A blockchain might actually be a decent solution for this. Just make it so the tokens don't have value.
And as soon as you introduce this, pay for the many becomes profit for the few, and inevitably markets, trading, and rent-seeking cartels form who swiftly capture the natural value confluence points of the system, reversing any decentralizing tendencies it may have, and collapsing it back towards centralization in order to consolidate and protect their advantaged position.
Naturally you will find lots of bitcoin people using and developing clients (hence the Lightning integration on most clients) but apparently it has been picking the interest of other groups. There seems to be a thriving Japanese community.