Erin

It’s a good day when these show up at your front door. 😋🍷

AI Doesn't Care If You Like Bitcoin New article: https://www.erinemalone.com/post/ai-doesn-t-care-if-you-like-bitcoin

I’m so behind on this, but holy shit this is cool

. I’ve been browsing all morning. Need to get some of my stuff up. ⚡️

Tickets are live! https://conf.bayareabitcoiners.com

Calling all speakers and sponsors!

We’re getting back to the fundamentals. A Bitcoin-only conference built by @bayareabtc.

If you or someone you know would be a great speaker or sponsor, please reach out.

Tickets launching soon! conf.bayareabitcoiners.com

Starting a holiday collection😂

https://shop.erinemalone.com/collections/holiday-collection

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. ⚡️

https://shop.erinemalone.com

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: https://shop.erinemalone.com 🤙

New shop is live and accepting Bitcoin and Lightning payments! ➡️ shop.erinemalone.com

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:

https://aphotographersguidetothegalaxy.com/p/white-pocket

My Bitcoin origin story 🤙

Thanks for having me

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

The TV show For All Mankind is fascinating because it asks one simple question: What if the U.S. lost the race to the moon? In that alternate timeline, the Soviet Union gets there first. The U.S. is humiliated. The space race accelerates rapidly. By 1994, humanity is on Mars. By 2012, they’re heading to Titan. Competition changed the timeline.

It makes me wonder if Bitcoin follows the same pattern. Maybe the U.S. adopting a Bitcoin standard first would be like the moon landing in our timeline. A huge symbolic victory, a burst of momentum, then complacency. The mission fades. The urgency disappears. Eventually, we come back to it, but only after losing decades.

But what if a rival adopts a Bitcoin standard first? What if the country Americans fear most starts moving away from the dollar, accumulating Bitcoin, mining with stranded energy, settling trade outside the fiat system, and building a parallel sound money future? The game theory would heat up. Humans move faster when survival is on the line.

The Soviet Union reaching the moon first would have forced America to compete harder, innovate faster, and push humanity further. Maybe the U.S. needs the same thing with Bitcoin. We’ll get there eventually, but immediate competition could compress the timeline.

Competition forces everyone to wake up. The race is no longer to the moon. The race is to the Bitcoin standard. The country that figures it out first wins the future.

In 2014, I got to make a shot for shot recreation of the beginning of Star Wars: A New Hope for a winery's Halloween party. One of the most fun projects I've been a part of. https://www.erinemalone.com/post/do-or-do-not-there-is-no-try-the-making-of-a-star-wars-short

GM ☕️ May the fourth be with you.

2 years ago, Halving bar crawl on 4/20. Such a great day.

Being a Bitcoiner is calling bullshit on the entire system.

Absolutely insane. Why aren’t there more people panic buying bitcoin?! Is it because they don’t understand the 21 million? 7,600 bitcoin bought by Saylor in ONE day. He bought 14,000 bitcoin last week. Only 450 are mined each day…

Ice cream cones bought directly from my Bitcoin Lightning node: zero fees 1.6 seconds final settlement zero fees to the merchant

Merchant set up their Bitcoin payments with Square and are keeping 100% of their Bitcoin. The auto-enabling feature can’t come soon enough. This is the future.

At an end the Petrodollar system is.

A really good day to buy bitcoin. A really good day to learn about bitcoin.

Sending free pdfs today to anyone that wants one.

https://amzn.to/4m2Amcs

There’s never been a more important time for Bitcoin meetups. We need real-world community, education, and signal more than ever. If your city doesn’t have one, start one. 🤝

0 businesses I’ve been to have it enabled. What a shit show.

Square auto-enables Bitcoin lightning payments today.🔥 I’m going around to all my local merchants that have a Square POS. Has anyone tried it yet?

Timeline refresh. Death Valley, Brought to Life | February 2026 Most people think of Death Valley as barren, dry, and inhospitable. I passed through on February 16–18, 2026, during a storm and saw something else entirely: water across Badwater Basin, 50 mph winds ripping through the desert, light breaking through the clouds, dunes being reshaped in real time, painted hills glowing between weather systems, and wildflowers pushing through the desert floor.

A Photographer’s Guide to the Galaxy: Death Valley edition drops tomorrow. aphotographersguidetothegalaxy.com

Every sat saved is a small act of rebellion. A vote against a system that debases your money, steals your time, and funds the perpetual war machine.

GM ☕️ Just buy the bitcoin. Stop giving Saylor your dollars to buy the bitcoin.

GM ☕️ I launched a new project: A Photographer’s Guide to the Galaxy.
 One location per post, fully scouted. Honest ratings, real access notes, best light, what gear actually matters, and where to stay and eat.

No fluff, no sponsored content. Just signal.

First guide is free: Crowley Lake Columns. Second guide just went live: Yosemite Valley.

1 million left… It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on.

Things are breaking.

Historically a good time to buy though.

GM ☕️ No guac today.

We spent October and early November chasing fall across the Eastern Sierras. Yosemite, Mono County, June Lake, Mammoth Lakes. Long drives, golden light, vibrant colors, and the last warm days before winter moved in. Photos + 4k drone film here:

https://www.erinemalone.com/post/chasing-fall-in-the-eastern-sierras

Love this 🧡🧡🧡

Yosemite: A Love Story Ending the year with a little film I made in the greatest place on earth.

Filmed across multiple November visits in 2024 and 2025, this film brings together nearly 10,000 still images captured inside Yosemite National Park.

When the world slows, and the year lets go. November. The final breath.

http://erinemalone.com

GM ☕️ In one year, health insurance premiums have tripled for most people. Groceries have doubled. Buying a home moved even further out of reach.

And yet, people don’t seem to care that there’s a solution. They don’t question the fundamental system they grew up with. Living in the Matrix mentally feels safer. Questioning it feels scary.

“But Bitcoin is too volatile.”
Sir, what is the dollar?

When Bitcoin is doing Bitcoin things, go out in nature 🧘‍♀️. Shot this last week.

GM ☕️

GM ☕️

8 years ago today I saw this post on Facebook. I had never heard of Bitcoin. I looked it up, thought it was fascinating, and bought a little on Coinbase.