Listener App
The listener app is what your fans use. It's a web app at beta.qnch.network — nothing to install, works in any browser.
beta.qnch.network connects to the testnet network. It's the right one to share while you're trying Station out.
Searching for artists
Click 'Search', type the artists namespace.
The app will use the QNCH Network to find the artist and display their content.
Artists can share a link to their content:
https://beta.qnch.network/artist/your-namespace
Bye bye algorithms
There's no recommendation engine, no directory, and no browse page. These are not road mapped features, they're intentionally left out.
DSPs didn't only take over hosting and payment. They took over discovery and curation too.
Station intentionally leaves space for others to participate in the music industry: reviewers, critics, DJs, curators, blogs, and listeners sending a link to a friend. Leaving that space empty is what lets those people work as sovereign individuals.
What fans can do
On your artist page, fans can:
- Stream your music with a full player
- Buy a track or an album from your Storefront
- Rent an album for a set window, if you've enabled it — stream-only
- Join your Fan Club by minting a FanPin
- Enjoy Fan Club benefits you're able to give your patrons special access to releases in your Catalog
- Download anything they've bought
- Follow you and save albums, kept in their own browser
When a fan needs a wallet
Nothing gets in the way of listening to music you've made public. A wallet only appears when money or fan-only access does.
| No wallet needed | Wallet required |
|---|---|
| Finding you | Buying or renting |
| Viewing your profile and catalog | Minting a FanPin |
| Streaming free, public tracks | Streaming gated music |
| Following and saving | Downloading |
Fan-only access
When you gate music to a FanPin generation, your node checks which generations the fan's wallet holds and serves the audio only if their FanPin opens that door.
Access is per generation, not a blanket pass — holding any FanPin doesn't unlock everything. That's what lets early membership mean something.