The author reminisces about Coil, a now-defunct browser extension that facilitated micropayments for website visits. Users connected Coil to an online wallet, allowing them to automatically distribute funds to sites with a monetization tag. The appeal wasn’t just the micropayments; it was the potential for a standardized, built-in web monetization system across all browsers, eliminating the need for extensions. Current efforts have shifted to Interledger, which has a new browser extension that serves a similar purpose. This extension checks for a monetization wallet on a webpage and sends payments from the user's wallet. However, the author faces practical challenges with the existing wallet options like GateHub, Interledger, and Chimoney. GateHub's wallet address verification proved confusing, and the inability to deposit USD makes it impractical. Interledger lacks support in the U.S., while Chimoney is limited to mobile apps. The author notes some progress with native Web Monetization code in Chromium, funded by the Interledger Foundation, and expresses frustration over the current user experience. They believe the system needs significant improvements to become accessible and functional before developers can effectively innovate on top of it. The hope is for streamlined processes and polished standards to eventually benefit all users.