Mastodawn

You must picture Sam Altman holding a knife to Tim Berner-Lee's throat. We are in a truly existential level of danger when it comes to the survival of the open web, across every front. This year is when it all comes to a head. https://anildash.com/2026/03/27/endgame-open-web/

Endgame for the Open Web

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Anil Dash

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@anildash

Of the organizations listed, only The Internet Archive is able to list a plain pay-to-public key hash style bitcoin address.

WHY? Because someone put a gun to everyone's head and told them they could not accept money.

If they can't accept internet money, then yes, the internet is lost.

Anyone that wants the internet and money should put up a donation address or accept that the endgame is lost.

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@anildash

An "Error 402" is one way to deal with AI bot abuse. It could go a long way toward fixing content and saving journalism too. It could simplify supporting good organizations and open source projects as well.

But if people aren't going to implement those solutions because they're scared, then the open internet never really was what people claimed it to be, and we were only building tools for people to be oppressed.