# The user keeps the meter: what changed in v1.3.0, sgit.ai > The changes to the article "The user keeps the meter" in v1.3.0, paragraph by paragraph. *Source: · sgit.ai v0.7.87 · this file is generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift. Every page on this site has a `.md` twin; internal links below point at them.* --- [Home](../../../index.md) / [Articles](../../index.md) / [The user keeps the meter](../../the-user-keeps-the-meter.md) / [Versions](../the-user-keeps-the-meter.md) / v1.3.0 # The user keeps the meter: what changed in v1.3.0 From v1.2.0 (2026-10-21, `e1df4631e`) to v1.3.0 (2026-10-21, `66d2d429f`), paragraph by paragraph. 0 paragraphs added, 0 removed, 3 changed in place, 94 unchanged. About 102 words added and 0 removed. Insertions are marked like this, deletions like this; unchanged runs are folded to one line; figures appear as their file names. [← v1.2.0](v1.2.0.md) · [all versions](../the-user-keeps-the-meter.md) 11 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short} • **It is a proposal.**proposal,Nothingonhereparts that run.** The billing vault is not built yet,yet; the meter and the openaccountquestionsinarethewrittenreader'sdown.vault are. 5 unchanged paragraphs, under The old problem {#problem}, What we already have {#have} **A metermeter, and an account in the reader's browser.**own vault.** This newsroom already charges per use, without a server keeping the balance: every reader starts with £5 of credit, each page draws a few pence from it, the credit is kept in the reader's browser, and the balance can go below zero until they top up with a £5 payment link, live since 11 October. I wrote about why in [paying after the value](../../paying-after-the-value.md). The account is kept in the browser and, when the reader opens their vault with a passkey, carried into it: one file per device, a balance consolidated across devices, and a lane that browsers without the passkey can write to. What is not built is the check: the page a payment returns to adds the credit, and does not verify it. [The reading account, as built](../../the-reading-account-as-built.md) lists every piece. 68 unchanged paragraphs, under The idea: the user keeps the meter {#idea}, Two writers, two keys {#writers}, The admin vault, and Stripe {#stripe}… • **Nothing**Theherebilling vault is not built.** Neither user.sgit.ai nor billing.sgit.ai exists yet.yet, and payments are not yet checked or signed; the meter and the reading account in the reader's vault are, as [the reading account, as built](../../the-reading-account-as-built.md) lists. 10 unchanged paragraphs, under The diagrams, as source {#diagrams}, Where this comes from {#sources} [← v1.2.0](v1.2.0.md) · [all versions](../the-user-keeps-the-meter.md) --- *[Site index for agents](../../../llms.txt) · [HTML version](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/versions/the-user-keeps-the-meter/v1.3.0.html)*