TheGuySwann on Nostr: I’ve considered a few different paths, and that’s actually a really interesting ...

I’ve considered a few different paths, and that’s actually a really interesting one I hadn’t considered, basically running a node professionally and using the podcast as its “public face” so to speak. That’s a clever idea actually.

But generally speaking, 99.5% of podcasts probably do not make meaningful money. I had 2 good years but trying to squeeze money out of it is a serious battle, *especially* when you don’t just take whoever comes asking you to shill or take money from guests to come on the pod. Like
You said, it doesn’t feel too different from squeezing juice from a rock (gonna save this and use it later. Will not credit you for it, fyi 🤣).

I’ve been making a lot of changes because I’m shifting the show towards Guy’s Takes and away from grass. We feel the reads were sort of in a sweet spot when it comes to newcomers wanting to learn about Bitcoin, and when it was hard to digest written content. But we seem past that zone. I was considering reviving the “zap for reads” thing I did for a bit and thought was really fun. And then keeping reads only to that list and do them more sparingly. Then the main takes are just me trying to give a more genuine “Bitcoiner who actually lives on bitcoin every day” take on things when so many podcasters and commentators literally don’t touch it. I saw someone talking about them finally going to setup a node and I just went full wtf. I won’t call them out because that’s awesome they are going to start one up, but damn they’d never run a node before and are spouting their opinion every day, probably about spam wars, and how people should use it, and hold their keys, etc.

Don’t want to throw shade, but still, lol. Anyway that’s where my head has been and it’s been stressing me because basically the other option is to let it go and I don’t want to do that. But it’s hard to make it worthwhile at the same time, especially when I *have* to make other frustrating and time consuming projects make money in order to be able to keep doing it.

Right now I’ve been spending 2 years on a really big bet, and on something that I think is super valuable for everyone. Let’s hope it’s not just another really expensive thing that doesn’t make its money back 🤣. Just keep moving forward amiright?