust

wpapper — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 17:40:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2020/01/01/microsoft-monopoly-and-dominance

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21929200

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by wpapper in "Show HN: RemoteHacker.com – Find a project partner"

wpapper — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:16:50 +0000

RemoteHacker is great! We came across it on Product Hunt yesterday and posted one project. We have been very impressed by everyone who has reached out so far.

It seems like there's a gap between small one-off jobs that are posted on Upwork, and projects that require multiple full-time engineers. RemoteHacker seems to sit perfectly in between those two options.

New comment by wpapper in "Going for a seven-year walk"

wpapper — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:59:20 +0000

I had the privilege of seeing Salopek announce the project at the Knight Civic Media conference, and based on his presentation I can tell you that he is not taking this lightly. This isn't a project that he decided to do on a whim without evaluating the risks. This is a very well-planned, calculated project that desires to not only be fascinating, but also to make a statement on journalism itself. He won't compromise the integrity of it. Of course, there will be people aiding him along the way out of necessity (translators, guides, etc), but I guarantee you there won't be a helicopter or truck involved.