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Oscar Merry

Building Fountain - a nostr powered podcast app

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relay.damus.io

relay.primal.net

relay.fountain.fm

relay.eu.whitenoise.chat

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2026-10-06 17:03:37 UTC

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👀
https://fountain.fm/episode/WBEmPsyHTIsKWmnnFMbX
#nevent1q…5uyq

2026-10-02 19:48:33 UTC

@nprofile…869y did you start a podcast?
Shameless plug for hosting with Fountain - https://fountain.fm
- publish video to apple + rss alternate enclosure for supporting apps like fountain / pocketcasts
- manage everything with agents
- full archive transcript search with access via api
- nostr comments, boosts / zaps, livestreams
- autopost clips to social with your agent

2026-10-02 17:57:11 UTC

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would love to test when ready!

2026-10-02 17:54:23 UTC

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Scheming plans to get him back

2026-10-02 16:18:05 UTC

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🔥

2026-09-17 20:15:32 UTC

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If you don’t like your live-streaming app - just build your own!
#nevent1q…vulm

2026-09-04 15:02:50 UTC

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What version are you on?

2026-09-03 16:27:08 UTC

https://fountain.fm/live/juSZpENe6Np0S5QPFhTs

2026-09-01 21:18:13 UTC

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Hello - this should be fixed now sorry about that!

2026-08-17 19:57:02 UTC

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Ok fixed now - I see there’s no publisher feed for this album - so we can’t display an artist page - is there a reason for this?

2026-08-17 19:49:31 UTC

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Great first episode guys! Excited to follow along and do whatever we can with Fountain to help build out more interoperability with Boosts / Comments / any other new things you guys have ideas about!
https://fountain.fm/episode/UuNUzwhGSlxrySo83KJ2
#nevent1q…u83d

2026-08-17 17:21:26 UTC

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Can you send me the link and I’ll check?

2026-08-04 13:05:54 UTC

All boosts and comments sent from Fountain are published to nostr meaning anyone can query them and build anything using the data.
https://onlyboosts.social/#boosts-global
Shows + Episodes are canonically referenced using podcast guids:
https://onlyboosts.social/about

2026-08-04 12:57:49 UTC

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Would be great to see reactions, replies, and the ability to copy note ids added to onlyboosts!

2026-07-27 12:13:29 UTC

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Podcasts hosted with Fountain can now publish video episodes directly to Apple Podcasts
#nevent1q…ukzw

2026-07-23 14:34:13 UTC

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What did you search for to get the incorrect url?

2026-07-23 14:33:25 UTC

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what did you search for to get the incorrect url in search?

2026-07-23 14:14:42 UTC

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will look into this for you!

2026-07-23 13:56:00 UTC

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That looks like the incorrect URL - here's the right one - https://fountain.fm/album/LaLPkZuGUd9Fw3yA7ZJB

2026-07-09 11:43:26 UTC

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Very informative thank you!
https://fountain.fm/episode/YqwdZwnouKYrh15hXHwk
#nevent1q…rz07

2026-07-02 17:19:38 UTC

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Should be fixed now - let me know if any other issues and thanks for supporting us with premium 🙏

2026-06-22 12:17:04 UTC

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Unfortunately we do not account for payment split failures in our zap receipts - we generate a single zap receipt for all splits.
This is a tradeoff because the zap receipt cannot be updated as it's not a replaceable event. The fact that we have multiple splits makes it complicated and even if we did wait for the result of each split - that would not render easily on other nostr clients.
My view is that a more flexible payment receipt event kind would make things much easier - I proposed this in 2024 but it had no takeup - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1339
We also chose to do things this way to put the burden on receiving wallets to reduce their payment failures.
I know this is not ideal - but I cannot think of a better way of doing it right now given the constraints.
Happy to hear suggestions.

2026-06-14 17:07:12 UTC

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What version of the app are you using?

2026-06-11 15:56:56 UTC

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Fixed - we truncate nostr notes because they are clickable through to the thread page - I've disabled this for non-nostr boosts.
https://fountain.fm/episode/Hpc1pgNvvZGIBYjkGRQS

2026-05-22 15:43:13 UTC

This week in London - the Podcast Standards Project met to discuss the adoption of new features that improve open podcasting for both listeners and creators.
Our goal is to keep podcasting open and ensure you always have choice of where to listen - without centralised platforms dictating the experience and forcing specific ad volumes or algorithms.
I am advocating within this group to use nostr as the social layer for podcasts - powering likes, comments, and social recommendations by using NIP-73 to canonically reference shows and episodes via their GUIDs - just like we do in @nprofile…xay4 today where all of this data is open for anyone to use.
If you believe in keeping podcasting open - whilst enriching the experience to match the big platforms - help me advocate to the rest of the industry:
- use @nprofile…xay4 and share feedback on what’s working and what’s not
- reach out to your favourite podcasts and tell them about nostr
- as a podcaster - ask your hosting company to support nostr
- repost / share this note with others who are interested
https://podstandards.org/2026/05/22/podcast-rss-nerds-unite-in-london/

2026-05-20 14:07:01 UTC

❤️🔥❤️
https://blossom.primal.net/453b08be327d604d4c5f06d991aba2a8e6a28c941669d4ce2f5da550c91fc599.mov

2026-05-18 17:06:43 UTC

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Thanks!
So now I need a client that renders the onchain balance and a signer that can call sign_psbt?

2026-05-18 16:57:02 UTC

@nprofile…4m66 can you send me one of these onchain zaps - curious about the receive experience - will zap you back NIP-57

2026-05-16 09:11:47 UTC

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Hi - it looks like keysend payments to your node (crime21@getalby.com) are intermittently failing.
For the top boost example on this episode - the 4,242 sats were sent by @nprofile…n59y with an NWC wallet connected to Fountain. When splits fail on a boost from an NWC wallet - we refund the split amount to the Lightning Address of the connected NWC wallet - and I can see the refund was processed so @nprofile…n59y should see a 4,284 refund payment in their NWC wallet - I can share the invoice and preimage for the refund if that's helpful.
The status of each payment split should be visible in the Fountain wallet for NWC transactions - so any user can check in the app and should see a REFUNDED status for any splits that failed. Transaction Reference IDs are also available on the transaction detail page.
If you would like me to check other specific examples - please send an email to hello@fountain.fm with the Transaction Reference ID and I can check them for you.
Let me know if that all makes sense.

2026-05-15 21:24:49 UTC

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Amazing to see!
Please let me know if there’s anything Fountain can do to improve the experience either on the hosting side or app side.

2026-05-13 12:22:30 UTC

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not at the moment - but you can go to the /activity tab on web to view latest activity for the show

2026-05-12 19:13:01 UTC

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Yep we have a full podcast hosting platform that distributes to all podcast apps - but is also integrated with nostr for zaps / comments / livestreams that work on any supporting apps.
Happy to give you a demo just ping me an email!
https://fountain.fm/podcasters

2026-05-12 17:40:05 UTC

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Can you send an email to hello@fountain.fm with the episode link and I’ll check it for you.

2026-05-12 17:39:23 UTC

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Welcome Jake!
Check out @nprofile…ascw for a nostr powered podcast app where you can receive zaps / comments for your episodes that get broadcast to the wider nostr network.
If you need help adding your Lightning Address to your RSS feed - feel free to email me oscar@fountain.fm

2026-05-08 08:15:53 UTC

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Yep this will be coming in the next version 1.5.3 - should be out next week.

2026-05-05 21:29:27 UTC

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All good points.
We are not going to deprecate keysend anytime soon and as especially not as long as there are still lots of feeds using it - however I do believe the lack of wallet adoption means it will eventually fade.
In terms of artist's running their own nodes - I get the appeal of keysend but the reality is the majority of artists I speak to will never do this - they need wallets that are easy to onboard to and easy to use - and all the new wallets coming out that provide this ux and easy onboarding do not support keysend.
Out of interest - how do you approach the conversation with new artists? What wallets do you recommend?

2026-05-05 16:06:22 UTC

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@nprofile…n2l0 I think I know what's going wrong - the value time splits are working but the remote feed / item metadata is not being sent properly - I am working on a fix and will let you know when resolved.

2026-05-05 15:20:43 UTC

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@nprofile…n2l0 I am looking into this for you - and I can confirm that value time splits are working as normal.
Can you please let me know what exact keysend TLV info helipad requires to render the remote track references?
(also keysend is dead - no new wallets support it - we will eventually deprecate it)

2026-05-01 11:56:17 UTC

FYI @nprofile…dk0k seeing errors zapping your lightning address grayruby@coinos.io

2026-05-01 11:28:28 UTC

FYI @nprofile…najy seeing errors trying to zap your lightning address tunesamplified@wallet.yakihonne.com

2026-04-30 20:44:53 UTC

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Fountain LIVE
#naddr1qq…jq59

2026-04-30 19:20:16 UTC

We are LIVE with @nprofile…3vk4
https://fountain.fm/live/k5BOxyi9isDVDWKtyAM7

2026-04-30 15:52:39 UTC

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it should be there as we're publishing via rss live item

2026-04-30 13:41:41 UTC

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https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7796363
In Fountain it will be pinned to the top of the Home Screen when we go live

2026-04-29 16:43:53 UTC

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Another showcase of live music with realtime payment splitting to the artists in London tomorrow - hope to see you in the stream!
#nevent1q…ezgj

2026-04-28 16:53:47 UTC

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1.5 should be there on zapstore now

2026-04-28 16:53:37 UTC

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1.5 should be there on zapstore now

2026-04-28 16:53:26 UTC

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1.5 should be there on zapstore now

2026-04-28 16:53:22 UTC

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1.5 should be there on zapstore now

2026-04-28 16:52:56 UTC

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1.5.0 should be there now

2026-04-27 17:43:06 UTC

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Not yet - having some issues with the cli but will get posted today and report back

2026-04-27 17:29:56 UTC

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Fountain 1.5 is now live with a brand new trending feed showcasing which episodes and music your nostr network find valuable.
The new trending feed combines different signals to rank notes including zap value, reactions, and recency to highlight a broad set of recommendations.
We’ve also re-written the backend so feed queries along with comments, threads, and profiles now load much faster.
I’d love to hear your feedback on the new trending feed - especially if you think anything’s missing or we could give more weight to certain things.
#nevent1q…2w92

2026-04-25 20:07:46 UTC

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Tried zapping ya but failed

2026-04-25 15:08:11 UTC

Anyone else seeing query timeouts on the @nprofile…uz3y relay?

2026-04-23 14:53:04 UTC

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Hi @nprofile…y98t - this issue exists because @nprofile…m58v do not include payment information in their publisher feeds (the rss feeds that define the artist profile). So we don't know where to send the payment if someone tries to support from the Artist page. You should be able to support from any of the album / track pages though.
If you want to switch to Fountain for music hosting - it's $1/month and we can help you get setup - https://fountain.fm/artists

2026-04-22 06:44:42 UTC

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Great to hear! Let me know if there’s anything you think we could improve with the experience!

2026-04-21 20:48:33 UTC

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What issues did you have?

2026-04-18 22:46:44 UTC

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Can someone please set this up as a http endpoint - will pay - @nprofile…fv07 @nprofile…se5j
#nevent1q…l369

2026-04-18 10:40:03 UTC

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Sorry for the disruption guys!
https://fountain.fm/episode/zmkF8op3p5PQdm8QbPUB
#nevent1q…lx6a

2026-04-17 18:37:46 UTC

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#nevent1q…h368

2026-04-17 18:37:02 UTC

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Here's the release on Fountain - https://fountain.fm/album/1gMSEhRixR5IT7ktV409
Looks like it already has some support.
And yeah my nostr dms are pretty unusable - feel free to email me any time oscar@fountian.fm
Would love to try and improve the music experience on Fountain as much as we can!

2026-04-17 17:30:10 UTC

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Can you send me the RSS feed and the link to the release on PodcastIndex?

2026-04-16 10:03:47 UTC

What is your daily driver nostr client on mobile?

2026-04-10 18:27:47 UTC

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Welcome @npub12m9…wx3c !!
https://fountain.fm/track/vOdYyPmVq0fUXkNKL22P
#nevent1q…qkr7

2026-04-10 18:16:18 UTC

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Here's their artist page - https://fountain.fm/artist/Vpo9Nc8zl0egqpDSeMoS

2026-04-10 17:38:45 UTC

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Welcome!

2026-03-13 19:43:51 UTC

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Thanks for reporting - fixed now.

2026-03-13 19:16:20 UTC

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We had some issues with Amber signer prior to latest version 1.4.10 - can you try again with this version?
What’s the most unintuitive thing about the UI for you?

2026-03-13 19:07:37 UTC

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Congrats on 400!
https://fountain.fm/episode/XQhwOwkixfl1xZv3qXuT
#nevent1q…8smh

2026-03-13 18:25:27 UTC

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Give us a try would love to hear your feedback!

2026-03-13 18:23:28 UTC

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What version of the app are you using?

2026-03-09 16:20:26 UTC

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Yes you can always download the latest APK from our website - http://fountain.fm/apk
One thing to note is that if you're switching between Play Store version and APK sometimes you need to delete the app first - you won't lose your library when doing this - only downloaded audio.
Let me know if you're still having issues and I can investigate further.

2026-03-07 17:59:05 UTC

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This is the first report like this for the 1.4.9 version. Can you try going to your storage settings and clearing the library cache and see if that helps?
Also did you install from the Google Play store?

2026-03-06 12:24:27 UTC

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Thanks for giving us a try - let me know if you have any feedback!

2026-03-05 23:36:30 UTC

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Thank you @nprofile…8uap 🙏
We are trying to build the best podcast listening experience possible - with episode recommendations from your nostr network natively in the app.
Give your next episode a listen on Fountain and tag me with any feedback!
#nevent1q…z6ty

2026-03-04 16:41:44 UTC

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👀
https://fountain.fm/episode/0A94sbiuWzzMFwYYRAoM

2026-03-03 14:04:01 UTC

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Thanks!

2026-02-27 10:26:04 UTC

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done - let me know if that looks ok to you now

2026-02-26 15:02:03 UTC

@nprofile…ksue is the kind 22236 view event you are using with diVine for analytics documented anywhere?

2026-02-23 14:57:28 UTC

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Yes it is a bit hidden - we've considered playing video by default for episodes with video - but I'm not 100% sure it's the right approach - will try and make the switch to video option more obvious.
On Amber signer - we're aware of an issue that sometimes can affect the remote signer if signing is not set to automatic - we have a fix that should be live in the next 48 hours - version 1.4.9

2026-02-23 14:55:51 UTC

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100% agree - we have something coming very soon that should improve this!

2026-02-23 14:54:54 UTC

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Sorry you experienced this - we've fixed this issue in the latest version - maybe you could give it another try and let me know if it works better for you?

2026-02-23 14:53:48 UTC

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Great feedback - we have something like this coming very soon actually - stay tuned!

2026-02-23 14:51:15 UTC

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Thanks for the feedback!
- On app links - these seem to work fine for me on iOS - are you on iOS or Android? Could you share an example link that didn't work?
- On sats per minute - the minimum is currently 10 sats per minute but we will definitely consider lowering it if (when) the bitcoin price rises considerably
- On playback speed granularity - it's on our roadmap to add more granular options
- On Bluetooth headphone controls - what kind of customisation would you like?

2026-02-22 20:30:16 UTC

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What makes podcasting special is choice - you can listen in any app - and creators can host anywhere or even self-host.
Recently we've seen more podcasters recording video - and last week Apple Podcasts announced they will soon add support for video podcasts.
But what we don't want to see with video podcasts is more walled gardens with platform lock-in.
The good news - there is already an open standard for delivering video versions of episodes - the RSS <podcast:alternateEnclosure> tag. If you host your podcast with Fountain - the video versions of episodes use this tag meaning any app can ingest the video and offer listeners the option to switch to video right from the player.
Apple have historically been good stewards of open podcasting - and I hope that they will adopt the alternate enclosure tag with their video implementation.
In the meantime Fountain will keep building on open standards and demonstrate how video podcasts and other new Podcasting 2.0 features can be built in an open way - https://blog.fountain.fm/p/video-podcasts
We're committed to making the Fountain app the best listening experience for podcasts - please tag me anytime if you have feedback on how we can improve!
#nevent1q…avhv

2026-02-22 20:15:27 UTC

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We already support video on Android - do you no see an option to switch to video from the player on Walker’s episodes?
I will check the Android remote signer flow for you - are you using Amber?

2026-02-22 20:12:28 UTC

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Sorry to hear that - would love to improve things for you - what’s the number one thing you don’t like?

2026-02-22 20:09:37 UTC

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Sorry to hear that - can you share the specific issue you encountered?

2026-02-22 20:07:26 UTC

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Let me know if you have any feedback on the Fountain app experience!

2026-02-22 20:06:22 UTC

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Planning to add this soon

2026-02-22 20:05:18 UTC

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What’s one thing you’d like to see improved with the Fountain experience?

2026-02-22 20:01:54 UTC

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Anything you think we could improve on that would improve the experience compared to Spotify

2026-02-20 18:56:10 UTC

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Great coverage of the Apple Podcasts video integration and excellent interview with Justin.
Lets get Apple adopting Alternate Enclosure!
https://fountain.fm/episode/GrEHL7JMpNRu390VYR1o
#nevent1q…nt4j

2026-02-18 07:33:09 UTC

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What's not working for you?

2026-02-13 15:01:01 UTC

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@nprofile…62he since Wavlake don't support feed redirects - the best thing for Artists if they want to switch to self-hosting is to delete their content from Wavlake after they've setup new feeds on Music Side Project.
However if not done correctly this creates another issue of duplicate artist profiles in Fountain and other apps. Maybe Music Side Project could have an "Import from Existing Feed" function that maintains the publisher, album, and track guids?
The most important thing is that the guids stay the same - if this is the case we can resolve duplicates on our side easily without losing any of the nostr data.

2026-02-13 14:39:58 UTC

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Now setup with V4V!
#nevent1q…wyfu

2026-02-11 18:29:05 UTC

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I'll investigate - are you on the latest version 1.4.8?

2026-02-11 18:15:08 UTC

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We do support Amber remote signer - do you not see this option?

2026-02-11 16:14:52 UTC

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great thanks - will make the switch 👍

2026-02-11 14:01:20 UTC

@nprofile…x58v @nprofile…cr3y I see NIP-27 was changed to use q tags rather than e tags with mention markers - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1751
Should I go ahead and make this switch now? Is anything to consider in terms support from clients?