Hi everyone! I'm Michael Rhee, founder of Wavlake, a music streaming platform built on Bitcoin. Wavlake allows artists to post tracks and fans to pay those artists in bitcoin over Lightning. My partner, Sam Means of Lightning Store, and I are now building on this initial concept so it is easier for musicians to use and incorporates the growing v4v model standardized by Podcasting 2.0. Happy to answer any questions you all might have about the concept.
I’m also a big music fan, record collector, and occasional songwriter/artist, so would love to talk about anything music-related.
In my life before tech, I worked as a radio journalist and producer in Chicago, Seoul, and Brisbane, so have some experience in media.
And of course open to talk Bitcoin, Lightning, programming, movies, books, podcasts, cooking, running… it’s all on the table. I recently wrote this piece for Bitcoin Magazine if you need a conversation starter.