Comments on: Web Monetization is Still Inching Along, But Still Too Difficult

By: Tadej Golobic

Tadej Golobic — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:43:37 +0000

Hi Chris and Thomas,
my name is Tadej, and I am head of engineering @ GateHub.

As you correctly figured it out, wallet address and wallet address url is not the same thing 🙂 Wallet address is actually a Payment Pointer on GateHub. That is basically still from the Coil days 🙂 If you check your screenshot, you will see right under the Wallet Address it shows you Payment pointer. And that is the value that you need to enter in the extension.

Regarding your problem #2, I assume that you are from UK based on this statement: “Apparently there isn’t a single wallet provider in the entire UK, so, uhhh, jeez.”

And Thomas figured that out – due to the region. Basically, because of some law, regarding “active marketing”, GateHub limited / disabled a lot of features for the UK citizens. So this is why for Thomas is working but not for you.

If you want, you can contact me both on my email, we can schedule a call, and I can give you access to our testing environment, where you can be from a country that has all of this supported and much more 😉

And again, thank you for your honest review!

BR,
Tadej

By: A Developer

A Developer — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:29:02 +0000

The solutions are all centralized which can and will limit your ability to do a transaction due to kyc/aml rules at some point. Another solution is to use Bitcoin, not crypto, they’re not the same. Bitcoin is decentralized, there’s no one in charge, so no government can enforce regulation. Bitcoin is too slow for instant transactions, that’s why there is the Lightning Network. For this there is library and a set of specifications to utilize the Lightning Network and payments via a website/app. Use cases are e.g. 1-click authentication, log in anonymously, make micropayments (payments as small as 1/10000 of a dollar). The infrastructure for payments can be entirely self-hosted. No bank, no psp necessary. Besides this, the number of options/flexibility for payments is unreal.
https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/what-is-webln/
https://www.webln.dev/

By: Thomas Steiner

Thomas Steiner — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:45:58 +0000

For problem #1: the format is https://ilp.gatehub.net/348218105/eur, so it would be https://ilp.gatehub.net/150644339/usd for you. The GateHub website does this correctly, the app gives you just the number.

For problem #2: this may well differ by region. I can even use a bank transfer or Google Pay to top up. Try “Add funds”, then “USD”, then look for familiar options (I can choose “Card” and “SEPA” for “EUR” among other crypto things.

Wallet availability is a challenge indeed. In the EU, the Interledger wallet based on GateHub is an option that even allows you to order a physical MasterCard, but I reckon this won’t help you in the US.