Fountain
Fountain is a podcast app built around Bitcoin micropayments, letting listeners send small amounts of value directly to shows they enjoy while listening.
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Fountain popularized value-for-value podcasting within the Podcasting 2.0 ecosystem, letting listeners stream small amounts of Bitcoin to shows in real time while they listen, instead of relying purely on ads or subscriptions. It's a genuinely different monetization model from the rest of the directory landscape.
This fits shows that already have some overlap with the Bitcoin or Podcasting 2.0 community, where listeners are primed to understand and use the streaming sats feature without extra explanation.
The gotcha is real: without an audience that already has a Lightning wallet set up, the payment feature mostly sits unused, so treat any revenue from it as a bonus rather than a plan.
It's still worth listing your show here regardless of monetization, since it also functions as a normal podcast app with search and discovery on top of the payment layer.
Sources for this review
- Official product website · Checked 2026-08-27
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