diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d71e77b..5ef15db 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ENV DOMAIN=localhost \
     SIDECAR_CACHE_ENABLED="true" \
     SIDECAR_CACHE_DIR="/data/ipfs/sidecar-cache" \
     SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BYTES="1073741824" \
-    SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES="10000" \
+    SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES="100000" \
     SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BLOB_BYTES="33554432" \
     SIDECAR_CACHE_RECONCILE_INTERVAL="5" \
     SIDECAR_CACHE_PROMOTION_TIMEOUT="86400" \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3af56c1..9a51200 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ sphere-sdk integration tests (see issue
 | `SIDECAR_CACHE_ENABLED` | `true` | Kill switch — set to `false` to skip schema migration and disable all `/sidecar/*` endpoints |
 | `SIDECAR_CACHE_DIR` | `/data/ipfs/sidecar-cache` | Directory for blob bytes (auto-created) |
 | `SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BYTES` | `1073741824` (1 GiB) | Total cache budget across pending + in-kubo rows |
-| `SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES` | `10000` | Entry cap (whichever cap hits first) |
+| `SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES` | `100000` | Entry cap (whichever cap hits first) |
 | `SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BLOB_BYTES` | `33554432` (32 MiB) | Per-submission size limit; oversize returns HTTP 413 |
 | `SIDECAR_CACHE_RECONCILE_INTERVAL` | `5` | Seconds between reconciler iterations |
 | `SIDECAR_CACHE_PROMOTION_TIMEOUT` | `86400` (24 h) | Pending rows older than this trigger operator WARN logs (never silently aged out) |
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 83153bb..13fd5fe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ services:
       - SIDECAR_CACHE_ENABLED=${SIDECAR_CACHE_ENABLED:-true}
       - SIDECAR_CACHE_DIR=${SIDECAR_CACHE_DIR:-/data/ipfs/sidecar-cache}
       - SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BYTES=${SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BYTES:-1073741824}
-      - SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES=${SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES:-10000}
+      - SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES=${SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES:-100000}
       - SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BLOB_BYTES=${SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BLOB_BYTES:-33554432}
       - SIDECAR_CACHE_RECONCILE_INTERVAL=${SIDECAR_CACHE_RECONCILE_INTERVAL:-5}
       - SIDECAR_CACHE_PROMOTION_TIMEOUT=${SIDECAR_CACHE_PROMOTION_TIMEOUT:-86400}
diff --git a/nostr-pinner/instant_pin_cache.py b/nostr-pinner/instant_pin_cache.py
index 79c01a0..02ffd99 100644
--- a/nostr-pinner/instant_pin_cache.py
+++ b/nostr-pinner/instant_pin_cache.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 Capacity / back-pressure
 ------------------------
 The cache is bounded by total bytes (SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_BYTES, default 1 GiB)
-AND entry count (SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES, default 10_000). When full:
+AND entry count (SIDECAR_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES, default 100_000). When full:
 
 * If there is room to evict already-confirmed (`in-kubo`) entries, evict LRU.
 * If only `pending` entries remain, refuse the new submit with HTTP 503 so
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR = "/data/ipfs/sidecar-cache"
 DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES = 1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024  # 1 GiB
-DEFAULT_MAX_ENTRIES = 10_000
+DEFAULT_MAX_ENTRIES = 100_000
 DEFAULT_RECONCILE_INTERVAL = 5  # seconds
 DEFAULT_PROMOTION_TIMEOUT = 24 * 60 * 60  # 24h alert threshold
 DEFAULT_KUBO_PIN_TIMEOUT = 30  # seconds; per-promotion call cap