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About 2.5 years ago I created Highscore Money. I was looking at pay-to-play games and wondered what would happen if you'd take it to the extreme. 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Really neat job there! This probably won't take off as-is but I feel like there's untapped potential to be leveraged.",{"value":102,"source":55,"evidence":103},"Fresh, bold UI",[104],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"19278286","keyle","I shouldn't but I love the UI of this thing. 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I tried to chat, signed up, nothing happened.",{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"19270649","Krasnol","I just get an \"application error\"",{"value":133,"source":55,"evidence":134},"Stripe fees make one-cent payments uneconomic",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"19270744","amingilani","Yes, but the costs are still the same. Even stripe has a 2.9% + 30¢ cost per transaction.",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"19270218","vbo","Are you able to process payments as low as 1c and if so, aren't fees exceeding the amount charged?",{"value":144,"source":55,"evidence":145},"Spam and unicode abuse once it opened",[146,150],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"19271175","jpatokal","Now there's spam as well. Progress!",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"19270400","gelo","I just broke this website sending this: \" ｓｅｎｄｉｎｇ ｕｎｉｃｏｄｅ ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｓ ｆｏｒ ｆｕｎ \"",[155,166],{"value":156,"source":55,"evidence":157},"Support for other payment methods such as Lightning",[158,162],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"19270253","yami","Lightning network, where are you?",{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"19270306","r32a_","should have used Lightning Network",{"value":167,"source":55,"evidence":168},"Charity donation of the proceeds",[169],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"19270209","jstanley","What makes this a social experiment rather than a simple cash grab? Are you donating all the money to a charity?",[174,185],{"value":175,"source":55,"evidence":176},"Are the micropayments handled, given transaction fees?",[177,181],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"19270260","aur09","It looks like you're using stripe to process your payments. 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