Yes. I'm looking into Taler and Interleger (Open Payments) for direct fiat currency transfer.

And yes, payments are very different from how (most of) the Fediverse works right now.

There was an service called sub.club ~ which unfortunately shut down recently ~ that was experimenting with charging money for access to premium newsfeeds.

I'm doing that now with #Emissary, along with letting bands sell albums over Bandwagon.fm

@mro @gregalotl@julian @reiver

I'm a software developer working on a bunch of #Fediverse things: #Emissary, #Bandwagon, and bandwagon.fm - with several more in the pipeline.

It's a pretty strange mix that doesn't really fit today's Fediverse, but it makes sense when you see the end goal.

I got an opportunity at #Fedicon to explain myself, so here it is:

https://spectra.video/w/eod3ybLu7sHzAEMihej8km

It's not the greatest talk about Fediverse tech, but it's the best I've got so far, and I hope it inspires you to make great things here with me.

I'm a software developer working on a bunch of #Fediverse things: #Emissary, #Bandwagon, and bandwagon.fm - with several more in the pipeline.

It's a pretty strange mix that doesn't really fit today's Fediverse, but it makes sense when you see the end goal.

I got an opportunity at #Fedicon to explain myself, so here it is:

https://spectra.video/w/eod3ybLu7sHzAEMihej8km

It's not the greatest talk about Fediverse tech, but it's the best I've got so far, and I hope it inspires you to make great things here with me.

I agree, and I’m starting to look at #Emissary apps for writers, artists, and podcasters. It’ll take some time to figure out how to make something uniquely useful.

What would that look like to you?

@lps @firesidefedi

Yes. I'm looking into Taler and Interleger (Open Payments) for direct fiat currency transfer.

And yes, payments are very different from how (most of) the Fediverse works right now.

There was an service called sub.club ~ which unfortunately shut down recently ~ that was experimenting with charging money for access to premium newsfeeds.

I'm doing that now with #Emissary, along with letting bands sell albums over Bandwagon.fm

@mro @gregalotl@julian @reiver

Yes 💯

On the Fediverse, the hard part is connecting the payment to the payment to the IP that you're purchasing. It means adding in a whole layer of identity and permissions that probably don't exist on most servers.

I believe sub.club managed this with a private "invite only" Mastodon feed, but we can go more granular than that.

I have a prototype working with #Emissary and Bandwagon.fm, and we'll need this tech on many more platforms to make a real difference.

A question for all of you on the #Fediverse (and especially #Musicians, #Writers, and #Artists) who sell your work online:

Do you know how you receive payments right now?

I want to connect the most fedi-friendly platforms into #Bandwagon, #Emissary, and beyond.. so I'd love to hear what works best for you :)

A question for all of you on the #Fediverse (and especially #Musicians, #Writers, and #Artists) who sell your work online:

Do you know how you receive payments right now?

I want to connect the most fedi-friendly platforms into #Bandwagon, #Emissary, and beyond.. so I'd love to hear what works best for you :)

After months of work, I'm excited to share these updates to #Emissary that let you sell #Music on the #Fediverse with #Bandwagon.

* Use YOUR OWN Stripe account
* Sell music as digital downloads
* Sell exclusive memberships to band updates
* 0% fees from me

This is free for everyone now, and will become a part of Bandwagon Premier when it launches later this year. More details are in the blog post:

https://bandwagon.fm/2025-july

Let's go make some noise.

After months of work, I'm excited to share these updates to #Emissary that let you sell #Music on the #Fediverse with #Bandwagon.

* Use YOUR OWN Stripe account
* Sell music as digital downloads
* Sell exclusive memberships to band updates
* 0% fees from me

This is free for everyone now, and will become a part of Bandwagon Premier when it launches later this year. More details are in the blog post:

https://bandwagon.fm/2025-july

Let's go make some noise.

I’m calling it here. New work on online payments and private news feeds in #Emissary is done.

I still need to do thorough QA and write documentation, but all of the major features are feature complete.

It’s been a frustratingly long road - nearly three months since this kicked off - but I’m super excited to get this out the door.

Expect some cool videos soon, and a final release in the next few weeks.

🎉

I’m calling it here. New work on online payments and private news feeds in #Emissary is done.

I still need to do thorough QA and write documentation, but all of the major features are feature complete.

It’s been a frustratingly long road - nearly three months since this kicked off - but I’m super excited to get this out the door.

Expect some cool videos soon, and a final release in the next few weeks.

🎉