In this episode of Radio Detox, I interview The Wild Hustle about the anonymous fitness app RUNSTR, its development journey, and its integration with Nostr and Bitcoin. We explore the importance of privacy in fitness tracking, the future of community engagement in health, and the role of AI in enhancing user experience. The conversation highlights the the importance of decentralization and user empowerment, emphasizing the need for a healthier ecosystem in the fitness industry. We also talk vibe coding, of course! In full disclosure, I am the Business Development Manager for RUNSTR. I’m Marketing Director at Soapbox Technology. Radio Detox is the podcast I started in July of 2024 as a way to share open source Bitcoin + Nostr technology with the world, specifically musicians and music fans. Since Nostr is an open ecosystem, how we use health data for RUNSTR can inspire more and further use cases for the protocol. It’s my goal for Radio Detox to inspire you to ‘detox’ off of the fiat system, which includes all centralized systems. Fitness is one such system. If your fitness is locked into Strava, Nike Run Club, or some other Big Tech™ app, try RUNSTR. It’s time to detox off of Big Fitness™ companies that farm your data while putting it at risk. While this break from the usual music fodder on Radio Detox is much needed to help your fitness detox, I didn’t forget about the music! The Wild Hustle shares his favorite artists on Wavlake at the end, so there’s a separate episode of Hustle’s Favorite RUNSTR Tracks! Chapters 00:00 - Introduction to Runstr and Nostr 01:25 - Runstr Development 04:32 - Nostr in Health and Fitness Apps 07:59 - UX and Integration with Health Data 10:55 - AI Integration and Privacy Concerns 12:36 - Incentives and Rewards in Runstr 17:05 - Data Privacy and Security in Fitness Apps 20:28 - The Importance of Local Storage and User Control 27:31 - The Future of Runstr and Community Engagement 32:08 - Charity and Community Engagement through Runstr 37:09 - The Journey of Vibe Coding and Development 43:09 - Interoperability and the Future of Runstr 49:08 - Decentralization and Privacy Mentioned on the podcast: RUNSTR.club Runstr Twitter: https://x.com/RunstrClub Runstr Nostr: https://primal.net/runstr The Wild Hustle: https://primal.net/thewildhustle Glok: https://glok.me/ Pleblab: https://www.pleblab.dev/ Nosfabrica: https://nosfabrica.com/ OpenSats: https://opensats.org/ Wavlake: https://wavlake.com/ ZapTrax: https://zaptrax.app/ Club Orange app: https://web.cluborange.org/login Heather on X: https://x.com/WriterHeatherL Heather on Nostr: primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsfln36agetx43hsw8mgkm4hce9j46zu94m8er59nyzhv74p7gg0esdgpa8a Heather’s Yoga & Music site: https://www.destinyarchitecture.net/ Nostr for Creators: https://nostr-creators.shakespeare.wtf/ Music mentioned: Man Like Kweks - New Day: https://fountain.fm/artist/pECT6kPihC4KSUhORa21 Big Awesome from Demo ’16: https://wavlake.com/big-awesome Arson Car: Maybe in January, Uncertain: https://wavlake.com/arson-car The Retrograde: https://wavlake.com/the-retrograde Two Weeks in Nashville: https://wavlake.com/two-weeks-in-nashville Black Vulcanite: https://wavlake.com/black-vulcanite Bennyjeans: https://wavlake.com/bennyjeans Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/boXr7HbaIlI