I have been building Mochi and I need to tell you why.
I'm a creator. I've used Patreon, Ko-fi, Gumroad. The tools are great honestly. Subscription tiers, digital sales, tip pages. They figured out what creators need. But I'm also a bitcoiner and every time I connected Stripe, handed over my ID, and watched 10 to 15 percent vanish into the hands of people who didn't create anything, it felt wrong. And the whole time knowing that if someone at one of these companies doesn't like your content, your income is gone overnight. Your subscribers? Not yours. Your revenue? At their mercy.
I kept waiting for someone to build this on Lightning. From my findings... nobody did. So I built it myself.
Mochi gives every creator a public page. Anyone with a Lightning wallet can tip you by scanning a QR code, no account needed, no friction. When someone wants to subscribe or buy something you made, they load sats into their Mochi wallet, a prepaid balance that keeps subscriptions running without expired cards or chargebacks or banks in the way. You log in with a seed phrase. No email, no KYC.
Tips from anyone on earth. Digital product sales. Subscription tiers with gated content. One page. All sats. All yours.
Looking for our first 100 founding creators. Founders get a permanently lower tx fee locked in forever and a badge on their page. If you love the tools but love bitcoin more, come build this with me.
I want to hear from creators and supporters. What's missing? What would make you leave the old platforms behind? Let me know if you like it, or if it sucks. I'd rather hear it now than build the wrong thing.
Follow me on Nostr for updates:
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I'd be happy to chat!
6,710 sats to post this as anon in 5 different territories. Mentioning this for no particular reason, just an interesting use case of the @anon handle.
Haven't looked into this for a long time. Is this the current state-of-the-art to allow for a subscription service within a Bitcoin context?
In any event, hope things take off. Is this overlapping a bit with some of the usecases of the Geyser platform?
it's not a "handle" if nobody[1] gets notified from its usage
other than compulsive server log readers ↩
Definitions matter. Thanks~~
the ability to highlight your project's promoter in SN comments
I dig this idea, please stay in touch through nostr! I'd love to hear more,
why specifically "through nostr"; and with whom in particular?
in case it is not obvious, for the "do you even understand how XYZ works" folks: the post closes with a "Follow me"
npub.., that is not necessarily the same as "here's my number, let's chat about SEO"This is exactly what the ecosystem needs. Most creator platforms feel like they are renting you your own audience. The fact that Mochi uses a seed phrase for login and handles everything through Lightning is a huge step for privacy and ownership.
I’m not a big creator yet, but knowing there’s a place where I can keep 100% of what I earn without a bank's permission makes me want to start. I'll definitely be checking out the site. Good luck with the first 100 founders!
Looks nice!
What do you think about creators having their own LN wallets attached like here on SN?
Is this legit?