Since we began our journey with STARBACKR, we have been striving to build a solid foundation for the creator economy and the future of social networks. Today we are thrilled to go to the next level, introducing “Zaps”, replacing algorithmic noise with economic signals, and laying the groundwork for liberating social media. The “Zap” is …
Adopting Bitcoin 22 was a Bitcoin- and Lightning-focused conference in El Salvador that aims to provide educational resources to Bitcoin from around the world. Joe, Arun, Mark, and I traveled to El Salvador to represent STARBACKR. Although I only arrived there on the second day, I want to recap what I experienced. El Salvador Is …
STARBACKR users and creators are already used to transacting with Bitcoin, but a big part of the mainstream is still not aware of Bitcoin’s ability to act as a means of payment. To spread awareness of this, the German Bitcoin community came up with a campaign that strives to support businesses that accept Bitcoin while …
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OnlyFans is one of the biggest platforms for monetizing exclusive, digital content. In 2021 creators on OnlyFans paid over 390,000,000 US Dollars in transaction fees, which does not include the platforms share yet. Direct Digital Monetization Is A Growing Business When OnlyFans started out a couple of years ago, people were skeptical, but today everyone …
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Content creators are in a tough spot right now. Today’s creator economy is completely reliant on an outdated, unfree, and centralized payment network and the noose is always tightening. But there is an alternative and it is a really good one. That alternative is Bitcoin and it might just be the only way out for …
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Ever since we started our journey, we dreamt of bitcoin-native live stream monetization directly embedded into the Starbackr ecosystem. Today we can finally announce that Starbackr Live… just went live! With Starbackr Live content creators can now publish and monetize live content. The Starbackr Live roadmap is quite ambitious and we are just getting started! …
You finally decided to become a Starbackr creator? Great! Welcome to the content creator economy of tomorrow! We wrote this blog post to get you started on Starbackr as quickly as possible. It will guide you through your first steps as Starbackr creator. Sign up First things first! Before you can get started on starbackr …
If you want to receive or send Bitcoin you will need a Bitcoin Wallet. A Wallet is software that interacts with the blockchain. If you additionally want to receive and send via Bitcoins second layer protocol Lighting, you will require a wallet that has Lightning support. Down below we list three of our favorite Lightning-enabled …
Taro is a new protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain, which can be then transferred over the Lightning Network. It is based on the newest addition to Bitcoins protocol “Taproot” and is currently being developed by Lightning Labs, the team behind the Lightning Network Daemon (LND). Together with Lightning Labs, Starbackr is going …
Bitcoin offers financial freedom and independence. But being independent of third parties like banks also means, that you will have to make sure that your Bitcoin is safe and secure. But how do you securely store bitcoin? In this article, we will cover some means of Bitcoin self-custody as well as their (dis-/) advantages. Why …
