// running since 2021

Bitcoin node.
DCA bot.
Lightning network.

I'm steve2z — running a self-hosted Bitcoin & Lightning node out of Corning, NY. Building automated DCA tools, writing about what I learn, and routing sats across the network.

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live
fetching prices...
full charts + history →
—
4+ yrs
running a Lightning node
8
coins in DCA rotation
Pi 5
NVMe node hardware
100%
self-sovereign stack
// about

what happens here

A home base for my crypto infrastructure, tools I've built, and notes from the trenches of running your own node.

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Lightning Node — steve2z
Running a public Lightning node on a Raspberry Pi 5 with NVMe storage and a full Bitcoin Core backend via MyNode. Online since 2021/2022, claimed on Amboss, connected via Zeus on iOS.
mynode lnd pi 5 nvme zeus
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DCA Bot
A Python bot running on DigitalOcean that executes automated dollar-cost averaging trades on Coinbase Advanced Trade — Mon/Wed/Fri, $2/coin, 8 assets. Includes volatility-based dip buying and a trailing stop system.
python coinbase flask systemd digitalocean
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Markets & Tools
Live price charts for all coins in my portfolio with 1D / 7D / 30D / 1Y history. Plus a DCA calculator, volatility thresholds from my own historical analysis, and a Lightning payment widget.
coingecko chart.js btc eth ada
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Notes & Guides
Writing about what I build — Pi 5 node migrations, bot development logs, market commentary, and practical guides for anyone building their own sovereign crypto stack.
guides raspberry pi node setup self-custody
// node status

steve2z node

Lightning Node
alias: steve2z
online
pubkey (partial)
027f5cbfc...f1215
hardware
Raspberry Pi 5 · 16GB RAM
storage
2TB NVMe SSD · Argon ONE V5
software
MyNode 0.3.43 · LND
active since
2021 / 2022
amboss profile
view on amboss →
// from the blog

latest posts

MAY 2025
Migrating my Bitcoin node from Pi 4 to Pi 5 with NVMe
The full journey: USB 2.0 bottlenecks, JMicron controller pain, rsync blockchain transfer, and getting MyNode to see the new drive.
node setup
APR 2025
Building a volatility-aware DCA bot on Coinbase Advanced Trade
How I analyzed 180 days of OHLCV data to set per-coin dip thresholds, and wired it into a Python bot with systemd and Flask.
dca bot
MAR 2025
Running a Presearch node on a repurposed Pi 4
After the Pi 5 migration, the old Pi 4 had a new job — running a Presearch node via Docker with PRE staked through Base/Coinbase Wallet.
presearch

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