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Make it happen π
Cool idea but honestly, thatβs really hard to pull off on Nostr right now!
Zaps donβt arrive cleanly or instantly, profiles load slowly, and thereβs no simple βlive feedβ you can trust on stage.
Nostr favors freedom over polish, so flashy real-time stuff like this is still rough.
Weβre early. π§‘
We already did π Just need to get it out there to more eyes and events!
View quoted note βYeah, I love it
But opportunity is difficult! π
Nice π
I would not use it out of fear or not getting zapped π
Maybe if you did zap to boo, that could work π
Everybody uses it, whether you want it or not π
Ah! Yes, that happened at
@AdoptingBTC. Gives you mixed feelings, receiving money with criticism π
Get my npub please.
Got it. Now what? π
Make it 10K Sats and I'm in π
Send me 100,000 SATS
PubPay uses kind1s for zaps, not kind 0s (yet!)
View quoted note βI'd do it for 1k sats π€²
What is this?
A Dutch auction! π
as more zaps come in i start shouting: FOOLISH! into the microphone
i throw my cape off my shoulders in a flourish as the QR code morphs into Big Brother's face and then fades
text appears on the screen
oh no
is this a powerpoint?
i say: never scan a public qr code. scammers can place malicious codes to redirect you to fake websites for phishing (stealing info) or to download malware
a few people in the audience start to groan
for they know what is coming and what they are in for
for 'tis i, sΓso
and every zapper failed the security test
View quoted note βThe norm in the future
If you need an audio sample
It can be the norm today, thanks to nostr π€²
Which actor should portray you in the documentary?
TimothΓ©e Chalamet but make him do his bob dylan voice π
Will do!
Haha π thatβs not super far off I would say
Build it!
Sick, but slightly distracting? π€£
We already did π€²
View quoted note βThat's the audienceβs choice. They can stay fully immersed in the talk, or they can actively engage. Sending money is the ultimate form of attention: itβs voluntary, costly, and expressive. You can reward, signal appreciation, or even criticize. In real time.
Letβs Fucking Go! Awesome π
Cheers and applause are distracting too
Attention is cheap. Zaps arenβt.
Think of it as clapping, with consequences.
Exactly. Once you see it happen live, going back feels very quiet.
I honestly love the zap animation and sound on Nostur app. Iβm imagining Ross speaking during btc 2025 and a storm of lightning exploding behind him. β‘οΈπ€
Iβve actually never tried Nostur but that sounds wild
PubPay has some pretty cool zap animations (no sound for now).
Letβs just say we have some fun ideas in mind for
@The Bitcoin Conference π€²β‘οΈ
Kinda WIP-ing it (so far it's PoC to show zaps on Twitch but other integrations are possible).
Release soon π
Love
@PUBPAY.me using it for so many
@npub1tuxk...ycn0 meet-ups actually!
It works! Thatβs thatβs why we are here π
View quoted note βThatβs so cool! Is there a spec that a lightning wallet can implement this?
half the people walk out.
Thank you so much Tanja π€² Your feedback and energy helped shape PUBPAY into what it is today
This would be awesome for a future festival. A bitcoin/ nostr festival where there's music, tents for local produce people can buy, workshops on tech and health /lifestyle. And you can only pay with sats. No coiners have to buy ecash with credit card or cash on the way in π #grownostr
The good ones stay and you can still zap from home π
I know the next sentence will be triggering but hang on.
I have not had any issue zapping using a custodial wallet. The only time I run into a delay it is due to the individual using their own node.
Francis if you gamify that with a leaderboard you increase the ability to zapvertize. Imagine if
@walker who's not at the conference decides to zap his podcast to the top
Exactly, Lightning and Nostr interactions everywhere! Sounds like we should do that π€²
yes.
because what qualifies people as good is how quickly they agree with your marketing goals. π€‘
*No marketing was harmed in the making of this note
Zapping people running their own nodes can sometimes fails because their relays or zap receipt isnβt set up correctly.
PubPay Live is exactly that: a leaderboard you can use for zapvertising. Many have figured that out at AdoptingBitcoin π€²
The ecosystem might be ready for that in a few years. As of now, even most bitcoiners have never even made a lightning payment
oh its possible now.
Instant value. Public signal. Zero middlemen. This changes everything.
Iβve been attending Bitcoin conferences for the last 3 years with
@npub1kd3n...sdth , putting Lightning in front of people and letting them use it. Iβve personally seen thousands of first-time Lightning payments happen.
From that perspective, the world is more ready than we think
all permissionless, and happening in real time. Once you experience it live, itβs hard to unsee
Last time I talked to bitcoiners at a conference I was explaining value for value and most of them hadn't made a lightning payment before. That was in 2024 though...
So where are we going to host this kind of event? #orangepilling2026 ?
I mean, I just did a lightning payment to you. Its easy, cheap and reliable.
People are afraid of paying in BTC because of fees and the whole "store of value" narrative (to which I still would respond: "spend and replace")...
But where is the ecosystem not ready for it?
I think many people would (or should?) join a lightning festival to connect, listen, teach and ofc buy goods and services.
Exactly! Experiencing it live really hits differently, once you see it in real time, thereβs no going back.
Isnt a "Bitcoin conference" something else than a "Bitcoin festival"?
Has something like that even ever happened? (Like
@Joe Martin πΆπ β‘ described, with not only music but also merchants, handcrafters, healthy food/drink areas, meditation guides, fitness guides, whatever, you name it?)
Maybe I'm wrong, but if I remember correctly even the biggest conferences like Nashville in 24 didn't even have any merchants accepting bitcoin. I remember people being pissed off about it. Would love to be proven wrong and would love to see it. But you would also need to find a place with high enough density of merchants and producers willing to accept sats and also enough musicians and technicians to put on a festival and do all the zapping V4V stuff properly. It will happen at some point though, no doubt
Thatβs because lightning payments donβt pump your bags π«
I can't compare to the conferences but I've read the same about not being able to buy with BTC. It just needs to be the unit of account for at least bitcoiners (imho).
On the other point, you're absolutely right, too.
I often forget that there are still people out there who do not think that Bitcoin is a good idea..
However, idk in these places like bitcoonbeach, bitcoinjungle or bitcoinisland and so on, it SHOULD be possible.
I mean in my childhood I bought "local market coupons" which I could only use on this one market for food or rides.. It should be possible to do the same again, but with Bitcoin lightning. One would only need a critical mass of merchants and musicians and so on (security and background organization doesnt need to be). That would mean around 30 - 40 bitcoiners should be easily enough to create an experience people (nocoiners) would like to participate in, I guess. They would buy sats on the entrance and getting orangepilled on the exit.
I mean, I am good at cutting speeches to other peoples beats (at least I think so), can cook various tasty and healthy stuff and am good at story telling...
So with you, we are two!
That would be cool!
For a while all flagship bitcoin conferences have had lightning payments for food and other activations like
@npub1kd3n...sdth, official merch store, and bazaar vendors. In Vegas we even broke a Guinness world record for most transactions in a day, thanks to the relentless efforts of
@UNCLE ROCKSTAR.
Weβre ready and weβre going to make all guests ready too ββ‘οΈ
@OpenMike basically does this already at concerts with
@tunestr
Maybe I'm remembering wrong / getting mixed up, my bad!
All I'm saying is to do a full blown music festival with all the suppliers, staff people involved etc running on bitcoin only and inviting no coiners who will be given sats on entry is a few years off at least. The conferences are awesome but it only attracts people who are already bitcoiners. It would be great to see a cultural event (which would attract non bitcoiners) which would just happen to use bitcoin & nostr for everything. Then no-coiners could see it work in action. I think the zapping of an artist on stage is the most compelling thing for non bitcoiners as that can't be achieved with credit cards unlike regular merchant payments
What an idea...
Thats cool and I absolutely appreciate the effort and the achievement!
But like written in another statement, the conferences mainly attract bitcoiners and imho create seldomly newcoiners. For that, I think, the orange pilling event must not be labeled as a Bitcoin event, because mentioning BTC is a deterrent for nocoiners.
I agree!
I absolutely think, this is the way, a cultural event where the "event currency" is btc-lightning. It definitely shpuldnt be labeled as Bitcoin event because it would deter nocoiners.
Then have some people nocoiners can relate to casually hanging around (like Natalie Brunell or Jack Mallers) and just chat with people..
Not sure if it would be a lightning event or an enlightenment event, if you catch my drift.
When I got to the screen explodes I stopped reading for a moment and pictured the blood and body parts being spread over the studio audience
As long as the stage isn't in the EU it could work
Permissionless applause. No sponsors, no middlemen, just proof of work meets proof of support in real time.
The future of #Value4Value live music is going to be so unbelievably rad.
(And by 'future' of course I mean artists waking tf up and following in the footsteps of folks like
@Joe Martin πΆπ β‘,
@Ainsley Costello,
@kathryn β¨β€οΈβπ₯πΎ,
@Hash Power Music,
@Aaron of Essex by utilizing the tech we ALREADY HAVE)
View quoted note βThat's precisely my idea for Bringing Bitcoin that I've been trying to get off the ground for 3 years! More recently,
@Roger 9000 has been pushing a similar concept called Sats4Sounds
Sorry, but you're not invited.
Ah! Made me laugh and then I got sad.
That's the dream π€²
V4V as easy as making a post
View quoted note βIs the issue reaching a critical mass of merchants and musicians or the organization in general?
The concept appears straight forward.
Tune in tonight for some instant gratification. Tonight is a tech showcase.
Not our first, wont be the last.
Not only is all that you describe happening TONIGHT but interactive elements have been placed across the stage. YOUR zaps (depending on the amount) can also trigger certain effects live on stage.
@boo-bury has put on several shows like this over the years and those recorded concerts exist too. The Satellite Spotlight featured 4 different bands and multiple MCs, in a single, zap-interactive concert, all streaming from separate locations across the world.
Good timing on that note. Tune in tonight for some instant gratification.
We're doing all that and more, TONIGHT 7pm CT
Simply go to boostbeach.live
Francis Mars
Imagine this: You're on stage. A QR code appears on the screen behind you. Someone in the audience scans it and zaps you 100,000 sats. The screen explodes with an animation: their name, their avatar, spinning letters spelling "TOP ZAP." The audience sees it. More zaps come in.
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We have been working on this for a while now. A venue has been recenrly procured. Its still early in the process but
@Joe Martin πΆπ β‘ let us know if you're interested and we'll be sure to reach out when it comes time to book artists.
Any other ideas/concepts please let us knoe!
Its literally what we are doing... TONIGHT
All of it and MORE...
Automatic splits baked in via TheSplitKit so its transparent to the sender, who gets what, from the onset. No mystery where the value is going.
Zaps/boosts are tied to IRL triggers. Certain boost amounts will cause certain events to happen on stage!
Leaderboards and gamified competition. Boost/zap your way to the top!
How to watch? Go to boostbeach.live at 7pm CT.
Catch the music video pre-show by Homegrown Hits the hour before on any PC2.0 compatible apps (like fountain or v4vmusic.com )
Results from the last time we put on a show. Nostr needs to catch up on what we've been doing for years now.
Credit to
@boo-bury and Thunder Road Media
View quoted note βAbsolutely, please tell me more when you have more info
For sure! You're on the shortlist
Momentum in Bitcoin has been gravitating towards Arts and Artists. Without culture in Bitcoin you lose the community, the meaning and eventually the entire thing.
@Francis Mars is enabling artists to keep the momentum alive
https://primal.net/e/ π€π§‘π
View quoted note βIn fact its happening, tonight. We've been doing it for years. Everything he describes and more.
Join us at boostbeach.live tonight 7pm CT
Its being hosted tonight at boostbeach.live 7pm CT
Doesn't have to be a dream. Wake up, it's real.
Boostbeach.live tonight at 7pm CT
We're doing it tonight with
@boo-bury and Thunder Road Media.
Boostbeach.live 7pm CT
TRM was the crew behind the scenes setting up the stage and technical aspects for Ainsley and other live streamed shows youve likely seen before.
