BEEF, simply

How a payment can bring its own proof that the money is real.

Block summaries tiny, easy to keep Alice paying Bob getting paid WITHOUT BEEF WITH BEEF Is this money real? Record keeper stores everything not needed this time Bob asks Bob has to wait Bob depends on them They see what he checks ✓ nothing to look up ✓ The receipts match Bob's block summaries ✓ Alice's signature and amounts check out The money is real. Bitcoin network records every payment Bob submits it Was this money already spent? ✓ No. Confirmed once it's in a block. The proof comes with the payment.

Try it with your own wallet

Pay Bob 100 sats and watch your own payment go through the checks above, on the real blockchain. Bob is me: I built and host this page, and the sats go to my wallet. That's a tiny fraction of a cent.

That's the point, too. When paying costs this little and takes one click, paying for things online gets easy. That's what micropayments are for.

You'll need a BRC-100 wallet, such as MetaNet Desktop or BSV Desktop. Other wallets, like HandCash, can't make this kind of payment.

No wallet? Just enjoy the walkthrough above. Paying is optional: it grounds the lesson in reality, because you see your own payment checked instead of an example.

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Get a BRC-100 wallet

It's all still experimental, so put in a dollar or two, not your savings.

Then find apps to try at metanetapps.com.

Read the specs

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