Three-Tier Member Structure
Bitcoin Radio has three membership tiers. Entry is determined by how much art you hold and how long you've held it. Everyone who meets the minimum requirements automatically qualifies—no application process, no gatekeeping.
Entry tier for people discovering Bitcoin Radio and collecting art. No minimum amount—you can hold as little as you want. Once you hit 120 members, new people join a waitlist until someone leaves.
Perks: You're in the community and you get paid monthly. Access to the Telegram channel.
Mid-tier for people who have committed to holding real Bitcoin value and have proven patience. Your payout weight is higher than Tier 1 because you've shown you're not a day trader.
Perks: Monthly deep-dive email about the show, first dibs on merch drops, voice chats with the host.
The core patron class. These are the people who believe enough to hold serious Bitcoin value for a serious amount of time. Only 11 spots exist. If all slots are full, new people cannot join this tier.
Perks: Early access to art before public release, monthly private call with the host, your name on the Wall of Thanks, and the right to earn enough to make a real difference.
How Money Flows
Bitcoin Radio generates revenue from three sources: sponsors (predictable), art sales (variable), and merch/licensing (gravy). That revenue is split according to a simple formula.
The 20% platform allocation covers: federal taxes on the revenue, Lightning node operations, blockchain indexer costs, hosting, your personal stipend as founder and curator, and development. The split is transparent. Everyone knows where the money goes.
In a good month, this grows. In a slow month, everyone takes a proportional hit. The formula is fair because everyone shares the risk and the reward.
Holding Duration Multiplier
Time in the seat matters. The longer you hold without moving your art, the more you earn. This is a built-in incentive to not day-trade.
When calculating your monthly payout, your base amount gets multiplied by how long you've held:
| Holding Duration | Multiplier | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 0–30 days | 1x | Base payout |
| 31–60 days | 1.3x | +30% more sats |
| 61–90 days | 1.6x | +60% more sats |
| 91+ days | 2x | Double your payout |
Member A: Held their art for 65 days.
$145 × 1.6 multiplier = $232
Member B: Just bought in 20 days ago.
$145 × 1x multiplier = $145
Member A earned $87 more just by holding longer. There's no penalty for being new, but there's a clear reward for staying.
$BRADIO Governance Token
$BRADIO is not money. It is not an investment. It is a ballot and a commitment tracker. It lives on Bitcoin via the Runes protocol.
Token Distribution Over Time
Example: A Tier 3 member's token growth over 12 months.
The tokens live in their wallet. They never decrease (unless they sell art and move out of a tier). The number only goes up, making commitment visible.
Token Staking & Merch Access
To buy Bitcoin Radio merchandise, you don't spend your tokens. Instead, you stake them to prove commitment and unlock access to the store tier.
Staking locks your tokens in a smart contract. They cannot be moved or traded. In return, you unlock the right to purchase merch at that tier level. Your tokens stay locked (earning you voting weight), and you buy merch with regular money or satoshis.
You need 50,000 $BRADIO staked to access the Bitcoin Radio varsity jacket. It's the top-tier merch. It represents real commitment: you've held art for long enough to accumulate that many tokens, and you've locked them to signal you're not leaving.
When you wear it, everyone in the Bitcoin Radio community knows what it means. You've earned it.
Bitcoin Radio Store & The Flywheel
The show runs a store where members (and anyone) can buy art directly from the show and its guest artists. Every purchase sends 15% of the sale price back to the Bitcoin Radio treasury.
Sponsor Funding (The Reliable Base)
Sponsors are the heartbeat of Bitcoin Radio. Art sales vary. Merch is random. Sponsors are locked, predictable, recurring revenue.
Sponsors commit to quarterly contracts:
With sponsors locked in, you can tell members: "Your payouts are protected. Sponsors are committed through Q4." That stability is worth something. It lets people trust the system.
Why This Model Works
The Bottom Line
Bitcoin Radio inverts the usual arrangement. You are not a subscriber. You are not the product. You are a patron backing the show and the artists on it, and the show pays you back in real satoshis.
Hold the art. Tune in daily. Get paid in Bitcoin. Vote on the future. Earn a varsity jacket.
That's the model.