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A great episode, a useful tutorial, a song you keep coming back to. Build with Cashu to help audiences support the people who make things worth their time. This track explores Value4Value for podcasts and content creators.
Creators share their work, and people who find it valuable choose how to give back. That can mean time, talent or financial support: sharing an episode, making artwork, contributing feedback or sending sats.
In Bitcoin podcasting, listeners can stream small Lightning payments while listening or send a boost with a message. Podcasting 2.0 also lets creators describe payment recipients and splits in their RSS feeds.
The opportunity here is to explore those ideas with Cashu: make voluntary support easy for listeners, readers and viewers, and useful for creators.
Read about the Value4Value model and how it works in podcast apps.
Bring your own Value4Value idea, or pick a starting point below.
Nodesignal's suggested project
Nodesignal suggests adding Cashu support to Hopp, their open-source podcast player built for Podcasting 2.0 and Value4Value.
Hopp already supports Lightning boosts and streaming sats through Nostr Wallet Connect. Explore how Cashu could fit into that listening experience and help listeners give value back to podcasters.
Explore Hopp on GitLabMore directions to explore across the Value4Value track:
Nodesignal is a German-language Bitcoin podcast with discussions, interviews and book reviews. It is supported by its listeners through Value4Value and already offers ways to contribute with Lightning and Cashu.
For inspiration, explore their podcasting projects or listen to their conversation with Gigi about Value4Value and independent creators.