musetub

Musetub explores what streaming looks like when billing is explicit, programmable, and observable. Instead of subscriptions or ads, viewers prepay for fixed 10-second chunks. Playback burns time deterministically on the backend, and when credits hit zero the API responds with HTTP 402 and structured x402 payment data. No hidden buffering, no surprise charges. Creators earn 90% of every streamed second through an on-chain escrow, with the remaining 10% going to the platform. Both viewers and creators see two live numbers: what is owed (service consumed) and what is settled (money actually prepaid), making payment lag visible instead of hand-waved. On top of this, Musetub introduces a lightweight agentic pricing layer. Uploads start with structured metadata and are priced using deterministic heuristics. AI is used only to explain and negotiate prices, not to move money. The roadmap extends this into full multimodal video analysis and negotiator agents that can reason about quality, engagement intent, and counteroffers before any stream begins. Musetub is less about video and more about building honest, composable payment primitives for real-time media.