Blockbuster: Seamless Content Monetization with the Lightning Networkyoutu.be/A2s0YrVMI10
13.8k sats \ 13 comments \ @fewsats 8 Oct lightning
I’m excited to share what we’ve been working on at Fewsats—an open-source platform called Blockbuster, designed to help content creators easily share and monetize their work using the L402 protocol and Lightning Network.
Blockbuster is a media server that allows creators to upload and sell their videos, ebooks, and other content from any application that implements the L402 protocol.
The objective is to be able to share a unique link (L402 URI) that can be consumed across platforms like Nostr, Twitter, or Farcaster.
You can try it out going to http://videos.l402.org with the example URI from the video
l402://blockbuster.fewsats.com/video/info/f6b50d0c11b542c5bb020e18a49dc7cb
We plan to support soon more media types (audio, articles, ebooks, etc...)
Looking forward to seeing what the community builds and how people use it! Feel free to check out our demo video or get in touch if you want to learn more.
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160 sats \ 1 reply \ @Golu 8 Oct
It's interesting! Well keep us informed.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats OP 8 Oct
will do
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130 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 8 Oct
Keep it up! I wish you all the best! May we someday replace the monopoly of youtube.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats OP 8 Oct
Thank you for the support!
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111 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 8 Oct
Looks promising! All the best!
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ACYK 9 Oct
Do you have a demo of what the payment flow looks like when the video is embedded elsewhere (Nostr, Twitter, Farcaster, etc.) ? I.e. not pasting l402://blockbuster.fewsats.com/video/info/f6b50d0c11b542c5bb020e18a49dc7cb into the text box at http://videos.l402.org ?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats OP 9 Oct
The payment flow for embedding videos is the same as on https://videos.l402.org
The app detects the L402:// URI, fetches the service details, checks for valid credentials, and either plays the video or prompts for payment. After payment, the credentials are used to access the video.
You can check the blockbuster (server) and blockbuster-video-demo repos for more details. If anything is unclear, feel free to open an issue and we will fix it ASAP!
https://github.com/Fewsats/blockbuster https://github.com/Fewsats/blockbuster-video-demo
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 8 Oct
L402 is Lightning Lab's project, right?
Will watch video when in a more suitable environment.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats OP 9 Oct
Yes, Lightning Labs is where the L402 protocol was invented and implemented. It has been in production for years (Loop and Pool use it for the "accounts")
There is a bLIP for it (https://github.com/lightning/blips/pull/26) but it is pretty much an open source protocol. Many things need to still be added/are being explored right now, like what we did here with the custom URI.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 8 Oct
Cool! A lightning paywall?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats OP 8 Oct
Yes, the L402 is a protocol that integrate payments in HTTP flows.
The payment itself is done using the LN :)
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 8 Oct
ooking forward to seeing what the community builds and how people use it!
Look at https://lightning.video that is already more advanced and integrated with nostr login and shockwallet NWC
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @fewsats OP 8 Oct
Yes, we do love lightning.video In fact, we are sitting next to Justin right now!
The idea of blockbuster is to host not only video but many other kinds of content (from articles to audio).
On top of that the interesting thing here is the extension of the L402 protocol, using a specific URI to encode metadata about the service that is being paywalled. This will allow NOSTR clients (or any other kind of application) decide what to show to the user or what kind of content and be consumed in that specific app.
If lightning.video already filled your needs, stick to it.
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