Unpopular opinion: paywalls are critical to the success of bitcoin-fueled v4v, but most are anxious about being the first to put their content behind one. v4v needs it's own kind of Joe Rogan moment where someone producing real value proves this out.
Discussion
If you have a paywall, it's not V4V. If someone wants to paywall their stuff that's fine but don't call it V4V. A lot of Bitcoiners think V4V means just paying for something with Bitcoin which it's not.
if I pay to bypass the paywall because I found something on the other side valuable, and the content creator accepts the payment because they find it valuable... how is that not value for value?
The point of V4V is that you give the content away for free and if someone finds value in it then they can return value back to the creator.
"The V4V model flips monetization on its head. It leads with abundance: information is set free; no artificial barriers or restrictions are added to the content, whether it is audio, video, text, or something else. The value is given away freely, and those who find the information valuable are asked to give back."
Monetization Model (value4value.info)
Imho "premium" features are a good middleground, like releasing content some days earlier for subscribers.
This could be interesting too, or even just releasing a version without ads for those paying. It drives me crazy that you can stream sats to podcast, and then *still* have to listen to ads.
I miss lightning.movies where users could stream popular movies found on torrents after paying 1000 sat invoice
No paywalls
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