Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for facilitating micropayments between distributed, independent consumers and content creators. A computer-implemented method is disclosed related to enabling tips between at least one content consumer and at least one content creator, comprising: receiving, at a web application from a user interface, an intent to tip; sending, via the web application, a payment initiation based on the intent to tip to a processing service; generating, at the processing service, a payment event based on the payment initiation, wherein the payment event comprises payment data; and updating, at the processing service, at least one wallet based on the payment data.