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I definitely don't think it's necessary, but it can be fun. @ChadF and 33 others even suggests adding npubs to RSS feeds for social interaction.

There's been some incredible talent discovered through Nostr that have embraced DeMu, and I think all of those artists benefit from the peer-to-peer interaction and opportunities to be interviewed by the writers here or podcast hosts. Plus some of them came into it knowing nothing about Bitcoin but craving a censorship-resistant social media like @Matt Finlay -- and now he's out here building a node!

It's been a faster no-coiner to coiner pipeline than interacting with local businesses or people adjacent to our local meetups.

Old heads know: if the MSP split was forced into artist feeds, it wouldn't be V4V! 😜

When I talk to musicians, "discovery" is the word they use most frequently. They want people to hear their music, and I think word of mouth is still the best form of marketing, so if they come over to Nostr they get to interact with a unique group of individuals with varied interests and areas of expertise from around the world. It's intimate. They might even enjoy feeling like a big fish in a small pond.

And if the musician can set up a wallet or build a node, they can EARN Bitcoin rather than worry about buying it. There's tons of people here willing to help with the technical aspects too, like opening channels.

Coming from the Podcasting 2.0 world, I encourage all musicians to host their art on their own website via RSS and run a node when they get serious about Bitcoin. That's the truly decentralized foundation with no third parties to censor their work or rugpull their value.

Once their RSS feed is added to the Podcast Index, music shows can play their songs and redirect incoming sats straight to their wallet when a song is played V4V which is another opportunity to earn both exposure and sats.

Oh, but also the opportunity to collaborate with other freedom-minded folks here is real and truly valuable. 💜

I've been hearing about the payment targets so surely there is a way! People should be free to send what they want wherever they want.

People are used to PayPal and have asked for it on the No Agenda stream, so we opened it up for them. We could add CashApp too. The more routes for value to flow, the better.

And of course because of the nature of the show with Norm, boosts and zaps or whatever hits the Helipad are always going to be the main driver thanks to the interactivity.

LOL we've taken EXCLUSIVELY sats for 3 years and I expect the monetary value received will continue being 99% sats moving forward. The whole MO of the show is for people to boost sats straight into the nodes or wallets of the musicians whose songs we play so they can experience EARNING Bitcoin...

But our stream is simulcast to places where no-coiners are the majority, and many seem to enjoy the show as well -- so now it's time for them to put up or shut up. 😬 Personally, I don't want to value block anyone.

This is so cool!!! 💜 BoostMeBitch is about to be my favorite Nostr client, Podcasting 2.0 app AND decentralized music player. Can't beat getting three birds stoned all at once!

SO TRUE 🇺🇸🦅🎆