§ 01A per-second support layer for Owncast

Get paid by the second on the live stream you already run.

Viewers stream value to you continuously while they watch — metered and settled in real time by an autonomous payment agent. Instead of the occasional lump-sum tip, it's a tiny, honest trickle. You keep your Owncast instance. There's no platform to move to.

self-custody wallet·hard viewer ceiling·gasless settlement·no llm in the spend loop
live session · creator.owncast.onlinearc · usdc
streamed so far
$0.0312
$0.0042 / second · ceiling $5.00
$0.00session cap$5.00
settlement log0 batches
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the tip jar is broken

A tip is a decision. Attention is a flow.

Lump-sum tipping asks every viewer to interrupt themselves, decide on a number, and feel something about it. Most never do. The math punishes everyone who's simply enjoying the stream.

tips
$0
median per viewer / hour
leptonstream
$0.0042/s
≈ $15 / viewer / hour at this rate
friction
6 clicks
open tipjar → amount → wallet → sign
friction
1 sig
cap the session, then watch
§ 02The flow, end to end

How a second pays

01owncast

Creator pastes one snippet.

Drop the LeptonStream overlay on your Owncast page — or share a support link. Your payee address is your own connected wallet. No account. No platform.

02session key

Viewer funds a capped session.

One signature. The real wallet delegates to a session key — autonomous, but unable to spend a cent past the ceiling the viewer chose.

03agent

The agent meters per second.

It reads real playback health. Buffer, stall, or tab away — spending throttles. When playback recovers, it resumes. Deterministic code. Never an LLM.

04settlement

Tiny batches settle on Arc.

≈ $0.005 per batch via Circle Gateway. Gasless for the viewer. Verifiable on testnet.arcscan.app. Creator withdraws their Gateway balance to their wallet.

no middleman

Where the money goes.

§ 03
01

Viewers stream value

While someone watches, value flows to you by the second — tiny amounts, continuously, with a ceiling they set.

02

It lands in your balance

Payments settle directly to your own wallet address through Circle Gateway. No platform account, no cut, nobody crediting you from outside.

03

You withdraw, anytime

Move your balance back to your wallet whenever you like. Every payment is verifiable on Arc. Self-custody from end to end.

Your stream, your server, your audience — and your money, settling in real time to a wallet only you control.

§ 04The agent has no opinions

The agent is code, not a model.

Per-second metering, the throttle, and the ceiling are deterministic. There's no LLM anywhere in the spend loop, so there is nothing to jailbreak into overspending your money.

start in two steps
1
Connect your wallet

It becomes your payee address — self-custody, no account to create.

2
Share your link

Add it to the Owncast stream you already run. Viewers support you by the second.

Connect wallet →

self-custody · your wallet, your keys

≈ $0.005
settlement batch
1 sig
to start watching
0
llms in spend loop
$5.00
default session cap
§ 05good to know

FAQ.

Everything you might be wondering about getting paid by the second.

No. LeptonStream is a layer on top of the Owncast instance you already run. You paste a snippet or share a support link. Your stream, your server, your audience.