Home server uses 1-sat payments to publish local AI blog posts
A in Beaverton, Oregon runs the whole flow locally, from payment to publishing. The setup uses StartOS, a full Bitcoin node, LND, Alby Hub, Ollama with the phi3:mini model, and Ghost for the blog. A visitor goes to blog.newellfamily.org/store, pays 1 sat over Lightning, and enters any topic without creating an account or giving an email address.
A small AI model running on hardware in the house writes a blog post and publishes it live in about 90 seconds. Basic s are included: a keyword blocklist and a model check of the input before writing. There is also a paid “How I Built This” writeup for 2,000 sats and a 500-sat tip jar for testing a Lightning payment.
The hardest practical problem was inbound liquidity, which is the ability to receive Lightning payments. Megalith LSP through Alby Hub made the first payment clear in under a second, and the 1-sat price was mainly a proof that the whole payment path worked, not a real .
Key points
- The stack combines StartOS, a Bitcoin node, LND, Alby Hub, Ollama, and Ghost on a .
- A visitor pays 1 sat over Lightning, enters a topic, and gets a live AI-written blog post in about 90 seconds.
- No account or email is required for the basic flow.
- uses both a keyword blocklist and an AI input check before generation.
- Inbound liquidity was the biggest challenge; Megalith LSP through Alby Hub helped the first payment clear in under a second.