Eric P

LUD16: ericpp@getalby.com

Public Key

npub1z6g2q9jtj3zg8598lzcq2dgffgjprx9nljax0gzxzp3r3jjwa6pq20amwj

NIP-05 Address

ericpp_at_podcastindex.social@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

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npub1z6g2q9jtj3zg8598lzcq2dgffgjprx9nljax0gzxzp3r3jjwa6pq20amwj

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2026-03-13 16:57:41 UTC

@npub1cwm…wcs6 Why do some of the Fountain keysend boosts omit the podcast/episode/guid info? For example, the boost you sent yesterday for SXWorldwide had nothing to identify what was being boosted:
{
"action": "stream",
"app_name": "Fountain",
"message": null,
"name": "EricPP",
"sender_id": "hIWsCYxdBJzlDvu5zpT3",
"sender_name": "merryoscar@fountain.fm",
"ts": 60,
"value_msat_total": 25000
}
I think @npub1zlr…h0fa ran into this as well with boosts to his show.

2025-06-03 23:11:22 UTC

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CloudFlare Streams has worked great for the live streaming projects I've been involved with. Some people self host Owncast to do their live streaming. I'm sure there's plenty of other purpose built services available as well.
Maybe it would be easier to let users integrate with these services rather than creating your own?

2025-05-27 17:42:29 UTC

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I don't think they ever added it. You can get the same thing by checking both the keysend and lnurlp well-knowns:
https://getalby.com/.well-known/keysend/ericpp
https://getalby.com/.well-known/lnurlp/ericpp

2025-04-30 05:20:32 UTC

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It's for connecting to wallets (nodes or custodial). Coinos and other wallet providers use it as well as Alby.

2025-04-30 00:57:38 UTC

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More options is better. Have you looked at the NWC API? That seems to be the latest way to connect apps to wallets rather than the direct Alby API.

2025-02-14 14:45:59 UTC

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It looks like it's pointed at my old custodial Alby wallet. Maybe Alby finally turned those off?
It should be updated to my Alby Hub node: 02c7bb6f29f09d92d40d62d64443b688891259dea324406b4678df6235794f24bf

2025-01-25 04:07:00 UTC

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There is an existing tag for podcast guids in NIP 73: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/73.md
Not sure what clients if any support it, but it's there.

2025-01-18 19:38:59 UTC

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What channels are you using?

2025-01-17 15:25:26 UTC

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It looks like the index still has it in random order: https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7137521
Maybe some apps use the feed while others use the index?

2025-01-17 05:42:47 UTC

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Sovereign Feeds has this handy button for doing that automatically
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/113/842/098/180/130/959/original/9177246aa5f89921.png

2024-12-04 17:00:51 UTC

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It should remain the same for that case.
The issue you would run into is a listener who has a Strike wallet tied to their podcast app. In that case, the payment would fail because you don't have an LNURL payment method.
@npub18a6…pny4 @npub10lz…tuwr @npub1fmx…wp74 @npub1rcn…dw4h @npub1cwm…wcs6

2024-12-01 00:00:25 UTC

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It might be nice to add this to the PC20 spec. Basically have something that lets the podcaster decide which relay(s) to post boosts to. That could also solve the private boost issue if podcasters have a way to direct boosts to a private relay.
I think right now the app decides which relay(s) it wants to post the boost to instead of the podcaster.

2024-11-23 00:18:43 UTC

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It would be nice if Strike supported NWC for linking its wallet to an application. That part of the process needs to be open rather than tied to a specific vendor API.

2024-11-22 23:22:53 UTC

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I meant the Stripe integration and lack of KYC.

2024-11-22 23:20:41 UTC

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I still need to look into that integration. It seems too good to be true.

2024-11-22 23:15:29 UTC

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The barrier is that it's no longer free. New users will probably go to the free options, like Fountain or Coinos. I think existing users will be split with some going to free options and others going to cloud-hosted Alby Hub or hosting it themselves.
There's still a barrier to entry for all of these services with the KYC nonsense.

2024-11-18 20:33:52 UTC

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Also this one https://lnbeats.com/album/d4f26705-9d15-5b03-ac39-83da0c3bba59

2024-10-23 05:17:13 UTC

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I think you could have an "ask" in your P4P freemium model as well.
My main problem is the RSS paywall tag and the requirement that players implement the paywall.
Instead, I think the paywall needs to be implemented by your server using LSAT or some payment verification mechanism. Paid users get sent the content and unpaid users do not.
You could have tags that say how to talk to the server, but you should assume that tags can and will be ignored by some players.

2024-10-05 15:44:16 UTC

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There should be a space between lncli and --rpcserver
You can copy on the command line by highlighting the text and pressing enter. Paste is just right click.
@npub1e88…nva7 [@Salty_Crayon](https://mastodon.social/@Salty_Crayon )

2024-09-05 14:31:35 UTC

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You can get the real lightning address and custom key/value by going to the .well-known of the user you're interested in: https://getalby.com/.well-known/keysend/ericpp
For Alby Hub, the lightning address is the pubkey of your node, custom key is the standard 696969, and custom value is the ID of the connection/wallet in the hub.
See: https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/v/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/faq-alby-hub/how-can-i-share-my-alby-hub-with-a-friend-who-is-a-podcaster-or-musician

2024-09-05 13:44:35 UTC

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Is that tied specifically to getalby.com? Is that code available to host separately?

2024-09-05 04:24:32 UTC

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Nostr Wallet Connect and Lightning Node Connect do fit that purpose, but it doesn't seem like a lot of the player apps integrate them yet:
https://nwc.dev/
https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/lightning-terminal/lightning-node-connect
There's even a fancy widget for users to add node/wallet connections to your app: https://bitcoin-connect.com/

2024-08-30 14:08:52 UTC

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The database tends to be the single point of failure unless you cluster it or spread out the workload.
@npub1fkf…84sp

2024-08-22 13:44:52 UTC

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Happy to help if you need any.

2024-08-20 23:06:34 UTC

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I think it's probably better to run it on dedicated hardware than on a shared desktop.

2024-08-20 22:46:03 UTC

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Not yet. Alby Hub uses the standard Alby APIs and NWC for interfacing with it. Helipad currently only supports LND, though I want to add support for others.
I think Hub uses LDK by default, but I think you can choose different backends: https://blog.getalby.com/the-6-different-lightning-backends-for-alby-hub/
It might work if you set it up with an LND backend and point Helipad at it.

2024-07-22 22:13:53 UTC

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That's actually not that bad. You still have change sets that are versioned and can be rolled forward. It beats the "hey run this directory of sql scripts" approach I used to do.

2024-07-22 20:50:30 UTC

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Cascade tells it to apply actions on the parent table to child tables. For example, if you deleted a feed out of the feeds table, it would cascade that action down to any table that has feed_id as a foreign key (e.g. feed poll rolls, feed value tags, etc).
It's to avoid the case where you've deleted a feed_id from the feeds table, but other tables still reference that feed_id.

2024-07-22 15:12:44 UTC

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The accounting for streaming sats is done every second, but presumably you're not sending out payments every second. You could batch those up and send them out every minute or 5 minutes or at whatever cadence makes logistical sense for your application.
With the adoption of LNURL and Bolt12 discussed in the last PC20, it might make sense to send at a less frequent cadence to allow more time for invoices to be generated and returned back.
@npub1e88…nva7

2024-07-20 19:00:41 UTC

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Lol. It is definitely an improvement over that. @npub1rcn…dw4h

2024-07-20 18:47:51 UTC

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If anything it made more IT people. System administration evolved into Dev Ops and simple shell scripts evolved into a spaghetti mess of Chef, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and other code that is supposed to represent your infrastructure.

2024-07-19 19:55:39 UTC

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I sent it through CurioCaster and it seemed like it did send the payment out.
Maybe some of the splits didn't get sent or maybe the TLVs got dropped? The browser extension stopped showing TLVs once I switched to Hub so I can't tell which is the case.

2024-07-18 04:56:08 UTC

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And actually with IoC, you don't even need to request it. You just need to have your controller function list the API class as a parameter and Laravel is smart enough to use the AppServiceProvider logic to instantiate the class and send it to your function.
https://dev.to/fhsinchy/laravel-service-container-and-service-providers-explained-5a1

2024-07-18 04:43:35 UTC

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I'm no expert, but I usually put most things into the controller.
In my head, the model is for logic to store data and enforce business rules, the view is for logic needed to render the page, and the controller is the rest of the stuff to handle input and make the model and view talk to each other.
For API calls, I usually create a class and put the instantiation logic in the AppServiceProvider. You can then request singletons/instances from the provider in the rest of your code.

2024-07-18 04:09:04 UTC

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Happy to help if you need any.

2024-07-18 04:05:52 UTC

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Laravel is excellent and makes PHP a joy to code in.

2024-07-17 16:52:27 UTC

@npub1ncy…zkql I think your node is down https://amboss.space/node/031ce2f133b570edf1c776e571e27d22a715dc6ea73956f0e79f4272d81d9dc0d5?section=General

2024-07-12 20:19:19 UTC

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It looks like you can download the artifact: https://github.com/horologger/albyhub-startos/actions/runs/9877216948/artifacts/1687233247
@npub1glq…4zwa @npub16rt…fjkv

2024-07-05 17:41:54 UTC

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I was able to build the package here: https://github.com/ericpp/albyhub-startos/releases/download/test/nostr-wallet-connect.s9pk
It looks like the Start OS instructions seem to assume an Ubuntu system with snap installed. I had to download yq and deno separately on my Mint laptop

2024-07-05 17:07:41 UTC

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If @npub1glq…4zwa has an s9pk file, you could try side loading it in.
@npub16rt…fjkv

2024-07-05 16:53:30 UTC

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The platform subscription model is less sustainable. Talk to any of the musicians now doing v4v and they will tell you that Spotify pays them $0 for their music. Some of these artists have millions of plays and have received nothing for them.

2024-07-04 16:28:23 UTC

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Looks like you're missing yq and deno. You'll need those first before you can build Start OS packages. See: https://github.com/Start9Labs/hello-world-startos?tab=readme-ov-file#build-environment
@npub1glq…4zwa @npub16rt…fjkv

2024-07-01 14:49:43 UTC

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No, but that is a cool idea.

2024-06-20 22:18:52 UTC

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I think Podping is a better solution. You put all the changes on a distributed ledger and anyone who is interested can subscribe to the ledger.
The solution they recommend seems to require a server that has to go out and notify each subscribing aggregator separately of every new change.

2024-06-19 18:33:05 UTC

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You just need to know his PubKey and IP/Tor address combo. You can get that in Start9 by going to LND, clicking Properties, and copying the Node URI value:
@npub1qpm…8t0l @npub1ng7…k6kc @npub13qq…9xy8 @npub1agk…meyv
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/644/717/477/897/446/original/e217ecce175b33e2.png

2024-06-18 16:46:49 UTC

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With all of these LSPs coming online, someone should build an "LSP exchange" app for Umbrel/Start9 to let the user easily pick one and automatically set up their node.

2024-06-18 14:16:37 UTC

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Seems like a lot of mobile screens are greater than 550px nowadays (at least according to the Chrome inspector).
I went ahead and just copied the Tailwind way of doing it, which is to default to rows and switch to columns for screens >= 1024px (lg) https://tailwindcss.com/docs/screens

2024-06-18 06:41:29 UTC

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Here's what I have so far: https://boostboard.vercel.app/terminal .
I think it needs to be easier to read and could probably be more stylized.

2024-06-17 20:29:53 UTC

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Happy to open a channel once you get lightning set up. You could reach out to Adam or Dave if you need a Podcast Index channel opened.

2024-06-11 21:46:16 UTC

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Are you going for Bands At Bitcoin?

2024-06-08 17:39:31 UTC

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Is this specifically with Mastodon or any ActivityPub instance? I think @npub1rcn…dw4h had problems with Mastodon signatures when creating the bridge.

2024-06-08 17:32:24 UTC

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Hrm it worked for me. I sent it 2000 sats from Alby and then sent 1000 sats back to Alby.
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/582/190/483/096/355/original/8bc096e1edfb8a13.png
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/582/190/978/452/460/original/b3b80e2eeb366dcf.png

2024-06-08 16:31:28 UTC

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I guess Mutiny Wallet is another option.
It uses a Fedimint eCash system which is like a less centralized custodial wallet. You pick a mint to hold your sats, it issues eCash notes for your sats, and you exchange the notes for sats when you want to use them. We could in theory create our own Podcasting 2.0 mint for people to use https://fedimint.org/docs/GettingStarted/Why-Fedimint
I'm not a huge fan of this idea since it's still custodial and adds another layer to an already complex Bitcoin/lightning system.

2024-06-08 00:49:40 UTC

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Zeus is another "node on phone"-style app worth trying. Both have initial setup fees in order to provide liquidity to your node.

2024-06-08 00:37:04 UTC

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It's a one time setup fee iirc.

2024-06-05 18:44:21 UTC

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Sure! What time?

2024-06-04 22:53:54 UTC

@npub18a6…pny4 I just noticed that LN Beats seems to auto boost the next track rather than the track I finished listening to.
For example, I just listened to The Knuckledragger album by Them Teeth which has Hammslamm, Whitewash, and Packin' A Rod as tracks. It auto boosted Whitewash after Hammslamm ended, then Packin' A Rod after Whitewash ended, and then Packing' A Rod again after that song finished:
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/560/803/597/264/914/original/5f308ae45c92fc37.png

2024-06-04 17:49:56 UTC

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What are you looking to do? I think Adam mentioned on PC20 about having a list of boosts on a page, which is definitely possible. The scoreboard right now receives all the boosts and totals them to generate the top score list.

2024-06-04 02:54:02 UTC

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Yes, happy to help. I will be out on vacation again June 6th - 17th but can help out afterwards.
I also need to get an updated scoreboard out for Boo-Bury's Battle of the Bands show at the end of the month.

2024-06-03 07:27:03 UTC

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The source code for the 12 rods concert scoreboard (and upcoming concert) is here: https://github.com/ericpp/scoreboard
Alby (and now Helipad) send webhooks to its API whenever a boost comes into my node/wallet. The code runs on a free Vercel instance, is backed by a free Supabase database, and uses Nostr as a dumb notification system to push new boosts to the user. That part could just be replaced by a websocket server if desired.

2024-06-02 15:47:09 UTC

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I think you can still add additional custom fields by adding a context https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/#jsonld to your activity

2024-05-25 17:43:54 UTC

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Happy Birthday!

2024-05-24 22:05:12 UTC

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6237902

2024-05-19 16:40:07 UTC

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Would it make sense to replace it with a Boost button or a link to Conshax? Seems strange to not have a crypto donate link there.

2024-05-19 03:50:15 UTC

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Thanks. This is much more straightforward than the flake stuff I tried to understand before.

2024-05-19 03:07:06 UTC

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Do you have your configs published somewhere? I would like to get into nix but I've gotten lost in flake syntax every time I've tried.

2024-05-17 21:37:16 UTC

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Shutting down due to low usage: https://x.com/djbooth007/status/1784409117563720082

2024-05-16 22:57:40 UTC

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It could go into the "Supported Elements" list on the PI hosts/apps page. That list is getting pretty unwieldy though.

2024-05-16 22:53:54 UTC

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Medium=music is also a cue to the podcast players to switch to a music album interface rather than a podcast interface. It makes sense for a music album but not for a music podcast.

2024-05-15 13:59:33 UTC

@npub13qq…9xy8 Here's the Raspiblitz change I shared in chat last night: https://podcastindex.social/@ericpp/112409408145090361
Basically need to add the HELIPAD_SOUND_DIR variable to tell Helipad where it can write sound files on a Raspiblitz system.

2024-05-14 00:34:37 UTC

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That looks really good! Is that going to include a leaderboard or is it just a boosting page?
I haven't had any ideas so far on the stream overlays. I think at minimum we want a leaderboard that shows the list of artists and sats earned and we probably want the boost alert I showed off last week.
@npub1e88…nva7 @npub1mqz…9wxa @npub1gfn…mk8j

2024-05-13 22:55:43 UTC

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That's my general idea is to have groups of people boosting to get their favorite artist to the fancy top spot.
Showing the top boosters for each artist shows you who you need to collude with to get it there. We could maybe put the top boosted message for each as well.

2024-05-13 22:43:13 UTC

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Or if you want to highlight the top place, something like this:
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/436/194/144/074/155/original/c50b94daeed18356.png

2024-05-13 22:38:45 UTC

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Yeah I was thinking similar to the RSS Blue top list. Here's a mockup in MS Paint:
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/436/175/262/457/614/original/f5c80c42c3351f59.png

2024-05-13 20:46:23 UTC

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Will there be Casual Fridays?

2024-05-13 03:49:39 UTC

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Wut? I'm not sure I follow. Do you mean tracking the top boosted artists vs tracking the top boosters? I think we would want to do both.

2024-05-12 16:53:28 UTC

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A fee split of 1% should work in most cases. I think some players drop split payments that calculate to < 1 sat so you might need to bump it higher if you want to see those.

2024-05-12 16:03:57 UTC

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I don't use Apple Podcasts so I've never rated or reviewed anything.

2024-05-12 14:08:38 UTC

Helipad v0.2.0 is now available on the Start9 community marketplace https://marketplace.start9.com/helipad?api=community-registry.start9.com&name=Community%20Registry

2024-05-11 17:13:06 UTC

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Haha that's great!

2024-05-11 15:46:05 UTC

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Helipad is just using the standard LND gRPC API to get node info, balance, invoices, and payments. It checks the invoice and payments on a timed loop and parses and stores any new incoming or outgoing boosts that it finds. The webhook code I added basically just forwards a copy of those parsed boosts to an HTTP endpoint of your choosing.
I do want to eventually support other nodes/wallets (e.g. CLN, Eclair, Alby, Breez, etc) https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/helipad/issues/70

2024-05-07 06:44:42 UTC

Helipad v0.2.0 update now available for Umbrel:
https://apps.umbrel.com/app/helipad
Start9 update has been submitted and should hopefully be out soon.
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/112/398/448/603/096/552/original/25943a75b6cabb01.png