Erin
erin@nostrplebs.com
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Running bitcoin ⚡️
Author 📖
Cinematographer. Drone Pilot. Lightning node runner. Miner for heat. Pleb.
Had someone at my meetup last night ask if I was worried about all the “spam” filling the mempool, making it impossible for people to run nodes, and 2 TB not being enough very soon.
I opened the mempool and showed him how empty it was. He had no idea. Told him we’re still roughly a decade away from a 2 TB blockchain at the current pace.
When I started opening Lightning channels in 2021, I was regularly paying 30–60 sats/vB. Today it’s less than 1 sat/vB.
Sometimes it helps to just look at what’s actually happening and verify for yourself.
Hosting a meetup today. Too bad nothing has happened in Bitcoin this week to talk about.💀
It’s a great day for multi-sig ☕️
New section of the shop: Incognito
Bitcoin style, hidden in plain sight.
Pay in Bitcoin/Lightning. ⚡️
Malone Media
Bitcoin T-Shirts, Retro Apparel & Art | Malone Media by Erin Malone
Shop original Bitcoin T-shirts, retro 80s and 90s apparel, home goods and fine art photography by Erin Malone. Bitcoin and Lightning accepted.
We’re doing it!
We’re bringing a Bitcoin-only conference to the Bay Area.
Introducing the Golden Gate Bitcoin Conference, a focused two-day event built by Bay Area Bitcoiners.
Nov 6–7, 2026
College of Marin · Kentfield, CA
Get notified when tickets open:
conf.bayareabitcoiners.com
Here’s the promo video I made:
This is when legends are made. No guac today.
Lots of new designs in the shop. Code “NOSTR” gets you 10% off for the next 24 hours. Check 'em out: 🤙
Malone Media
Bitcoin T-Shirts, Retro Apparel & Art | Malone Media by Erin Malone
Shop original Bitcoin T-shirts, retro 80s and 90s apparel, home goods and fine art photography by Erin Malone. Bitcoin and Lightning accepted.
I’ve had a bunch of Bitcoin design ideas swirling around in my head for a while, inspired by my love of 80s/90s culture, old tech, arcade graphics, VHS tapes, and retro sci-fi.
I finally started bringing them to life and relaunched my Etsy shop.
MaloneMedia is live with Bitcoin apparel, mugs, posters, and photography prints:
https://malonemedia.etsy.com
Code “NOSTR” gets you 10% off.
58k gang is heating up 🔥
It’s 2026 and Bitcoin is $64,000. What a gift. If you’re looking for your entry point, this is it.
At a birthday party last night, I met a financial planner that wouldn’t stop asking people how they were “optimizing with AI.” Someone mentioned that I wrote a book on bitcoin and AI.
Her to me: I hate Bitcoin. I wouldn’t recommend it. I own a little bit in fidelity retirement etf. Don’t buy it right now. It’s failing.
Incredible.
New guide for White Pocket, Arizona on A Photographer’s Guide to the Galaxy:
White Pocket
A Photographer’s Guide to the Galaxy | Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona
The ideal outcome is people study Bitcoin, hold their own keys, run nodes, support the Bitcoin ecosystem etc.
With that said, I hope STRC becomes a gateway drug to real Bitcoin education.
The next wave of bitcoiners may need a different entry point to finally get it.
Pre 2020, I would run into someone maybe once every few weeks where I thought, “Wow, how have they made it this far in life?”
Now it's a daily occurrence.
I turned my random thought tonight into an article:
https://www.erinemalone.com/post/what-if-america-loses-the-race-to-the-bitcoin-standard