In prototype
Live web radio
Continuous 24/7 broadcasting, DJ sets and live shows, with listener chat and real-time tips while you're on air.
Decentralized protocol on Robinhood Chain
Your web radio.
Your listeners. Your profit.
Launch and operate your own internet radio — live or on-demand — without relying on a centralized platform to reach listeners, receive payments, or prove authorship.
- 1B
- AIRW planned supply
- 90/5/5
- tip split
- 0.4s
- Robinhood Chain finality
On demand
Come Back To Me
Airwaves FM
0:000:00
Functional prototype — tips are simulated, audio is real.
LIVE TIPS •ON-CHAIN SETTLEMENT •CREATOR OWNED •Robinhood Chain SPL •IPFS ARCHIVES •OPEN API •NO PLATFORM LOCK-IN •PROVABLE AUTHORSHIP •LIVE TIPS •ON-CHAIN SETTLEMENT •CREATOR OWNED •Robinhood Chain SPL •IPFS ARCHIVES •OPEN API •NO PLATFORM LOCK-IN •PROVABLE AUTHORSHIP •
The problem
Today, the radio you build isn't yours
A small number of platforms control discovery, monetization, and the relationship with listeners. Revenue is collected first by the platform, which distributes what it decides.
Opaque payouts
No one sees how advertising revenue linked to your content is calculated or divided.
Locked audience
Your listener base and reputation live on a database that changes policies whenever it wants.
Unprovable authorship
Hard to prove who created or published content first — complicates licensing and sampling.
How it works
Those who make radio worthwhile keep the value
Each creator operates their own radio on an open, shared infrastructure. Every value exchange is recorded on the blockchain and settled by smart contracts.
Live tips
Listeners will send AIRW directly to the radio while it's on air — a virtual tip jar, settled in seconds.
90 / 5 / 5 creator / radio / listeners
Subscriptions & exclusive feeds
Exclusive shows, early access, or ad-free feeds, charged on a recurring basis.
90 / 5 / 5 same split as tips
Sponsored segments
Advertisers buy airtime directly from the radio through the marketplace; the commission is published with the marketplace spec.
marketplace commission, not 90/5/5
Application
Listener player · creator dashboard · open API for third parties
Service
Live streaming · on-demand · metadata · reputation (IPFS for files)
Foundation
Robinhood Chain: AIRW token · smart contracts · radio identities
For creators
Your radio, however you imagine it
In a few steps you create your radio identity, connect your content, and start receiving directly from your listeners — without waiting for platform payouts.
- 01
Connect your wallet
Log in with a Robinhood Chain wallet (MetaMask, Robinhood Wallet) to create your creator identity — no signup, no password.
- 02
Configure your radio
Name, cover image, category, and station description. Everything linked to your on-chain identity.
- 03
Upload your content
On-demand catalog or connect a live stream source. Files are stored via IPFS.
- 04
Start monetizing
Enable tips, subscriptions, and sponsored segments — all settled on-chain, directly to you.
Open the dashboard prototypeIn development — join the list to be notified
For creators
What you can broadcast and publish
Airwaves is not just live streaming: web radio, podcasts, original releases, scheduled programming and live events all run on the same station identity.
Planned
Podcasts
Episodes and seasons with show notes and chapters, plus an RSS feed compatible with Spotify, Apple Podcasts and any player.
Planned
Original content publishing
Tracks, mixtapes, audiobooks, lectures, sermons and audio documentaries published with provable authorship.
Planned
Scheduled programming
A weekly grid with automated blocks, reruns and rotating playlists so your station never goes silent.
Later phase
Subscriber-only feeds
Ad-free streams, early access and the full archive reserved for paying supporters.
Later phase
Collabs & co-broadcasts
Invite guests or split a show across stations — revenue is divided automatically by the contract.
Later phase
Live events
Listening parties, concerts and AMAs with ticketed or token-gated access.
Later phase
Visualizers & short video
Animated cover art and short clips to promote your shows off-platform.
Tools that come with your station
Everything you need to run, prove and monetize your output — described in full in §05 of the white paper.
In prototype
Creator dashboard
Audience, retention and revenue analytics in one place, updated as you broadcast.
Planned
Media library & provenance
IPFS-backed storage with an on-chain hash and timestamp proving who published first.
Later phase
Monetization suite
Live tips, recurring subscriptions, sponsored segments and the advertising marketplace.
Planned
Portable identity
Wallet-based station identity, reputation and catalog that travel with you — no platform lock-in.
Planned
Open API & embeds
Public API, webhooks and an embeddable player widget for your own site.
Planned
Distribution
A public station page, shareable links and RSS so your audience finds you anywhere.
The token
AIRW — the future ecosystem token
AIRW is not live yet. It is the planned EVM-compatible ecosystem token on Robinhood Chain for future protocol utilities, with a draft fixed supply of 1,000,000,000 and no continuous inflation target. Today the project is focused on product development and community building; $WAVE has not been launched yet — the token has not been launched yet.
Current phase
$WAVE is a speculative community token live on a third-party token launch venue, used to bootstrap the community and fund early development. It is separate from AIRW: it is not equity, and holding it does not guarantee any AIRW allocation — any future airdrop consideration is discretionary. Read §02 of the white paper.
Initial allocation (draft — may change)
- 40%Ecosystem rewardscreators, curators, node operators
- 25%Private / public saleinitial investors and community
- 15%Founding team12-month cliff, then 36-month linear monthly vesting (0% at TGE)
- 10%Foundation reservegrants and development
- 10%Community & partnershipscreator onboarding + discretionary future community participation (details to be announced)
Token contract
AIRW is a native EVM-compatible token on Robinhood Chain. The official contract address will be published here once deployment and audit are complete.
Address (Robinhood Chain)
Coming soon — published after deploy and auditNo AIRW contract has been published yet. Any address announced as official before our announcement is fake — do not interact or send funds.
Roadmap
From a radio to a network
Phase 0 · current
Community bootstrap
$WAVE community phase planned · early community building · product validation · creator onboarding.
Phase 1
Foundation
Finalize tokenomics and architecture · creator dashboard and player (prototype) · validate model with initial creators.
Phase 2
Multi-radio network
Radio discovery, curation, and reputation system · node operators for scalable streaming.
Phase 3
On-chain settlement
AIRW token generation event · smart contracts for tips, subscriptions and rewards live on Robinhood Chain · open API · community participation details to be announced separately.
Phase 4
Ecosystem growth
Advertising marketplace connecting sponsors to radios · reward expansion with real usage data.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
A decentralized protocol that allows any creator to launch and operate their own web radio — live or on-demand — without relying on a centralized platform.
An Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 built on Arbitrum, designed for efficient onchain financial applications and low-cost transactions; ETH is the native gas token.
AIRW is the planned ecosystem token — it is not live yet. Once the on-chain protocol ships it will be used for tips, subscriptions, advertising and rewards, with a fixed supply of 1 billion units. The project is currently focused on product development and community building; $WAVE has not been launched yet.
No. $WAVE is a planned community token for the Airwaves community. It has not been launched yet; any future launch details will be announced separately. It is not equity, not AIRW, and holding it does not guarantee any AIRW allocation — any future airdrop consideration is discretionary.
Live tips, recurring subscriptions, sponsored segments, and ecosystem rewards proportional to engagement.
Once on-chain, tips and subscriptions carry a 10% protocol fee — 5% to the radio's own treasury and 5% to listener rewards, so the creator keeps 90%. Sponsored segments are handled by the advertising marketplace with its own commission. An optional premium plan for creators is also planned.
No. AIRW is designed as a utility token for use within the ecosystem. It does not represent equity or a promise of profit.
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Join the waitlist to follow the project and participate in the launch.