[Bratmon]

But won't this solution still need:

1. A payment processor for users to turn money into tokens 2. A payment processor for news sites to turn tokens into money 3. A software provider to handle the actual microtransaction part of this (unless they want to learn how to become software developers themselves)?

It seems to me like all the blockchain does here is to make it so this transaction needs 3 software providers instead of just one!