No one seems to want to answer your practical question. As I understand it, you receive an email with a payment link. When paid, your email is received by recipient.
I am unsure whether you could use e.g. Apple Pay to pay directly, or if you’d have to follow the microtransaction playbook to buy a greater amount of currency which you can spend.
I do think I answered his general question, which seemed centered around his bitcoin skepticism.
The more detailed answer on how this works can be found by going to the site and clicking "How It Works"
1 Someone Emails You
2 The Gate Catches It
3 Sender Sees the Payment Page - The sender clicks the payment link in the reply. They see exactly what's being held and what it costs:
4 Pay with Lightning — 15 seconds
5 Email Delivered
I am unsure whether you could use e.g. Apple Pay to pay directly, or if you’d have to follow the microtransaction playbook to buy a greater amount of currency which you can spend.