On August 18th. Fountain published The Podcaster Guide to Value for Value. It has come to our attention that Alby, a Bitcoin Lightning App for your Browser, has published their own Value for Value Podcaster Guide, which brazenly copies Fountain’s own guide almost word-for-word.

While it is not clear when Alby’s guide was published (or who was it’s author), it is clear that this is not an original piece of work and they have been caught in the act of stealing ours.

fountain.fm/podcaster-guide

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https://guides.getalby.com/podcaster-guide/

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Here are some examples:

SPLITS

Fountain

Do you have co-hosts, guests or regular contributors that also create value for your listeners? Splits allow you to give them all a share of your podcast income. When a supporter sends a stream or boost payment to a podcast, the money gets divided and distributed to all the splits. You can add any Fountain user as a split, or you can add a Lightning Node Pubkey.

Add co-hosts and regular contributors to your Show Splits

If you have co-hosts or a wider team that are involved in making the podcast, you can add them to your show splits. That might include producers, researchers and volunteers - or even the designer of your show artwork.

Add guests (or listeners) to your Episode Splits

Listeners love interviews with interesting guests and get a lot of value from hearing what they have to say. Let your listeners know who your splits as this is another reason for them to support the show. You can also add regular listeners to your splits - learn more about this in section 8.