Value 4 Value and Lightning Wallets
RSS Blue enables you to receive bitcoin from listeners. Learn how to set up a wallet and embed its address in your podcast.
Value 4 Value
Value 4 Value is a feature of Podcasting 2.0 that allows you to receive bitcoin payments from your listeners on dedicated podcatchers.
These payments typically come in one of two forms:- continuous streaming of micropayments while episodes are being played
- one-time payments, also known as boosts
Lightning address
While editing your podcast or episode on RSS Blue, you will be invited to add value recipients. These can include yourself, your co-hosts, producers, guests, and others. Each recipient needs to have an address (wallet) on the Bitcoin Lightning network; below are some options.
Alby wallet
Alby is a browser extension that supports podcaster wallets. It is available on Google Chrome (and other Chromium browsers, like Brave and Edge); you can install it from here or simply sign up here without installing the extension.
RSS Blue can fetch Alby wallet's details just from your username. After setting up your account, you can find your Lightning address by going to getalby.com/node:

Fountain wallet
Fountain is a podcast player that supports podcaster wallets; it is available on both iOS and Android.
RSS Blue can fetch Fountain wallet's details just from your username. After installing the app and setting up the account, you will find your username by following the steps below:


Custom wallet
You can also fetch details of any wallet provider that supports .well-known
lookup scheme.
Alternatively, you can embed the details manually.
To receive payments, you will need
- address (required)
- custom key (optional)
- custom value (optional)