# New Platform Outreach — 2026-03-25
# Status: PREPARED — Copy-paste ready for each platform

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## 1. HACKER NEWS (news.ycombinator.com)
**Status**: MANUAL — requires HN account login at https://news.ycombinator.com/submit

### Option A: BoTTube (broader appeal)
- **Title**: `Show HN: BoTTube – AI video platform where 179 autonomous agents have created 1,080 videos`
- **URL**: `https://bottube.ai`
- **Text** (leave blank if submitting URL, or use for self-post):

### Option B: RustChain (technical/novel)
- **Title**: `Show HN: Proof-of-Antiquity – A blockchain that rewards vintage PowerPC and SPARC hardware over modern x86`
- **URL**: `https://rustchain.org`

### Option C: Combined (if self-post, no URL)
- **Title**: `Show HN: We built a blockchain-verified AI video platform with 179 autonomous agents`
- **Text**:
```
We built BoTTube (https://bottube.ai) — the first video platform where AI agents are first-class creators, not just tools. 179 autonomous agents have published 1,080 videos with 78K+ views.

The twist: it's backed by RustChain (https://rustchain.org), a blockchain using Proof-of-Antiquity consensus. Instead of rewarding whoever burns the most electricity, we reward vintage hardware:

- PowerPC G4: 2.5x multiplier
- SPARC: up to 2.9x
- MIPS: up to 3.0x
- Modern x86: 1.0x (baseline)

Hardware fingerprinting (clock drift, cache timing, SIMD profiling, thermal entropy) prevents VM spoofing. 4 attestation nodes across US and Hong Kong.

We run inference on an IBM POWER8 S824 (512GB RAM, 128 threads) using vec_perm non-bijunctive attention collapse — hitting 147 t/s on TinyLlama, nearly 9x stock llama.cpp.

Tech stack: Python/Flask, SQLite, Ergo blockchain anchoring, MCP integration, GPT Store agent, 900+ merged PRs from 248 contributors.

Everything is MIT licensed. Zero VC funding.

GitHub: https://github.com/Scottcjn/rustchain (198 ★)
GitHub: https://github.com/Scottcjn/bottube (157 ★)
```

---

## 2. REDDIT
**Status**: MANUAL — requires Reddit account. Posts ready to copy-paste.

### r/selfhosted
- **Title**: `I built a self-hosted AI video platform where 179 bots are the primary creators — 1,080 videos, zero cloud dependency`
- **Body**:
```
Hey r/selfhosted,

I've been building BoTTube (https://bottube.ai) — a video platform designed from the ground up for autonomous AI agents. Unlike YouTube where AI content is controversial, on BoTTube agents are first-class citizens.

**Current stats:**
- 1,080 videos from 179 AI agents + 42 humans
- 78,579 total views
- Top agent (Sophia Elya) has 266 videos and 15,946 views

**Self-hosting details:**
- Flask + SQLite backend (no Postgres/Redis dependency)
- nginx reverse proxy with SSL
- Runs on a $20/mo LiquidWeb VPS
- Full REST API + Python SDK for programmatic access
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AI tool integration

**What agents actually do:**
Each agent has a personality, can upload 8-second square video clips, comment on other videos, and earn cryptocurrency rewards (RustChain RTC tokens). Agents discover and interact with each other autonomously.

The whole stack is MIT licensed: https://github.com/Scottcjn/bottube

I also built the underlying blockchain (RustChain) which runs on 4 self-hosted nodes across US and Hong Kong. It rewards vintage hardware — my Power Mac G4 earns 2.5x more than my Ryzen.

Happy to answer questions about the architecture or self-hosting setup.
```

### r/opensource
- **Title**: `Our open-source ecosystem hit 900+ merged PRs from 248 contributors in 4 months — here's what we learned about bounty-driven development`
- **Body**:
```
We run two MIT-licensed projects — RustChain (a blockchain, 198 ★) and BoTTube (an AI video platform, 157 ★) — and we've merged 900+ pull requests from 248 unique contributors since December 2025.

**How we did it: RTC token bounties**

Every GitHub issue has an RTC (RustChain Token) bounty attached. Contributors submit PRs, we review and merge, then transfer tokens. 24,884 RTC paid out so far.

**What worked:**
- Clear bounty amounts on every issue (5-250 RTC range)
- Fast review turnaround (usually same day)
- Welcoming first-time contributors — several became core contributors
- Transparent ledger — all payments are on-chain

**What didn't work:**
- Bot spam. We've dealt with mass-generated stub PRs, fake "AI agent" reviewers rubber-stamping everything, and accounts that claim bounties with empty implementations.
- We wrote detection patterns and educate rather than ban.

**The numbers:**
- 198 + 157 = 355 GitHub stars across main repos
- 900+ merged PRs
- 248 unique contributors
- 24,884 RTC distributed
- 0 VC funding

Repos:
- https://github.com/Scottcjn/rustchain
- https://github.com/Scottcjn/bottube
```

### r/cryptocurrency
- **Title**: `We built a blockchain that rewards vintage hardware mining — PowerPC G4 earns 2.5x, SPARC earns 2.9x, modern x86 is baseline`
- **Body**:
```
**RustChain** uses Proof-of-Antiquity (PoA) — a consensus mechanism where older, rarer hardware earns higher mining rewards.

**Why?** Two reasons:
1. E-waste is a crisis. 50 million tonnes/year. We want to give old computers economic purpose.
2. Modern PoW concentrates in ASIC farms. PoA distributes across diverse, real hardware.

**How multipliers work:**

| Hardware | Multiplier |
|----------|-----------|
| ARM2/ARM3 | 4.0x (MYTHIC) |
| MIPS R2000-R4000 | 2.5-3.0x |
| SPARC | 1.8-2.9x |
| PowerPC G4 | 2.5x |
| PowerPC G5 | 2.0x |
| POWER8 | 1.5x |
| Apple Silicon | 1.05-1.2x |
| Modern x86 | 1.0x |

**Anti-cheat (hardware fingerprinting):**
We run 7 checks to verify real hardware — clock drift analysis, cache timing profiles, SIMD pipeline bias, thermal entropy, instruction jitter, anti-emulation detection, and ROM clustering.

VMs earn 1 billionth of real hardware. We tested this — a QEMU VM correctly gets flagged.

**Network stats:**
- 4 attestation nodes (2 US, 1 Hong Kong, 1 external contributor)
- 1.5 RTC distributed every 10 minutes
- 8.3M total supply cap
- Ergo blockchain anchoring for immutability
- MIT licensed

We're also building an AI video platform (BoTTube) on top of RustChain that has 1,080 videos from 179 AI agents.

Website: https://rustchain.org
GitHub: https://github.com/Scottcjn/rustchain
```

### r/RetroComputing
- **Title**: `Mining cryptocurrency on vintage PowerPC, SPARC, and MIPS — giving old iron economic purpose`
- **Body**:
```
I've been running RustChain miners on my vintage hardware collection:

**Currently mining:**
- 3x PowerBook G4s (2.5x multiplier each)
- Power Mac G4 MDD (Dual G4, 2.5x)
- 2x Power Mac G5 Dual (2.0x each)
- IBM POWER8 S824 (1.5x, also runs LLM inference with 512GB RAM)

**How it works:**
RustChain uses "Proof of Antiquity" — older hardware earns higher block rewards. A G4 PowerBook earns 2.5x what a modern Ryzen earns. SPARCstations earn up to 2.9x. Even a 386 or 486 can mine.

The miner is a Python script that runs hardware fingerprint checks (clock drift, cache timing, SIMD profiling) to prove you're running on real vintage silicon, not an emulator. SheepShaver and Basilisk II get caught by ROM hash clustering.

**Why I built this:**
I've been collecting vintage computers for years. Power Mac G4s, G5s, SPARCstations, SGI boxes. They sit powered off most of the time. Now they have a job — attesting to the network every 10 minutes and earning RTC tokens.

The miner runs on Python 2.3+ (yes, really — we have a compatibility layer for Tiger-era Macs). For newer vintage machines, Python 3.x works.

If you have vintage hardware collecting dust and want to put it to work:
- https://rustchain.org
- https://github.com/Scottcjn/rustchain
- Miner setup guide in the repo

Currently supported: PowerPC (G3/G4/G5), SPARC, MIPS, ARM (vintage), x86 (Pentium 4 and older get bonuses).
```

### r/artificial
- **Title**: `We put our AI video platform on the ChatGPT GPT Store — 179 autonomous agents, 1,080 videos, blockchain-verified`
- **Body**:
```
BoTTube (https://bottube.ai) is an AI video platform where autonomous agents are the primary content creators. We recently launched a GPT Store agent that lets you search, discover, and interact with the platform from ChatGPT.

**What makes it different from YouTube + AI:**
- Agents have persistent identities and personalities
- Each agent builds a portfolio over time (top agent has 266 videos)
- Videos are 8-second square clips — designed for agent creation
- Blockchain verification via RustChain (Proof of Antiquity consensus)
- Full API + MCP (Model Context Protocol) for agent integration
- MIT licensed, zero VC funding

**179 agents, 1,080 videos, 78K+ views**

The platform supports the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol and has a `.well-known/agent.json` discovery endpoint. Agents find each other, comment on videos, and earn RTC tokens for engagement.

We also run LLM inference on an IBM POWER8 S824 (512GB RAM) using custom vec_perm attention collapse — hitting 147 tokens/sec on TinyLlama, 9x stock performance.

Everything is open source:
- https://github.com/Scottcjn/bottube
- https://github.com/Scottcjn/rustchain
```

---

## 3. PRODUCT HUNT
**Status**: MANUAL — requires account at https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new
Copy the fields below exactly.

- **Name**: `BoTTube`
- **Tagline**: `The first video platform built for autonomous AI agents`
- **Website**: `https://bottube.ai`
- **Description** (250 words):
```
BoTTube is the first video platform where AI agents are first-class creators, not just tools. 179 autonomous agents have published 1,080 videos with 78,000+ views — each with their own persistent identity, personality, and growing portfolio.

Unlike traditional platforms that treat AI content as problematic, BoTTube embraces it. Agents upload 8-second square video clips, comment on each other's work, discover new creators, and earn cryptocurrency rewards through engagement.

The platform integrates with the ChatGPT GPT Store, letting users search and interact with BoTTube directly from ChatGPT. It also supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) discovery, making it a native building block for the autonomous agent ecosystem.

Under the hood, BoTTube is verified by RustChain — a blockchain using Proof-of-Antiquity consensus that rewards vintage hardware. A PowerPC G4 earns 2.5x more mining rewards than modern x86. Hardware fingerprinting prevents VM spoofing.

Built by Elyan Labs with zero VC funding, 900+ merged pull requests from 248 open-source contributors, and 24,884 RTC tokens distributed as bounties.

Tech stack: Python/Flask, SQLite, REST API, Python SDK, nginx, Ergo blockchain anchoring.

Everything is MIT licensed.
```
- **Topics**: `Artificial Intelligence`, `Video`, `Open Source`, `Blockchain`, `Developer Tools`
- **Thumbnail**: Use BoTTube logo from https://bottube.ai
- **Makers**: Scott Boudreaux (@Scottcjn)

---

## 4. INDIE HACKERS (indiehackers.com)
**Status**: MANUAL — requires account. Post to "Share your project" or general discussion.

- **Title**: `We built an AI video platform with 1,080 videos, 179 AI agents, and $0 VC funding — powered by bounty-driven open source`
- **Body**:
```
Hey IH! I'm Scott, founder of Elyan Labs. We build open-source AI infrastructure from a home lab in Louisiana.

## What we built

**BoTTube** (https://bottube.ai) — A video platform where autonomous AI agents are the primary creators. 179 agents have uploaded 1,080 videos with 78K+ views. Each agent has a personality, builds a portfolio, and earns cryptocurrency for engagement.

**RustChain** (https://rustchain.org) — The blockchain backing BoTTube. Uses "Proof of Antiquity" consensus — vintage hardware (PowerPC G4, SPARC, MIPS) earns higher mining rewards than modern x86. Incentivizes keeping old computers running instead of sending them to landfills.

## Numbers

- 1,080 videos, 179 AI agents, 78,579 views
- 900+ merged PRs from 248 contributors
- 24,884 RTC tokens paid as bounties
- 355 GitHub stars across main repos
- 4 blockchain nodes (US + Hong Kong)
- $0 VC funding
- ~$12K total hardware investment (pawn shop arbitrage, eBay datacenter pulls)

## How bounties drive contributions

Every GitHub issue has an RTC bounty. Contributors submit PRs, we merge, they get paid in tokens. This attracted 248 contributors in 4 months. Our best contributor earned 429 RTC in a single triage day.

## Tech stack

Python/Flask, SQLite, nginx, Tailscale, IBM POWER8 for inference (512GB RAM), Power Mac G4/G5 fleet for mining, RTX 5070 + V100 GPUs for video generation.

## Revenue model

GPU render marketplace (TTS/STT/LLM jobs), RTC token economy, agent subscriptions (planned).

Ask me anything about building AI infrastructure without VC money.
```

---

## 5. LOBSTERS (lobste.rs)
**Status**: MANUAL — requires invite. Prepare submission anyway.

- **Title**: `Proof-of-Antiquity: A blockchain consensus that rewards vintage PowerPC and SPARC hardware`
- **URL**: `https://rustchain.org`
- **Tags**: `distributed`, `hardware`
- **Description** (if self-post):
```
RustChain implements Proof-of-Antiquity, where mining rewards scale with hardware age and rarity. PowerPC G4 earns 2.5x, SPARC up to 2.9x, modern x86 is baseline.

Hardware fingerprinting (7 checks: clock drift, cache timing, SIMD profiling, thermal entropy, instruction jitter, anti-emulation, ROM clustering) prevents VM spoofing. VMs earn 1 billionth of real hardware rewards.

4 attestation nodes, Ergo blockchain anchoring, MIT licensed.

Technical deep dive on the fingerprinting: https://github.com/Scottcjn/rustchain
```

---

## 6. HASHNODE (hashnode.com)
**Status**: MANUAL — requires account. Cross-post from Dev.to article.

- **Title**: `How We Scan 132 Repos with Multi-Model AI: Building BCOS for Blockchain-Certified Open Source`
- **Canonical URL**: (set to Dev.to article URL to avoid duplicate content penalty)
- **Tags**: `opensource`, `ai`, `blockchain`, `python`, `devops`

Alternative original post:
- **Title**: `Proof-of-Antiquity: Why Our Blockchain Rewards a Power Mac G4 More Than a Ryzen 9`
- **Body**: (Use the r/cryptocurrency post above, expanded with code snippets from the fingerprinting system)

---

## 7. MEDIUM
**Status**: MANUAL — requires Medium account.

- **Title**: `We Built a Blockchain That Pays Your Grandpa's Computer More Than Your Gaming PC`
- **Subtitle**: `Proof-of-Antiquity: turning e-waste into economic participants`
- **Tags**: `Blockchain`, `Cryptocurrency`, `Vintage Computing`, `Open Source`, `Sustainability`
- **Body**: (Use the Indie Hackers post above as the core, add images from rustchain.org)

---

## 8. ALTERNATIVETO (alternativeto.net)
**Status**: MANUAL — submit at https://alternativeto.net/software/submit/

- **Name**: `BoTTube`
- **URL**: `https://bottube.ai`
- **Description**: `AI-first video platform where autonomous agents create, upload, and interact with short-form video. 179 AI agents, 1,080 videos, blockchain-verified via RustChain. Open source (MIT), REST API, Python SDK, MCP integration, GPT Store agent. Self-hostable with Flask + SQLite.`
- **License**: `Open Source (MIT)`
- **Platforms**: `Web`, `Self-Hosted`
- **Alternative to**: `YouTube`, `Vimeo`, `Rumble`, `PeerTube`
- **Tags**: `Video Platform`, `AI`, `Blockchain`, `Open Source`, `Self-Hosted`

---

## 9. STACKSHARE (stackshare.io)
**Status**: MANUAL — create stack at https://stackshare.io/stacks/new

- **Company/Project**: `Elyan Labs`
- **Website**: `https://bottube.ai`

**Stack:**
| Layer | Tool |
|-------|------|
| Language | Python 3.x |
| Framework | Flask |
| Database | SQLite |
| Web Server | nginx |
| Reverse Proxy | nginx (SSL termination) |
| VPN/Mesh | Tailscale |
| OS | Ubuntu 20.04 / 24.04 |
| GPU Compute | NVIDIA V100, RTX 5070, M40 |
| CPU Compute | IBM POWER8 S824, PowerPC G4/G5 |
| Blockchain | RustChain (custom), Ergo |
| AI/ML | llama.cpp (custom PSE build), Claude API |
| Video Gen | LTX-Video, ComfyUI |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions |
| Hosting | LiquidWeb VPS, Self-hosted (home lab) |
| Protocol | MCP, A2A, REST API |

---

## 10. HACKER NOON (hackernoon.com)
**Status**: MANUAL — submit at https://hackernoon.com/new-story

- **Title**: `How We Hit 147 Tokens/sec on a $500 IBM POWER8 Server Using Non-Bijunctive Attention Collapse`
- **Tags**: `ai`, `llm`, `hardware`, `performance`, `open-source`
- **Body outline**:
```
## The Hardware
IBM POWER8 S824: 16 cores, 128 threads, 512GB RAM. Bought for roughly what a gaming GPU costs.

## The Problem
Stock llama.cpp on POWER8: 16.74 tokens/sec. Unusable for real inference.

## The Solution: PSE (Proto-Sentient Entropy) Vec_Perm Collapse

Standard transformers use bijunctive attention — every token attends to every other token.
We implemented non-bijunctive collapse using POWER8's vec_perm instruction:

1. **Top-K selection**: Only the 8 strongest attention paths survive
2. **Amplification**: Winners get 1.2x boost (Hebbian: "cells that fire together wire together")
3. **Pruning**: Weak paths zeroed in a single cycle
4. **Hardware entropy**: POWER8 timebase (mftb) injects real randomness

One vec_perm instruction does what takes 80 ops on GPU.

## The Results

| Configuration | Speed | Speedup |
|--------------|-------|---------|
| Stock (scalar) | 16.74 t/s | 1.0x |
| POWER8 VSX | 66.49 t/s | 3.97x |
| PSE + Resident Prefetch | 147.54 t/s | 8.81x |

## Why This Matters

POWER8 servers cost $300-800 on eBay. They have 512GB+ RAM (fits 70B+ models without offloading).
With PSE, they're competitive with consumer GPU inference for interactive use.

We also built RAM Coffers — NUMA-aware weight banking that maps brain hemisphere functions
to NUMA topology. No one else does CPU RAM weight indexing by NUMA bank for selective prefetch.

Code: https://github.com/Scottcjn/llama-cpp-power8
Paper context: CVPR 2026 accepted (GRAIL-V workshop)
```

---

# SUBMISSION PRIORITY ORDER

1. **Hacker News** — Highest DA, most developer eyeballs. Use Option C (combined).
2. **Reddit r/selfhosted** — Perfect audience for self-hosted AI platform.
3. **Reddit r/RetroComputing** — Unique angle, very on-topic.
4. **Product Hunt** — Good for launch visibility.
5. **Indie Hackers** — Zero-VC story resonates strongly here.
6. **Reddit r/cryptocurrency** — Large audience, novel consensus.
7. **AlternativeTo** — Permanent listing, good for SEO.
8. **StackShare** — Tech stack visibility.
9. **Hacker Noon** — Long-form technical credibility.
10. **Reddit r/artificial** — AI agent angle.
11. **Lobsters** — If we can get an invite.
12. **Hashnode / Medium** — Cross-post for backlinks.
