Independent radio. Decentralized media.
The Music Radio project.
Decentralized music.
Permanent by design.
Music Radio is an independent station for music, visual art and open culture. Started by Laoda, it brings together minted releases, music films, selected instrumentals and Boot's voice in one shared programme. Minted works published on Arweave have an archival home beyond the website, with their editions and ownership independently traceable on the blockchain. The station is the starting point for a wider artist platform, planned to bring more creators into the catalogue and future programmes.
Free to listen. No wallet needed. That part stays.
On air
Radio
Discover the music. Join the same rotation. Stay for the next song.
Planned
Minting
A future home for artists to release and mint their music.
Future phase
$BOOT
The project's crypto token. Planned station utilities, never a ticket to listen.
Why this foundation matters
The music, not just the hosting.
Permanent media, beyond the platform.
Decentralization starts with the media itself. Minted music and video published to Arweave have an archival home beyond our website. Prepared playback copies keep the radio separate from its archival originals: delivery can change without replacing those originals or their permanent identifiers. Off-chain beds and Boot clips are separate station originals, not NFT editions simply because they air. Decentralized preservation does not mean the website, playback delivery or curation are decentralized end to end.
Open culture. A traceable history.
Laoda's CC0 philosophy is about letting culture travel. Works released under CC0 can be shared, remixed and built upon. Blockchain keeps an edition's history traceable without making the music exclusive: collect an edition, while the work stays open.
Decentralized media storage today; team-operated hosting and curation. Wider community participation is the next chapter, not an already completed transition.
The timeline
Built in stages. Music first.
A direction, not a countdown.
Each phase moves forward when it is ready and approved.
On air
Start with the music.
A listening-first radio station with Laoda's minted music and films, selected bed versions and Boot's voice. Watch or listen to one shared programme, without an account, a wallet or a token.
- Watch and Listen in one shared rotation
- Minted music, selected beds and Boot clips
- Free browser listening
The public station is available at theboot.fm. Playback reliability remains ongoing work.
Current focus
Music on the blockchain.
The next phase connects minted music to the station automatically. New releases from approved VIP artists will be discovered on-chain, verified and added to the catalogue, with ready Watch and Listen copies feeding future programmes under the station's rotation rules.
- Automatic mint discovery and verification
- Catalogue and programme updates
- VIP artists, starting with Laoda
Laoda starts the VIP roster. Additional artists will be onboarded individually; verification, playback preparation and scheduling rules remain in place before new music goes on air.
Planned
Open a door for artists.
Build a platform where artists can bring music to the station and mint collectible audio or video editions linked to permanent media, with a verifiable on-chain history. A place for a release to be discovered, not just listed.
- Curated artist submissions
- Audio and music-video minting
- Release provenance and token ownership on-chain
Submissions and minting are not open. Rights, publishing rules and the minting flow need review before launch.
Future phase
Give the community a voice.
Explore planned station utilities for $BOOT, the project's crypto token, with optional holder access and ways to support music in the approved rotation. The radio stays open to everyone.
- Optional Laoda NFT or $BOOT holder authentication
- $BOOT-based participation in curated airplay
- Separately reviewed reward accounting
Login, token utilities and rewards have separate approval gates. No token activation or launch date is implied.
For artists / planned
A release can be
more than a listing.
The ambition is to connect discovery, permanent media and collectible editions with a place on the radio. Artists would be able to submit work and mint audio or music-video editions with a traceable blockchain record through the platform.
Curation still matters. Minting would not guarantee airplay, and artists would need the rights to the work they submit.
Follow Music Radio for artist news$BOOT / future utilities
Participation,
not a listening paywall.
$BOOT is the project's crypto token. Its planned utilities include supporting music, influencing approved rotation and connecting holders to optional station utilities.
A wallet holding a Laoda NFT or $BOOT is the proposed doorway to those utilities. Authentication is one step; reward accounting is another. Neither is active on the radio today.
No token sale, earnings promise or reward rate is being announced here.
A few things to know
Open ears.
Clear expectations.
Do I need a wallet or $BOOT to listen?
No. Listening is free and wallet-free. The planned holder login belongs to optional utilities, not to the radio player.
Can I mint or submit a song now?
Not yet. The artist platform is a planned phase. Its submission rules, rights checks and minting flow will be published and reviewed before it opens.
What is $BOOT?
$BOOT is the project's crypto token, with planned station utilities including supporting approved music in the rotation. Those utilities are not active on the radio. Exact rules and any reward mechanism need separate review and approval; listening does not earn an automatic reward.
Why are there phases instead of launch dates?
Each stage depends on working software, testing and a human decision to proceed. The order shows our direction, not a deadline or a promise that every proposed feature will launch.
What does permanent music and video mean?
Minted music and video published to Arweave are stored on a decentralized network designed for permanent preservation. Cloudflare serves prepared Watch and Listen copies separately. Beds and Boot clips are not automatically minted or archived on Arweave because they air on the station. This is a storage design, not a guarantee of uninterrupted playback: gateways and the radio website can still have outages.
How do CC0 and collectible editions fit together?
Laoda's CC0 philosophy welcomes sharing, remixing and building on the work. A collectible token has its own ownership history; collecting it does not make a CC0 work exclusive or take away anyone else's freedom to use it. Other artists' releases follow their stated terms: minting or airplay does not automatically make a work CC0.
Which parts are decentralized today?
Arweave provides decentralized storage for published media, and blockchain records provide a shared history of NFT editions and token ownership. The website, playback delivery and curation are still team-operated. Wider community participation is a future phase, so the station is not yet decentralized end to end.
It all starts with a song.
The future is being built. The music is where to begin.