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Any plans to implement podcast 2.0 features like boosts or sat streaming?

teekert 2y ago
I streams sats to creators but also to the podcast app. I wonder what an app like Castamatic or Podverse or Fountain makes…
- cheaprentalyeti 2y ago
  Sats?
  - astound473 2y ago
    satoshis, derivative of bitcoin I think? I have a poor understanding of it. Essentially it's a way to pay podcast producers directly. Streaming means it sends whatever you set per minute so you auto-support podcasts. Boosts are short messages with dollar values tied to it. The show has to support this though, not all podcasts do.
    - cheaprentalyeti 2y ago
      So it's a podcast client with cryptocurrency wallet functionality?
      - teekert 2y ago
        Yeah, based on Bitcoin lightning (which is quite different from normal bitcoin) meaning no transaction costs and very low energy use. Basically it happens off-chain until someone syncs-up (then it becomes a btc transaction). It makes payments in fractions of cents possible, ie I stream 10 sats/min which is about 60 Eur cent per minute (so 1 cent per second). You can also send messages to creators and attach amounts (those are called boosts), so you'd send a short message and attach 10k sats (or whatever you want), which is about 10 euros/dollars. Some podcasts I listen to use this to read messages on the show (the highest ones). It's fun and casual but remains highly technical for now, https://getalby.com/ https://getalby.com/ takes away some friction (but you're still self hosing a lightning wallet using docker compose). Easiest I think is Fountain [0, 1], which has it all built in. But I never tried that, I use Castamatic [2] with Alby. I have to say, it seems to divide the Linux podcast world a bit with some shows embracing this, and some just calling it crypto-bs. A well, people seem to enjoy it and creators get real value, enough to have to rely less on ads even. I think this is one of the babies we'd throw out if we banned crypto currencies (which I agree are 99.999% bs). [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fountain-podcast-player/id1576394424 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fountain-podcast-player/id1576... [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.fountain.apps&hl=en-US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.fountain.ap... [2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id96...

I streams sats to creators but also to the podcast app. I wonder what an app like Castamatic or Podverse or Fountain makes…

cheaprentalyeti 2y ago
Sats?
- astound473 2y ago
  satoshis, derivative of bitcoin I think? I have a poor understanding of it. Essentially it's a way to pay podcast producers directly. Streaming means it sends whatever you set per minute so you auto-support podcasts. Boosts are short messages with dollar values tied to it. The show has to support this though, not all podcasts do.
  - cheaprentalyeti 2y ago
    So it's a podcast client with cryptocurrency wallet functionality?
    - teekert 2y ago
      Yeah, based on Bitcoin lightning (which is quite different from normal bitcoin) meaning no transaction costs and very low energy use. Basically it happens off-chain until someone syncs-up (then it becomes a btc transaction). It makes payments in fractions of cents possible, ie I stream 10 sats/min which is about 60 Eur cent per minute (so 1 cent per second). You can also send messages to creators and attach amounts (those are called boosts), so you'd send a short message and attach 10k sats (or whatever you want), which is about 10 euros/dollars. Some podcasts I listen to use this to read messages on the show (the highest ones). It's fun and casual but remains highly technical for now, https://getalby.com/ https://getalby.com/ takes away some friction (but you're still self hosing a lightning wallet using docker compose). Easiest I think is Fountain [0, 1], which has it all built in. But I never tried that, I use Castamatic [2] with Alby. I have to say, it seems to divide the Linux podcast world a bit with some shows embracing this, and some just calling it crypto-bs. A well, people seem to enjoy it and creators get real value, enough to have to rely less on ads even. I think this is one of the babies we'd throw out if we banned crypto currencies (which I agree are 99.999% bs). [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fountain-podcast-player/id1576394424 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fountain-podcast-player/id1576... [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.fountain.apps&hl=en-US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.fountain.ap... [2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id96...