Where Does Fountain Store Downloads and Wallet?
Fountain podcast offline episodes plus Lightning wallet in app storage.
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Fountain pairs podcast listening (offline episodes in app private storage) with a Bitcoin Lightning wallet for value for value streaming sats. Episodes behave like any podcast cache; the wallet is the part that demands real backup discipline.
Subscriptions, playlists and progress sync on the account. Downloads stay per device. The wallet needs its backup phrase or connection string exported before anything else: reinstalling without it strands funds no support desk can recover.
Where Fountain stores this, by platform
App-private storage (offline episodes plus Lightning wallet)
Per show downloads with auto cleanup rules. Back up the wallet first via the app backup flow, then treat episodes as disposable cache. Reinstalling restores follows, never funds without the backup.
App sandbox (offline episodes plus Lightning wallet)
Same split on iPhone: follows sync, wallet needs explicit backup, downloads refetch on Wi-Fi. Deleting the app without a wallet backup loses sats permanently.
Frequently asked questions
how do I back up my Fountain wallet
Export the wallet backup from the app settings immediately and store it offline apart from the phone. Episode downloads need no backup; they refetch. Funds without a backup are unrecoverable.
do Fountain downloads transfer to a new phone
No. Sign in restores subscriptions and playlists, then download episodes fresh. Prioritize the wallet backup during the move; audio is the easy part.
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