Nostr notes by Oscar Merry

amazing thanks!

2026-10-24T15:02:30Z

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amazing thanks!

@npub1rcn…dw4h quick question about the new podcast ids ...

2026-10-23T10:19:22Z

Dave (npub1rcn…dw4h) quick question about the new podcast ids you've been working on and how we can help resolve issues with wrong feed urls in the admin dashboard:

for this example - https://podcastindex.org/podcast/49438

the current feed url is https://feeds.feedburner.com/MacroVoices

but I think it should be https://feed.podbean.com/macrovoices/feed.xml (the one on their website)

this second url points to https://api.podcastindex.org/dashboard?q=5791674 - which is already redirecting back to 49438 - but how can I switch the feed urls - or is that not necessary in this case?

still waiting! 😑

2026-10-16T15:44:26Z

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still waiting! 😑

sorry for the delay - we've been migrating our content ...

2026-10-09T16:15:35Z

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sorry for the delay - we've been migrating our content database to make things more scalable - I should have the endpoint for you next week

Fountain 1.5.9 submit - iOS approved within 24 hours - bring on ...

2026-10-07T13:08:56Z

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Fountain 1.5.9 submit - iOS approved within 24 hours - bring on the 10 day wait for Android! 😐

How should OPML Import / Export work for music feeds? Should we ...

2026-10-04T11:32:58Z

How should OPML Import / Export work for music feeds?

Should we just include all album / artist feeds in the main list with a medium attribute?

Or maybe music feeds should be in a different section?

yeah it's getting so ridiculous - I feel like giving up on ...

2026-09-17T10:27:55Z

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yeah it's getting so ridiculous - I feel like giving up on Android entirely at this point - it's impossible to run a development process with 2 week delays on app review...

https://fountain.fm/live/juSZpENe6Np0S5QPFhTs

2026-09-03T16:25:22Z

https://fountain.fm/live/juSZpENe6Np0S5QPFhTs

no worries! just thought I'd flag

2026-08-29T11:11:15Z

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no worries! just thought I'd flag

@npub1rcn…dw4h FYI this music feed was marked as spam - ...

2026-08-28T09:28:12Z

Dave (npub1rcn…dw4h) FYI this music feed was marked as spam - https://podcastindex.org/podcast/8007515

I've marked it as legit now - any chance you could add some kind of rule to automatically mark Music Side Project feeds as legit based on the generator tag:

<generator>MSP 2.0 - Music Side Project Studio</generator>

Fountain has been stuck in Android review for 11 days now... ...

2026-08-13T14:36:07Z

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Fountain has been stuck in Android review for 11 days now...

It's crazy how much of a drag this is on productivity - especially when it comes to moving quickly because any bugs introduced cannot be hot-fixed.

Surely Google can just point Gemini at the problem???

All boosts and comments sent from Fountain are published to nostr ...

2026-08-04T13:02:24Z

All boosts and comments sent from Fountain are published to nostr meaning anyone can query them and build anything using the data.

https://onlyboosts.social/#boosts-global

Shows + Episodes are canonically referenced using podcast guids:

https://onlyboosts.social/about

makes sense! A bit odd when we have these 40MB feeds flying ...

2026-07-06T14:03:23Z

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makes sense!

A bit odd when we have these 40MB feeds flying around to keep all that duplication - https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/75518/destinations/334352.xml

Is there any reason that still exists today for RSS feeds to have ...

2026-07-06T08:25:52Z

Is there any reason that still exists today for RSS feeds to have both the <description> and <content:encoded> tags at the item level?

From my experience there is never any difference between the content in these tags.

Does anyone know of apps / services that have a specific use case for different content in each tag?

We will be performing some short maintenance on our payment ...

2026-06-25T13:11:42Z

We will be performing some short maintenance on our payment services today between 4pm-5pm UTC.

This will mean deposits, withdrawals, and support payments will be unavailable for about 30 minutes.

Thanks for your patience.

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqst5wmnsckg2msmm5ng90pkuhkexe4h05cfkrh8tshfd63f39k9uxsq46u3p

yep for sure - should be ready this week will message you

2026-05-23T16:21:21Z

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yep for sure - should be ready this week will message you

@npub1e88…nva7 Do you have a sense of how many music feeds ...

2026-05-19T13:32:06Z

ChadF :pci: (npub1e88…nva7)

Do you have a sense of how many music feeds there are without a corresponding artist publisher feed?

I am working on re-doing some of our music indexing logic and excluding music feeds without publisher remote items would make things much simpler.

From my perspective having an album feed without a publisher feed doesn't really make sense but maybe I'm excluding a lot of music?

the latest spec is merged and is documented here - ...

2026-05-17T13:47:34Z

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the latest spec is merged and is documented here - https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/examples/value/metadata.md

Great thanks Dave! 🙌

2026-05-14T13:49:40Z

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Great thanks Dave! 🙌

aah wait nvm they are there in search results now - ...

2026-05-14T13:48:07Z

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aah wait nvm they are there in search results now - https://podcastindex.org/search?q=the%20paisley%20daze

probably just a delay in adding back into search

I just checked the other Paisley Daze feeds in the podcastindex ...

2026-05-14T13:46:26Z

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I just checked the other Paisley Daze feeds in the podcastindex admin dashboard and it looks like for some reason they were marked as "Spam: AI Slop"

I've marked them as legit so they are assessable now:

https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7842989
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7840216

But they are not displaying in search - https://podcastindex.org/search?q=the%20paisley%20daze

Dave (npub1rcn…dw4h) does marking a feed as legit put it back in the search index?

unfortunately we had to remove these reverse show lookups from ...

2026-05-11T10:55:45Z

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unfortunately we had to remove these reverse show lookups from podcastindex ids because we were getting spammed by crawlers

here's the actual fountain show link - https://fountain.fm/show/bWP7QSMhtM4HDwoE6V2R

I will be work on an api for these lookups - should be available soon

Great! I've deployed the change now so it should work on all ...

2026-05-05T21:50:54Z

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Great! I've deployed the change now so it should work on all app versions.

Sorry about the issue and let me know if there's any other area you think we could improve.

Yep here you go thanks Dave - ...

2026-05-05T11:58:45Z

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Yep here you go thanks Dave - https://feeds.fountain.fm/fFN6zIBq9v4cUOT8c5rB

ok thanks for the additional info - I will test with Android on ...

2026-05-05T11:40:57Z

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ok thanks for the additional info - I will test with Android on that episode.

We are unfortunately a bit behind on Android releases as Google Play Store review has been massively delayed recently - but we're pushing to get a new version out this week and I'll double check value time splits in this version. Will follow up.

I can't see anything wrong with the feed. @npub1rcn…dw4h ...

2026-05-05T11:36:24Z

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I can't see anything wrong with the feed.

Dave (npub1rcn…dw4h) any idea what might be causing this feed to fail in the index?

I just tested on 1.5.1 which is the live iOS version and value ...

2026-05-05T11:14:57Z

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I just tested on 1.5.1 which is the live iOS version and value time splits worked for me

I'll continue to investigate this today - did you experience this issue on iOS or Android?

We are LIVE - https://fountain.fm/live/k5BOxyi9isDVDWKtyAM7

2026-04-30T19:22:39Z

We are LIVE - https://fountain.fm/live/k5BOxyi9isDVDWKtyAM7

Fountain 1.5 is now live with a brand new trending feed ...

2026-04-27T17:35:11Z

Fountain 1.5 is now live with a brand new trending feed showcasing which episodes your network find valuable.

The new trending feed combines different signals to rank notes including boost value, reactions, and recency.

We’ve also re-written the backend so feed queries along with comments, threads, and profiles now load faster.

I’d love to hear your feedback on the new trending feed - especially if you think we could give more weight to certain things.

https://fountain.fm/blog/fountain-15---revamped-trending-feed

Hi All, Fountain is hosting a live event next Thursday April 30th ...

2026-04-21T10:30:55Z

Hi All,

Fountain is hosting a live event next Thursday April 30th in London showcasing how Open RSS can support music hosting, music podcasts, and payment splitting for the currently playing artist.

You can sign up to be notified when the stream goes live here - https://fountain.fm/live

And if you're in London can grab a ticket here - https://luma.com/ysna282n

Please share with anyone you think might be interested and hopefully you can join for the livestream! :)

episode from 18th April is there now

2026-04-20T09:02:21Z

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episode from 18th April is there now

can you send me the transaction reference id and I'll take a ...

2026-04-17T10:40:36Z

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can you send me the transaction reference id and I'll take a look

unfortunately it looks like some kind of bot requesting as many ...

2026-04-16T21:35:06Z

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unfortunately it looks like some kind of bot requesting as many individual show / episode pages as it can - still need to dig through the data to find out more but we've deployed some additional protections so that traffic should drop now from our api key - let me know if you don't see it drop.

I've removed this from our server now so you shouldn't ...

2026-04-16T20:41:56Z

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I've removed this from our server now so you shouldn't see any more requests from us to that endpoint.

It had been there in our code unchanged for a few years now - but for some reason in the last 48 hours the load on our endpoints has massively increased almost 10x so that's definitely the cause - I'm trying to figure out why this happened. Will follow up once I know more on why.

Sorry for the disruption!

checking this now on our side

2026-04-16T20:25:46Z

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checking this now on our side

thanks so much Dave really appreciate it - let me know if ...

2026-04-16T17:24:28Z

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thanks so much Dave really appreciate it - let me know if there's anything I can do to help like finding more examples of feeds that haven't updated

@npub1rcn…dw4h have you noticed any issues with the index over ...

2026-04-16T17:12:38Z

Dave (npub1rcn…dw4h) have you noticed any issues with the index over the past few days - have had a few reports of feeds not updating.

A couple of examples:
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/869672
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1000839

All lightning payments on Fountain will be temporarily down ...

2026-03-17T12:40:39Z

All lightning payments on Fountain will be temporarily down between 13:00 - 17:00 UTC today while we perform some maintenance work.

Apologies for any disruption. We will let you know when the work has been completed.

https://x.com/fountain_app/status/2033876690363928903

I believe this is an issue with livestream streaming sats not ...

2026-03-14T10:35:36Z

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I believe this is an issue with livestream streaming sats not passing in the guids to the keysend TLV - I will fix and get back to you here when resolved.

great thanks!

2026-03-04T19:05:24Z

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great thanks!

no we don't

2026-03-04T16:45:39Z

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no we don't

@npub1rcn…dw4h quick question on the API - this feed displays ...

2026-03-04T15:42:45Z

Dave (npub1rcn…dw4h) quick question on the API - this feed displays only 4 episodes - https://podcastindex.org/podcast/310504

But the API returns many more - which I think are old ones that are no longer in the feed.

Is there some hidden 'deleted' field that you have in the database but not returned in the API response - if so would it be possible to add this to the API response? (/episodes/byfeedid)

can you please share the link for the show / episode you are ...

2026-02-27T12:56:46Z

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can you please share the link for the show / episode you are seeing this error with?

yeah something like this could definitely work - the only ...

2026-02-24T21:32:04Z

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yeah something like this could definitely work - the only downside is that for people self-hosting they would have to host the service that does this

for example - if you self-host your feed and use Strike to receive boosts and streams - this wouldn't work

my thinking with the current rss::payment spec was that even though it's a bit more of a lift for apps - it works with any wallet

we could - there's just the question of how to avoid fake ...

2026-02-24T21:23:16Z

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we could - there's just the question of how to avoid fake data if anyone can post payment metadata to a public API endpoint

with the rss::payment spec the url to fetch the metadata originates in the payment comment - so there is a direct tie to the actual payment and since apps host the full metadata on a url their reputation is at stake if they fake data

I am open to exploring solutions to this where apps don't have to host the payment urls - and promise I won't mention nostr 😅

yep exactly! let me know if I can help with anything else and ...

2026-02-24T21:19:06Z

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yep exactly! let me know if I can help with anything else and good luck with the re-write!

yep - we fetch it from the 'x-rss-payment' header that is ...

2026-02-24T21:17:40Z

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yep - we fetch it from the 'x-rss-payment' header that is returned in the URL - https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/examples/value/metadata.md#implementation

I would ignore the "method" attribute on the value block ...

2026-02-24T21:16:24Z

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I would ignore the "method" attribute on the value block and use the "type" attribute on each value recipient - as there could be multiple recipients with both type="lnaddress" and type="node" (keysend)

If an app implements the rss::payment metadata spec like Fountain ...

2026-02-24T21:13:24Z

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If an app implements the rss::payment metadata spec like Fountain and Castamatic do it works:

https://podcastindex.social/@merryoscar/116120033419028522

Personally I would rather trust metadata hosted by an app than ...

2026-02-24T21:08:21Z

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Personally I would rather trust metadata hosted by an app than metadata sent to an open API in the feed - but happy to look at any proposals people have and try and work together to solve this for apps that don't want to host payment metadata.

Fountain does this for our hosting customers - we accept payments ...

2026-02-24T21:07:50Z

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Fountain does this for our hosting customers - we accept payments from any app - either Keysend or Lightning Address - and aggregate payment stats and metadata in our dashboard - https://fountain.fm/podcasters

This is why I have been advocating for the rss::payment metadata spec because it's simple to implement and we can read the metadata from the x-rss-payment header and use this for our stats.

Congrats Franco - great to see the NWC + BoostBox metadata ...

2026-02-24T19:18:14Z

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Congrats Franco - great to see the NWC + BoostBox metadata integrations!

thank you! 🙏

2026-02-23T09:56:33Z

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thank you! 🙏

"Theoretically, though, this does mean that the same HLS feed ...

2026-02-23T08:55:04Z

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"Theoretically, though, this does mean that the same HLS feed should work if you were to put it into an alternateEnclosure for other podcast apps, and should also work just fine on Android or other devices. There’s nothing proprietary here - just a carefully constructed HLS master playlist. And that’s good news for all of us."

Great to hear!

At Fountain we have many podcasters publishing HLS video with every episode. James Cridland (npub13cg…ck4q) any thoughts on the best way to contact Apple?

Totally agree James - this <metaBoost> spec has been around ...

2026-02-19T09:12:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…z9am
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Totally agree James - this <metaBoost> spec has been around since 2024 and no-one has implemented it because it's overly complex.

The rss::payment metadata spec is simple and we have 2 apps that have implemented and 2 more that are working on it.

We need to all align on this if we want to re-energise open podcast payments.

Nostr event nevent1qqswpj7ws7ulysan2cxypdw8svu3r6u8xfahwlnr3jstary8t44uqugzyrpmwze0syl9e4cclu4t3tac54gwkpz84qq4puf4ecgcq634xg4c7f4ennl

2026-02-13T11:34:07Z

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8zq3na8a3d3syp6v9mm27rjsmksqff3ru658njr9j8c9nnda78vq5w7t0h

@npub10lz…tuwr I know it's probably annoying but would it ...

2026-02-02T13:31:14Z

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Alex (Podcast Guru) (npub10lz…tuwr) I know it's probably annoying but would it be a massive amount of work for you guys to switch to the same spec Fountain and Castamatic are using?

https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/pull/734

I think we would really turn a corner if we could all align here!

I've enabled CORS for these payment urls - let me know if ...

2026-02-02T10:30:04Z

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I've enabled CORS for these payment urls - let me know if that works for you

aah yes you're right we were only submitting the album feeds ...

2026-01-11T11:24:35Z

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aah yes you're right we were only submitting the album feeds not the publisher feed - I've done that now and it's all working - https://alpha.podverse.fm/artist/zp7I1ZDtz9

also fyi @npub1p7v…qql0 I tried searching for these guys on the ...

2026-01-09T15:19:34Z

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also fyi Mitch Downey :pci: (npub1p7v…qql0) I tried searching for these guys on the new podverse web alpha - found their album feeds - but then I couldn't find a way to get to their artist page - not sure if that's still in the works but thought I'd let you know

New French Symphonic Metal band Hartlight now available on ...

2026-01-09T15:05:02Z

New French Symphonic Metal band Hartlight now available on Fountain and any supporting Podcasting 2.0 music player.

Check out their music and give them a welcome boost!

https://fountain.fm/artist/BHQT3YDR59zGumqz9RVO

https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7648720

FYI @npub1fmx…wp74 we are seeing LNURL payment failures to the ...

2025-12-31T11:07:51Z

FYI Adam Curry :pci: :pc2blue: (npub1fmx…wp74) we are seeing LNURL payment failures to the main No Agenda Show split: no_agenda_show@strike.me

{
"status": "ERROR",
"reason": "Invalid amount, minimum is 100 and maximum is 16000000"
}

What's strange is the other strike lnaddress splits are all working despite them having lower splits:

clip_custodian@strike.me
rubblizer@strike.me

Maybe caused by a setting in Strike? Is your "Receive currency" set to Bitcoin in settings? Maybe the minimum only applies when receiving USD?

yep that makes sense 👍

2025-12-30T16:01:53Z

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yep that makes sense 👍

yeah there is definitely a trade-off between keeping full split ...

2025-12-30T15:57:49Z

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yeah there is definitely a trade-off between keeping full split records + amount of data - ultimately if streaming payments per minute with splits grows 1000x in volume we might have to figure something else out - but for now I think this approach best preserves all the data we had in the keysend TLVs

currently we create a different payment record for each split - ...

2025-12-30T15:51:18Z

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currently we create a different payment record for each split - but link them with a "group" id which is also in the metadata

Fountain 1.4.4 is now live 📲 We've made some major ...

2025-12-23T15:40:27Z

Fountain 1.4.4 is now live 📲

We've made some major improvements to CarPlay and Android Auto - just in time for your drive home for Christmas.

You can now play podcasts or music saved to your library, or explore recommendations from people you follow on Nostr, all without touching your phone.

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsfkksx0ydjrs8t30s3jwkvwf5jkw3s696c4wg88e4f0lrp5zje57qzv4ahk

https://blog.fountain.fm/p/1-4-4

If anyone here listens to podcasts mostly in the car - we would ...

2025-12-20T23:03:29Z

If anyone here listens to podcasts mostly in the car - we would love some help testing our new CarPlay / AndroidAuto experience that’s now available in beta with Fountain 1.4.4.

The new Fountain experience in the car much better than previous versions - but we really need help testing it before general release.

Beta links are available in our telegram group - https://t.me/+ZMnGthLREYQ3N2Rk

Please do jump in and give it a quick test in the car if you have a spare 5 mins this weekend! 🙏

Fountain 1.4.2 is now live 📲 Based on your feedback, we made a ...

2025-12-19T14:40:17Z

Fountain 1.4.2 is now live 📲

Based on your feedback, we made a couple of improvements to the library.

You can now see a grid view of your shows and get to the filtered episode list in one tap.

https://x.com/fountain_app/status/2002024723345969565

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqspezfm7tsyspzrcrdv6c8x7d3aaspal3etnd6aj6xrha6z3mnqupc0j9apq

@npub137c…y0lh Is there a way to generate pod.link episode ...

2025-12-15T18:12:31Z

Nathan Gathright (npub137c…y0lh)

Is there a way to generate pod.link episode links via some kind of url param or API?

great to hear! thanks again for the bug report!

2025-12-15T09:54:25Z

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great to hear! thanks again for the bug report!

we have a new version 1.4.1 which is now live - although we ...

2025-12-14T14:42:40Z

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we have a new version 1.4.1 which is now live - although we weren't able to replicate the issue - we've made an update to the layout logic this screen which we believe will fix the issue - can you let me know if you're still experiencing it on 1.4.1?

Thanks for the bug report - I'm just testing now on an ...

2025-12-13T13:23:00Z

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Thanks for the bug report - I'm just testing now on an iPhone16 simulator and I can't seem to replicate this.

Is it a regular iPhone16 or Plus / Pro / Pro Max?

no not currently - we only support incoming NWC connections - so ...

2025-12-12T18:01:37Z

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no not currently - we only support incoming NWC connections - so you can use an external wallet in Fountain

we hope this showcases to other podcast apps that NWC is a great option for letting users choose what wallet they want to use

Fountain 1.4 is now live, and we've completely redesigned the ...

2025-12-12T17:38:34Z

Fountain 1.4 is now live, and we've completely redesigned the Fountain wallet, made UX improvements to payments across the app and added some highly-requested features:

💜 Nostr Wallet Connect
⚡️ Pay Lightning Address
⬆️ Withdraw to Strike
💳 Choose Payment Method

https://x.com/fountain_app/status/1999529230527316390

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqst57g7829mur9phklus5zd7gffy8f49h6m5s3l4sy668qvm2sgyscgpkpvs

https://blog.fountain.fm/p/1-4

would love to see a short video walkthrough of how you are ...

2025-12-08T20:23:49Z

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would love to see a short video walkthrough of how you are working with the model in your IDE!

We only automatically display / play the video on web - in the ...

2025-12-05T17:15:57Z

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We only automatically display / play the video on web - in the app we default to audio and let people switch if they like

We published a blog post on video podcasts using the new ...

2025-12-04T22:50:17Z

We published a blog post on video podcasts using the new <podcast:alternateEnclosure> tag - https://blog.fountain.fm/p/video-podcasts

Would appreciate some shares and also feedback on our new web video experience (works with any video alternate enclosure feed) - https://fountain.fm/episode/bb3MURtHHVbPFkvvDpTc

X - https://x.com/fountain_app/status/1996712018779283599
Nostr - https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqs0c0hft3474phgkejj7vk68ly4cyln4xlm50rvx5c2wkdajdkmqdptxnf

what nostr spec are you using for favourites?

2025-12-03T17:22:32Z

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what nostr spec are you using for favourites?

It looks like the lnaddress for this episode item split is ...

2025-11-14T13:13:04Z

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It looks like the lnaddress for this episode item split is invalid:

podcastindex.getalby.com

should be podcastindex@getalby.com rather than a . between handle and domain

we don't unfortunately - we discontinued Fountain Radio - the ...

2025-11-13T10:54:07Z

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we don't unfortunately - we discontinued Fountain Radio - the infrastructure was slightly messy - hoping to re-build in the future!

yes you could do this easily

2025-11-07T18:08:02Z

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yes you could do this easily

you wouldn't need step 4 because there is no verification of ...

2025-11-07T18:07:42Z

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you wouldn't need step 4 because there is no verification of the payment with this proposal - you're just implicitly trusting whoever is hosting the url (app or service)

you could have a relay that only a certain set of app pubkeys ...

2025-11-07T18:06:32Z

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you could have a relay that only a certain set of app pubkeys could publish to

yes the easiest way to implement this is that the apps host the ...

2025-11-07T17:57:26Z

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yes the easiest way to implement this is that the apps host the metadata via their own content urls - just like we are doing here - https://fountain.fm/episode/JCIzq3VyFKQVkEzVNA8v?payment=5XIAt66P29Iv6rjSTZUB

and I believe Jason (Podcast Guru) (npub1qvx…hseu) were experimenting with

however - for apps that don't have a server - this proposal still caters for them because any third party service could generate the url for the app to use when sending the payment

I didn't say wallets should "host" metadata - I said ...

2025-11-07T17:54:29Z

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I didn't say wallets should "host" metadata - I said they should have the option to parse it from the description field in the payment which is what my proposal outlines

private metadata that is only visible to the podcaster is a whole ...

2025-11-07T17:49:40Z

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private metadata that is only visible to the podcaster is a whole other problem that is much harder - and if we try and solve it at the same time as getting the basics working - it's doubtful we'll get anywhere

but we can always come back to this

I think Podcasters fit into 2 categories: - those that will never ...

2025-11-07T17:48:24Z

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I think Podcasters fit into 2 categories:

- those that will never get into the tech layer themselves - they will use a service like Fountain / Alby / their hosting company - and these companies will handle indexing podcast related nostr notes from all relays (this is what we do)

- those that are self-hosting / interested in the tech - and they would be able to figure out how to query multiple relays - and put an additional tag in their feed signposting which relay to use

the assumption is that other payment protocols will also have ...

2025-11-07T17:45:02Z

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the assumption is that other payment protocols will also have some kind of short description field - enough for the rss::payment prefix + url

so this would be extensible to any protocol

yes they could - but it is much harder to host a custom http ...

2025-11-07T17:38:50Z

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yes they could - but it is much harder to host a custom http server compared with parsing data that already exists within your database

so for anyone running LND, LDK, Core Lightning, or other - it's easy to parse the data that is already there

yes - but importantly by using nostr there is the benefit that ...

2025-11-07T17:31:37Z

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yes - but importantly by using nostr there is the benefit that everything still works if there is no explicit url in the feed

Steven yes this is exactly right.

2025-11-07T17:28:24Z

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Steven yes this is exactly right.

this could easily be added to the feed: <podcast:nostr ...

2025-11-07T17:27:19Z

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this could easily be added to the feed:

<podcast:nostr npub="..." relays="...">

But in reality right now because it's early we can just pick a set of relays that we all agree to publish to. The events can always be re-synced to other relays later.

The wallet needs at least the option to parse the full metadata - ...

2025-11-07T17:23:16Z

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The wallet needs at least the option to parse the full metadata - so that people hosting their own wallets can access all the data.

Also - what's funny about all of this is that nostr literally ...

2025-11-07T17:15:12Z

Also - what's funny about all of this is that nostr literally solves every problem that has been brought up because there are no servers required and it has built in signing of events. It also has the added benefit of cross-app comments, likes, replies etc.

The community here has clearly rejected nostr which is why I have proposed this alternative.

But if you want to take a look at my previous proposal it is here - https://primal.net/merryoscar/open-podcast-payments-with-bitcoin-and-nostr

Yep just sent you a test payment - this is what it looks like ...

2025-11-07T16:49:59Z

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Yep just sent you a test payment - this is what it looks like receiving to my Primal wallet - which shows the link as clickable which is nice:

I don't think there's any problem with hosts signalling ...

2025-11-07T16:45:28Z

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I don't think there's any problem with hosts signalling via the feed how to get the payment URL.

It's just that for receiving wallets - they're not going to be parsing RSS feeds - so the 200 character BOLT11 field needs to contain enough info to parse the metadata.

I agree the metadata should be payment protocol agnostic. I also ...

2025-11-07T16:43:16Z

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I agree the metadata should be payment protocol agnostic.

I also think there could definitely be something in the feed that signals how to get the metadata URL - I just also think we need a way for apps to start doing this now without relying on hosts to make changes.

Strike / Cash App are not going to host podcast payment metadata ...

2025-11-07T16:40:51Z

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Strike / Cash App are not going to host podcast payment metadata on public URLs - no chance of that.

Sending apps need a URL to insert into the BOLT11 description field.

Any apps that already have web URLs and a database can do this.

For others we need a service - like John Spurlock (npub1g2v…achf) was suggesting he might do.

ok great - yeah that would be really useful - and also a great ...

2025-11-07T16:37:34Z

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ok great - yeah that would be really useful - and also a great addition to OP3 analytics perhaps?

I would love Alby to support this - in fact by looking at their ...

2025-11-07T16:36:30Z

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I would love Alby to support this - in fact by looking at their Alby Hub code - I don't think it would be difficult.

If they see the rss::payment prefix in an incoming BOLT11 invoice - they could just parse the full metadata from the headers and insert it into their existing Metadata field - https://github.com/getAlby/hub/blob/eec8328f6cecf1b322053b0aadbe7b91b4e6574a/db/models.go#L85