2026 is the year we reject the "Minimum Viable Product" and return to the Architecture of Awe. I was joined by @npub1dqu2...p94g and @Lahav Cliffshark from @npub1xyks...56xr for Ep 144 of @npub14kw5...j7y0 to discuss conducting the Sabaton orchestra for 30k people a night, the "fiat loop" that forces talented artists to work 6 jobs just to survive, and early signs of revival of beauty and art amidst an AI slopocalypse. Don't miss the song of the week from @Joe Martin as well as a new intro to the show 👀

Fountain: Podcasts & Music

Plebchain Radio • 144 – Bitcoin is Definitely Metal with Noa and Lahav • Listen on Fountain

In the first Plebchain Radio episode of 2026, Avi is joined by Noa Gruman (lead singer of Scardust) and Lahav, for a conversation ranging from Scar...

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Merry new year in advance

Nostr year-in-review time. In the latest episode of @npub14kw5...j7y0, @corndalorian and @Vitor Pamplona joined @QW and me talk about the “Nostr bear market” that hit when timelines got quieter, and why it wasn’t a death spiral. It was infrastructure season. Fewer tourists, more builders, better pipes. We dig into what actually improved in 2025 (clients, discovery, culture, value-for-value), why onboarding and web-of-trust still matter, and what we’re most excited for in 2026 as Nostr keeps expanding beyond “Twitter but decentralized” into something bigger and weirder in the best way.

Fountain: Podcasts & Music

Plebchain Radio • PCR142 – Year-In-Review with Vitor Pamplona and Corndalorian • Listen on Fountain

Episode 142 is a Nostr year-in-review roundtable with Avi, QW, Vitor Pamplona, and Corndalorian. They reflect on the mid-year “Nostr bear market�...

Live now with @corndalorian and @Vitor Pamplona

Plebchain Radio

It appears now that the enshittification of X is absolute and irrevocable – more than it has ever been in the past. It is the poster child for the dead internet theory. To the bitcoiners who still spend more time there than on nostr, I have a very simple question: why? Why are you clinging on to the last vestiges of your spent influence like driftwood? It’s over. The music has stopped.

Is anyone working on discovery/curation of v4v music? Finding music I like for the show is turning out to be quite a challenge. Surely nostr and contextual web-of-trust fix this? The closest I found to curation is v4vmusic.com, but even that is relying on someone I don't know telling me what they think is good – always going to be hit or miss Any apps out there that’s doing this already? @Aaron of Essex @ChadF and 33 others @Hash Power Music

Join us for a nostr year-in-review show, episode 142 of @npub14kw5...j7y0 tomorrow, Friday December 19 at 1900 UTC (2pm Eastern Time) @QW returns to the show, and our guests will be @Vitor Pamplona and @corndalorian, who will share their unique perspectives on the year gone by, and what to look forward to in 2026 The v4v music segment will continue, so tune in to find out which underrated, independent banger I've picked for this week. 👀 You don't want to miss this one! The show will be streamed live on nostr : https://zap.stream/pcr

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GM Once upon a time, markets were bazaars, not apps. In this latest episode 141 of @npub14kw5...j7y0 , I sat down with @EricFJ, the mind behind @ConduitMarket, to talk about rebuilding that bazaar on top of Bitcoin and Nostr. We get into shared product pools instead of siloed platforms, DMs as market stalls, web-of-trust instead of fake reviews, and what it means to trade in a world with zero platform fees and sovereign payments. It’s a conversation about the future of “de-commerce” for regular users, artisans, and anyone tired of renting space in someone else’s mall. This episode also featured a brand new v4v music segment. Listen in to find out which banger I picked. If you want to support the artist, make sure you direct your boosts while the song is playing – 90% will go to them! 🎧 ⚡

Fountain: Podcasts & Music

Plebchain Radio • PCR141 – Reclaiming the Bazaar with Eric FJ • Listen on Fountain

In this episode, Avi sits down with de-commerce builder Eric FJ, creator of Conduit Market, to explore how Nostr and Bitcoin can rebuild the old-sc...

I will be playing one v4v song each episode of @npub14kw5...j7y0 going forward. The @Fountain team were super helpful in setting us up with the new experimental feature where the song appears as a separate chapter, and the artist split can be localized to that chapter. We will set up 90% of the boosts to go to the artist during the song. Make sure you boost within the song duration if you want to support the artist – boosts at any other point in the episode will default back to the regular episode splits. Now I need your help in picking a song for this Friday’s show. I’m looking for rock/metal – ideally with a nice minor guitar solo in there. Drop your suggestions in the comments 👇

Bitcoin is down. Nostr never goes down

Join me for episode 139 of @npub14kw5...j7y0 tomorrow, Friday, at10am ET (1500 UTC) My guest is @₽sy𝑓er , artist, playwright, and caretaker of the @CYPHERMUNK HOUSE | LONDON We’ll talk about the importance of physical embassies for bitcoin and nostr, and how art and culture are driving adoption Set your blockclocks! The show will be streamed live on https://zap.stream/pcr