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With Fountain for Podcasters you can now publish video directly to Apple Podcasts.

The feature is available immediately to all existing customers on the Pro plan ($50/month) with no monthly limits.

https://fountain.fm/blog/publish-video-to-apple-podcasts-with-fountain

Fountain 1.5.5 is live on iOS and Android!

🔸UX and design improvements to the Library 🔸A more reliable, user-friendly clipping tool 🔸Share quotes from podcasts with Highlights

https://fountain.fm/blog/fountain-155---library-and-content-page-improvements-clips-and-highlights

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.

Advertising is a brutal business model for smaller podcasters.

The shows winning today launched subscriptions early on and trained their audience to support them directly.

It's never too early to go paid. Here's how it's done.

https://fountain.fm/blog/podcast-subscriptions-the-complete-monetization-guide-2026

Our final act, Silvan Unlocked, turned up and brought all the energy tonight.

Join the stream: https://fountain.fm

Damn, The Paisley Daze are playing to a packed room here at The Old Blue Last with many more tuned in live.

Join the stream here: https://fountain.fm/live/

Tonight's lineup at Fountain Live:

Longy (15:20 ET / 20:20 UK) The Paisley Daze (16:10 ET / 21:10 UK) Silvan Unlocked (17:00 ET / 22:00 UK)

Join the stream and get involved!

https://fountain.fm/live

TOMORROW 🚨

Fountain x

The Old Blue Last, London 14:30 ET / 19:30 UK

Join the live stream on Fountain or your favourite Nostr client ↓

https://fountain.fm/live

Fountain 1.5 is now live on

APK: http://fountain.fm/apk

Fountain 1.5 is live 🌎

Our new home feed delivers a discovery experience that feels more curated, more dynamic and more relevant.

See trending notes that include references to podcasts and music from people you follow or anybody on Nostr.

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

Three days to go until our event with

.

Grab your tickets below or sign up to get notified when the live stream begins.

Kicking off on Thursday at 14:30 ET / 19:30 UK.

https://fountain.fm/live

In iOS 26.4, you will be able to switch seamlessly between audio and video in Apple Podcasts.

Fountain will be one of the first podcast hosts to give podcasters access to this feature.

Here's everything you need to know.

https://fountain.fm/blog/apple-podcasts-video-guide-2026-how-it-works--how-to-publish

Next Thursday, Fountain and

are taking over The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch for a night of live music - powered by Lightning.

If you're in London, come on down. Tickets are just £10 and include £5 in free Bitcoin.

Grab yours below 🎟️

https://luma.com/ysna282n

We're hosting an evening of live music with Antidote on Thursday 30 April 2026.

The show will be streamed live on Fountain as well as supporting Nostr and podcast apps from 14:30 ET / 19:30 UK.

Sign up here to get notified 🔔

https://fountain.fm/live

Most podcast monetization advice is built for the top 1%.

More downloads → more ads → more revenue.

Sounds nice. Doesn’t work for most.

Here’s what actually does.

https://fountain.fm/blog/the-honest-truth-about-podcast-monetization-and-why-most-advice-is-wrong

Most startup shows fund hype. This one funds signal.

150+ founders building on Bitcoin A total prize pool of $850k Judged by

You can now watch season one of Cypher Tank on Fountain 👇

https://fountain.fm/show/BQQ5Y8JDBG2KxX082XbV

Announcing: FOUNTAIN LIVE

We've partnered with Antidote for a night of live music in London - powered by Lightning.

We will also be live steaming the event on Nostr (details to be shared closer to the time)

📍 The Old Blue Last 📅 Thursday 30 April 2026

Tickets: https://luma.com/ysna282n

We have a winner - congrats

!!!

We will be in touch about claiming your prize.

For everyone else, you can grab 15% off

Jade below👇

https://store.blockstream.com/discount/7ZSD1E6NZ7GV?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fjade-plus&utm_source=fountain&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=fountain3

Podcasters, would you rather:

A) 10,000 listeners who skip your ads B) 1,000 listeners who pay you directly

Most podcast hosts can help you with one. Fountain can help you the other.

You chose B.... right?

Most podcasters have no idea who their audience is.

Podcasts hosting on Fountain know Brian from Ohio listens every morning and sent them $58 this month.

That’s the difference that Nostr + Lightning makes.

Blockstream announced that the Jade hardware wallet now supports Lightning.

To celebrate this world-first, we're giving one away. To enter:

1⃣ Follow

2⃣ Repost this note 3⃣ Reply with your color of choice

A winner will be announced on 3/25 at 17:00 UTC.

All lightning payments 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.

When we go quiet, you can trust that we're working away on some major updates.

All will be revealed very 🔜

Welcome to Fountain,

!

In this brand new podcast,

and

explore local meetups around the world through conversations with the people who run them.

You can now listen to episode one and support the show on Fountain.

https://fountain.fm/show/Q48WBr6nT3mrbwMZ8ydY

Welcome to Fountain,

!

Bitcoin Rails has quickly established itself as one of the most exciting technical Bitcoin podcasts around.

You can now watch the latest episodes and support the show on Fountain.

In our upcoming webinar, we will show why deeper listener engagement drives stronger word-of-mouth, higher retention, and more reliable revenue.

Join us on Thursday 5th Feb to learn how hosting your podcast on Fountain makes it possible (and how to make the shift).

Register: https://riverside.com/webinar/registration/eyJzbHVnIjoibmljay1tYWxzdGVycy1zdHVkaW8iLCJldmVudElkIjoiNjk3MjRmNjI3NGY0MzY1MTczNmZkYTMzIiwicHJvamVjdElkIjoiNjk3MjRmNjI3YjU3ZWVhYjQyMzIyNDdjIn0=

The legacy streaming model was built for the platform, not the creator.

RSS + Lightning + Nostr is the new standard for independent music distribution.

With Fountain for Artists, you can take full ownership of your work, your audience, and your income for just $1/month.

Today we welcome a new podcast from Beaver Bitcoin hosted by Shravan Jhangiani.

You can now watch the latest episodes of Why Bitcoin Wins and support the show on Fountain.

Give them a follow below 👇

https://fountain.fm/show/UklcV8o7nwVoTNm6aILV

Hey podcasters 👋

Our live event kicks off in 1 hour.

This is your final call to register!

This Thursday we are hosting our first live event for podcasters in 2026.

Learn how prioritising connection with listeners over "growth" leads to greater impact, and how switching to Fountain hosting makes this possible.

https://my.demio.com/ref/5EHIxBpDwQcVkUUW

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.

Read the full release notes below 👇

New on Fountain: The Profound Sound Show

A new video podcast diving into the UK underground music scene, with in-depth interviews and full-length tracks chosen by the artists.

Watch EP1 with Milzy via the link below 👇

https://fountain.fm/episode/YkZqgZ56EQdIwuKSqMsu

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.

Please share your suggestions below on how we can continue to improve the app.

Wen NWC? Now!

Fountain 1.4, is 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

💳 Choose Payment Method

Read more 👇

You can just play music on your podcast and the artists get paid in bitcoin.

The future of video podcasting is open.

Uploading to many closed platforms makes no sense. Video belongs in the RSS feed alongside your audio.

Check out this episode of

and see it for yourself 👇

https://fountain.fm/episode/bb3MURtHHVbPFkvvDpTc

Podcasts are built on open standards - podcasters publish once and listeners can choose to listen in any app. Video podcasts should work the same way.

The new RSS podcast:alternateEnclosure tag keeps podcasting open - allowing podcasters to publish a video version alongside the regular audio - and supporting apps to seamlessly switch between audio and video.

Check out our full blog post below 👇

And ask your hosting company, podcast app, or favourite podcast to support open video podcasting!

We’re running a webinar for podcasters next week to share everything we know about growth, monetization and community.

Join us to learn how and why shows like

,

,

are using Fountain.

Sign up here 👇

https://my.demio.com/ref/qATRnbx1HDWCGnrf

Rewards on Fountain are sponsored by

for the next week.

Listen to podcasts, earn some sats, and treat yourself to a Blockstream Jade with 21% off.

https://store.blockstream.com/products/jade-plus?utm_source=fountain&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=fountain_holiday

Dear podcasters,

We're running two webinars next week to share everything we know about how to building a loyal community and getting paid using Fountain/Nostr.

Tuesday 2nd Dec 2025 (15:00 UTC)

https://my.demio.com/ref/qATRnbx1HDWCGnrf

Wednesday 3rd Dec 2025 (15:00 UTC)

https://my.demio.com/ref/QHYdSOTrR1BaVEkX

Each session is limited to 50 places and there will be no recording shared afterwards, so sign up now to save your seat.

Wih gratitude, The Fountain Team

You can now become a paid subscriber to

on Fountain ✨

Follow

and join the afterparty live in the Fountain app from 1pm EST / 6pm UTC.

Live music from Longy, Fable, Nathan Abbott and more.

Presented by our friends

and

.

The Bitcoin Boomers podcast with

,

and

has just landed on Fountain.

Watch or listen in the app for straight-talking analysis backed by years of experience.

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