E100: Oscar Merry on Fountain's Evolution, Nostr, Value 4 Value, and Creator Monetization
E100: Oscar Merry on Fountain's Evolution, Nostr, Value 4 Value, and Creator Monetization
The Kevin Rooke Show

Oscar Merry is the co-founder and CEO of Fountain, and was actually the very first guest on this podcast back when it started in late 2021.

In our conversation, we covered Fountain’s evolution in the last year, the role of Nostr on Fountain, and of course the concepts of value for value and creator monetization in general.

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:27 - Oscar Merry Intro

10:51 - Lessons From Fountain’s Listeners

14:48 - Why Don’t Legacy Podcast Apps Have Messages?

19:50 - How Should Social Media Timelines Be Structured?

31:28 - Listen To Earn on Fountain

40:20 - Does Earning Money Change Engagement?

41:32 - Nostr’s Role on Fountain

48:40 - How To Help Podcasters Upgrade to Podcasting 2.0

1:02:31 - Creator Monetization & Value 4 Value

1:14:36 - The Lightning Round

@iluvsushi
22,222 sats
13 Mar
Oscar is one of my favorite interviewees. Thanks for having him back for a follow-up.
@nick
20,000 sats
13 Mar
Congrats on #100! Here’s 100 sats for every episode so far plus another 10,000 as a bonus. Keep up the great content Kevin!
@marcossv50
22 Mar
great job supporting content creators 👍
@meremortalspodcast
2,222 sats
15 Mar
Oscar is a legend, Fountain is close to my top used app. Really encouraged to see all the progress that has been made since your first episode. Congrats on 100 🥳
@nulegacy
1,000 sats
14 Mar
Great to hear the progress of Fountain.fm. Looking forward to your 200th episode. 👍🏾
@vake
1,000 sats
14 Mar
fountain has come a long way
@user362286778381810
1,000 sats
13 Mar
watched on YouTube. interesting product
@tonyfontana
800 sats
14 Mar
Always nice to have an update from Oscar. Thanks!
@orangepillapp
500 sats
17 Mar
great episode guys 🔥
@orangepillapp
500 sats
13 Mar
amazing episode as always
@unitofacc
121 sats
13 Mar
🤙
@coachcarbon
100 sats
15 Mar
Congratulations on episode 100! 👏🏾 s/o to Oscar too, Fountain is the way! ⛲️🎙🎧🧡 #Value4Value #SatsTheStandard
@tnstacker
100 sats
15 Mar
Excellent interview. Are we seeing our way to direct monitization of everything? I imagine a world where we walk around zapping each other IRL. Pay for that coffee - zap the store. Really like that server, zap the server, not the store. Hey, miss nice shoes! ZAP! ZAP! Less than ten years?
@teemupleb
24 Mar
And a microchip Lightning node in our brain so we can ZAP telepathically 😂
@john_f
100 sats
13 Mar
Thanks for Fountain!
@yeahyeahsayer
100 sats
14 Mar
Thanks for the Episode & Fountain to Kevin & Oscar!
@teemupleb
100 sats
24 Mar
Bullish on live podcasts. They could be like Twitter Spaces, but with a value layer.