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             <h1>Web Payments</h1>
             <p>Payment technologies for the Web.</p>
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        <h1 class="centered" style="padding-top: 0px;">INTRODUCTION</h1>
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The purpose of the Web Payments group at the World Wide Web Consortium 
(<a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/">W3C</a>)
is to create systems that enable people and businesses on the Web to send 
each other money as easily as they exchange instant messages and 
email today. The systems strive to be easy to use, currency agnostic, 
secure, decentralized and implementable by anyone in a patent and 
royalty-free manner. The group is focusing on transforming the way we reward
each other on the Web as well as how we organize financial resources to
enhance our personal lives and pursue endeavors that improve upon the
human condition.
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It can be difficult to know where to start, so this page has been created to
help bring you up to speed with the state of Web Payments. It contains links
to introductory material related to a variety of the work that is 
currently happening in the Web Payments group. If any of these technologies
interest you, consider 
<a href="join">joining the Web Payments group</a>.
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        <h1 class="centered" style="padding-top: 0px;">IDENTITY, PRODUCTS, AND RECEIPTS</h1>
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The goal of this group is to create a set of universal payment
technologies for the Web, making single-click purchases and crowdfunding on the 
Web a reality, regardless of who your bank or financial institution is. It's 
like PayPal, only open, patent-free, and royalty-free. 
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<a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/04/web-payments-with-payswarm-identity-part-1-of-3/">Identity</a>
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<a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/04/payswarm-part-2/">Assets and Listings</a>
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<a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/04/web-payments-with-payswarm-purchasing-part-3-of-3/">Purchases and Digital Receipts</a>
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        <h1 class="centered" style="padding-top: 0px;">MOVING MONEY OVER THE WEB</h1>
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Bitcoin is the worlds first decentralized digital currency. It is the most 
successful attempt so far at a completely decentralized financial network 
based on mathematics and the Internet.
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo">What is Bitcoin? (in 2 minutes)</a> (video)
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<a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it">Khan Academy: How does Bitcoin work?</a> (video)
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Ripple is a peer-to-peer payment system. It lets you easily, cheaply, and 
safely send money over the Internet to anyone, anywhere in the world. 
Anyone can create an account. Because Ripple is P2P software, no individual, 
corporation, or government controls it. The network operates via the combined 
effort of the Ripple software running all over the world.
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<a href="https://ripple.com/">What is Ripple? (in 1 minute)</a> (video)
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<a href="https://ripple.com/wiki/Ripple_Introduction">An introduction to Ripple</a>
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<a href="https://ripple.com/wiki/How_it_works">How does Ripple work?</a>
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