I make apps for retards, like LNBeats, Music Side Project, The Split Box, The Split Kit, Sovereign Feeds, CurioCaster and Transcript Search Tool
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Last Notes npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub1f49…zpez Have you read Dave Grossman’s On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society? It's not intended to be an anti-war book, but I walked away from it with a profound sadness on what killing another human does to a person's humanity. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub19ha…q0fa @npub18gp…cg5e What are the bare minimum needed for Live Event like Boost Beach or SXWW that gets broadcast to multiple apps? 1) Current Value Block 2) Title/Song 3) Author/Band Is anything else needed/wanted for an app that allows liveValue? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB She is. Lives in San Antonio npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Just like all the damaged girls I attract, I can fix this one. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub1unm…d0j2 @npub1pj3…7des These two can answer any questions, but yes, they have hosting. Fountain is also a player, and I believe PodHome is working on a player too. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB It's not that we don't like Wavlake, it's that Wavlake's code makes it so the Wavlake player can only play Wavlake music. If Wavlake's player played all RSS based music, I'd probably recommend most people use Wavlake. They give you a wallet and hosting and charge you 10% of your sats. Unless you're making $100 a month on your music, you'd pay less with a 10% cut than you would with a different hosting company charging a monthly fee. Because they don't play all RSS based music, they go against my values, but if that ever changes, I'll send more people to Wavlake. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Podhome, Fountain if you want hosting. Music Side Project if you want to host it yourself. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB If you're looking for a turn key solution, a company like Wavlake that handles everything is exactly what you want. Does Wavlake support your values? Do you mind giving them a 10% cut in exchange for the service they provide? If Wavlake works for you, use Wavlake, they're a great solution. But if you want more ownership, there's tools to do it yourself. It's like changing your oil. If you know how to do it, you can choose to do it yourself or pay someone else because it's not worth the hassle. No shade with either decision. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Here's the album, available in all fine podcast apps. https://fountain.fm/album/Od7e1f8U5zXElOIyZeAy npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Hosting this video, an image, and a song for 7 years cost 1000 sats. https://satellite.earth/cdn https://image.nostr.build/eb7069e7fa3c10b998adecdc13b25d2f43c28f3916728869d4d9c904664fc876.jpg npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB If you're not willing to put in 1000 sats and 15 minutes of your time, can you really say you care about the distribution of your music. https://cdn.satellite.earth/509dfaf56166ca159a05b801383f6014f57f88f1bb600b8df45f02d89cd0903a.mp4 npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Don’t use a host, do it yourself for less than 1000 sats. https://cdn.satellite.earth/509dfaf56166ca159a05b801383f6014f57f88f1bb600b8df45f02d89cd0903a.mp4 npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB You don’t want to use wav. Most podcasts are mp3, so I recommend mp3 files. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I actually already started nostr integration and abandoned it. I bet 90% of what you want is already here. https://github.com/thebells1111/msp-studio/commit/65e6e4437a9601efc97831a8aa6b3878445d9935 npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I started building this and got bored. Take it and make it your own. https://github.com/thebells1111/nostr-music npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Tell your AI to copy Music Side Project and output a nostr event instead of RSS. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB https://podcastindex.org/apps?appTypes=open+source npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB If only the tech existed for such a fantasy. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Oh, and some random poetry, because why not?!? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Yeah, like what if we could spotlight all of these satellite bands spread around the world, and certain boosts triggered different effects, and there were hosts that could read the messages in real time. Man, that sounds like a rad event. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB And good luck. The UI/UX of multiple splits is a tough problem to handle elegantly. I'm not sure there's clean way of doing it yet, but we'll get there. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Yeah, Wavlake handled splits on their server instead of your wallet sending multiple payments. It works, and given some of the limitations, it makes sense. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Right now there's a discussion if we shift that data over to nostr, or if it gets POSTed to server the podcaster or their host controls. metaBoost is the current proposal I'm most behind. https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/676 My 2 cents, send it to the podcaster's server, and if they want to post it on nostr, they can have a function that takes care of that. But there's a lot going on, like keeping track of how many sats were sent and the time sent that the podcaster is going to want to keep track of for potential tax reasons, so they'll want to store all of that data in their own data base. Not saying signing a nostr note and sending it via relay isn't viable, but converting the JSON to a flat array, signing the note, etc is part of the discussion of how metadata should be handled. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB If there were multiple of you, and you had sex with yourself, would that be gay or masturbation? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/examples/value/blip-0010.md All of this metadata is being sent to the podcaster in the keysend TLV record. It's a lot more than a message. With keysend being no longer widely supported, as we shift to lnurl, the podcasters would still like this metadata, and we're discussing how best to get it to them in a way that is private if they choose to keep their stats private, or if listening data should even be private. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I looked into that one, and it is a solution no doubt. Requires a lot of user interaction, and I was trying to minimize that. I was hoping I could use Strike OAuth Connect instead of API keys, but that requires a business to get the OAuth Connect API keys for my app. https://docs.strike.me/strike-oauth-connect/ npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB As much as I love keysend and wish it was widely supported, I think you're right. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Oh yeah, the boostable effects are fucking amazing. If people experienced the power of a live show that you as an listener can be involved in, they'd fall in love with all of this the same way we have. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I may. I've been out of coding for a few months. The wallet/metadata debate kind of took the wind out of my sails. I'm really hoping we start to see more feeds using lnurl, it will make the shift to NWC log in more seamless. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Hmm... this is an interesting idea. You're listening data is tied to your npub, so you could listen to 30 minutes of a podcast in Fountain, then when you get to work, log into CurioCaster from your desktop and pick up right where you left off because your data is stored on a relay tied to your npub. 🤔 npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB If you're focus is nostr, and I know that's where your heart is, the Wavlake api may be a better choice for you because of the way they handle the value block. Because nostr doesn't do splits very well, non-Wavlake feeds may be problematic for you. However, if you're interested in other non-Wavlake music, the Podcast Index also has an API that lets you fetch all of the music feeds, but the value blocks are considerably more difficult to do using nostr based wallets. Hopefully, nostr figures out an elegant way to handle splits, because it is really cool being able to have multiple people paid from the listener. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I tried implementing the Strike API, but I'm not a legit business, so they denied my API keys. I hope they implement NWC, but I have a feeling the big players are not going to be interested in interop. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB And I don't disagree that we're moving in a direction in which wallets are corporately captured, and most people will be using PayPal, CashApp, Strike, etc. At which point, your livelihood is just as compromised as using YouTube or Spotify. Say the wrong thing, and your wallet is shutdown. That's one of the reasons why I'm surprised more 'freedom' minded people aren't hosting their own node. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I think NWC is the way forward. We just need to shift towards using lnurl in the RSS feeds instead of keysend. Until that happens, Alby is one of the few wallets that still supports keysend. In defense of Wavlake, one of the reasons they don't support non-Wavlake albums is because their infrastructure is built more to support nostr, which is lnurl. Once most artists are using lnurl in their feeds, Wavlake will have a much easier time handling payments to those external artists. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB This is a wallet issue. Alby provided free wallets. They now provide code to host your own wallet, or paid wallets. Fountain and Wavlake are using ZBD wallets. I don't know this to be true, but I suspect since both have investors involved, ZBD is one of those investors. Most of the podcasting 2.0 feeds use keysend in their value block. Keysend isn't supported by most wallets. There's a move away from keysend towards lnurl, which will open up other wallets, but only if they allow NWC. We're at a point that only companies with the cash flow to provide wallets or the infrastructure to support the wallets are able to do anything besides Alby. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB LNBeats was coded by a retard that just wanted something so all RSS based music could be found and listened to. The coder is glad that other retards are taking on the quixotic quest of building more RSS music apps. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB The other problem, and this isn't exactly Wavlake's fault, it's an unintended consequence, is there's so much shitty AI music. Because they provide a wallet and 'free' hosting, anyone can easily upload their shitty AI creation and hope to snag a few sats. There's music show hosts that have quit because it's just too much work weeding through all the AI slop. Granted, this isn't a Wavlake issue, someone could host their own AI slop on their own server, but that would take considerable more buy in, and the proof of work limits the grifters. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Nothings wrong with Fountain. What's wrong with Wavlake is they're not an open app. They only show Wavlake music. If they were open to non-Wavlake RSS based music, you'd hear considerably less critique of their business model. Imagine how nostriches would feel if Damus only showed messages that were sent using Damus? That's Wavlake. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB There's other nostr apps?!? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub1f49…zpez What's your thoughts on using meshtastic as an annonymous or secure communications system? If you were part of a guerilla network, how would you suggest getting communications to other members in a secure/annonymous way? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Man, The Dream Hotel had such potential. I would've love to hear more about the 23rds. The idea that we're incarcerated because an algorithm deems us a threat (a la Minority Report). How does my youtube viewing, social media posting, emails, and shopping history flag me? Am I watched even more when I have no data? Is no data more dangerous than having data, because it makes me stand out as an abnormality? There was so much to explore, but man, it was kind of a slog to get through, and the story was not as interesting as it could've been. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Beautifully done!!! Sovereign Feeds is a bit overkill for a music feed. If you decide to publish more songs, check out Music Side Project. It’s basically a stripped down Sovereign Feeds aimed at musicians. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB NGL, if Right Said Fred publishes a feed published using Music Side Project, this will have all been worth it. I’m too sexy for centralized music. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub1uwj…axfl You excited about the 999 portal? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Whoa!!! This is legit a very unexpected and high honor! npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Only 20 more to go! Congratulations!!! npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Man, I wish the dominatrix chicks were doing vlogs. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Do you know of any decentralized music shows I could send a request for that song to played? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I started talking to an autistic girl about two weeks ago. What a refreshing breath of fresh air. No games, straight shooter, amazingly considerate and kind. I’m not sure I’ll go back to dating a neurotypical after talking with this girl. I’m not saying I’m retarded, but I like rocks, so maybe her and I just get each other better. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Sometimes, I get frazzled like um… a Frazzled Thing. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Can we please call this a Titorial? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I wish there was a way to flag AI music. There’s some good bands on WL, but it’s becoming so hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I run my tarot draws through chatGPT for interpretation. Best of both worlds. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub1f49…zpez You're site https://zine.bitpunk.fm/ has been awarded a major internet award. Please feel free to display this badge on your website to let the world know of your accomplishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5550fd03e4b0abe9f31e446c/9fde7717-adc9-4da2-9af6-348cccc7e990/AwardWebDesign.gif?format=2500w npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub1f49…zpez Have you seen any of the audio steganography? I’m just saying, if there’s ever a war, you can be like one of the Navajo Code Talkers with your mixed tapes. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Which one do I connect with? https://image.nostr.build/0bb8195ddd5ae533d3b858db7fd6a3da492eb8d8a736dcb26cc4d37fe1d1208d.png npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Do I need a username and pw? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB https://image.nostr.build/0ccb721216e28110361dcbc87fbe66e06f729aac08dd062b553ab78e67d78e01.jpg I am legit very excited about your BBS. The dream of the 90s is alive with bitpunk npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Then I’d officially be a nostr app. I’m not opposed to it, but I haven’t been coding much lately. Did you know they have these things called women? They’re kind of a pain in the ass, but they’re also kind of cool. I’ve been messing with those lately. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Ah shit!!!! How do I join?!? Does it have LORDS? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Damn you ChadF, I was not prepared to go down the Sleep Token rabbit hole. Their cover of Outkast's Hey Ya... haunting. The lyrics were always there hiding in plain sight. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Heavy Ge is the man!!!! Where’s all the San Antonio plebs? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Check out satellite.earth. Lets you buy file hosting with sats. 1gb month was 47 sats last I checked. So a 1gb video could be hosted for a year for 500 sats or so. Not bad deal. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB You would love this. https://csszengarden.com/ npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB When print? And how the hell did you do this without a Kinkos? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB The 1890s? https://image.nostr.build/53c162a968cf5f6be33b5ec863560a1ef95bbe36efb8fe141e4141da5ecf125f.jpg npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB https://image.nostr.build/34ed784c38e7e8a688df63f6f693c06ba8ae20af13a70f723539845a6de488c3.png npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB It really is the superior protocol. I don’t understand why it’s not more widely accepted. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB @npub1f49…zpez Here's a thing you might be interested in. https://lnbeats.b-cdn.net/musicfeed.xml npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Wallets are like women. The easy ones don’t give you everything you want, and the ones that give you everything you want aren’t easy. You know what I want? Splits. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB https://sovereignfeeds.com/ Look up your feed. If you're going to do it more than once, add it to your favorites. When you're ready, make sure your feed is selected, then click the podping link. Do a simple math equation and press enter. Podping sent. https://image.nostr.build/6edcc2aa58746dc1b5e7dc23eca9d3700df99527d251e881b1b500cc4ca09f4c.jpg npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Man, I would love some nostr Trade Wars: 2002 and Legend of the Red Dragon. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB You know, this is a great perspective. It's not about the sats, it's about a new paradigm. New paradigms take time. If introducing people that love music enough to go to a show about a new way of thinking about music was the goal, you guys were a rousing success. Maybe it's not about reaching everyone, maybe it's about reaching the right ones. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Do you think it might be because the younger generation has a fundamentally different relationship to music that we're not quite understanding? Most of the people I know involved in the music stuff are older. I'm not sure any are under 30. I'm in my 40s. I remember making mix tapes on cassette. I can hear a song and my mind goes to the next song on the CD automatically because I listened to that CD so many times. Music wasn't just background noise. It wasn't a song in the background of a TikTok video, or a streaming service playing non-stop music on random. It was an intentional activity, I had to think about the song I wanted to hear, find it the CD in my stack, put it into the player, and hit play. I then got 50 minutes of the listening experience before I had to make a new decision. It might be possible that we're building tech for a bygone era when people use to care, and they simply don't anymore. They're used to listening to any song they want for $9.99 per month (less than how much I was paying for 1 CD in 2002). Music isn't something special, it's just the background noise to the TikTok video we call life. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB This is exactly it. There’s a lot of grifters that talk the talk, but their actions say something different. They say nostr will be the Twitter, Spotify, Instagram, Substack killer, but what they don’t tell you is they don’t hate what those platforms stand for, they hate that they don’t own them. They see nostr as their chance to finally make a popular platform they control and can get rich off of. If their podcast is hosted on anchor, or their nostr account is a Primal one, that really tells you all you need to know. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Oh, I’m not talking about nostr as a protocol, I’m more talking about people that choose to host their images or mp3s or whatever on a server they don’t control. I’m not saying they would be taken down, I’m just saying they could be taken down. More that I’d warn people that are coming to nostr for the censorship resistance part to be careful about trusting any platform, even those that seem to be nostr friendly. When your content threatens their business, all that talk about censorship resistance and freedom seems to go away. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB So I should probably self host my own relay just to be sure. Seems like self hosting my own content is the best way to prevent a potential rug pull. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB That certainly wouldn’t ever happen with a ‘nostr’ company because of political pressure. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB So you’re saying, if you host all your content on someone else’s platform, that platform could rug pull you and remove all your content? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB But, but, but, aren’t you worried about him stealing your intellectual property?!? npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I feel seen. Listen to the LNBeats Diss Track, on lnbeats.com npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Oh yeah, and hosting Alby Hub on Start9. Alby and PC2.0 go together! npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Did you read the source code before commenting? Did you maybe notice a certain someone that linked to the code isn’t much of a contributor because his role is merch and marketing. Guess we can ignore his comments too, since he doesn’t write code. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Those few are the ones I’m looking for. Those are my people. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Make it so I can fetch an invoice from my own server. Right now, getalby.com is a single point of failure. Your server goes down, it affects everyone, even self hosters. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Host your mp3s and images here. 47 sats for 1 gb month, which means a 5mb file will be hosted for 200 months, or 16 years. Not bad for 47 sats. https://satellite.earth/ https://image.nostr.build/2a4ac3a5887ff6424547c638b7cc4df772911f653d438d564b567b8f4e89840c.jpg npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Oh, if this is already built, then I don't have to build it. There's no reason music can't be hosted on relays instead of RSS feeds, just a matter of everyone agreeing on how the metadata is structured. But if it's already been done, I'd rather support an existing standard than try to build my own. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I know you guys are busy, maybe you didn't realize that RSS now supports zaps, which is just a lightning address and lnurlp. RSS supports lnurlp as well as keysend. What's actually going on is Wavlake handles payments through a 10% cut. That's not a problem, it's their business model, and it's a legitimate one. Other hosts charge a monthly fee, Wavlake charges 10%. However, in order to accomplish this, they control your wallet. The sats are sent to Wavlake's node, then sent to the musicians account on Wavlake's node. This is also how Wavlake originally handled splits. In fact, I suspect the way it works for non-Wavlake splits is there's a function to forward the sats to the split using Wavlake's wallet. So when I zap a band, my sats go to Wavlake, then Wavlake will forward those sats to each split. Podcasting 2.0 chose a different, more transparent route. The splits are in the feed. When you send a Boost, the sats leave your wallet and go straight to the split's wallet, no middle man. This doesn't work on nostr, because nostr does a poor job of supporting splits. Wavlake taking control of the wallet is the solution, because they need one address to control them all. I get it, it makes a lot of sense with the limitations of nostr. Wavlake made design choices because they wanted to be a nostr platform, the RSS was extra. I'm not sure why Wavlake chooses not to have outside RSS feeds in their app. I suspect it's because their wallet system isn't set up to handle splits the way every other Podcasting/Music app does. But to put the blame on RSS is disingenuous. You made choices to support nostr first, it creates limitations on you. I'm not mad at your model, but a lot of us are concerned with building an open system, and we'd like to see the biggest player in the space open it doors and let others play inside. Sometimes, walls don't stop people from going out, they stop people from coming in. I'm pretty sure it's because of the way you decided to structure your wallet system, and RSS use to not support lnurlp, it was keysend only. That has since been changed, RSS does support zaps now. And speaking of this 50% revenue share, how do I get in on that action? Most of the music shows that support the new musicians are using apps I built. LNBeats plays music from anyone in the Podcast Index, including every Wavlake album. I'm pretty sure I got a few apps that are growing the ecosystem. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I haven't really thought about it. I have them in Sovereign Feeds. I'm torn with MSP, because I'm trying to make it as simple as possible for musicians, but it does make sense to give them a tool to make their entire catalog findable in one place. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Hell, with Podcasting 2.0, I'm pretty sure I've gotten over 5 million sats alone over the last four years. 1 sat at a time. https://image.nostr.build/f1478fed8148d9cfc89976ec5a26efd1f1d67857d41a3e0021288948b05d4e5b.jpg npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Largest? I'm pretty sure that Satellite Showdown sent 2.2 million sats in four hours. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Fuck it, I made a thing. It's unpolished, it's published on satellite.earth. You can host your own music in less than 15 minutes. Try it out. https://cdn.satellite.earth/509dfaf56166ca159a05b801383f6014f57f88f1bb600b8df45f02d89cd0903a.mp4 Here it is in the Podcast Index https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7343106 npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB You mean truly open, like it's only a website, because the app stores are bullshit? Man, that would be cool. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Fuck Fountain playlists. Put it in an RSS feed like @npub177f…aaq7 did. All this in app exclusive stuff, and we already have the tools to make it so you own your own playlist, playable in any app. https://lnbeats.com/album/71556f97-94dc-5bf1-97e4-2dccf669d6c3 npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I dunno. This app looks pretty damn sweet. https://lnbeats.com/ npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Those types of autistic unicorns are rare. But if there's any in the San Antonio area, that want to chat with a 43 year old, anti-statist, that builds freedom apps, hit me up. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I've decided my dating app profile is going to consist solely of @npub1uwj…axfl memes. I'm going to find my soul mate one way or another. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB I just found out that some clients have DMs. If I've been ignoring your DMs, it's not because I'm an asshole, it's because I'm a retard. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Fuck no we don't know. npub1yvgrrzf4dnmu30qfhw95x87ruu0g2kpv3a64h8hpvqsre8qeuspsgd6pv9 StevenB Except even the stuff that could be replaced is just using it a Twitter alternative. Fountain could be a pure nostr app, host mp3s on relays, change the data structure and host the metadata on relays instead of RSS feeds, but it chooses to engage with the Twitter alternative and be a 'nostr' app. Wavlake could do the same thing for music. Even the apps that claim to be 'doing things different' are just using legacy protocols and tacking on the nostr Twitter feature.