Yeah, you could do both, though. It seems like one way of preventing freebie abusing deadbeats from overwhelming SN. 

Undisciplined

Reading it again, I think you're talking about something else. 

 mentioned that you could pay for a freebie later iirc, like an upgrade.

But you mean that zaps would pay for the upgrade, right?

Stacker Saloon

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~Yes, this was one of @k00b's ideas~

Reading it again, I think you're talking about something else. @k00b mentioned that you could pay for a freebie later iirc, like an upgrade.

But you mean that zaps would pay for the upgrade, right?