Apparatus and methods are provided to allow implicit service payments in client-server environments. According to one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving a request from a client for a connection to a server, sending, to the client, information regarding a computational task to be performed by the client; receiving a result of the computational task, the result representing an implicit payment for access to a resource associated with the server, and allowing the connection between the client and the server to be established.
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