merryoscar
Oscar Merry

https://fountain.fm/merryoscar

Building Fountain - the nostr powered podcast app

Public Key

npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2

NIP-05 Address

merryoscar@fountain.fm

NIP-57 Address

merryoscar@fountain.fm

Profile Code

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relay.primal.net

relay.nostr.band

relay.fountain.fm

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Last Notes

2025-03-29 13:42:50

We've been working on a redesign for the Fountain app over the past month - and I'm looking for a couple of people who would be interested in testing and giving some feedback on the new design - ideally you already use Fountain or have used it previously but switched away because you didn't like the design.
Please let me know if you're interested in helping out! (+repost for visibility)
#asknostr

2025-02-10 15:09:20

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Aah sorry to hear that Kieran - fingers crossed you recover as much as possible - either way I'm sure you will rebuild stronger.

2025-02-08 13:46:08

In this recent episode of @nprofile…x696 with @nprofile…zx3h - @nprofile…283f talked about one of the first simple changes to Twitter's feed that included a "whilst you were away" feature - which highlighted 8 top posts from people you followed in a recent timeframe, before you get to the chronological feed.
In my view adding this simple change to the way client feeds work would massively increase the value of nostr - as currently there's just too much going on and it's easy to miss valuable posts. The trending section of Primal is great - but I don't believe it serves the same purpose.
Do any clients offer this right now?
@nprofile…97yv @nprofile…5e6s @nprofile…x58v any plans to add something like this?
From @nprofile…283f :
"What we decided to do is ... you're on the app, and then you go away, and then you come back to it, let's say, after like 3 hours, and you're following a 1000 people. When you have to go reverse through a 1000 people to see what you missed, like, it's it's what Nostr is today ... You can't do that. It just takes time, and it takes time away from what else you could be doing. So our first algorithm was called while you're away, and it would try to figure out what you are most likely to engage with in terms of like, what you tend to look at more or you you reply to. And it would put 8 of those tweets at the top. And then underneath, it's the the full reverse cron. And we kept that for 2 years."
Full Episode:
https://fountain.fm/episode/OlQzTxXaGKkxfZr1pYLL

2025-02-07 09:12:29

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Yes this looks amazing - especially the recommend follows service - will definitely try this out in Fountain!

2025-02-06 20:02:17

Testing nostr livestreams on @npub1v5u…n0v5 with @npub10ut…xdlq
Quite a few small issues still to work through but hoping to get this version live by the weekend.
https://m.primal.net/OTcq.png

2025-01-29 12:18:37

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Soon Pablo don’t worry

2025-01-27 12:23:20

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Amazing - please let me know if you need help beta testing - would love to test out!

2025-01-16 14:16:10

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Hi,
Really sorry about this and the lack of response. The prize money for the rewind campaign did in fact never get sent.
I can make sure this gets processed today - but if you have already deleted your Fountain account and wallet we won't be able to transfer there.
We can either transfer to your Fountain wallet if it still exists, or you can DM me and create an invoice to a different wallet.
Have sent you a DM as well.
Apologies again.

2025-01-16 14:09:13

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Checking this for you.

2025-01-15 16:19:42

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Thanks so much for this!
Strange coincidence - although I think these bugs have been around for a while we actually discovered them yesterday and have already fixed them for the next version 1.1.13 which should be out later this week.
On video support - we definitely want to add this soon just want to focus on making the audio experience as good as possible first.
Please reach out again anytime if you have more feedback this is really helpful!

2025-01-15 08:31:46

On Monday we added a fix for an edge case around new episode syncing where if you had already added an episode manually from the show page without syncing your library, and then added a custom filter tag, the tag would be wiped on the next library sync.
This fix inadvertently broke the syncing of new episodes in some cases.
This issue is now resolved and library syncing should be working normally. Apologies to anyone who experienced the issue.
#nevent1q…u50r

2025-01-13 19:12:00

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Very cool!

2025-01-09 00:15:09

The legend himself @nprofile…7ayp is now live on Fountain Radio playing some tracks from the V4V artists that will be playing the next Satellite Skirmish.
LISTEN NOW:
https://fountain.fm/radio
#nevent1q…kt64

2025-01-06 13:39:09

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Hopefully! More of a question for Wavlake I think

2025-01-06 07:58:43

Both Fountain and Wavlake want V4V Music Playlists to be interoperable between the apps using Nostr.
Discover a playlist on Fountain - listen to it later on Wavlake.
Create a playlist on Wavlake - add a track to it from Fountain.
Spotify / Apple will never do this because app lock-in is part of their business model.
🔜🔜🔜🔜🔜 #note13nl…32lq

2024-12-31 20:06:23

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Are you on iOS or Android? Version 1.1.12?

2024-12-31 00:05:28

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Update to 1.1.12 and you should see it on the home screen

2024-12-30 16:50:51

$128,000 sent to creators on Fountain in 2024.
The 2+ Bitcoin sent over the year is now worth much more than this.
Bitcoin as programmable money allows us to build content discovery that is not driven by the fickle metric of attention.
The Nostr protocol lets us tap into a wider network of open social data to surface content that didn't originate in our app.
There are definitely still onboarding challenges for people that are new to Bitcoin - but once these are solved I think it's inevitable that Open RSS, Lightning, and Nostr become the stack for content creators that want to earn for the value they put out into the world without having to play the attention algorithm game.
Thanks for supporting Fountain in 2024 - we've got so much coming next year and we're always listening to your feedback on how to make the app better so please do reach out anytime with ideas.
Check out the full 2024 rewind stats below 👇
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 #nevent1q…hsne

2024-12-30 16:39:53

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Should be on the home screen if you update to the latest version 1.1.12

2024-12-30 16:10:35

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Aah it should be build 1.1.12 (1250) - are you on iOS or Android?

2024-12-30 16:09:32

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🔥🔥🔥

2024-12-30 16:09:11

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Thank you Joe for being such an amazing advocate from the beginning and for uploading that first album as a podcast!

2024-12-30 16:03:52

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Make sure you're using the latest version 1.1.12 which was released today - you should see a card at the top of the home feed for your rewind stats.

2024-12-30 15:59:20

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🧡

2024-12-30 15:59:02

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🧡

2024-12-25 14:28:35

Merry Christmas Nostr! 🎄

2024-12-17 03:43:07

3.3m sats and counting! 🔥
#note1wjz…6f66

2024-12-17 03:32:34

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It's available live here - https://fountain.fm/live/koCB1Xj3liHRy3f7hRCT
Can also find in the app by searching Boostagram Ball, LIVE!

2024-12-17 03:26:56

2.2m sats and counting! 🔥
#note1hc2…9n4n

2024-12-17 02:35:55

1.3m sats and counting! 🔥
https://live.phantompowermusic.io
https://fountain.fm/live/koCB1Xj3liHRy3f7hRCT

2024-12-17 02:07:40

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so good 🔥

2024-12-17 02:00:25

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💯 so good

2024-12-17 01:56:35

Boostagram Ball, Live!
https://fountain.fm/live/koCB1Xj3liHRy3f7hRCT

2024-12-17 01:51:52

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💯

2024-12-17 00:31:57

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Can't wait!

2024-12-17 00:21:48

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Aah the sign is so good!

2024-12-13 15:39:26

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Send me an email and we can definitely arrange this!

2024-12-13 12:34:14

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Wow thank you for saying this!
So much we still need to improve with the nostr integration - lots more coming soon!

2024-12-12 23:08:24

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Thank you! Let me know if there's anything you think we can do to improve things.

2024-12-12 22:44:39

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Happy to answer any questions.
- you can actually log in on web to support podcasts but the library is not yet synced to web - we hope to add this soon
- we do have the apk available to download directly at fountain.fm/apk
- the app is not currently open source but this is something we are strongly considering - would it make a difference to you in terms of choosing it as your main podcast player?
Overall we strongly believe in open podcasting and content distribution via RSS, open payments via Lightning, and open social via Nostr. We are trying our best to bring this to mainstream podcasting but there’s definitely still so much we need to improve.
Let me know if you have any more questions happy to try and answer.

2024-12-12 14:53:55

Great conversation - excited to test out Notedeck.
https://fountain.fm/episode/A49mWX658yQqbvOU9M98
#nevent1q…ayq2

2024-12-12 12:17:14

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We are working on this today / tomorrow as top priority.

2024-12-11 17:02:18

Fountain 1.1.10 is now live on iOS and Android with many improvements to the payments ux along with faster boosts.
We're continuing to work on performance and have another big update on this coming next week.
Please drop any feedback you have below would love to hear it.
#note1hly…vdmd

2024-12-11 14:42:57

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Sorry yes we had a really weird bug yesterday that caused this for some users - I experienced it too.
We just published a new version 1.1.10 that contains a fix.

2024-12-11 10:47:45

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Right so just ignore these long-form content reposts?
Not sure which clients are sending them but seeing quite a few over the last weeks.

2024-12-11 09:59:40

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👀

2024-12-11 09:09:50

NIP-18 states that kind 16 should be used for generic reposts of non kind-1 events - although I see a lot of kind 6 reposts of kind 30023 long form posts.
Are kind 6 reposts applicable to long form notes as well?

2024-12-06 08:37:57

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Fountain Link! 😁 https://fountain.fm/show/gpascDml6iI0sM8aTOCT

2024-12-06 08:30:13

Great to see the What Bitcoin Did brand being kept alive by @npub16le…ffxj - excited to see where it goes!
https://fountain.fm/episode/zFeMyxf5JjUZKTTl7Jp6
#nevent1q…3txy

2024-12-04 12:38:14

Great episode on the history of ARM and the RISC Architecture.
https://fountain.fm/episode/ViF25wJwm0dYxrhpk2wK

2024-12-03 09:01:15

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Oh that's strange - we should keep the library in sync between devices - what version are you using?

2024-12-02 18:04:08

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NVM found it - https://nostrudel.ninja/#/streams/naddr1qqjrgwpjvgmrycmx95uxgetx956xvvf5943rxcnp94jrxcenxycrycfsvymkyqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvehh2mn5v95kutnxd5hsygr98zf9a0akv86p3kx86p6tachg4lthsuqamzg8psk6jdk4w8j4cvpsgqqqwense2wjtd
Will do some testing and see what's going wrong

2024-12-02 18:01:09

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Can you send me the link to the stream on nostrudel? I can't see it on https://nostrudel.ninja/#/streams

2024-12-01 10:39:04

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Very excited to try this out!

2024-11-30 19:32:43

Great episode - @npub16c0…6nvr and Primal are setting the standard for excellence within nostr when it comes to features, ux, and onboarding.
Still tho - wen Primal NIP-46 remote signer?
https://fountain.fm/episode/M57uiWsg3qmwmHVvczCL
#nevent1q…nl2z

2024-11-29 07:15:34

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Not right now but we’re going to add support for Nostr Wallet Connect soon

2024-11-28 22:32:55

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Yep this is something we get a lot of requests for and definitely on our roadmap to add soon.
Out of interest is there a particular podcast you listen to that sounds a lot better on overcast?

2024-11-28 13:47:47

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@npub1pat…9h9a thank you so much for the detailed feedback this is incredibly helpful!
- streaming sats not working - we have a bug where changing the streaming sats amount on the radio wouldn't work - if you change your streaming sats from the settings page it does - this is already fixed for the next version
- radio back button on android - already fixed for the next version
- following artists and auto-add new tracks - this is definitely something we plan to add
- radio chat reactions - planning to add this very soon along with mentions
- song change messages - we're thinking about the best way to add these so it's compatible with the wider nostr network - we don't want to crowd up the chat with these messages so some more thinking needed
- chat moderation - definitely will add this
- chats from Amethyst not showing up - this seems like a bug I'll do some more testing
- pay to chat in takeover - interesting idea and something we will definitely consider as an option for takeovers
- music genres - definitely something we plan on adding soon
- radio icon on home feed - great idea!
- pay for premium with sats - coming soon!
Thank you again for taking the time to write this feedback it helps us so much. 🙏

2024-11-27 17:36:03

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Have discovered some great new tracks!

2024-11-27 17:10:01

Join us LIVE for some new music as recommended by @npub19r9…eukr and support the artists directly on Fountain Radio:
https://fountain.fm/radio
#note1253…fcql

2024-11-27 09:50:00

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💯 and please let us know your feedback!

2024-11-27 09:39:03

Today 5pm UK 12pm EST - @npub19r9…eukr taking over the radio! 🎶 ⚡️
#note1usl…lvpe

2024-11-25 20:19:55

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Not at the moment no - only podcast comments / boosts. What’s the use case you’re thinking about for just posting anything from Fountain?

2024-11-25 10:24:26

Looking forward to this!
Wednesday 12.00 EST!
#note1ys8…szv3

2024-11-24 10:57:11

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We just released a version with a hot fix for this - 1.1.9 - can you double check on this version and see if it’s resolved?

2024-11-23 00:01:26

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Welcome!

2024-11-22 18:07:19

🎶 ⚡️ Fountain Radio is BACK and re-built from the ground up!
- listen live in the fountain mobile app
- listen live in any other Podcasting 2.0 app
- listen live on @npub1eaz…rcgz
Boost or Zap - wherever you support the money goes to the currently playing artist.
Read more below, give it a listen, and queue up your favourite value for value artists to help them get discovered!
#fountainradio #music #value4value
#note16tj…y2g2

2024-11-22 14:40:31

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Congrats!

2024-11-22 09:50:21

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Highlighter is a nostr client so you can login with nostr on web and start publishing!

2024-11-22 09:42:55

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These are long-form posts that are a different kind compared to the regular short-form posts you see in the feed. You can create them on clients like https://highlighter.com

2024-11-22 09:17:43

Primal 2.0 looks amazing - loving the long form post ux - congrats @npub16c0…6nvr and the whole primal team.
#note1kae…c43m

2024-11-19 18:03:20

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Awesome

2024-11-19 12:50:43

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Would love to see a longish video of you walking through the architecture and the code

2024-11-17 00:41:51

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One of my favourite videos was his recent explanation and walkthroughs of the animation library he uses which he wrote from scratch - https://youtu.be/rbu7Zu5X1zI
Definitely on the someday todo list to play around with it

2024-11-16 22:38:29

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We are planning on adding NWC soon so you can connect your Alby Hub wallet to Fountain. I’ll be posting about beta access soon!

2024-11-16 22:36:26

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Yes we are planning on adding NWC support very soon. We currently use ZBD for our wallet infrastructure. I’ll post about beta testing for NWC soon!

2024-11-15 23:07:42

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I see - will definitely give the episode a listen before commenting more. I did say I would build a demo of this and haven't yet so that is fair I guess.

2024-11-15 21:57:16

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What was I blamed for?

2024-11-15 15:59:17

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💯

2024-11-15 15:28:16

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Can you please confirm what version you are using?

2024-11-15 15:27:13

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@npub1zqd…e6fj can you confirm what version you are using and whether you're using iOS or Android?

2024-11-15 15:26:23

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You should be able to use the Amber remote signer app - https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber

2024-11-15 15:25:00

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Yes we should do this - will add

2024-11-12 09:00:36

Excellent episode with @npub1wl3…znlx highlighting the important work of @npub1z74…d4yx
https://fountain.fm/episode/YW4LmYETu8pQORL7efEf
#nevent1q…92ys

2024-11-11 19:36:39

👀👽
https://fountain.fm/episode/Fz3cmCjbT8jXtLnfhlyT
#nevent1q…dmja

2024-11-11 16:28:19

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It looks like your nostr profile is already connected to a Fountain account. Try logging in with email first and then connecting nostr?
Alternatively if you send me a DM I can delete the other account.

2024-11-11 10:34:40

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Did you manage to get this resolved?
If you don't have a Fountain Lightning Address you should be able to create a wallet from the wallet tab - let me know if that doesn't work?

2024-11-11 08:32:00

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Are you still experiencing this issue?

2024-11-11 08:29:58

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sent you a dm!

2024-11-09 13:51:43

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Ok let me check this and get back to you

2024-11-09 11:36:42

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Yes you can still use your nostr account combined with the Fountain wallet.
The way to do this is first login with your email which is associated with the wallet - and then connect nostr.
Let me know if that works?

2024-11-08 18:14:14

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🙏

2024-11-08 18:03:27

Loads of small improvements and fixes in the latest Fountain version 1.1.6.
Massive thanks to everyone for the continued feedback, bug reports, and beta testing - it’s incredibly helpful so please do keep submitting feedback either via the app or direct via email or DMs. #note1s2a…wnml

2024-11-08 08:55:04

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nice!

2024-11-08 08:54:20

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agree

2024-11-07 22:03:54

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From the library tab menu you should see an option to “Add Private RSS Feed” - this allows you to import any podcast directly from the feed. Let me know if that doesn’t work.
On the position bug - I’m pretty sure we’ve fixed this in the latest version 1.1.6. If you installed via APK you can grab the latest version from fountain.fm/apk - let me know if that resolves it for you?

2024-11-07 22:00:19

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Not at all! Please tag me anytime you see issues or have feedback!

2024-11-07 17:04:42

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@npub1jhr…ee29 it's working for me on the latest version 1.1.6 - what version are you on?

2024-11-07 17:03:28

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checking this for you now - it should be there

2024-11-07 11:24:08

https://stacker.news/items/757186