Decentralized music distribution infrastructure for artist sovereignty

Artists own their nodes. Music seeds the network. No platforms, no middlemen.

SeedTheNode is open-source infrastructure that enables artists to:

• Own their complete music distribution network
• Preserve their creative process (versions, voice notes, context)
• Distribute via P2P (IPFS) with cryptographic verification
• Receive instant payments via Lightning Network
• Maintain complete sovereignty over their work

• Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5 + NVMe storage
• Distribution: IPFS (decentralized file sharing)
• Payments: Bitcoin Lightning Network
• Provenance: Cryptographic chain of creative versions
• Interface: iOS app + web dashboard

🚧 Pre-MVP Development - Building foundation (February 2026)

This is infrastructure for artists who reject platform commodification of their creative work.

• One-time hardware purchase (not subscriptions)
• Local-first architecture (artists own their data)
• Open source (GPL v3)
• Community-funded access model
• Can't be acquired or shut down

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Built with ❤️ by artists, for artists.

Website: seedthenode.com (coming soon)
License: MIT
Status: Active development