theo on Nostr: It takes on average around five months for money from a stream to reach an artist’s ...

It takes on average around five months for money from a stream to reach an artist’s bank account.

With Lightning, payments can move instantly, straight from fan to artist.

I wrote about why that matters and how it could change music for good in my second article for fountain_app (nprofile…hs6h)

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The way streaming pays artists today is built to serve everyone except the people making the music.

Payments are slow, the economics heavily favor the biggest players, and most artists sit at the end of a chain that extracts value long before they see it.

With Lightning and Value for Value, something different is starting to take shape.

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