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SEND A BOOSTAGRAM

A short message attached to a Bitcoin payment — sent directly to your favorite podcast. Real money. Real words. No middlemen.

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boostagram.json
{
  "action": "boost",
  "app_name": "Fountain",
  "value_msat_total": 100000,
  "message": "Love this episode! Keep it up!",
  "podcast": "Podcasting 2.0",
  "episode": "Episode 116",
  "ts": 2847 // timestamp in seconds
}
<!-- Podcast RSS Funding Tag -->
<podcast:value
  type="lightning"
  method="keysend">
  <podcast:valueRecipient
    name="Host"
    address="0x..."/>
</podcast:value>
What Is a Boostagram

Bitcoin + Message,
Sent Directly to Creators


A Boostagram is a short message bundled with a Bitcoin Lightning payment sent directly to a podcaster. When you "boost" a show, your sats and your words arrive together — no platforms, no algorithms, no cuts taken.

They're made possible by the Podcast Index Namespace — an open standard that embeds a Lightning wallet address directly into a podcast's RSS feed via the <podcast:value> funding tag.

Podcasting 2.0 apps read this tag and enable listeners to send Bitcoin with a personal note in real time while listening. It's the purest form of audience support.

  • Instant Lightning Network payments — no delays, no fees eating your support
  • Your message arrives alongside your sats — creators see both together
  • No platform intermediary — value flows directly creator-to-listener
  • Open standard — any app can implement it, no gatekeepers
How It Works

From Listener to Creator
in Three Steps

01

PODCASTER ADDS WALLET

The show adds a <podcast:value> tag to their RSS feed with their Bitcoin Lightning wallet address. Any Podcasting 2.0 directory — like PodcastIndex.org — will pick it up automatically.

02

LISTENER OPENS A V4V APP

The listener uses a Podcasting 2.0 compatible app — like Fountain, Podverse, Breez, or Castamatic — which reads the funding tag and enables the Boost button directly in the player interface.

03

BOOST IS SENT

The listener taps Boost, types a message, and hits send. The sats travel instantly over the Lightning Network. The Boostagram — message + payment — arrives at the creator's wallet. No delay. No cut. Pure value.

⚡  POWERED BY THE PODCAST INDEX NAMESPACE  ·  podcastindex.org
Origin Story

Where the Word
Came From

Mike Clark — progenitor of the term Boostagram

MIKE CLARK
PROGENITOR · BOOSTAGRAM

"What should we call these messages attached to Bitcoin payments?"

That was the question being debated on the Podcasting 2.0 podcast — the show hosted by Adam Curry and Dave Jones where much of the Podcasting 2.0 namespace is discussed and developed in real time.

While listening, Mike Clark coined the term Boostagram — a mashup of "boost" (the act of sending a Bitcoin payment to a podcaster) and "telegram" (a short, punchy message delivered directly). The word stuck.

Today, Boostagram is the universally accepted term used across Podcasting 2.0 apps, communities, and documentation worldwide to describe these Bitcoin-attached listener messages. It appears in app interfaces, podcast episodes, and across the decentralized podcasting ecosystem.

It's a testament to how open communities work: the right word, coined at the right moment, becomes the standard — no committee, no trademark, just organic adoption by a community that recognized a great name when they heard one.

🎙️   Coined on the Podcasting 2.0 Podcast  ·  Mike Clark  ·  2021
Resources & Links

Start Sending
Boostagrams Today

📡

PODCAST INDEX

The open, decentralized podcast directory that powers the Podcasting 2.0 ecosystem and hosts the namespace standard that makes Boostagrams possible.

podcastindex.org
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PODCASTING 2.0 APPS

A full directory of apps that support the Podcasting 2.0 namespace — including Boostagram support, Lightning payments, and Value4Value features.

podcastindex.org/apps
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PODCAST NAMESPACE SPEC

The open-source GitHub repository for the Podcast Index namespace — including the <podcast:value> funding tag specification that enables Boostagrams.

github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace
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VALUE4VALUE

The philosophy behind Boostagrams — listeners paying directly for the value they receive, in kind, with no platform in between. Learn more about the V4V model.

value4value.io