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    Stephan Livera Podcast – Stephan Livera

    Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. This is one of the leading podcasts in the space, and listening to this show is one of the fastest ways to learn and get up to speed on Bitcoin.

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    Latest Episodes:
    SLP406 Adi Shankara Bitcoin Needs Technologists & Summer of Bitcoin Aug 15, 2022

    Adi Shankara (founder of Summer of Bitcoin) joins me on the show to chat about:

    • How he got into Bitcoin from a tech background
    • The Bitcoin scene in India
    • How the RBI actually gets Bitcoin (and doesn’t like it)
    • Why Bitcoin Needs Technologists
    • Summer of Bitcoin
    • How the program works
    • How you can support the program

    Links:

    • Twitter: @adibitcoin
    • Site: Summerofbitcoin.org

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Mempool.space
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
    SLP405 Paolo Ardoino Bitcoin Lightning, Tether & Keet Aug 12, 2022

    Paolo Ardoino (CTO of Bitfinex & Tether, CSO Holepunch) joins me on the show to chat about a wide range of topics:

    • Lightning security
    • Lightning adoption
    • Tether reserves - Does Tether Pump Bitcoin?
    • Tether creation/redemption process
    • Tether audits and attestations
    • Stablecoins and centralisation
    • Keet & Holepunch

    Links:

    • Twitter: @paoloardoino
    • Site: Bitfinex.com
    • Site: Tether.to/en/
    • Site: Keet.io

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Mempool.space
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
    SLP404 Gloria Zhao - What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do? Aug 10, 2022

    Gloria Zhao, Bitcoin core contributor and maintainer, rejoins me on the show to chat about what bitcoin core maintainers do. We discuss:

    • What do Bitcoin Core maintainers do?
    • How does Bitcoin Core development work?
    • How much ‘power’ do maintainers have?
    • Mempools - what are they and why do we need them?
    • Interaction with L2 protocols
    • Mempool package relay
    • RBF

    Links:

    • Twitter: @glozow
    • Package Relay Proposal
    • Site mentioned: Bitcoin Core PR Review Club
    • Github: glozow
    • Brink: @bitcoinbrink
    • Bitcoin Core PR Reviews: @BitcoinCorePRs
    • SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
    • SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Mempool.space
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
    SLP403 Alex B - Bitcoin Security Long Term & ETH Centralisation Aug 05, 2022

    Alex B rejoins me on the show to chat about bitcoin security over the longer term and updates on his ETH centralisation thesis. We discuss:

    • Bitcoin’s long term security and blockspace market
    • How miner fees shifted over time in Bitcoin and why
    • Tail emission arguments are dumb
    • Which nodes matter?
    • Lido and ETH centralisation
    • Will efforts to fix it work?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @bergealex4
    • SLP303 Ethereum's Path To Centralisation With Alex B

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Mempool.space
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
    SLP402 Pierre Rochard - Bitcoin Obsoletes Fractional Reserve Banking Aug 03, 2022

    Pierre Rochard rejoins me on the show to talk about Full Reserve, Fractional Reserve, and how Bitcoin obsolete Fractional Reserve Banking:

    • Full vs Fractional Reserve
    • Fiduciary media
    • Is the current system full or fractional reserve?
    • Various historical or current examples from the bitcoin economy
    • How would businesses work under a bitcoin full reserve system

    Links:

    • Twitter: @BitcoinPierre
    • Related article: In Defense of Bitcoin Full Reserve: Not Anti-credit, but Anti-fiduciary Media

    Previous Episodes:

    • SLP3 – Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard
    • SLP11 – Bitcoin’s Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
    • SLP35 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
    • SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
    • SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?
    • SLP367 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Network & Kraken

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Mempool.space
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
    SLP401 Greg Foss - Sell Bonds, Buy Bitcoin Aug 02, 2022

    Greg Foss, Bond market veteran investor, and bitcoin/macro commentator rejoins me on the show to talk about the situation with global debt, bond markets and why Bitcoin is cheap protection. We chat:

    • US Fed
    • Japanese debt markets
    • The 60:40 stocks and bonds allocation and what changes
    • Sell Bonds, Buy Bitcoin
    • Scenarios for how this plays out
    • Looking Glass Education

    Links:

    • Twitter: @FossGregfoss
    • Site: Lookingglasseducation.com

    Prior episode:

    • SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You Can’t Ignore

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Mempool.space
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
    SLP400 Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing - Half Signature Aggregation: What is it and how does it help scale Bitcoin? Aug 01, 2022

    Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing, bitcoin researchers and contributors at Blockstream rejoin me on the show, this time to chat about half signature aggregation. This is a scaling technique that can help scale Bitcoin and enable more transactions inside a block or help with L2 protocols. We discuss:

    • How this idea came to be
    • What is half aggregation vs ‘full aggregation’?
    • What kind of savings are possible?
    • What are the downsides?
    • How would this work in practice?
    • Is a soft fork required?
    • Next steps for discussion, research, contributors

    Links:

    • Twitter: @n1ckler
    • Twitter: @real_or_random
    • Blog post: Half-Aggregation of BIP 340 Signatures
    • CISA github: Cross-Input Signature Aggregation (CISA)
    • Half aggregation: Half-Aggregation of BIP 340 signatures

    Previous Episodes

    • SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
    • SLP321 On-chain scaling with Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra, Andrew Chow & Murch

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP399 Christian Keroles (CK of Bitcoin Magazine) - Bitcoin is Good for Europe Jul 28, 2022

    Christian Keroles (aka CK), GM of Bitcoin Magazine joins me on the show to talk about the problems Europe is facing, and why Bitcoin is good for Europe:

    • The problems Europe is facing
    • Anti bitcoin laws and regulations
    • AMLD5
    • FATF and Travel Rule
    • MiCA and Proof of Work
    • Why Bitcoin is good for Europe
    • Bitcoin Conference in Amsterdam
    • What Bitcoiners can do about it

    Links:

    • Twitter: @ck_SNARKs
    • Bitcoin Amsterdam:Bitcoin is making history in Europe - October 12-14,2022
    • Site: Bitcoinmagazine.com
    • SLP394 Beautyon – Bitcoin is Not Money: EU Attack on Bitcoin
    • SLP379 Gigi – Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin
    • SLP318 Ronald Pol – The ineffectiveness of AML
    • Hass McCook Bitcoin Magazine articles mentioned

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP398 Ansel Lindner - Is it Inflation or Deflation? Jul 26, 2022

    Ansel Lindner, Bitcoin podcaster and writer of BitcoinAndMarkets.com joins me on the show to talk about his framework for assessing:

    • Inflation or Deflation?
    • The money stock
    • Credit cycles over time
    • What bitcoin does for the world
    • Could inflation and fractional reserve happen again on top of bitcoin?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @AnselLindner
    • Site: Bitcoinandmarkets.com

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP397 Stack Hodler - Money Printing Around the World Jul 23, 2022

    Stack Hodler, twitter anon investor joins me to chat:

    • Fiat currencies & #Bitcoin
    • JPY and Japanese bond market
    • Why you shouldn’t #GetOnZero
    • Credit Cycles
    • Mortgage Boycotts
    • BRICS

    Links:

    • Twitter: @stackhodler

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP396 Allen Farrington Austrians, Capital & DeFi Yield Jul 21, 2022

    Allen Farrington (author and professional investor) joins me on the show to talk about Austrian economics, Capital & DeFi Yield:

    • Austrian economics and Bitcoin
    • Where does the 2% inflation target come from?
    • The world Bitcoin will enable
    • Altcoin DeFi yield: where does it come from?
    • Bitcoin price and market depth

    Links:

    • Twitter: @allenf32
    • Bitcoin is Venice book
    • Only The Strong Survive
    • Mentioned Mises.org article: The Origins of the 2 Percent Inflation Target
    • Bob Murphy’s article in response to ‘sticky wages’ criticism: Are "Sticky Wages" a Market Failure?

    Related episode:

    • SLP311 Bitcoin: Only The Strong Survive – with Big Al

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP395 John Tamny - Inflation & Optimism Jul 18, 2022

    John Tamny of FreedomWorks and Editor at Real Clear Markets joins me on the show to chat about his alternative take on inflation, fractional reserve banking, as well as why we should be optimistic about things going forward:

    • Defining inflation
    • Debate on Austrian economics & FRB
    • Is monetary stability possible?
    • 2 years of Hysteria
    • Optimism for the future

    Links:

    • Twitter: @johntamny
    • Site: Freedomworks.org
    • Site: Realclearmarkets.com

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP394 Beautyon - Bitcoin is Not Money: EU Attack on Bitcoin Jul 13, 2022

    Beautyon (Akin) rejoins me on the show to talk about the EU attack on Bitcoin and the confusing way people speak/learn about Bitcoin. We chat:

    • Misleading terminology (unhosted wallets)
    • Bitcoin as text & speech, not money
    • The map is not the terrain
    • What bitcoin builders can do
    • What happens to countries who refuse Bitcoin

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Beautyon_
    • Bitcoin Mag article: The European Union’s Attack On Bitcoin Is An English And Math Comprehension Problem
    • Site: azte.co
    • Related episode: SLP379 Gigi – Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin
    • Prior episode with Beautyon SLP16 - Keeping Bitcoin Simple, with Beautyon (Akin Fernandez)

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP393 Ben Pile - Pushing Back on the Green Agenda Jul 12, 2022

    Ben Pile of Climate Resistance joins me to chat about the problem of the Green agenda. We discuss:

    • How this Green movement is funded
    • ESG meeting with reality
    • Are these outcomes intentional?
    • Hypocrisy of green warriors

    Links:

    • Twitter: @clim8resistance
    • Site: Climate-resistance.org
    • YouTube: Climate Resistance

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP392 Pete Rizzo - Is Bitcoin Maximalism Still Needed? Jul 11, 2022

    Pete Rizzo, Editor at Bitcoin Magazine and Editor-at-large at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Maximalism. There has been some discussion recently on the role of the ‘toxic’ Maximalists, and Pete has clarified some thinking on this in his recent article and discussion on this topic. We talk:

    • What is Bitcoin Maximalism
    • What do maximalists believe?
    • Social and cultural arguments
    • Technical aspects
    • Is it still needed?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @pete_rizzo_
    • Rizzo’s Forbes Article: Bitcoin Maximalism Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin Maximalism
    • Nic Carter’s article: Setting the record straight

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP391 Ben Carman - Bitcoin Privacy, Surveillance & LN Vortex Jul 07, 2022

    Ben Carman (Bitcoin core contributor, working at The Bitcoin Company, co-organizer Austin BitDevs) joins me on the show to talk about the world of Bitcoin Privacy, the implications of surveillance on us all today, some of his ideas on improving Bitcoin Privacy, LN Vortex, P2P and the Austin BitDevs scene.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @benthecarman
    • LN Vortex: Protocol Documentation
    • Austin BitDevs: Austin Bitcoin Developers
    • The Bitcoin Company
    • Bitcoin Optech #204

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP390 Dan McArdle - Which Bitcoin Narratives Are Dead? Jul 04, 2022

    Dan McArdle joins me on the show to chat about his experiences as a long time Bitcoiner and ways to think through what’s going on now. We chat:

    • Is the “4 year HODLer” stat dead?
    • Insights from prior cycles and drawdowns
    • FUD cycles
    • Casebitcoin.com and CAGR stats
    • How to think about bear markets

    Links:

    • Twitter: @robustus
    • Site: casebitcoin.com
    • Inflation thread

    Sponsors

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP389 Daniel Frumkin & Jaran Mellerud - Bitcoin Mining Market Analysis Jul 01, 2022

    Daniel Frumkin of Braiins and Jaran Mellerud of Arcane Research join me on the show to talk about the latest in the world of Bitcoin Mining. As the price has fallen recently, we’ve seen some miners come under pressure. We chat:

    • Overview
    • Which public miners are in trouble?
    • Operating cash flows
    • Bitcoin miner treasury management strategy
    • Why we’re likely to see acquisitions
    • Impacts for home and retail miners
    • Were there bull market errors?
    • Future forecasting and conservatism

    Links:

    • Twitter: @JMellerud
    • Twitter: @dfrumps
    • Arcane Research: Survival of the fittest: Which public bitcoin miners are the best prepared to survive the bear market?
    • Braiins Insights Dashboard: braiins.com
    • Jaran’s analysis thread on public miners: https://twitter.com/JMellerud/status/1541444212444614656

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP388 Meron Estefanos Bitcoin, Human Rights & Refugees Jun 29, 2022

    Meron Estefanos, activist and journalist joins me to talk about her story of helping over 20k refugees, helping to stop human traffickers, and how she’s using and teaching Bitcoin these days.

    We chat:

    • Her story of helping refugees
    • Life for Eritreans
    • Being an activist and radio journalist
    • How she teaches Bitcoin (BlueWallet and Muun)
    • HRF Oslo Freedom Forum

    Links:

    • Twitter: @meronina

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP387 Tuur Demeester - How Does The Panic of 1907 Relate to Bitcoin? Jun 27, 2022

    Tuur Demeester, long time author/analyst and former fund manager in the Bitcoin space rejoins me to chat about his views on the markets and where Bitcoin is going:

    • Macro views on interest rates
    • Deleveraging moments
    • Trying to make money in Bitcoin terms
    • The Panic of 1907 and “Crypto” Contagion
    • How Bitcoin differs
    • Full Reserve Banking models contrasted with Fractional Reserve Banking
    • Whether this bitcoin bear market will last long

    Links:

    • Twitter: @TuurDemeester
    • Thread: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1538963088501776387
    • Mises wiki: Panic of 1907

    Prior episode:

    • SLP64 Tuur Demeester – What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera1
    SLP386 Roy Sheinfeld - The Utility Of Bitcoin & Lightning Jun 22, 2022

    Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about various topics:

    • How lightning network is growing and maturing
    • Breez Merchant Point of Sale
    • Breez and Greenlight
    • LN Protocol development
    • Asynchronous payments
    • Splicing

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Breez_tech
    • Site: breez.technology

    Mentioned:

    • Laolu Summary of Recent LN Meeting
    • SLP378 Christian Decker – Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP385 Nicolas Burtey - Central African Republic & Bitcoin Legal Tender Jun 20, 2022

    Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent trip to Central African Republic and their new bitcoin legal tender push.

    We chat:

    • The situation in the country today
    • Hurdles to adoption
    • Internet, Electricity and Smartphone penetration
    • What makes sense for bitcoin adoption in CAR?
    • Comparison with El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law
    • Galoy Money
    • El Salvador hosting central bankers and finance ministers

    Links:

    • Twitter: @nicolasburtey
    • Site: galoy.io

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP346 Nicolas Burtey – Synthetic USD & Bitcoin Banking
    • SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey – Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP384 zerofeerouting - Zero Fee Routing on Lightning Network Jun 18, 2022

    Zerofeerouting, runner of the 3rd most connected Lightning node with an innovative business model joins me on the show to chat about lightning:

    • Starting a routing node
    • The Zero Fee Routing business model
    • Why has nobody else done it yet?
    • Where fees are going on LN and who will pay them
    • Operational aspects of running a big node
    • Lightning protocol improvements
    • LND and CLN

    Links:

    • Twitter: @zerofeerouting
    • Site: Zerofeerouting.com

    Episodes mentioned:

    • SLP378 Christian Decker – Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT
    • SLP376 Evan Kaloudis – Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet
    • SLP135 Suheb – Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP383 Alex Epstein - Fossil Future and Better Energy Conversations May 24, 2022

    Alex Epstein, energy expert and author rejoins me on the show to talk about his newest book coming out, Fossil Future. We chat:

    • Updates to his thinking since the Moral Case for Fossil Fuels in 2014
    • Problems with our ‘knowledge system’ today
    • Fossil Fuels benefit deniers
    • “Climate Mastery”
    • What the Bitcoin community is getting right and wrong on energy
    • How free market energy advocates should be approaching their discussions

    Links:

    • Twitter: @AlexEpstein
    • Site: FossilFuture.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP382 Gary Leland - Bitcoin & The American Dream, BitBlockBoom 2022 May 23, 2022

    Gary Leland, entrepreneur, author & founder of BitBlockBoom rejoins me to talk about orange pilling people, whether they are everyday individuals, or state senators.

    We chat:

    • Doing a booksprint on ‘Bitcoin and the American Dream’
    • Orange pilling people by teaching them to DCA
    • Speaking to a state senate to get them to buy Bitcoin
    • What to expect with BitBlockBoom 2022

    Links:

    • Twitter: @GaryLeland
    • Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-American-Dream-Technology-Transcending/dp/B09P7RL79Z
    • BitBlockBoom: bitblockboom.com (code LIVERA for discount)

    Previous Episodes:

    • SLP193 Gary Leland – Bitcoin For Boomers

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano - Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador May 21, 2022

    John and Gloriana from the “My First Bitcoin” project join me to talk about their journey in running Bitcoin education for Salvadoran high school students. We chat about:

    • How the project got started
    • Phases of the project
    • What the students learn
    • Hurdles for learning
    • Where the project may go in future

    Links:

    • Site: MiPrimerBitcoin.io
    • Twitter: @MyfirstBitcoin_
    • Twitter: @jdennehy_writes
    • Twitter: @Glori1995

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP380 Jeff Deist & Stephan Livera chat Economic Freedom Around the World May 19, 2022

    Jeff Deist President of Mises Institute and I had a chat recently for the Human Action Podcast, and we discuss a few ideas about liberty, political freedom & economic freedom around the world:

    • Exiting Australia
    • Freedom indexes and where they may be falling down
    • Political freedom contrasted with economic freedom
    • Why social issues dominate

    Links:

    • Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
    • Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
    • Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises

    Previous Episodes:

    • SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
    • SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acting Locally

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP379 Gigi - Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin May 17, 2022

    Gigi rejoins me on the show to talk about the problems of imprecise language and wording in Bitcoin:

    • ‘Unhosted wallets’ terminology
    • Bitcoin and warfare language
    • Proof of Work and mining

    Links:

    • Twitter: @dergigi
    • Site: Dergigi.com

    Previous Episodes:

    • SLP313 Gigi – USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time
    • SLP140 Gigi – Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP378 Christian Decker - Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT May 15, 2022

    Christian Decker of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to talk about Greenlight, a node service by Blockstream. We chat about:

    • Who it’s for
    • Running a node online
    • Backups
    • Channel Management
    • CLN v0.11
    • APO and eltoo
    • Pinning attacks
    • Layered commitments

    Christian Decker links:

    • Twitter: @snyke
    • ANYPREVOUT: BIP118
    • github cdecker

    Previous Episodes:

    • SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
    • SLP59 Christian Decker – Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP377 Jimmy Song - Frequent Flyer Miles: The Original Altcoins & Thoughts on CTV May 11, 2022

    Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, programmer) rejoins me to chat about how Airline Miles are the original altcoins and how there are similarities in the fiat mindsets around chasing miles/points, and altcoins. We discuss:

    • Why the airline industry is the way it is
    • Fiat mindset in miles chasers and DeFi chasers
    • Altcoiners chasing airdrops and yield
    • Secure property rights vs fuzzy property rights
    • CTV

    Links:

    • Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Airline Miles Are The Original Altcoins
    • Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Private Property and Covenants
    • Twitter: @jimmysong
    • Site: ProgrammingBitcoin.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Voltage
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP376 Evan Kaloudis - Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet May 10, 2022

    Evan Kaloudis joins me on the show to talk about building Zeus, a self sovereign Lightning Wallet for use with your own lightning node. Evan and I chat about using the LN today, and being a more sovereign lightning user.

    • Building Zeus as a FOSS app
    • Getting support and feature bounties
    • Zeus community
    • Interoperable standards
    • Supporting multiple lightning implementations
    • Privacy on LN - e.g. route blinding
    • Payment reliability

    Links:

    • Twitter: @evankaloudis
    • Site: Zeusln.app
    • Zeus Twitter: @ZeusLN

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP375 Laolu (Roasbeef) - What is Taro? Stablecoins on Lightning, LN Growth & CTV May 09, 2022

    Laolu Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about Taro. Taro is a new protocol and proposal by the Lightning Labs team for creation of stablecoins or other assets that can be built into the existing Bitcoin/Lightning network. We chat about how it works and what it could mean for Bitcoin.

    • How Taro works
    • Prior efforts e.g. coloured coins, Counterparty, RGB
    • Benefits of Taro approach
    • What it would look like in practice
    • Lightning Network development generally
    • CTV and ST discussion

    Links:

    • Twitter: @roasbeef
    • Lightning Labs Taro Blog Post : A New Protocol for Multi-Asset Bitcoin and Lightning
    • Lightning Labs Engineering documentation: Taro is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain.

    Previous Episode:

    • SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users
    • SLP207 Roasbeef – Lightning Labs lnd Goes Wumbo
    • SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP374 Adam O (DenverBitcoin) - Combating the ESG Mafia May 06, 2022

    Adam O (DenverBitcoin) of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about the Bitcoin advocate community’s response to the ESG Mafia. Are there better ways to respond?

    We chat:

    • ESG statistics and what would be better
    • Bitcoin’s rising energy use and prominence
    • Bitcoin Mining Council
    • Carbon accounting dishonesty
    • Is placating them a good strategy?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @denverbitcoin
    • Site: UpstreamData.ca
    • Article: DENVER’S DERIVATIVE — HOW TO GAUGE THE PRICE OF A BITCOIN ASIC
    • Recent Bitcoin Mining Council Report referred to in show

    Previous Episode:

    • SLP299 Adam O – Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP373 Sam Callahan - The IMF Versus Your Freedoms May 04, 2022

    Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about another global organisation that has been making all kinds of anti-Bitcoin and anti-freedom statements in its research and proclamations. We chat:

    • Who the IMF are and how they started
    • What they think on Proof of Work
    • “Financial Crime”
    • “Transitioning to a low carbon economy”
    • “Financial stability”
    • Global corruption

    Links:

    • Twitter: @samcallah
    • Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1517170892979142657

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP336 Sam Callahan – The Problem with the BIS
    • SLP318 Ronald Pol – The ineffectiveness of AML

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP372 Sergej Kotliar - Bitcoin For Convenience & Bill Paying May 02, 2022

    Sergej Kotliar CEO of Bitrefill rejoins me on the show to talk about a big new feature coming to Bitrefill, the rebrand, and Bitcoin adoption more broadly. We chat:

    • Culturally what does it take for Bitcoin adoption
    • Inconvenient truths about who uses Bitcoin for payment
    • What wallets people are actually using
    • LN vs on-chain payment
    • BIP21
    • Payment volume breakdowns
    • Bill Payment in the US
    • Capital Gains Tax laws
    • Convenience of living the Bitcoin life

    Links:

    • Twitter: @ziggamon
    • Site: Bitrefill

    Previous episodes:

    • SLP210 Sergej Kotliar How To Watch Bitcoin’s Mempool, Lightning Adoption & Privacy
    • SLP85 Sergej Kotliar – Building Bitcoin’s circular economy
    • SLP54 Justin Camarena of Bitrefill – Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP371 Max Keiser - Investing For Hyperbitcoinisation With El Zonte Capital Apr 30, 2022

    Max Keiser, Bitcoiner, financial broadcaster, investor and writer joins me on the show to talk about his adventures in El Salvador and investments in line with the global hyperbitcoinisation thesis. We chat:

    • Living in El Salvador
    • Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure
    • El Zonte Capital and who’s involved
    • Bitcoin Education
    • Bitcoin Gaming
    • Thoughts on Central African Republic
    • Bitcoin City

    Links:

    • Twitter: @maxkeiser
    • Twitter: @ElZonteCapital
    • Twitter: @stacyherbert
    • Email: hello@elzontecapital.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP370 Alex Thorn - Why Are Bitcoin Fees Low?  Apr 29, 2022

    Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital (previously Avon Ventures & Fidelity) joins me to talk about how and why Bitcoin Fees are low. After going through eras of higher fees, it might be puzzling as to why they’re low now.

    We talk:

    • Which factors had the biggest impact
    • SegWit
    • Batching
    • Lightning Network
    • Less OP_Returns
    • Less miner selling
    • What might cause fees to rise in future

    Links:

    • Twitter: @intangiblecoins
    • Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/1511340416263766027
    • Report: Why are Bitcoin Transaction Fees So Low?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP369 Daniel Frumkin - Calculating Bitcoin Mining Profitability Apr 27, 2022

    Daniel Frumkin of Braiins joins me on the show to talk about calculating Bitcoin Mining profitability and a load of topics:

    • Braiins insights dashboard
    • Stratum v2 benefits
    • Profitability calculator
    • Cost to mine calculator
    • CAPEX or OPEX costs for mining?
    • How to think about mining ROI
    • Updates coming

    Links:

    • Twitter: @dfrumps
    • Site: insights.braiins.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP368 BitcoinQNA - Bitcoin Seed Tool Apr 26, 2022

    Bitcoin QNA of Bitcoiner.guide joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Seeds and a new Seed Tool created with SuperPhatArrow. In this show you’ll learn a little bit about how your bitcoin wallet works in the background:

    • Bitcoin and entropy
    • Seed Words
    • Passphrases
    • Bitcoin wallets and addresses
    • BIP85
    • BIP47 Stealth Addresses
    • Education for newcoiners in the space

    Links:

    • Site: https://bitcoiner.guide/seed
    • Twitter: @BitcoinQ_A

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP367 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Network Comes to Kraken Apr 21, 2022

    Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Lead Strategist at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about new lightning network developments and how Lightning network is growing:

    • Experience of setting up LN at Kraken
    • LN for day to day use not being big yet
    • Millions of people plugged into Lightning
    • Will LN node operation only be for pros?
    • Long term fee / security arguments
    • Thoughts on stablecoins vs Bitcoin

    Links:

    • Twitter: @pierre_rochard

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
    • SLP35 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
    • SLP11 – Bitcoin’s Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
    • SLP3 – Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
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    SLP366 Nate (BeefOrBacon) - How To Run Your Lightning Node Apr 19, 2022

    Nate (aka BeefOrBacon1, also working at Voltage) joins me to talk about how to run a Bitcoin Lightning node. We get into all sorts of information while keeping it accessible for people relatively new to running a lightning node.

    • Different lightning user types
    • How to run your lightning node
    • Different types of node: RPi, box, VPS
    • How to manage channels
    • Who to open channels with
    • What tools you can use
    • Should you use swap providers?
    • What kind of fees do you earn?
    • How do you backup your lightning node?
    • Payment reliability

    Links:

    • Twitter: @beeforbacon1
    • Voltage: Voltage.cloud

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP323 Graham Krizek – Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage
    • SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss
    • SLP361 Rene Pickhardt – Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP365 Anita Posch - Bitcoin For Fairness in Zimbabwe and Zambia Apr 15, 2022

    Anita Posch, bitcoin educator, podcaster and founder of Bitcoin For Fairness joins me on the show to talk about her recent trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia. We chat about:

    • Why she went
    • Crypto Scammers vs Bitcoin Education
    • Bitcoin software and hardware
    • Main hurdles to adoption
    • Government views on Bitcoin
    • p2p Bitcoin

    Links:

    • @AnitaPosch
    • bffbtc.org
    • Bitcoin for Fairness - Anita Posch
    • (L)earn Bitcoin

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP364 Max Hillebrand ZKSnacks Blacklisting Coins Apr 03, 2022

    Max Hillebrand, a bitcoin and privacy educator, also working at ZKSnacks (the company behind Wasabi Wallet) rejoins me to talk about why ZKSnacks is implementing blacklisting, and working with chain surveillance firms. We disagree a lot in this one! But we chat:

    • Wasabi Wallet default coordinator implementing censorship
    • Coinjoin coordinator models comparison
    • The contradiction between being anti surveillance firms and working with them
    • Is there a regulatory capture angle here?
    • Address re use in Wasabi Wallet
    • Wasabi Wallet 2 / wabisabi

    Links:

    • ZKSnacks Blog Post: zkSNACKs' Blacklisting Update
    • Max Twitter: @HillebrandMax
    • Max Website: Towardsliberty.com

    Previous episodes:

    • SLP96 Max Hillebrand – Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP363 Seth For Privacy - Bitcoin & Fungibility Discussion Mar 30, 2022

    Seth for Privacy joins me to chat about Bitcoin & Fungibility. We chat:

    • Privacy and fungibility
    • Practical real world difficulties of censoring
    • Bitcoin and Monero community differences
    • Technical and social reasons for not having protocol level privacy
    • The hopes for application level privacy with tools like Samourai Wallet & Sparrow Wallet
    • Growing the p2p bitcoin economy

    Links:

    • Twitter: @sethforprivacy
    • Site: https://sethforprivacy.com/
    • Pieter Wuille StackExchange answer mentioned: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/101874

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP362 John Carvalho - Slashpay: Bitcoin Payment Negotiation Mar 28, 2022

    John Carvalho, Founder of Synonym joins me to talk about Slashpay and SlashTags, an ambitious attempt to dramatically smooth the process of exchanging bitcoin addresses or lightning invoices. What kind of things does this enable? We discuss:

    • Competing standards in Bitcoin
    • How it would work
    • Updating and revocation of SlashTags
    • What other things are enabled by this public keypair approach
    • Why not use a blockchain
    • Putting tether USD on lightning
    • Synonym

    Links:

    • Slashpay Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Synonym_to/status/1498021273255002115
    • Site: https://synonym.to/
    • John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog
    • John’s Podcast: http://thebiz.pro/

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP361 Rene Pickhardt - Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network Mar 26, 2022

    Rene Pickhardt, independent researcher and bitcoin/lightning educator rejoins me to talk about his new approach to massively improving lightning payments reliability, and the various trade offs:

    • What the current approach is
    • What Pickhardt payments are
    • Constraints and trade offs
    • Reliability and privacy trade offs
    • Are there conflicts with other proposals to improve lightning network?
    • Zero Base Fee

    Rene links:

    • Twitter: @renepickhardt
    • Rene’s Patreon: Rene Pickhardt - Patreon.com
    • Support Rene here: https://donate.ln.rene-pickhardt.de/
    • Researchers website: https://ln.rene-pickhardt.de/

    Prior episode:

    • SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP360 Giacomo Zucco Bitcoin - Can Bitcoin be both Hard Money & Dark Money? Mar 24, 2022

    Giacomo rejoins me on the show to talk about the need for Bitcoin to be both Hard Money and Dark Money. In this show we talk about:

    • What Dark Money means
    • Why “Just use Monero” is not a satisfactory answer
    • Use of atomic swap services or other
    • Can compliance bros kill Bitcoin?
    • Global KYC capture risk - would it create a minority chain soft fork?
    • Why NgU is still important

    Links:

    • Twitter: @giacomozucco
    • Bitcoin Culture Talk @ Unconfiscatable 2022: Unconfiscatable 2022 - Giacomozucco.com
    • Lightning talk: Lightning Privacy - Lightning Hack Day, Istanbul 2022 - Giacomozucco.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP359 Abubakar Nur Khalil - Bitcoin in Africa, Qala, B Trust, Recursive Capital Mar 23, 2022

    Have you wondered about the progress of Bitcoin in Africa? Abubakar Nur Khalil, Bitcoin Core contributor, on the board of BTrust and also of Recursive Capital joins me on the show to talk about:

    • Bitcoin core contribution and developer training/mentor process
    • Qala
    • Bitcoin in Africa & education
    • B Trust
    • Recursive Capital and investing in African Bitcoin companies

    Links:

    • Abubakar’s Twitter: @ihate1999
    • B Trust: @btrustteam
    • Recursive Capital: @RcrsvCapital

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP358 Lili - Bitcoin Privacy for Beginners Mar 22, 2022

    Lili joins me to talk about her journey of learning about Bitcoin and using it privately. We chat about:

    • Trade offs of KYC vs Non-KYC coins
    • How to acquire non KYC coins
    • Staying private through the lifecycle of using Bitcoin
    • Bitcoin for donations
    • Canadian Trucker Bitcoin
    • Wasabi and ZkSnacks debacle thoughts

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Marketsbylili

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP357 Lawrence Lepard The Burning House of Fiat Mar 21, 2022

    Lawrence Lepard (Investment Manager, Austrian Economist) ofEquity Management Associates joins me on the show to chat about living through the burning house of fiat money. We chat:

    • What’s changing in the world today and why so many took it for granted
    • The insecurity around property rights
    • Holding paper assets vs physical assets
    • Change in monetary order
    • Economic ignorance in the world today

    Links:

    • Twitter: @LawrenceLepard
    • Site: Ema2.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP356 Bitcoin: An Upgrade to 700 Year Old Accounting Tech Mar 19, 2022

    Darin Feinstein, Founder of Core Scientific (Bitcoin Mining) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin as an upgrade on some very old accounting technology and what it could mean for our future. We get into:

    • Learning about Bitcoin
    • Bitcoin mining narratives - FUD and facts
    • Bitcoin’s importance for liberty
    • Challenges to Bitcoin fungibility
    • Bitcoin for human rights
    • EU Proof of Work ban?
    • The path forward

    Links:

    • Twitter: @DarinFeinstein
    • Site: CoreScientific.com
    • Twitter: @Core_Scientific

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP355 Julie Landrum - Payments Infrastructure for the Bitcoin Standard Mar 16, 2022

    Julie Landrum of OpenNode joins me to talk about what they’re building to help people onboard to Bitcoin & the lightning network as a payment standard. OpenNode first got its name as a merchant payment processor but we chat about how the company has grown and evolved over the years. We chat:

    • Bitcoin infrastructure services for merchants, bitcoin companies
    • Dealing with the cyclical nature of Bitcoin
    • Spend, HODL, earn?
    • Chargeback risk
    • Dealing with regulatory requirements
    • El Salvador adoption
    • International adoption

    Links:

    • Twitter: @OpenNode
    • Twitter: @juliecity
    • Site: OpenNode.com

    Previous episode:

    • SLP50 Rui Gomes & João Almeida of OpenNode – Helping merchants take Bitcoin Lightning Payments

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP354 Josef Tetek - Why is Bitcoin HODLing rational? Mar 13, 2022

    Josef Tetek of Trezor (and contributor at Bitcoin Magazine) joins me on the show to talk about:

    • The liberty movement in Europe
    • The connection between Austrian economics and bitcoin
    • Fractional and full reserve visions of bitcoin’s future
    • Why HODLing is rational
    • Nakamoto-Gresham’s law and how most get Gresham’s law wrong

    Links:

    • Twitter: @SatsJoseph
    • Article: What is Nakamoto-Gresham’s Law and How does it pertain to Bitcoin?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP353 John Cantrell - Sensei: A new lightning node client based on BDK + LDK Mar 08, 2022

    John Cantrell of L2 Technology and Spiral BTC grantee rejoins me on the show to talk about his latest work in making Bitcoin and the lightning network more accessible for the many. Sensei can be thought of as an LND or c-lightning but for LDK. We chat:

    • John’s journey since cracking Alistair Milne’s 12 word seed
    • How sensei works
    • Trade offs
    • How the child node concept works
    • What does it look like if 7.7B+ people onboarded to the lightning network?

    Links:

    • LN Thread
    • Twitter: @JohnCantrell97
    • Site: Sensei

    Prior episode:

    • SLP187 John Cantrell - Bruteforcing Bitcoin Seeds

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

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    SLP352 Matt Hill - EmbassyOS & Making Self Sovereignty Tech Cheaper Than The Alternatives Feb 25, 2022

    Matt Hill of Start9 Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about where the world is at, and a surprising argument that might actually be true. Sovereign Tech may be adopted, not merely because of privacy, but because of being lower cost.

    We chat:

    • Canada Truckers and the broader fight for freedom
    • Is it a question of tools or winning hearts and minds?
    • What’s new and coming in EmbassyOS v0.3.0?
    • Why cost will be the driver
    • Making it easy to use and saying goodbye to command line
    • Community driven growth
    • Bitcoin and other

    Links:

    • Start9.com
    • @_MattHill_
    • @start9labs

    Previous episode:

    • SLP225 Embassy: Sovereign Personal Computing, Privacy, Bitcoin & Lightning with Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP351 Jeff Vandrew - Bitcoin for the very long term Feb 21, 2022

    Jeff Vandrew of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to share his thoughts on Bitcoin for the very long term. Where is it going, and how should you think about using the retirement system to potentially stack more sats?

    We chat:

    • Where is Bitcoin going over the long term?
    • What happens if more states make Bitcoin legal tender?
    • How big is the market for retirement savings
    • What about just stacking sats outside retirement accounts?
    • Roth vs Traditional IRAs
    • McNulty case and whether it stops self custody
    • Future trends with retirement savings

    Links:

    • Jeff Vandrew Twitter
    • Unchained McNulty Webinar
    • Unchained Site

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP350 Benny Peiser - The Net Zero Agenda Will Crash Feb 18, 2022

    Benny Peiser of Net Zero Watch joins me on the show to talk about ‘net zero’ and the inaccuracy in the presentation of arguments on renewables. We discuss:

    • What is ‘net zero’
    • Accurate treatment of costs and benefits
    • How much of it is regulation or market choice
    • ESG box ticking
    • The impact on everyday people
    • ‘Greenwashing’ by some countries
    • Why it will crash

    Links:

    • Twitter: @netzerowatch
    • Site: netzerowatch.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
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    SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels Feb 14, 2022

    Chris Stewart Founder and CEO of Suredbits joins me on the show to talk about the latest with Bitcoin DLCs. You might have heard my earlier show with Nadav Kohen but in this one we chat:

    • ‘Maximalism’ and tech
    • ‘Policing activity’
    • Block space market over time
    • Where DLCs are at today
    • Lightning DLCs vs on-chain DLCs
    • Doing stablechannels
    • Practical and commercial applications
    • Umbrel app

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Chris_Stewart_5
    • Site: suredbits.com
    • Suredbits Stablechannel blog post
    • Suredbits oracle explorer
    • Nadav Kohen episode: SLP219

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
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    SLP348 Nick Hansen Luxor - Bitcoin Mining Narratives & Hash Rate Derivatives Feb 11, 2022

    Nick Hansen, CEO and Founder of Luxor Technology joins me to talk about the bitcoin mining scene, the narrative around bitcoin mining energy use and Proof of Work, Demand Response, ‘ESG’, China ban, Intel coming into the mining game, and hash rate derivatives.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @hash_bender
    • Site: luxor.tech

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP347 Kyle Murphy Building Pleb Lab: Bitcoin accelerator, community hub Feb 07, 2022

    Kyle Murphy of Pleb Lab and Austin Bitcoin Club joins me on the show to talk about the Austin Bitcoin scene and his role in growing it. We also get into what Pleb Lab is and the bitcoin entrepreneurship in Austin, Texas. This is a great show to get a sense of the community in Austin as well as thoughts on how Bitcoin’s ecosystem grows.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @The_bitcoin_bum
    • Site: PlebLab.com
    • Site: Austin Bitcoin Club

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP346 Nicolas Burtey - Synthetic USD & Bitcoin Banking Feb 04, 2022

    Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show for a fascinating discussion about doing synthetic USD as a building block to bringing it to the Bitcoin Beach wallet. We talk about:

    • The latest with Galoy
    • Bitcoin Banking
    • 4 ways of doing synthetic USD value
    • Why is it necessary?
    • How to fund it?
    • Risks

    Links:

    • Twitter: @NicolasBurtey
    • Twitter: GaloyMoney
    • Site: Galoy.io
    • Github: GitHub - GaloyMoney/galoy: bitcoin banking infrastructure

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP345 Danny Brewster - Bitcoin Needs Builders Feb 02, 2022

    Danny Brewster, Founder & CEO of FastBitcoins joins me on the show to chat:

    • Dealing with regulation as a bitcoin business
    • Products and services for bitcoiners
    • Expanding into new markets around the world
    • Challenges and rewards of being bitcoin only
    • Bitcoin builders and why we need them

    Links:

    • Twitter: @BTCDanny
    • Site: FastBitcoins.com
    • FastBitcoins Twitter: @FastBitcoins

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP344 NVK - Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard - Bitcoin Hardware Innovation Jan 30, 2022

    NVK, co founder and CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest and exciting developments in the world of Bitcoin hardware security. CoinKite are pushing forward with NFC as a way of making hardware wallet UX easy but also keeping the hardware accessible from a cost point of view

    We chat:

    • What’s changing with Coldcard Mk4
    • Memory, SE, processor
    • NFC for bitcoin transactions
    • Tapsigner
    • Satscard
    • Business models for open source
    • Low cost devices
    • Operating without laptops or PCs

    Links:

    • Twitter: @nvk
    • TapSigner.com
    • Coldcard Mk4
    • GETSATSCARD.com

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
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    SLP343 r0ckstar dev & Pavlenex - Career Opportunities in Bitcoin Open Source Jan 26, 2022

    R0ckstar dev & Pavlenex of BTCPay Server and other projects (Strike, Bitcoin Smiles, Bitcoin Design) rejoin me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Open Source community ethos, and how it can lead to career opportunities.

    We chat:

    • BTCPay 4 years on
    • Open Source for hiring
    • Bitcoinerjobs.com
    • How open source projects mature
    • How to grow the project
    • How to move on from a project
    • R0ckstar’s big announcement
    • What’s coming with BTCPay Server

    Links:

    • Twitter: @r0ckstardev
    • Twitter: @pavlenex
    • BTCPay Server
    • Bitcoin Smiles
    • Bitcoin Design
    • Strike

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP342 Heavily Armed Clown - Should Bitcoiners Get on Zero Fiat? Jan 24, 2022

    Heavily Armed Clown (aka HAC) joins me on the show to talk about this idea of #GetOnZero. We chat:

    • The case for #GetOnZeroFiat
    • Issues with it
    • Dealing with CGT
    • Mindset shifts
    • Emergency fund
    • Inflation rates
    • What scenarios you still need to hold fiat

    Links:

    • Twitter: @heavilyarmedc
    • Site: Bitcoinechochamber.com
    • Site: WTFHappenedIn1971.com
    • Stephan’s article discussed: Is It Time For Bitcoiners To Get On "Zero Fiat"? Not Yet.

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP341 Zelko & Din - Ronin Dojo & Tanto Jan 22, 2022

    Zelko and Din join me to talk about updates with the Ronin Dojo project for Samourai Wallet users. We chat:

    • Where the project started
    • FOSS project ethos
    • Thoughts on VC funding
    • Privacy wallets
    • Bitcoin node project evolution
    • FOSS business & project
    • Tanto Hardware
    • Supporting Specter and Sparrow

    Links:

    • Twitter: @RoninDojoNode
    • Site: RoninDojo
    • Din: @Din_J76
    • Zelko: @BTCxZelko

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP340 Peter Young - El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities Jan 20, 2022

    Peter Young of the Free Private City Foundation joins me on the show to talk about some of his experiences on the ground and some updates with Free Private Cities. We chat:

    • El Salvador on the ground
    • Bitcoin and Lightning in the real world
    • What it really costs to do merchant processing
    • Free Private Cities
    • Honduras ZEDEs
    • Liberty In Our Lifetime

    Links:

    • Twitter: @petermiyoung
    • Site: Free Private Cities Foundation
    • Conference: Liberty In Our Lifetime Conference

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels As Free Private Cities
    • SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground With Aaron Van Wirdum
    • SLP283 Alex Gladstein Bitcoin: Who's For Freedom, And Who's Not?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP339 Jeremy Rubin - What is Check Template Verify? Jan 17, 2022

    Jeremy Rubin, bitcoin core contributor joins me on the show to talk about Check Template Verify (CTV) - his soft fork proposal to bring new functionality to Bitcoin. We discuss:

    • How the idea started
    • High level goals with Bitcoin
    • How CTV might bring new functionality
    • Congestion control use case
    • Vaults and protecting coins
    • Contrasting CTV with APO ANYPREVOUT
    • Commercial use of CTV

    Links:

    • BIP: CHECK TEMPLATE VERIFY
    • Site: utxos.org
    • Twitter: @JeremyRubin
    • Advent Calendar blog series: Rubin's 2021 Bitcoin Advent Calendar

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP338 Mauricio Di Bartolomeo - Bitcoin Home Loans & Stablecoins Jan 13, 2022

    Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co Founder and CSO of Ledn joins me on the show to talk:

    • Why use bitcoin backed loans?
    • Fiat loan rates vs bitcoin loan rates
    • Opportunities and risks
    • New products and structures for home loans
    • Dealing with margin calls and liquidation
    • Stablecoins: are they essential? Where is the market going on this?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @cryptonomista
    • Site: Ledn.io

    Other episodes:

    • SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish Or Bearish For Bitcoin?
    • SLP291 Caitlin Long – Stablecoins, Bitcoin, & The Fed

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP337 Salvatore Ingala - Ledger’s New Bitcoin App: PSBT, Taproot, Descriptors, Multi-Sig Jan 11, 2022

    Salvatore Ingala of Ledger joins me to talk about a big revamp of the Ledger Bitcoin app which brings support for a whole host of new features. We chat about:

    • How the app shifted from v1 to v2
    • PSBT
    • Taproot support
    • Descriptors
    • Merkle Trees
    • Improved multi-signature and scripting support

    Links:

    • Twitter: @salvatoshi
    • Blog post: Bitcoin 2.0.0 App For Ledger

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP99 Andrew Chow - Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT
    • SLP292 Andrew Chow Output Script Descriptors For Bitcoin
    • SLP97 Michael Flaxman - Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks
    • SLP215 Michael Flaxman - 10x Your Bitcoin Security with Multisig
    • SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing - What's MuSig2? What Does It Mean For Bitcoin MultiSig?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP336 Sam Callahan - The Problem with the BIS Jan 07, 2022

    Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin joins me on the show to talk about the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). We chat about:

    • Formation, and shady history
    • Why it’s not accountable
    • Their plans for social control
    • CBDCs
    • Loss of privacy
    • War on Cash
    • What can be done?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @samcallah
    • Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1473815145545551873

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP335 Don Stuart - Venture Capital and Bitcoin Jan 04, 2022

    Now there’s been some discussion about the impact of Venture Capitalists on the world of Bitcoin and ‘Crypto’. Don Stuart, startup investor & organizer of Kansas City Bitcoin meetup, joins me on the show to chat:

    • What Venture Capital is
    • Venture Capital model
    • Vesting and incentives for VCs
    • How they make money
    • Bitcoin vs ‘Crypto’ VC
    • Size of rounds raised
    • Are Bitcoiners anti VC?
    • In what cases does VC not make sense?

    Don links:

    • Twitter: @kc_hodl
    • Article: Venture Capital And Its Relationship With Bitcoin

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP334 Jeff Booth - Escape The System & 2021 Year In Review Dec 25, 2021

    Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and speaker joins me to chat about the year 2021 in review for Bitcoiners. Some themes we discuss:

    • Where the narrative is going with Bitcoin
    • Fiat denomination vs Bitcoin denomination
    • How politicians and regulators are seeing it
    • Community building
    • Bitcoin wallets and services
    • Bitcoin tech
    • Dealing with fear

    Links:

    • Twitter: @JeffBooth
    • Site: The Price of Tomorrow - And the Era of Abundance

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future
    • SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat "Extend and Pretend"

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP333 Cory Klippsten - Building for Bitcoiners Dec 22, 2021

    Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of things:

    • “Crypto” advocacy as compared to Bitcoin advocacy
    • Being an investor in the space & Bitcoiner Ventures
    • Turkey inflation
    • Avoiding trading
    • Bitcoiner Jobs
    • Swan Gifts

    Links:

    • Twitter: @coryklippsten
    • The Daily Bitcoiner: cory.substack.com
    • Bitcoiner Jobs: bitcoinerjobs.co
    • Bitcoiner Ventures: bitcoinerventures.com
    • Article: The World Bitcoin Will Build

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP332 Vijay Boyapati - The Bearish Case for Bitcoin Dec 20, 2021

    Vijay Boyapati, author and regular guest rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent book launch as well as a few ideas that specifically came from the book. We also chat about some of his more ‘bearish’ ideas on Bitcoin and that Bitcoin is not inevitable.

    • Credentialism and fiat
    • The book and response
    • Stages of money
    • Custodial risk
    • Rehypothecation
    • Concerted state attack on Bitcoin
    • Bitcoin is not inevitable

    Links:

    • Twitter: @real_vijay
    • The Bullish Case for Bitcoin Book

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP331 Eric Sirion - MiniMint, Federated Mints for Bitcoin scaling and privacy Dec 16, 2021

    Chaumian e-cash is a predecessor idea to Bitcoin. Listen in to Stephan and Eric Sirion (elsirion) discuss the idea of federated mints and this particular idea of MiniMint. Eric’s research is being sponsored by Blockstream. This idea may offer even more privacy and scalability for Bitcoin users, but with some custodial and trust trade offs.

    • How it works
    • Custodial trade offs and who should use it
    • How lightning works
    • Deposits, withdrawals and internal transfers
    • Community custody

    Links:

    • Twitter: @EricSirion
    • Telegram: FediMint Telegram Chat Group
    • Site: FediMint
    • Github: https://github.com/fedimint/minimint

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP330 Laserhodl - Opting out of ‘The Great Reset’ with Bitcoin Dec 15, 2021

    What’s really going on with all the Hysteria? Is it a cabal or some confluence of interests? Laserhodl joins me to talk about what’s going on, and how to opt out.

    • The Great Reset
    • CBDCs / control coins
    • Social credit systems
    • Freedom tech
    • Opting out of the commie tech stack
    • #GetOnZero - and my slight disagreement

    Links:

    • Twitter: @laserhodl

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP265 Diverter – Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends
    • SLP315 k3tan – Networking For Bitcoiners

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP329 Samson Mow - Bitcoin Bonds For Bitcoin City Breakdown & Liquid, AMP Dec 13, 2021

    Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to breakdown Bitcoin Bonds. We chat:

    • Structure of Bitcoin bonds
    • Why not HODL bitcoin?
    • Who is the target market for these?
    • Operationally how it would work
    • Liquid AMP
    • Benefits, opportunities and risks
    • Reaction by bitcoiners to the announcement
    • What Bitcoin City could become

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Excellion
    • Site: Blockstream.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP328 The Rise of Bitcoin Nomadism with CoinsureNZ Dec 09, 2021

    CoinsureNZ rejoins me on the show to chat about the new rising trend of Bitcoin Nomads. We talk about the benefits of this approach in achieving more sovereignty for yourself, whether that is financial or in your ability to carry on living life in the age of Hysteria. We discuss:

    • Benefits and why do it?
    • How to get started
    • Resources you need
    • Is it only for single people?
    • Getting set up in a new location
    • Where to go
    • Downsides and costs of this lifestyle

    Links:

    • Twitter: @coinsureNZ
    • Site: Canitravel.net
    • Site: https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living
    • Site: Nomadlist.com
    • Site: Numbeo.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP327 Mike Germano - Going Against Fiat Media & Bitcoin Magazine Print Edition Dec 06, 2021

    Mike Germano of Bitcoin Magazine (and previously of Vice) joins me to talk about his latest efforts with Bitcoin Magazine Print edition and to share his thoughts on media in today’s age.

    We chat:

    • Why do a print magazine now
    • Is Bitcoin media overly US biased?
    • Why Fiat Media is getting Bitcoin wrong
    • Technical precision and accuracy in stories

    Links:

    • Twitter: @mikegermano
    • Site: BitcoinMagazine.com

    Other episodes:

    • SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law on the Ground With Aaron Van Wirdum
    • SLP256 David Bailey Bitcoin 2021 and Bull Markets
    • SLP61 David Bailey - Refocusing on Bitcoin

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP326 Dylan Leclair Using Fiat Debt For Bitcoin Stacking Dec 02, 2021

    Dylan Leclair of Bitcoin Magazine and UTXO Management joins me to talk about the fiat debt system, as well as why and how some people use the system against itself. We get into:

    • The current situation on the fiat standard
    • Why consider using debt to stack Bitcoin
    • The advantages of using this approach
    • Costs and risks
    • Avoiding Liquidation
    • Bitcoin mining using fiat loans
    • Trends and where this is all going

    Links:

    • Twitter: @DylanLeClair_
    • The Deep Dive: The Deep Dive by Bitcoin Magazine
    • Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin Magazine
    • UTXO Management: UTXO Management

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP325 PlanB - Is the S2F model still on track? What about the supercycle and floor model? Nov 29, 2021

    Plan B (pseudonymous quant) rejoins me on the show to talk about how the S2F model is going and whether it will be a problem if Bitcoin does not hit $100k by the end of 2021. In this conversation we get into:

    • Spelling out the different types of models PlanB uses and talks about
    • Failure conditions for the model
    • The Floor model
    • Are we going to supercycle?
    • When does the S2F model fully break down?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @100trillionUSD
    • Site: PlanBTC.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP324 Scaling Bitcoin off chain with Matt Corallo, Alex Bosworth, Lisa Neigut and Graham Krizek Nov 26, 2021

    This is a Tabconf 2021 panel discussion that I moderated with well known Lightning contributors and builders. Some of the topics we got into:

    • Building out infrastructure
    • General thoughts about scaling off chain
    • Lightning dual funded or v2 channels
    • Stress testing the network
    • Lightning routing as professional specialisation
    • Lightning ‘growing up’ and maturing

    Links:

    • Matt Corallo TheBlueMatt
    • Lisa Neigut (niftynei)
    • Alex Bosworth
    • Graham Krizek
    • Tabconf.com

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, And Playing Chicken
    • SLP119 Alex Bosworth - Submarine Swaps, Lightning Loop, Hyperloop
    • SLP168 Lisa Neigut - Lightning Network Channel Accounting And Dual Funded Channels
    • SLP323 Graham Krizek - Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage
    • SLP321 On-Chain Scaling With Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Polestra, Andrew Chow & Murch

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP323 Graham Krizek - Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage Nov 25, 2021

    Graham Krizek is Founder and CEO of Voltage, a Bitcoin and Lightning node company. If you’re interested in why you would have someone else host your node, check out this episode where we talk:

    • Getting into Lightning
    • Using a cloud node
    • Setting up as a merchant with BTCPay
    • Easy deployment
    • Cost of running
    • Flow and sidecar channels
    • Getting inbound liquidity

    Links:

    • Site: https://voltage.cloud/
    • Twitter: @gkrizek

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP322 Perth Heat - The Baseball Team on a Bitcoin Standard Nov 18, 2021

    Steve Nelkovski (CEO) and Patrick (Chief Bitcoin Officer) of Perth Heat, join me to talk about being the first sports team to go on a full Bitcoin standard. That includes players, staff, merchandise, tickets, sponsorship, and holding Bitcoin on the balance sheet. We chat:

    • The journey of going on a bitcoin standard
    • Having a Chief Bitcoin Officer
    • Handling payment
    • The benefits of being on a Bitcoin standard
    • How it will change sport

    Links:

    • Site: perthheat.com.au
    • Twitter: @PerthHeat
    • Twitter: @stevennelkovski
    • Bitcoin Mag Article: Australian Baseball Club First To Operate On A Bitcoin Standard Integrates Lightning - Bitcoin Magazine

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP321 On chain scaling with Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra, Andrew Chow & Murch Nov 15, 2021

    This is a Tabconf 2021 panel discussion that I moderated with some of the top research and development minds in Bitcoin today. Pieter Wuille is at Chaincode Labs, Andrew Poelstra is Director of Research at Blockstream, Murch is at Chaincode Labs, and Andrew Chow is working at Blockstream on Bitcoin Core.

    In this panel we spoke about:

    • Main constraints of on chain scaling
    • Assumevalid and assumeutxo
    • Taproot and MuSig2
    • Transaction space saving
    • Cross input signatures
    • What it would look like in practice

    Links:

    • TabConf site: tabconf.com
    • Pieter Wuille: @pwuille
    • Andrew Poelstra: Andrew Poelstra | LinkedIn
    • Murch:@murchandamus
    • Andrew Chow: @achow101

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP320 Statechains and Mercury Wallet: A New Privacy Technique? Nov 11, 2021

    Nicholas Gregory of CommerceBlock (creator of Mercury Wallet) joins me to talk about statechains and the recent launch of Mercury Wallet. We talk about statechains, what they mean for bitcoin scaling and/or privacy, as well as practical implications of using Mercury Wallet.

    We chat:

    • Statechains
    • Scaling
    • Privacy implications
    • Tor use
    • Trust implications with statechain operators
    • Mercury Wallet
    • Fees
    • Infrastructure
    • Statechain Torch

    Links:

    • Site: MercuryWallet.com
    • Linked In: Nicholas Gregory
    • Twitter: @gregory_nico
    • Article: Mercury CoinSwaps
    • Article: New Mercury Milestone

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP319 T-Bast Lightning Protocol Privacy Exploration Nov 06, 2021

    What can be done to improve Lightning network privacy? T-bast (Bastien Teinturier) of ACINQ joins me to talk about this. There are both on chain privacy and off chain privacy implications of Bitcoin and the lightning network and we get into a range of discussion on:

    • On chain privacy
    • Taproot and MuSig2
    • Off chain privacy
    • Route blinding
    • Payment decorrelation
    • Trampoline routing
    • ACINQ
    • Phoenix

    Links:

    • Twitter: @realtbast
    • Site: acinq.co

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP142 Pierre-Marie Padiou - Acinq & Phoenix Wallet: Easiest Non-custodial Lightning Wallet Yet?
    • SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / Bolt12: The Next Big Thing In Lightning
    • SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD And Facts

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
    • Braiins.com
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP318 Ronald Pol - The ineffectiveness of AML Nov 01, 2021

    Dr Ronald Pol, former lawyer and researcher joins me to talk about how and why AML laws are ineffective and simply cost taxpayers, customers an incredible amount. We chat:

    • The environment of AML laws
    • FATF and how they create these laws
    • Breathtaking costs
    • Effectiveness around 0.1%
    • KYC benefits some criminals

    Links:

    • EffectiveAML.org
    • Twitter: @ronaldpol
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronpol/
    • Research paper: Anti-money laundering: The world’s least effective policy experiment

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP165 Rafael Yakobi - Should Coinjoin Users Be Flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?
    • SLP239 Jake Chervinsky - Pushing Back On Fincen Non-Custodial Bitcoin Regulation
    • SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured (Odell, Gladstein, Yakobi)

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    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP317 Tomer Strolight - Why Learn About Bitcoin? Oct 30, 2021

    Tomer Strolight, author in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about his writing and why Bitcoin is so different to what you’ve seen before. This episode is specially created for beginners and people trying to learn more about Bitcoin. We chat:

    • How physics protects your Bitcoin
    • Bitcoin is more than just money
    • Why is Bitcoin so complicated?
    • Bitcoin and stopping theft

    Tomer links:

    • Free Book: Why Bitcoin
    • Twitter: @TomerStrolight

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP316 Why Libertarians Should Focus On Bitcoin - with Vake & Wolf von Laer Oct 27, 2021

    Long time bitcoiner Vake, and CEO of Students for Liberty Wolf von Laer join me on the show to talk about liberty, and why libertarians should focus on Bitcoin as their top priority:

    • Connections between bitcoin and liberty
    • Why some libertarians haven’t focused on Bitcoin
    • What they could be doing
    • Why libertarians should prioritise the Bitcoin strategy for liberty above others

    Guest links:

    • Vake: @vakeraj
    • Wolf von Laer: @wolfvonlaer
    • Students For Liberty: Studentsforliberty.org

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    SLP315 k3tan - Networking For Bitcoiners Oct 26, 2021

    Have you been wanting to learn more about networking in how it relates to running your node? k3tan, my long-time friend and co-founder of Ministry of Nodes joins me to discuss:

    • Basic tips on networking and IP
    • Securing your home network with practical tips
    • Using your bitcoin node and wallet
    • Tor and VPN
    • Home box nodes vs VPS
    • What kind of equipment you should use to run your bitcoin node - Raspis vs desktop PC

    Links:

    • Twitter: @_k3tan
    • Site: ministryofnodes.com.au
    • Guide: Ubuntu Node Box Guide

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP314 Dustin Trammell - The Second Node On The Bitcoin Network? Oct 23, 2021

    Dustin Trammell, information security professional and early Bitcoin user joins me on the show to talk:

    • Being early in Bitcoin and the culture in those days
    • Talking with Satoshi
    • Early stories
    • The hopes for a sound money future
    • Investing in Bitcoin companies
    • Bitcoin’s multiple layers

    Dustin Links:

    • Twitter:https://twitter.com/druidian/status/1447866520093315072
    • Blog post:https://blog.dustintrammell.com/i-am-not-satoshi/

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    SLP313 Gigi - USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time Oct 18, 2021

    Gigi, author, developer and speaker in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about why Bitcoin is Time, and why the USD is going down to 1 sat. We chat:

    • The pieces that had to be pulled together for Bitcoin to work
    • Tokens are timeless, ledgers are not
    • Why USD is going to 1 sat
    • UX and how it will be solved over time
    • Operating in the bitcoin space as a nym

    Gigi links:

    • Bitcoin is Time: https://dergigi.com/2021/01/14/bitcoin-is-time/
    • On Bitcoin’s UX: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/on-bitcoins-ux/
    • Twitter: @dergigi
    • Prior episode: SLP140 Gigi - Bitcoin's Gravity And 21 Lessons

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    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    SLP312 Mark Moss - Energy Crisis, Cycles & Bitcoin Oct 12, 2021

    Mark Moss, entrepreneur, investor, and host of The Mark Moss show on YouTube and iHeartRadio joins me on the show to talk about the recent energy crisis. We talk about what’s causing it, and the cycles impacting our world today. We also talk about dealing with it and responding to it.

    Mark Moss links:

    • Twitter: @1MarkMoss
    • YouTube: The Mark Moss Show - Youtube
    • Event: Market Disruptors Live Miami Nov 12-14

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    SLP311 Bitcoin: Only The Strong Survive - with Big Al Oct 08, 2021

    Big Al, pseudonymous co-author of the “Only The Strong Survive” article joins me on the show to talk about various critiques of non-Bitcoin ‘Crypto’ projects. In this explosive discussion, we talk about the key things you need to know on Bitcoin as contrasted with ‘Crypto’ and DeFi.

    We chat:

    • What truly sets Bitcoin apart
    • DeFi not being decentralised, and not finance
    • Everything fights for liquidity
    • The problem with utility tokens
    • Dishonest TVL metrics and massive leverage in ‘defi’

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Big_Al256
    • Twitter: @allenf32
    • Paper: Only The Strong Survive

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    SLP310 Should We Stop Using Software Wallets? Bitcoin Software Security With Charles Guillemet Oct 06, 2021

    Charles Guillemet, CTO of Ledger rejoins me on the show to talk about the risks present with Bitcoin software wallets. Don’t miss this episode for security discussion on why you shouldn't be keeping large amounts of bitcoin on software wallets and why hardware is becoming more and more necessary to protect bitcoin from theft.

    We chat:

    • Exploits using Pegasus
    • Key aspects of Bitcoin security
    • Extracting secrets using malware from desktop wallets and phone wallets
    • Desktops, phones, hardware security
    • What to do instead

    Links:

    • Article: On the security model of software wallets - Ledger.com
    • Twitter: @P3b7_
    • Site: Ledger.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    SLP309 Easy CoinJoin Use For Desktop Is Here With Sparrow Wallet with Craig Raw Oct 04, 2021

    Craig Raw, founder of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest: easy coinjoin for the desktop is now here with whirlpool being integrated into Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet might well make coinjoin much more accessible to users interested in bitcoin privacy.

    Craig and I chat:

    • Latest updates
    • How Whirlpool in Sparrow works
    • STONEWALL privacy preserving spends in Sparrow
    • Implications of having multiple whirlpool clients
    • Electrum server back ends for Sparrow
    • Wallet business models

    Links:

    • Twitter: @craigraw
    • Twitter: @SparrowWallet
    • Site: Sparrow Bittcoin Wallet - SparrowWallet.com
    • Article: Mixing with Whirlpool

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    SLP308 Philip Glazman - Scaling Exchanges With Lightning And Lightning User Profiles Oct 01, 2021

    Philip Glazman of River, a bitcoin only exchange in the US joins me on the show to talk about the process of using lightning as an exchange. We talk about:

    • Experiences with lightning over the years
    • User profiles and how customers use lightning with River
    • Customer education
    • Swap services
    • Lightning and Liquid comparison
    • Technical overview

    Links:

    • Twitter: @philipglazman
    • Article: Scaling Lightning Network at River - River.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss Sep 28, 2021

    Jestopher and Tony of the Amboss website and project join me on the show to talk about the journey of becoming a lightning routing node operator, tips and resources.

    We chat:

    • Routing on lightning
    • Selecting channel partners
    • Channel management
    • Tooling available to help routing nodes
    • Calculating fees and rebalancing
    • LN communities growing

    Links:

    • Jestopher: @Jestopher_BTC
    • Tony: @tonyioi
    • Site: Amboss Space - Lightning Network Explorer

    Other resources:

    • What Makes a Good Routing Node
    • Four Tips For Running A Profitable Lightning Network Node
    • Lightning Liquidity Management Guide

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP135 Suheb – Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL
    • SLP119 Alex Bosworth – Submarine Swaps, Lightning Loop, Hyperloop
    • SLP54 Justin Camerana Of Bitrefill - Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP306 Guy Swann - What Makes Bitcoin A Breakthrough (Newcoiner episode) Sep 24, 2021

    Guy Swann of the Bitcoin Audible podcast joins me for a special show for Bitcoin and Crypto beginners. We talk about why Bitcoin is unique and why you should avoid shitcoin gambling. We discuss:

    • Common questions for people new to ‘crypto’
    • “Won’t Shitcoins pump harder than Bitcoin?”
    • Comparison of Bitcoin and shitcoins
    • The problem with utility tokens
    • Shitcoins are LARPing decentralisation
    • Shitcoin waterfall
    • “Doesn’t Bitcoin waste energy?”

    Links:

    • Twitter: @TheGuySwann
    • BitcoinAudible.com
    • “The Yield From Money Held” on Bitcoin Audible
    • Don’t Play Shitcoin Gambling Games (by SL)

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    SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground with Aaron van Wirdum Sep 20, 2021

    El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law went live on 7th September, what was it really like? What did the protesters have to say about it? Aaron van Wirdum, Bitcoin Journalist at Bitcoin Magazine joins me to give us an ‘on the ground’ take on things. We chat:

    • Protesters and are they really protesting about Bitcoin or Bukele?
    • Chivo Wallet - teething issues
    • The truth about bitcoin remittances
    • Positives on the experience so far
    • Bitcoin Meetup
    • Bitcoin Core v22
    • Bitcoin 2022

    Links:

    • Twitter: @AaronvanW
    • Aaron’s McDonald’s Bitcoin tweet
    • Bitcoin Core article: Bitcoin Core 22.0 Released: What's New
    • Alex Gladstein’s El Salvador article: The Village And The Strongman: The Unlikely Story Of Bitcoin And El Salvador

    Stephan Livera links:

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    SLP304 Is The Bitcoin Infinity Meme Wrong? With Knut Svanholm Sep 14, 2021

    Knut Svanholm, Bitcoin writer joins me on the show to chat about why you are not prepared for hyperbitcoinisation, and various concepts such as adoption, what it might look like, and the infinity meme. Is the infinity meme wrong? I believe it is, but listen in to Knut and I discussing it!

    Links:

    • Twitter: @knutsvanholm
    • Article: You Are Not Prepared - Citadel 21

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    SLP303 Ethereum’s Path to Centralisation with Alex B Aug 31, 2021

    Alex B joins me on the show to talk about why Ethereum is predictably on a path to centralisation. How does Bitcoin contrast in terms of decentralisation and long term possibilities?

    We chat:

    • MEV
    • Can MEV be stopped?
    • MEV and staking derivatives interaction
    • Ethereum as the Myspace
    • Ethereum cannot be ultra sound money
    • Problems with utility tokens

    Alex links:

    • Twitter: @bergealex4
    • Twitter Thread: Holy **** is Ethereum broken.

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    SLP302 SeedSigner - Bitcoin multi sig security under $50 Aug 23, 2021

    SeedSigner, pseudonymous creator of the SeedSigner project joins me to talk about his work creating a low cost, accessible, DIY style hardware device that can be part of your multi sig quorum with wallets/coordinators like Specter Desktop, Sparrow Wallet, Blue Wallet. This product was actually inspired by an earlier episode with Michael Flaxman.

    We chat:

    • Inspiration for the project
    • Low cost
    • Accessibility
    • Technical skill required
    • QR codes
    • Support
    • Being a project vs product

    Links:

    • github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner
    • Twitter: @SeedSigner
    • Seedsigner.com

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP215 10X Your Bitcoin Security with Multisig
    • SLP231 Specter DIY - Build Your Own Hardware Wallet

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP301 Bitcoin Mining Pools Decentralised? A Discussion with Pavel Moravec of SlushPool & Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool Aug 18, 2021

    How should Bitcoin mining be structured? Pavel Moravec of SlushPool (Braiins) and Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool join me to chat. We discuss:

    • Why pools exist
    • How to structure mining pools
    • Trade offs around decentralisation of pools
    • Coinbase payouts vs other ways
    • Lightning payouts
    • Scalability for mining pools
    • Stratum v2

    Links:

    • Pavel Moravec: @mor_pav
    • Braiins Twitter: @braiins_systems
    • Braiins site: Braiins.com | Bitcoin Mining Company
    • Laurentia Pool Twitter: @laurentiapool
    • Site: LaurentiaPool.org
    • Laurentia pool post: Laurentia Pool: Pooled “Decentralization”
    • Braiins twitter thread on decentralisation: https://twitter.com/braiins_systems/status/1423291322128011264

    Sponsors:

    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    • Notes and website
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    SLP300 Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance Aug 13, 2021

    Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, cryptographer and privacy advocate, inventor of Hashcash and cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper rejoins me on the show. We chat:

    • Regulatory environment for Bitcoin vs building
    • ‘Crypto wars’ in the 90s
    • Proof of Work
    • Bitcoin privacy
    • Confidential Transactions in Liquid and for Bitcoin
    • Trade offs involved
    • Blockstream satellite base station
    • Bitcoin development

    Previous episode:

    • SLP 42 Adam Back, CEO Of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP299 Adam O - Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas Aug 12, 2021

    Adam O of Upstream Data joins me to talk about the massive opportunity for energy producers and Bitcoin mining. We chat about:

    • The opportunity for Oil & Gas with Bitcoin
    • Optionality
    • The necessity of fossil fuels
    • ESG
    • Bitcoin Mining Council
    • Bitcoin lobbying

    Adam links:

    • Twitter: @denverbitcoin
    • Site: Upstream Data

    Prior/relevant episode:

    • SLP284 Steve Barbour – Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning? Aug 09, 2021

    Offers might be the next big idea for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Rusty Russell of Blockstream, working on the lightning spec and on c-lightning rejoins me to chat:

    • Current invoices today vs Offers
    • New use cases enabled e.g. static QR donation
    • Refunds
    • Recurring payments
    • ‘Speaking lightning’
    • Offers vs LN URL
    • What’s next

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Rusty_twit
    • Site: Bolt12.org
    • Site: Blockstream.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
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    SLP297 Ergo - Chain Surveil Yourself! Aug 05, 2021

    Have you wondered about Bitcoin privacy or chain surveillance and how it’s done? Or how to defend against it? This is the episode for you, as Ergo of OXT Research (Part of Samourai Wallet) rejoins me on the show to talk:

    • Background on bitcoin transactions
    • How Bitcoin surveillance works
    • Peel chains and wallet clustering
    • How to counter it in practice

    Ergo links:

    • Twitter: @ErgoBTC
    • Telegram: @ErgoBTC
    • Guide: Understanding Bitcoin Privacy with OXT — Part 1/4

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP296 Saifedean Ammous - The Biggest Fiat Malinvestment Aug 03, 2021

    Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas:

    • What bitcoin really replaces
    • Thinking about inflationary costs
    • infinity/21M - is it wrong?
    • Cultural impacts of fiat money
    • Malinvestments and where the biggest ones lie
    • The hyperbitcoinized world

    Saifedean Links:

    • Twitter: @saifedean
    • Site: Saifedean.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP295 John Lee Quigley Why Bitcoin Mining Is Shifting to North America Jul 27, 2021

    Historically, Bitcoin Mining as an industry was dominated by China. John Lee Quigley (formerly of Compass Mining, and now independently consulting and writing) rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent report on the state of Bitcoin mining. We talk about the various factors going into this generational shift. Listen to this episode to understand some of the dynamics, gleaned from John’s in depth research and interviews on the subject. We chat:

    • Historical reasons for China’s dominance
    • Why its changing now
    • Mining equipment upgrade cycle
    • Capital market access
    • Regulatory certainty
    • Downsides of this shift

    John Links:

    • Twitter: @bitcoinnomadic
    • Substack: Adaptive Analysis - Substack

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does A Bitcoin Price Crash Impact Bitcoin Miners?
    • SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining
    • SLP275 Pavel Moravec - Slushpool Signalling For Taproot
    • SLP162 Matt D'souza - Bitcoin Halving Analysis: Bullish For Competitive Miners

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP294 Lyn Alden - Inflation, Debt, and Energy Markets Jul 22, 2021

    Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy rejoins me on the show to talk about macro updates and Bitcoin. We chat:

    • CPI rises to 5.4% and inflation
    • Govt debt and the likely govt responses
    • Why and how they keep the party going
    • Oil & Gas Bull case
    • Energy and the need for baseload power
    • Stablecoins & why Bitcoin is different
    • People are sleeping on the Lightning Network

    Links:

    • Twitter: @LynAldenContact
    • Article: The Case for a Longer-Term Oil and Gas Bull Market

    Other episodes:

    • SLP232 Lyn Alden - Bitcoin As Emerging Store Of Value
    • SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed
    • SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You Can’t Ignore Jul 19, 2021

    Greg Foss, a 3 decade veteran of fixed income securities specialising in HY (High Yield) joins me to talk about debt, bonds, government debt and why Bitcoin is the answer.

    • Primer on debt instruments
    • Interest rates and bond bull market over decades
    • Craziness of debt markets
    • Interaction between debt and equity
    • Could govt repudiate the debt?
    • Could we outgrow it?
    • Why Bitcoin is the best asymmetric trade

    Links:

    • Twitter: @FossGregfoss
    • Paper: https://t.co/OK4dDj27Io?amp=1

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP292 Andrew Chow Output Script Descriptors for Bitcoin Jul 16, 2021

    Andrew Chow, Bitcoin Core contributor and creator of the PSBT standard rejoins me on the show to talk about the creation of a series of BIPs (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) for Output Script Descriptors. We break down and explore the key concepts to make it accessible for bitcoiners.

    • Seeds
    • BIP39 vs Electrum seeds vs aezeed
    • Derivation paths
    • How Output Script Descriptors improve things
    • New functionality
    • Backups and recovery
    • Lightning
    • Miniscript
    • Advanced scripting

    Links:

    • Twitter: @achow101
    • Output Script Descriptors BIP: [New BIPs] Output Script Descriptors - GitHub
    • Taproot PSBT BIP: [New BIP] Taproot Fields for PSBT - GitHub
    • Mailing list post

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed Jul 15, 2021

    Caitlin Long of Avanti rejoins me on the show to talk about the coming regulatory crackdown. We discuss:

    • The growth in stablecoins
    • How there’s so much stablecoin volume off a low base
    • Coming regulatory crackdown
    • Getting direct access to the Fed
    • Compliance in the industry
    • Improving the on ramps for Bitcoin

    Links:

    • Twitter: @CaitlinLong_
    • Site: Avantibank.com
    • Site: Caitlin-Long.com
    • Linkedin Caitlin Long

    Other episodes:

    • SLP198 Caitlin Long - What Are Austrian Economists Missing About Money And Banking?
    • SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish Or Bearish For Bitcoin
    • SLP219 Nadav Kohen - What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer Jul 12, 2021

    NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about practical tips on setting up and securing your Bitcoin as well as backups. We chat:

    • Set up tips for newcoiners
    • Desktop wallets to use
    • Passphrases
    • SeedXOR
    • Multi sig
    • Storing backups
    • Estate planning and inheritance

    Links:

    • Twitter: Twitter.com/NVK
    • Site: Coinkite.com
    • Site: Walletsrecovery.org
    • Site: Coldcard User Documentation
    • Site: bitcoinsecurity.guide

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users Jul 06, 2021

    Laolu Osuntokun aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Lightning Network can scale to a billion users someday. We chat:

    • Updates on the lightning network generally
    • ANYPREVOUT and eltoo
    • CTV Check Template Verify
    • Multi party channels
    • Lnd updates
    • Thoughts on Bitcoin’s path forward
    • What’s coming next from Lightning Labs

    Laolu links:

    • Twitter: @roasbeef
    • Site: Lightning.engineering

    Previous episodes:

    • SLP207 Roasbeef - Lightning Labs LND Goes Wumbo
    • SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO Of Lightning Labs

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    • Show notes and website
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    SLP288 Hass McCook - Why You Must Set Up A Bitcoin DCA Plan Jul 01, 2021

    Hass McCook aka FriarHass rejoins me on the show to talk about why you should set up a Dollar Cost Averaging Plan. We chat:

    • Lump sum for you, DCA for us!
    • Is DCA more important than everything else? Even development?
    • Growing the DCA Army to hasten hyperbitcoinisation
    • CAGR - statistics and dishonesty?
    • DCA vs circular economy / agorism?
    • Practical tips

    Links:

    • Twitter: @FriarHass
    • Bitcoin Magazine articles by Hass: Bitcoin Magazine: Hass McCook
    • Article: The True Believer’s Handbook — Tithing The Church of Bitcoin

    Prior episode:

    • SLP12 - Bitcoin Mining And Energy, With Hass McCook

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP287 Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin - Hoffline wallets & Lightning adoption Jun 28, 2021

    Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin of CoinCorner join me to talk about:

    • Starting CoinCorner
    • A new type of wallet - Hoffline
    • Security considerations
    • Lightning adoption
    • Bitcoin Core contribution

    Links:

    • Twitter: @CoincornerDanny
    • Twitter: @CoincornerZakk
    • Tweet thread: Introducing “Hoffline”
    • Site: CoinCorner.com
    • Article: Bitcoin Core Development on Windows — A Step by Step Guide
    • Article: Bitcoin Core Development on MacOS — A Step by Step Guide

    Episodes mentioned:

    • SLP231 Stepan Snigirev Build Your Own Hardware Wallet With Specter DIY
    • SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution
    • SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict
    • SLP229 John Newbery - Brink: Bitcoin Development
    • SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP286 Hector Rosekrans - Bitcoin & Inheritance Jun 24, 2021

    Hector Rosekrans of Casa joins me on the show to talk about securing your Bitcoin and how early we are in terms of Bitcoin inheritance. We chat:

    • Securing your bitcoin
    • Self custody vs custodial solutions
    • How early bitcoin inheritance is
    • Casa covenant
    • Hardware wallets
    • Multi sig and inheritance setups - will they standardise?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @hectorr159
    • Site: Keys.casa

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat “Extend and Pretend” Jun 17, 2021

    Jeff Booth, technology entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to talk about:

    • Bitcoin 2021 conference experience
    • Fiat system extending itself
    • MicroStrategy Bitcoin buying
    • Macro investors
    • Surveillance coins (CBDC) and what they would mean
    • Supercycle thoughts

    Jeff Booth links:

    • Twitter: @jeffbooth
    • Site: Thepriceoftomorrow.com

    Previous episode:

    • SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    SLP284 Steve Barbour - Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis Jun 14, 2021

    Steve Barbour of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about:

    • Fiat Maxis
    • Bitcoin Mining Council
    • Wind and Solar as unreliables
    • Why arguing about renewable usage isn’t the right long term approach
    • What Bitcoiners should do about it
    • Upstream Data Hash Hut

    Links:

    • Twitter: @SGBarbour
    • Site: UpstreamData.ca

    Prior episode:

    • SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, With Steve Barbour Of Upstream Data

    Mentioned:

    • Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution by Rothbard

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP283 Alex Gladstein Bitcoin: Who’s For Freedom, and Who’s Not? Jun 10, 2021

    Alex Gladstein CSO of HRF rejoins me on the show to talk about the recent El Salvador Bitcoin legal tender news. We break down the good, the bad and what could go wrong.

    • Overview the news
    • Historical moment for Bitcoin and the world
    • It could have been so much worse
    • Merchant adoption and lightning
    • HRF grant

    Links:

    • Twitter: @gladstein
    • Site: HRF.org
    • Article: Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of The Petrodollar
    • Article: Can Government Stop Bitcoin?

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean And Alex Gladstein
    • SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured? with Matt Odell, Alex Gladstein, & Rafael Yakobi

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use Jun 04, 2021

    Where are some Bitcoiners going wrong in their thinking and arguments about energy? Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and energy policy commentator joins me to talk about energy use, and why we’re not thinking about it clearly.

    We chat:

    • The benefits of energy and fossil fuels
    • More energy use is good!
    • Renewables are really just unreliables
    • Reframing the conversation

    Links:

    • Twitter: @AlexEpstein
    • Site: Energytalkingpoints.com
    • Site: Industrialprogress.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    SLP281 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin Is For Everyone, Swan Bitcoin $1B run rate, Bitcoiner Ventures, Elon’s mistakes Jun 02, 2021

    Cory Klippsten, CEO and Founder of Swan Bitcoin joins me to talk about various topics:

    • Working in the bitcoin space
    • Teaching newcoiners
    • Growing the auto-stacking movement
    • The latest with Bitcoin Ventures
    • Elon Musk’s mistakes

    Links:

    • Site: Swanbitcoin.com
    • Site: Bitcoinerventures.com
    • Inventing Bitcoin (free book): swanbitcoin.com/freebook
    • Twitter: @coryklippsten

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
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    SLP280 BTCxZelko & Pavel - Reclaim Your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo May 31, 2021

    If you want the best privacy possible in Bitcoin, you want to use Samourai Wallet. And for the best way to use it, you need to use your own node. Zelko and Pavel join me to talk about the latest with Ronin Dojo, an easy way to do just that. We chat:

    • What it is
    • Who its for
    • Recent upgrades on the UI
    • Thoughts on hardware wallets
    • Other services and features offered
    • Best practice tips on privacy
    • Open source licensing
    • Getting support

    Links:

    • Site: Ronindojo.io
    • Zelko: @BTCxZelko
    • Pavel: @pajasevi
    • Ronin telegram chat: RoninDojoUI

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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    SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey - Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador May 28, 2021

    Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey join me to talk about their project showing how a whole town could go bitcoin and lightning native. Listen to this interview talking about how thousands of people are going lightning native to benefit from international remittance and creating bitcoin tourism.

    • Stages of development
    • Building a Citadel by the sea
    • Lightning practicalities
    • Teaching Bitcoin
    • Rebuilding the Bitcoin for payments narrative

    Links:

    • Site: BitcoinBeach.com
    • Twitter: @Bitcoinbeach
    • Twitter: @nicolasburtey

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP278 Matt Odell & Ben Price - OpenSats: Bitcoin & Open Source Initiative May 26, 2021

    OpenSats is a new initiative for the bitcoiners to contribute to, to support Bitcoin and open source development and projects. Matt Odell and Ben Price join me to chat about the structure, why they’re creating a new organization, and why Bitcoin development funding shouldn’t merely be a popularity contest.

    Links:

    • Site: OpenSats.org
    • Twitter: @Matt_odell
    • Twitter: @abitcoinperson (Ben Price)

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)
    • SLP144 Steve Lee - Square Crypto And Supporting Bitcoin Development
    • SLP228 OKCoin's Bitcoin Developer Grant Program With Hong Fang
    • SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution
    • SLP241 Bunnie - Precursor: Open Source Hardware Development Platform (Feat. Nicolas Dorier As Guest Host)

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
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    • Compass Mining
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    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
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    SLP277 Alejandro De La Torre - Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Mining Pools May 24, 2021

    Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool joins me on the show to chat about his efforts in helping to coordinate Bitcoin Upgrades:

    • Taproot Activation
    • Learnings from 2017 SegWit
    • UASF or MASF (Miner Activated Soft Fork)
    • UASF within MASF
    • Distribution of network hashrate
    • Future Soft Fork upgrades

    Alejandro links:

    • Twitter: @bitentrepreneur
    • Site: Taprootactivation.com
    • Poolin: Poolin.com

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP260 Luke Dashjr - How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot Lot=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks
    • SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Form Activation, Taproot, And Playing Chicken
    • SLP200 Christian Decker - Anyprevout, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD and Facts May 20, 2021

    Anthony Ronning, Bitcoin Lightning developer joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Lightning Privacy. We separate FUD from fact and give it a fair hearing to give you some insight into where the privacy leakages are today, how you can be more private, and where it’s all going in the future. We chat:

    • Basic overview of LN
    • Different user types and wallets
    • Lightning nodes
    • Receiver privacy
    • Mitigations and future tech
    • Practical tips for users today

    Anthony links:

    • Twitter: @cycryptr
    • Article: Current State of Lightning Network Privacy

    Other episodes:

    • SLP134 Rusty Russell - Multi Part Payments
    • SLP200 Christian Decker - Anyprevout, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
    • SLP119 Alex Bosworth - Submarine Swaps, Lightning Loops, Hyperloop

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signalling For Taproot May 13, 2021

    Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat:

    • Whether it is difficult to signal as a miner
    • The dynamics with different mining pools signaling
    • Miners and Pools, how does it work
    • Braiins OS and mining firmware
    • What future upgrades might look like

    Pavel links:

    • Twitter: @mor_pav
    • Article: Everything You Need To Know About Taproot Signaling By Bitcoin Miners
    • Site: Braiins.com

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol
    • SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
    • SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP274 William Clemente III - Bitcoin’s Great Consolidation May 11, 2021

    William Clemente III joins me to talk about analyzing Bitcoin on-chain and why we’re still in the middle of this cycle. We chat:

    • Getting into on-chain analytics
    • Is this time different? Supercycle or not
    • Analyzing what different cohorts are doing
    • What does a market top look like?
    • MVRV, NUPL, SOPR
    • Futures and contango trade

    William links:

    • Twitter: @WClementeIII
    • Website: Substack

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch
    • SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?
    • SLP64 Tuur Demeester – What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework
    • SLP223 Preston Pysh - Bitcoin's Final Cycle?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP273 Andy Edstrom - Bitcoin and Leverage: Don’t Get Rekt May 07, 2021

    Andy Edstrom rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, leverage, and not getting Rekt! We chat:

    • What’s changed in the market in recent years
    • Why use leverage
    • Risks and costs with leverage
    • Supercycle or not
    • SWR and FIRE crossovers with collateralization
    • Bitcoin side hustles or jobs

    Andrew Edstom links:

    • Twitter: @edstromandrew
    • Article: Don't Get Rekt
    • Site: AndyEdstrom.com
    • Prior episode: SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For The Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP272 Peter St Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs May 03, 2021

    Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat:

    • Bitcoin energy costs
    • Fiat standard costs
    • Costs of recession
    • Deflationary growth
    • Keynesian ‘sticky wages’
    • UBI and MMT
    • Will robots take our jobs?

    Peter St Onge links:

    • Twitter: @profstonge
    • Article: Critics Claim Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Environment. They're Wrong.
    • Substack: CryptoEconomy

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP271 Pete Rizzo When Satoshi Disappeared Apr 28, 2021

    Pete Rizzo, editor at Bitcoin Magazine and editor in chief for Kraken joins me on the show to talk about his latest piece, ‘The Last Days of Satoshi’. We talk about various ideas:

    • What Satoshi’s image was in the early community
    • How things changed as Bitcoin got bigger
    • Mistakes and bugs early in Bitcoin’s life
    • How that colours our view going forward
    • Bitcoin, Wikileaks, and the CIA

    Pete links:

    • Twitter: @pete_rizzo
    • Article: The Last Days Of Satoshi: What Happened When Bitcoin's Creator Disappeared
    • Kraken link: Bitcoin and Crypto Developer Grant Program

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP270 Bob Murphy What Does A Hard Money Bitcoin World Look Like? Apr 21, 2021

    Bob Murphy, Austrian economist and libertarian theorist joins me on the show to talk about his views on Bitcoin and Austrian economics. We chat:

    • Bitcoin’s evolution in stages
    • Bitcoin and non monetary use
    • What bitcoiners are getting wrong about Austrian economics
    • Money is not a measuring rod
    • What it would look like under a Bitcoin world

    Bob Murphy links:

    • Twitter: @BobMurphyEcon
    • Site: BobMurphyShow.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open Apr 19, 2021

    Jack Mallers of Strike rejoins me on the show to talk about what he’s working on and how Bitcoin wins. We chat:

    • Visiting El Salvador and financial access
    • Bitcoin remittance market
    • Why fiat fintech can’t compete
    • Bitcoin and Lightning as an open network
    • Strike expansion

    Jack Mallers links:

    • Twitter: @jackmallers
    • Strike: @ln_strike
    • Site: Strike.me

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP268 Peter Todd - Should Signal Have Used Bitcoin Instead? Apr 15, 2021

    Peter Todd, Bitcoin expert and cryptocurrency consultant joins me on the show to talk about Signal’s recent decision to use MobileCoin rather than Bitcoin. Is Signal selling out? We talk about why MobileCoin is centralised, why it was a bad choice, and why they should have used Bitcoin and Lightning instead. We also talk about directions with private messaging going forward.

    Peter Todd links:

    • Twitter:@peterktodd
    • Mastodon
    • Website: PeterTodd.org

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP267 Joe Burnett How Big Is The Market For Bitcoin? Apr 12, 2021

    Joe Burnett of Mimesis Capital joins me to talk about just how big the market for Bitcoin could really be. Hint: It might be bigger than just the market for gold. We talk through valuation in a post hyperbitcoinization world, and we also explore the Bitcoin Contango trade.

    Joe Burnett Links:

    • Twitter: @IIICapital
    • Site: mimesiscapital.com
    • Article: Valuing Companies Post-Hyperbitcoinization
    • Article: A Deep Dive Into Bitcoin's Contango

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP191 Jeff Booth – Bitcoin & our Deflationary Future
    • SLP186 Joseph Salerno - Bitcoin and How Money Arises
    • SLP153 Philipp Bagus – What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation
    • SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
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    SLP266 Croesus_BTC - Bitcoin: Stake Your Claim Before Everyone Else Apr 09, 2021

    Croesus_BTC joins me to talk about why the yuppie elite do not like Bitcoin, making simplified bitcoin content, adoption and cycles, speculative attacks on fiat, and staking your claim on your ‘fair share’ of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this one!

    Croesus_BTC links:

    • Twitter: @Croesus_BTC
    • Article: Asset DNA: Explaining Bitcoin's Speculative Attack On The Dollar
    • Article: Why The Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin
    • Article: Bitcoin And The American West

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP265 Diverter - Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends Apr 06, 2021

    Diverter joins me on the show to talk about our modern world of surveillance and reliance on third parties. We chat about learning to be a ‘digital sherpa’ for your family and friends.

    • Dealing with “I don’t have anything to hide”
    • Password managers
    • Nextcloud
    • Yunohost
    • Self hosting
    • Bitcoin

    Diverter links:

    • Twitter: @Diverter_noKYC
    • Article: Becoming Uncle Jim
    • Article: Uncle Jim’s Cloud
    • Article: Searching for Uncle Jim

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP264 Roy Sheinfeld Podcasting 2.0 & Lightning with Breez Apr 01, 2021

    Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest with Breez and how Lightning Network is enabling a whole new world of possibilities.

    We chat:

    • Breez updates
    • Merchant adoption of Breez
    • Lightning network podcasting
    • Taking payments offline
    • Cloud backups
    • Lightning development

    Roy Sheinfeld links:

    • Twitter: @Breez_Tech
    • Website: breez.technology
    • Podcasts on Breez: Streaming Sats for Streaming Ideas
    • Introducing Lightning Rod

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP94 Roy Sheinfeld - Lightning Network Services for the Masses
    • SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    SLP263 Parker Lewis - The Greatest Trick Central Banks Ever Pulled Mar 29, 2021

    Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about the environment central banks have created, what that has done to money and our ability to save.

    We chat:

    • Fiat financialisation of the economy
    • Inflation and Deflation properly considered
    • Bitcoin’s growth amongst institutions today
    • Multi sig with Unchained
    • Loans with Unchained
    • Living off your Bitcoin using collateralised loans

    Parker Lewis links:

    • Twitter: @parkeralewis
    • Site: Unchained.com
    • Articles: Bitcoin Loans: The Ultimate Guide to Bitcoin-Backed Loans
    • Articles: Bitcoin is the Great Definancialization

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CompassMining.io
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP262 Craig Raw Bitcoin Multi Sig With Sparrow Wallet Mar 24, 2021

    Craig Raw joins me on the show to talk about his relatively new project, Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet allows you to easily set up a single sig or multi sig wallet, air gapped or with USB, supporting the most popular hardware wallets.

    We talk:

    • Why Sparrow
    • Progression steps for new bitcoiners
    • QR codes
    • Taproot
    • Applications vs browser apps
    • Being Uncle Jim
    • Tor built in
    • Electrum server vs Bitcoin core use
    • Funding and sustainability

    Craig links:

    • Twitter: @craigraw
    • Site: sparrowwallet.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CompassMining.io
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP261 Dominic Frisby - Bitcoin vs Daylight Robbery (Taxation) Mar 22, 2021

    Dominic Frisby, comedian, author, financial writer and libertarian joins me on the show to talk about his latest book, Daylight Robbery.

    We chat:

    • How taxes have impacted society
    • Low taxes for more prosperous societies
    • Bitcoin Citadels and patronage
    • Bitcoin’s impact on taxes
    • Bitcoin Nomads
    • Surveillance and Platforms

    Dominic links:

    • Twitter: @DominicFrisby
    • Book: Daylight Robbery

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CompassMining.io
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks Mar 17, 2021

    Luke Dashjr, long time Bitcoin Core contributor joins me on the show to discuss his views on how UASF went down in 2017. We talk through the various trade offs and points around Taproot activation and why he believes that LOT = True maximally reduces the risks.

    We chat:

    • Luke’s background
    • BIP91, BIP148
    • Miner signalling
    • Chainsplits
    • Average user and code review
    • Speedy Trial
    • Small blocks

    Luke links:

    • Twitter: @LukeDashjr
    • Mastodon: @LukeDashjr
    • Email: luke@dashjr.org

    Relevant prior episodes:

    • SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
    • SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
    • SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CompassMining.io
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • CypherSafe
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining Mar 15, 2021

    Whit Gibbs of Compass Mining joins me on the show to talk about his background in mining, and how the mining market is developing. We chat:

    • Hitting ROI on a mining machine
    • Current prices and costs
    • How to do it
    • Learning by doing and making mistakes
    • Mining equipment
    • Mining facilities
    • Hashrate distribution around the world
    • Recent raise

    Links:

    • Twitter: @BitcoinBroski
    • Site: Compassmining.io

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch Mar 11, 2021

    Rafael Schultze-Kraft CTO of Glassnode rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin on chain metrics and how there is a very bullish set up right now. We chat:

    • Overview of how Glassnode’s analysis works
    • Liquid supply vs illiquid supply
    • Number of coins on exchanges dropping and what this means
    • Difference in structure of bitcoin demand this time vs 2017
    • Why its not true that “2% of accounts control 95% of bitcoin”

    Links:

    • Twitter: @n3ocortex
    • Twitter: @glassnode
    • Site: Glassnode.com
    • Article: 78% of the Bitcoin Supply is Not Liquid
    • Article: No, Bitcoin Ownership is not Highly Concentrated – But Whales are Accumulating

    Previous episode:

    • SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken Mar 04, 2021

    Matt Corallo of Square Crypto, and long time bitcoin developer (now more focused on lightning) joins me on the show to talk about Taproot Activation, as well as review some of the history and nuance of prior soft forks in Bitcoin. We discuss:

    • What is a fork
    • What are the benefits of Taproot
    • How the events of 2017 played out
    • Dynamics of soft forks
    • Taproot activation paths
    • Flag day vs forced signalling UASF style
    • LDK - Lightning Dev Kit

    Links:

    • Twitter: @thebluematt
    • Lightning Dev Kit: LightningDevKit.org

    Taproot links:

    • Article: Understanding LOT=true or LOT=false by Aaron van Wirdum
    • Article: Taproot Activation and the LOT Debate by Ben Kaufman
    • Site: TaprootActivation.com (Mining Pool consensus effort by Alejandro from Poolin)
    • Mailing list post: Summary of Taproot activation meeting on IRC 2/2/2021 by Michael Folkson

    Relevant prior episodes:

    • SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
    • SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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    SLP256 David Bailey Bitcoin 2021 and Bull Markets Mar 02, 2021

    David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (including Bitcoin Magazine) rejoins me on the show to chat about the latest: Bitcoin 2021 is coming and it’ll be huge! We chat:

    • Bitcoin 2021 and the guests
    • The feeling of live conferences
    • Bitcoin Magazine content
    • Bitcoin’s growth in recent years
    • Bitcoin culture

    David Bailey links:

    • Twitter: @DavidFBailey
    • Bitcoin 2021 conference
    • Bitcoin Magazine
    • UTXO Management

    Prior episode:

    • SLP61 David Bailey – Refocusing on Bitcoin

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
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    SLP255 Gleb Naumenko: The Label, Bitcoin Dev & Consulting Feb 26, 2021

    Gleb Naumenko, Bitcoin developer rejoins me to talk about his latest venture, The Label. We chat about:

    • Bitcoin development and consulting
    • Protocol development
    • Cross layer considerations
    • Bitcoin & Lightning attacks
    • Time Dilation attacks
    • CoinPool

    Links:

    • Twitter: @ffstls
    • Site: The Label

    Previous episode:

    • SLP164 Gleb Naumenko – erlay Bitcoin transaction relay

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

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    SLP254 Dario Sneidermanis Muun Wallet: Bitcoin & Lightning All In One Feb 23, 2021

    Dario Sneidermanis, Founder of Muun Wallet joins me to talk about the advanced technological approach taken by his team. We chat about:

    • Muun as a single unified bitcoin + lightning balance
    • A different approach with mnemonics and backups
    • Lightning and channel management
    • Splicing
    • Use in Argentina and elsewhere around the world

    Links:

    • Twitter: @esneider
    • Twitter: @muunwallet
    • Site: Muun.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

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    SLP253 Samson Mow Blockstream Jade, Liquid & Bitcoin Mining Feb 19, 2021

    Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to chat about what’s going on with the new Jade hardware wallet, updates on Liquid & Bitcoin Mining:

    • Jade hardware wallet
    • Blockstream Green
    • Why use Liquid vs Lightning
    • Blockstream Mining
    • Mining industry generally

    Samson links:

    • Twitter @Excellion
    • Site: Blockstream.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

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    SLP252 NVK Bitcoin Hardware Wallets vs Air Gapped Computers Feb 17, 2021

    NVK, CEO of CoinKite joins me on the show to talk about hardware wallets, air gapped computers and all kinds of useful security questions. This episode will help you learn about the kinds of attacks possible against air gapped computers and hardware wallets, as well as bring some nuance and balance to the conversation about how people should use Bitcoin. We chat:

    • Locking down security
    • Attacks possible against air gapped computers
    • Multi sig vulnerabilities and standards
    • Helping newcoiners in the space
    • Balancing tradeoffs

    NVK links:

    • Twitter: @nvk
    • Site: CoinKite.com (use code LIVERA)
    • BitcoinSecurity.Guide
    • Airgapcomputer.com

    Other links:

    • Coinkite Coldcard vuln disclosure blog post
    • The Missing Multisig Standard
    • Bitcoin Secure Multisig Setup

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP251 Dan Held HODL Mindset & Bitcoin Finances Feb 12, 2021

    Dan Held rejoins me on the show to chat about HODL mindsets vs spending and mistakes made along the way. You’ll find a lot of value in this episode whether you are a new bitcoiner or an experienced hand. We chat:

    • HODL Mindset
    • Mistakes of spending and trading
    • Using Bitcoin collateralised loans
    • Property market for Bitcoiners
    • Where we’re going

    Dan Held links:

    • Twitter: @danheld
    • Newsletter: danheld.substack.com
    • Youtube: Dan Held YouTube

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Saylor Academy Bitcoin For Everybody Course:

    • Saylor Academy Bitcoin For Everybody Course

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP250 Andrew Henderson - Nomad Capitalism for Bitcoiners Feb 08, 2021

    Andrew Henderson of Nomad Capitalist joins me on the show to talk about the benefits of nomad capitalism, using overseas residences and citizenships to obtain legal tax savings and increased freedom. We chat:

    • Huge tax savings possible
    • Risks and costs
    • Considerations for Bitcoiners
    • Being a nomad with a family
    • Jurisdictional competition
    • Adapting to a globally changing game

    Andrew Henderson links:

    • Twitter: @nomadcapitalist
    • Portugal Golden Visa
    • Citizenship By Investment
    • Golden Visa EU residence programs

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Compass Mining
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP249 Bitcoin Patents & Open Crypto Alliance with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant Feb 05, 2021

    Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant join me to chat about Open Crypto Alliance.

    We talk:

    • Why IP laws are anti-liberty and anti-progress
    • How progress has been delayed by improper concepts of property rights
    • How Patent laws could hinder the Bitcoin industry
    • The asymmetry of attack vs defense here
    • How to stop overly broad patents
    • How to support OCA

    Guest links:

    • Site: https://www.opencryptoalliance.org/
    • Stephan twitter: @NSKinsella
    • Jed twitter: @JediGrant

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP15 – Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella
    • SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • lend.Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    • Compass Mining

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP248 Godfrey Bloom - What Will Government Do To Bitcoin Feb 02, 2021

    Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk about what governments will do to Bitcoin. We discuss:

    • Commonalities and differences with gold
    • What he’s learned since first buying Bitcoin
    • How governments may attempt to control Bitcoin
    • How some people will use Bitcoin in spite of control
    • Govt bans vs regulation
    • Building a movement

    Godfrey Bloom's Links:

    • Twitter: @Goddersbloom
    • Website: godfreybloom.uk

    Prior episode:

    • SLP217 Exploring Bitcoin With Godfrey Bloom

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    • Compass Mining

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP247 Luke Gromen - Does Bitcoin Recreate The Hunger Games? Jan 29, 2021

    Luke Gromen, founder of FFTT (Forest for the Trees) joins me to talk about his views on Bitcoin. We chat:

    • Bitcoin as store of value, medium of exchange bifurcated
    • Does Bitcoin recreate the Hunger Games?
    • Bitcoin as Smoke Alarm
    • US Govt debt
    • Why rates can’t rise?

    Luke Gromen links:

    • Twitter: @LukeGromen
    • Site: FFT-LLC.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP246 Mandrik - Earning Bitcoin Will Change Your Life Jan 25, 2021

    Have you wondered whether you should work in the Bitcoin industry or otherwise earn Bitcoin? Listen to this episode where Mandrik, OG Bitcoiner from 2011 joins me to share his stories of earlier days in Bitcoin. We chat:

    • Libertarians and Bitcoin
    • Early wallets
    • Working at Bitcoin companies in those days
    • Why earning will change your life

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Mandrik

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP245 Mempool.space - helping Bitcoin migrate to a multi-layer ecosystem Jan 21, 2021

    Wiz and Simon of the mempool.space project join me to talk about how Bitcoin is evolving over time into a multi layered system. Mempool.space is a block visualizer and explorer that helps users target their fee levels and more. We chat:

    • How the mempool.space project started
    • The evolution of fees and bitcoin’s block space market
    • Mempool.space v2 launch
    • How fees might shift over time
    • Techniques for dealing with bitcoin confirmation
    • Future plans with mempool.space

    Links:

    • Website: Mempool.space
    • Twitter: @mempoolspace
    • Twitter: Wiz: @wiz
    • Twitter: Simon: @softsimon_

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP74 Wiz – Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners
    • SLP112 – Wiz and m52go – Bisq: Decentralised Bitcoin Trading

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP244 Nik Bhatia - Bitcoin: The Safest Layer Jan 18, 2021

    Nik Bhatia, CFA, author and university lecturer (previously worked as a bond trader and at OpenNode) joins me to talk about Bitcoin and its role in a layered money world. We talk about the concept of money operating in layers and what this might look like going into the future. We also chat about the idea that Bitcoin could be the safest layer to operate at.

    Nik Bhatia links:

    • Twitter: @timevalueofbtc
    • Book: Layered Money

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP243 PlanB Demand For Bitcoin Will Skyrocket Jan 15, 2021

    Bitcoin price has been rising and some argue that it is tracking along with the S2F model! Others argue that this is statistically invalid. PlanB, pseudonymous analyst and creator of the S2F and S2FX models rejoins me on the show to talk:

    • S2F and S2FX vs recent market action
    • Critiques and spurious correlations
    • Comparison with past cycles
    • PlanB’s thoughts on whether this is the final cycle
    • Macro factors - Tether and others
    • Negative rates
    • Cash and carry trade

    Previous episodes:

    • SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) – Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques
    • SLP86 PlanB – Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
    • SLP122 PlanB – Responses to the S2F model
    • SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict Jan 13, 2021

    Jonas Schnelli, one of the Bitcoin Core maintainers joins me to talk about Bitcoin development, contribution, funding and the ecosystem of Bitcoin. We get into:

    • How contribution happens
    • How to deal with conflict as a maintainer
    • What rough consensus means
    • Taproot
    • Privacy
    • Lightning
    • Mining
    • Outlook for next 5 years

    Jonas links:

    • Twitter: @jonasschnelli
    • Website: bitcoin.jonasschnelli.ch/
    • Github: github.com/jonasschnelli

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
    • SLP229 John Newbery – Brink: Bitcoin DevelopmentJohn Newbery
    • SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution
    • SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)
    • SLP144 Steve Lee – Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development
    • SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP241 Bunnie - Precursor: Open Source Hardware Development Platform (Feat. Nicolas Dorier as guest host) Jan 08, 2021

    In the Bitcoin world, we say “Don’t Trust, Verify”. But do we do this with our hardware and hardware wallets? Andrew “bunnie” Huang is a hacker and open hardware activist, holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering. He joins me and Nicolas Dorier (as guest co host) to talk about his new project and how it could be used in the Bitcoin world, potentially as a fully open source bitcoin hardware wallet.

    Links:

    • Website: Precursor.dev
    • Twitter: @bunniestudios
    • Twitter: @nicolasdorier

    Prior episodes with Nicolas:

    • SLP48 Nicolas Dorier and BTCPayServer – self hosted Bitcoin and Lightning payments
    • SLP172 Nicolas Dorier & Kukks – P2EP Comes To BTCPay Server

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP240 Jimmy Song & Robert Breedlove - Thank God For Bitcoin Jan 05, 2021

    Jimmy Song and Robert Breedlove join me to talk about a new book they co-authored (with other authors) on Bitcoin and how it fixes fiat money. This new book is inspired by The Ethics of Money Production and Honest Money, which blends an austrian analysis of fiat money and fractional reserve banking, with a christian perspective.

    Links:

    • Book: Thank God For Bitcoin
    • Jimmy Song: @jimmysong
    • Robert Breedlove: @breedlove22

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP239 Jake Chervinsky - Pushing Back on FinCEN non-custodial Bitcoin Regulation Dec 23, 2020

    Jake Chervinsky, GC of Compound Finance joins me on the show to talk about Steven Mnuchin’s proposed new regulations for US Bitcoin companies and how to push back:

    • What the new regulation would do
    • Terminology ‘unhosted’ and self-hosted
    • Compliance burden and chilling effect
    • Can the regulations be pushed back?
    • Non-US customers of US businesses
    • FATF and how to push back

    Jake's link:

    • Twitter: @jchervinsky

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP238 Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter - Passport by Foundation Devices: Air Gapped Hardware Wallet Dec 21, 2020

    The market for high quality hardware wallets is becoming more competitive with new entrants over time. Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter of Foundation Devices join me to talk about their new upcoming product, Passport. Passport is fully air gapped (QR or microSD), PSBT, and designed with an open source mindset. We chat:

    • Zach and Ken’s history with Obelisk prior to Foundation
    • Overview of Passport
    • Features
    • Approach with software
    • QR air gapping
    • Seed Generation
    • Firmware updates
    • Pricing and Timing

    Guest links:

    • Website: https://foundationdevices.com/ (code LIVERA for discount)
    • Twitter: @zachherbert
    • Twitter: @KenOfFoundation
    • Twitter: @FOUNDATIONdvcs

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP97 Michael Flaxman – Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks
    • SLP215 Michael Flaxman – 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig
    • SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP237 Saifedean Ammous - Fiat Standard & Fiat Propaganda Dec 15, 2020

    Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard rejoins me on the show to talk about his upcoming book, The Fiat Standard. We chat about how the fiat standard started, and the propaganda that they use to maintain it.

    Saifedean links:

    • Site: Saifedean.com
    • Twitter: @saifedean

    Previous episodes:

    • SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean and Alex Gladstein
    • SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset
    • SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
    • SLP69 Saifedean Ammous – How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios
    • SLP1 – Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish or Bearish For Bitcoin? Dec 11, 2020

    Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures, author and podcaster in the space joins me to talk about stablecoins.

    • What are stablecoins?
    • Who uses them?
    • What kind of volumes are we talking about?
    • What kind of platform risks are involved?
    • Are they bullish or bearish for Bitcoin?
    • STABLE act
    • Outlook for stablecoins going forward

    Nic Carter links:

    • Twitter: @nic__carter
    • Castle Island Ventures

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP10 – Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu
    • SLP219 Nadav Kohen – What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    SLP235 Niall Ferguson Bitcoin & Monetary Revolution Dec 07, 2020

    Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He’s also author of 15 books, including The Ascent of Money. Niall and I chat:

    • Bitcoin as a store of value
    • The pandemic and impacts on how we use money
    • Debt around the world and in history
    • What’s in our financial future

    Niall Ferguson links:

    • Twitter: @nfergus
    • Website: niallferguson.com
    • Article: Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • Hodl Hodl

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP234 Ron Paul Bitcoin, Liberty & Freedom in Money Dec 05, 2020

    Ron Paul, libertarian former congressman and presidential candidate, joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Libertarianism and Freedom in Money.

    Ron Paul Links:

    • Twitter: @ronpaul
    • Site: RonPaulLibertyReport.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • Hodl Hodl

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP233 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin Valuations & Cycles Dec 04, 2020

    Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about where we’re at in the cycle. We talk through:

    • Possible valuations for bitcoin
    • Common misunderstandings
    • Errors people make in bull runs
    • Why Bitcoin is not tulips
    • Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome

    Vijay links:

    • Twitter: @Real_vijay
    • Bullish case for bitcoin

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘mentally captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
    • SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
    • SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
    • SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
    • SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • Hodl Hodl

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP232 Lyn Alden - Bitcoin as Emerging Store of Value Dec 02, 2020

    Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy joins me to talk about how Bitcoin is emerging as a new store of value. We discuss misconceptions on bitcoin, the impact of the constant low key influx of new capital, gold vs bitcoin, concentration of bitcoin, and the broader macro environment we find ourselves in.

    Lyn Alden links:

    • Lynalden.com
    • Twitter: @Lynaldencontact

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • Hodl Hodl

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP231 Stepan Snigirev Build Your Own Hardware Wallet with Specter DIY Nov 30, 2020

    Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance), and renowned hardware wallet maker rejoins me on the show to talk about Specter DIY and Specter Desktop updates. We chat:

    • Why make your own
    • Security model vs other HWWs
    • Airgapping with QR
    • Use in multi sig setups
    • Specter Desktop updates

    Links:

    • Specter DIY github: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
    • Specter store: https://specter.solutions/shop/specter-shield/
    • Stepan Twitter: @StepanSnigirev

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • Hodl Hodl

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP230 Is Lightning The Future Of Bitcoin Transactions? Udi Wertheimer and Eric Wall Discuss Nov 27, 2020

    We’re all bullish on bitcoin, but will transactions take place on Lightning Network or other layers and tech? Udi and Eric join me on the show to discuss.

    • Monetary demand for bitcoin
    • How much payment demand is there?
    • Privacy, custody and other trade offs
    • Stablecoin payment demand
    • Platform risks of ETH

    Links:

    • Udi Wertheimer: HaveFunStayingPoor.com
    • Eric Wall: @ercwl

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP229 John Newbery - Brink: Bitcoin Development Nov 24, 2020

    John Newbery joins me to talk about his new bitcoin research and development center, Brink. John is a regular Bitcoin Core contributor, works on Bitcoin Optech, started PR Review Club, and mentors new bitcoin core developers. In this show we talk:

    • Why Brink
    • Priorities for development
    • Mentoring new developers
    • Bitcoin development culture

    John Newbery links:

    • Twitter: @Jfnewbery
    • Site: Brink.dev

    Other episodes mentioned:

    • SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
    • SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
    • SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP228 OKCoin’s Bitcoin Developer Grant Program with Hong Fang Nov 20, 2020

    Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin joins me to talk about:

    • Her pathway to learning about Bitcoin
    • Bitcoin’s current status in the market
    • Funding Bitcoin development
    • Focus and priorities for development
    • Identifying talent

    Links:

    • Hong Fang: @hfangca
    • Developer grants: https://developergrant.okcoin.com/

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Bitcoin Magazine
    • Hodl Hodl

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP227 Will Bitcoin & Dissident Tech Splinter Governments? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler Debate Nov 16, 2020

    Will Bitcoin enable the Sovereign Individual thesis to play out? Or will the state successfully find some counter to retain the level of taxation, surveillance and control that they currently enjoy? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler join me on the show to debate.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @breedlove22
    • Parallax Digital: Parallax Digital
    • Twitter: @lawlerpalooza

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Bitcoin Black Friday
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP226 Max Keidun Can Bitcoin Do DeFi and Lending? Hodl Hodl Lend Nov 13, 2020

    What is DeFi? Should it be a thing in Bitcoin or is that just an altcoin gambling thing? Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl joins me to talk about Bitcoin DeFi and Hodl Hodl’s new product, Lend. We talk:

    • Bitcoin DeFi
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Opening up a whole new lending market
    • Risks
    • Costs
    • How it might develop

    Max Keidun links:

    • Twitter: @keidunm
    • Hodl Hodl

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP56 Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger
    • SLP166 Max Keidun – P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Bitcoin Black Friday

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP225 Embassy: Sovereign Personal Computing, Privacy, Bitcoin & Lightning with Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland Nov 09, 2020

    You’re probably familiar with Bitcoin node packages, so what’s different here with Embassy and EmbassyOS? Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland of Start9 Labs join me to talk about shifting to a more personally sovereign paradigm, and what kinds of technology and hardware can take us there. We talk about:

    • What EmbassyOS is
    • What’s different vs bitcoin node packages
    • Integrating Lightning into EmbassyOS
    • Private messaging
    • Set up
    • Where we’re going

    Links:

    • Start9 Labs
    • Matt Hill: @MattHill
    • Aiden McClelland: @_dr_bonez

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Hodl Hodl Lend
    • Bitcoin Black Friday

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP224 NVK - What Do Most People Get Wrong About Bitcoin Security? Blockclock Mini & Bitcoin Treasuries Nov 06, 2020

    What are some common errors that people make when learning how to self custody? Should you use multi signature? Where does NVK agree / disagree with Michael Flaxman? NVK, CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to discuss this and more.

    • Bitcoin multi signature
    • Bitcoin backups and walletsrecovery.org
    • Bitcoin security
    • Blockclock Mini
    • BitcoinTreasuries.org

    Nvk's Links:

    • Twitter: @NVK
    • Site: coinkite.com (use code LIVERA for discount)
    • bitcoinsecurity.guide
    • Walletsrecovery.org
    • bitcointreasuries.org

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Cyphersafe (code LIVERA)
    • Bitcoin Magazine

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP223 Preston Pysh Bitcoin's Final Cycle? Nov 02, 2020

    Preston Pysh of We Study Billionaires joins me on the show to talk about what Bitcoin’s final cycle might look like. How would we know if we’re going through the final cycle? How likely is it? Will corporates buying bitcoin be weak hands or strong hands? What about governments trying to shut Bitcoin down?

    Preston Pysh‘s Links:

    • Twitter: @PrestonPysh
    • We Study Billionaires

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP109 Preston Pysh – How To Think About Bitcoin as an Investor
    • SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Bitcoin Black Friday
    • Hodl Hodl Lend

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig? Oct 27, 2020

    Confused about what MuSig2 is? As Bitcoin’s Schnorr Taproot soft fork has now been merged into Bitcoin Core (but not yet activated), it’s worthwhile understanding what some of the new multisignature schemes are for using Taproot. Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing, cryptographers working at Blockstream join me on the show to talk about their latest, MuSig2.

    Jonas Nick‘s Links:

    • Twitter: @n1ckler

    Tim Ruffing‘s Links:

    • Twitter: @real_or_random

    Links:

    • MuSig2 paper: Simple Two-Round Schnorr Multi-Signatures
    • MuSig-DN

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
    • SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Bitcoin Black Friday
    • CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP221 Joe Kelly And Dhruv Bansal - Should Your Business Hold Bitcoin? Unchained Business Accounts Oct 21, 2020

    What are the considerations for your business in holding bitcoin? Should you self custody with multi signature for improved security and control? Joe Kelly and Dhruv Bansal, CEO and CSO of Unchained Capital join me to chat.

    We talk:

    • What business owners have to consider
    • How to custody bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital’s solution
    • Coldcard
    • Financialisation of computer networks
    • Challenges of being a bitcoin company founder

    Joe and Dhruv Links:

    • Twitter: @josephkelly
    • Twitter: @dhruvbansal
    • Unchained Capital

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP113 Dhruv Bansal – Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Bitcoin Black Friday
    • CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean and Alex Gladstein Oct 18, 2020

    Is Bitcoin a democracy? Or is it more like a natural order? What about democracy in general, does that protect human rights and enable human flourishing? Saifedean and Alex Gladstein debate the question of whether democracy promotes human flourishing. This was moderated by Stephan Livera, initially on Saifedean’s online seminar.

    Saifedean's Links:

    • Twitter: @saifedean
    • Saifedean.com

    Alex Gladstein's Links:

    • Twitter: @gladstein
    • Hrf.org

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP219 Nadav Kohen - What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs Oct 15, 2020

    What are Discreet Log Contracts? Are they just for degenerate gamblers or is there a business use here? Nadav Kohen of Suredbits joins me to talk about what they are, why they’re useful and how they work.

    • Why Use DLCs over multisig?
    • Trust and Privacy
    • Funding and Contract Execution Transactions
    • Oracles and associated problems
    • Lightning DLCs
    • DLC Spec

    Nadav‘s Links:

    • Twitter: @nadav_kohen
    • Suredbits
    • Suredbits Blog

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP218 Philip Haslam & Russ Lamberti - Debt Culture & When Money Destroys Nations Oct 09, 2020

    Philip Haslam and Russ Lamberti join me to talk about their book on Zimbabwe and hyperinflation, When Money Destroys Nations. We chat about:

    • Where hyperinflation has happened before
    • The culture of debt & entitlement
    • Print and spend vs loan and spend
    • The stages or ‘gorge moments’
    • Financial repression
    • Liquidity obfuscation
    • How might future hyperinflation episodes play out

    Links:

    • Website: whenmoneydestroys.com
    • Book: When Money Destroys Nations
    • Russell Lamberti: @RussLamberti
    • Philip Haslam: @HaslamPhilip
    • Book twitter: @WMDNbook

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP217 Exploring Bitcoin With Godfrey Bloom Oct 07, 2020

    Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk. Godfrey is a self proclaimed goldbug, and in this conversation we explore Bitcoin and his recent discussion on it.

    We chat about:

    • Bitcoin’s use as reserve asset
    • Some similarities and differences between Bitcoin and Gold
    • Central Banking
    • Welfare Statism

    Links:

    • Twitter: @Goddersbloom
    • Website: godfreybloom.uk

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club Oct 02, 2020

    Why is Bitcoin so exciting? How does Silicon Valley culture influence it? Gloria Zhao, bitcoin core contributor joins me to talk:

    • Silicon Valley culture influences
    • Teaching blockchain, then getting more into Bitcoin
    • Being mentored by Bitcoin core developers
    • Bitcoin PR Review club
    • Map of the Bitcoin Network

    Gloria 's Links:

    • Twitter: @glozow
    • Github: Glozow
    • Article: Map of the Bitcoin network

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • Mempool.space

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP215 Michael Flaxman - 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig Sep 28, 2020

    After terrifying everyone with his prior SLP appearance re: hardware wallet security, Michael Flaxman rejoins me on the show to talk about his new multisig guide to help users secure their coins without any single point of failure.

    We cover:

    • What’s improved in the space since last year
    • Why you need to eliminate SPOFs (Single Points of Failure)
    • Comparison of current hardware wallets
    • Multi sig services vs DIY
    • Using Specter
    • Using Coldcard & Cobo
    • Seedpicker
    • Tips on maintaining the setup

    Michael links:

    • BTC Guide: https://btcguide.github.io/
    • Twitter: @mflaxman

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP97 Michael Flaxman – Every Bitcoin Hardware
    • SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman
    • SLP99 Andrew Chow – Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr - Where Are All The Bitcoins? Sep 25, 2020

    Why does auditing Bitcoin matter? Why won’t the supply ever actually reach 21 million? Pierre Rochard of Kraken and Fabian Jahr (Bitcoin Core contributor) join me on the show to talk.

    • Bitcoin supply
    • Auditing
    • Gettxoutset
    • Bitcoin Core coin stats index
    • More in depth bitcoin accounting

    Links:

    • Fabian Jahr github: @fjahr
    • Fabian Jahr: @fjahr
    • Article: https://fjahr.com/posts/where-are-the-coins/
    • Pierre Rochard: @pierre_rochard
    • Article: https://www.pierrerochard.com/auditing-bitcoin-supply/

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP213 Michael Saylor - Bitcoin Dematerializes Money Sep 21, 2020

    Why did MicroStrategy buy $425 million of Bitcoin and adopt it as Primary Treasury Reserve Asset? How did the team learn about Bitcoin? What is driving people to learn about Bitcoin in this high inflation environment? Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy joins me to discuss.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @michael_saylor

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP212 Alex Daskalov Can Bitcoin In Custody Be Insured? Sep 20, 2020

    Bitcoin custody insurance has been hotly debated in the industry, with concerns around the volatility, its feasibility, and whether it makes sense. What's Knox doing differently? Alex Daskalov, CEO of Knox Custody joins me to discuss these questions.

    Alex links:

    • Alex Twitter: @daskalov
    • Knox Custody: @knoxcustody

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA) Sep 15, 2020

    What grants have Square Crypto given? How can Bitcoin design be improved? How can Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Patents be protected for the community and permissionless innovation to continue apace? Steve Lee of Square Crypto joins me to talk about some of the latest.

    Links:

    • Steve twitter: @moneyball
    • COPA Thread: https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1304087270736236544
    • Bitcoin Design: https://medium.com/@squarecrypto/bringing-together-the-bitcoin-design-community-b89e5fbe080f

    Prior episode:

    • SLP144 Steve Lee – Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP210 Sergej Kotliar How To Watch Bitcoin’s Mempool, Lightning Adoption & Privacy Sep 11, 2020

    How do you watch Bitcoin’s mempool? What tools should we use? What are the implications longer term for a blockspace market? Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill joins me to talk about this and more:

    • Mempool watching and what tools are needed
    • Blockspace market longer term
    • Lightning adoption
    • Bitcoin Privacy and ‘bad actors’
    • COVID and Bitcoiners

    Sergej links:

    • Twitter: @ziggamon
    • Bitrefill: Bitrefill.com

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP85 Sergej Kotliar – Building Bitcoin’s circular economy
    • SLP25 – Taking Bitcoin Lightning Payment, and ‘earner adoption’, with Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP209 Samourai Wallet - Bitcoin Culture & New Privacy Features Sep 08, 2020

    Is Bitcoin user culture going the wrong way? Or are these general cultural things? What should be the approach around avoiding KYC? What new features are coming to Samourai Wallet? Samourai Wallet joins me to discuss.

    Samourai Wallet links:

    • Site: samouraiwallet.com
    • Twitter: @samouraiwallet

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP150 Samourai Wallet – Make Every Bitcoin Spend a Coinjoin

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP208 Peter Schiff Bitcoin or Gold? Sep 04, 2020

    Does money need a non-monetary use? Will the government return to a gold standard? Are we doomed to repeat the same cycle of fiat money? Peter Schiff, CEO Euro Pacific Capital, chairman of Schiff Gold, and host of Schiff Radio joins me to discuss.

    Peter links:

    • Twitter: @PeterSchiff
    • Schiff Radio: schiffradio.com
    • Euro Pac: europac.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP207 Roasbeef - Lightning Labs lnd Goes Wumbo Sep 02, 2020

    What’s the latest with the Lightning Network? What will it mean when channels go large sized with wumbo? How is the network and ecosystem growing? Laolu (roasbeef) CTO of Lightning Labs joins me to talk.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @roasbeef
    • Lnd 0.11 post
    • Lightning labs: Lightning.engineering
    • Lightning Labs twitter: @lightning

    Prior episode:

    • SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
    • Knox Custody
    • CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera1
    SLP206 Luke Childs - How To Recover Bitcoins & Umbrel Aug 31, 2020

    Have you wondered how to recover bitcoins from a seed? Maybe your friend doesn’t remember which wallet they used? In this episode with Luke Childs, we talk about how to recover them into Electrum with his newly written tool.

    We also talk about Umbrel, a new node package promising very easy set up.

    We also chat about security, development and bitcoin coding.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @lukechilds
    • Github: https://github.com/sponsors/lukechilds#sponsors
    • Site: https://lukechilds.co/
    • Umbrel: https://getumbrel.com/

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Knox Custody
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman Aug 28, 2020

    Are you looking for an easy bitcoin multi signature wallet that doesn’t require an electrum server? Or perhaps one with support for different bitcoin hardware wallets and a different interface? Check out Specter-Desktop! Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance) and Ben Kaufman (Specter Desktop contributor) join me to talk about the project.

    • Features
    • UX
    • Multi signature standards
    • HWI and HWW support
    • Design decisions
    • Looking for contributors

    Links:

    • @StepanSnigirev
    • @_BenKaufman
    • @CryptoAdvance
    • Specter Desktop github
    • Specter Support Telegram Channel

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP84 Stepan Snigirev – Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
    • SLP105 Justin Moon & Stepan Snigirev – DIY Bitcoin Hardware Wallet and Multi Signature

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP204 Robert Breedlove Bitcoin vs Slave Money Aug 25, 2020

    What’s the relation between fiat money and slavery? How did easy money and government suppression of honest money lead to this outcome? What’s the story with aggry beads and panos? How does Bitcoin change this? Robert Breedlove (CEO & CIO Parallax Digital) joins me to talk about these questions.

    Links:

    • Twitter: @breedlove22
    • Article: Masters and Slaves of Money
    • Parallax Digital: ParallaxDigital.io

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP203 Raoul Pal - Bitcoin and Macro Collide Aug 21, 2020

    Raoul Pal of Real Vision rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Macro are colliding. We talk about the incredible risk:reward opportunity of bitcoin, DCA long term, Bitcoin as better collateral, and more.

    Raoul Pal Links:

    • Twitter: @RaoulGMI
    • RealVision

    Prior Episodes:

    • SLP93 Raoul Pal – Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP202 Jeff Yew - Bitcoin in Australia Aug 20, 2020

    What are some of the stories from Bitcoin’s Brisbane scene in Australia? Jeff Yew joins me to chat about his experiences from the Brisbane scene, and teaching newcoiners about bitcoin. We also chat about the Binance Australia launch.

    Jeff links:

    • Twitter: @Vnumeris
    • Binance AU

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital (code: LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP201 Bitcoin Local Trader Comes to BlueWallet with Nuno & Igor Aug 17, 2020

    Want to buy bitcoin w/o KYC and non custodial all in one app? BlueWallet has recently launched this feature. Igor and Nuno from the BlueWallet team join me to talk about their work and the many features available in BlueWallet.

    • Creating BlueWallet
    • Partnering with Hodl Hodl
    • UX
    • Lightning
    • Custodial
    • Watch only wallets and hardware wallet support

    BlueWallet links:

    • BlueWallet.io
    • @BlueWalletio
    • Nuno: @nvcoelho

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP200 Christian Decker - ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks Aug 13, 2020

    What’s ANYPREVOUT? How does MPP work in practice and what are the considerations? What about some of these LN attacks, what are the mitigations and do they limit LN’s effectiveness? How is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network likely to grow out in the future?

    Christian Decker links:

    • Twitter: @snyke
    • ANYPREVOUT: BIP118
    • MPP Blog: All Paths Lead to Your Destination
    • github cdecker

    Relevant prior episodes:

    • SLP134 Rusty Russell Lightning Multi Part Payments
    • SLP59 Christian Decker Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP199 Electrum Wallet 4 with Thomas V & Ghost43 Aug 09, 2020

    Electrum Wallet is one of the longest standing Bitcoin wallets, and well known for supporting hardware wallets, multi signature - and now lightning! We talk about a range of things:

    • Lightning
    • HWW support
    • Multi sig
    • Electrum Server model
    • Backup seeds

    Links:

    • Electrum.org
    • Twitter: @ElectrumWallet
    • Electrum github

    Prior episode:

    • SLP125 Thomas Voegtlin – Electrum Wallet: Bitcoin seeds, PSBT, Multi sig, Lightning

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP198 Caitlin Long - What Are Austrian Economists Missing About Money And Banking? Aug 05, 2020

    Caitlin Long of Avanti Financial Group joins me to talk about Bitcoin, banking, rehypothecation and what Austrian Economists are missing. How much additional money is being created in the shadow banking system? What about ‘moneyness’? We also discuss Caitlin’s IMF working paper, and the recent OCC Interpretive Letter 1170.

    Caitlin Long links:

    • Twitter: @CaitlinLong_
    • Avanti: AvantiBank.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP197 Stephen Cole How to Run Your Local Bitcoin Meetup Jul 31, 2020

    How do we grow Bitcoin’s community of self custodying HODLers? With Bitcoin Meetups! How do you organise and run one? What topics do you present? How do you get a venue? How do you keep people engaged? Stephen Cole of the OC Bitcoin Meetup joins me to discuss.

    Stephen Cole links:

    • Twitter: @sthenc
    • OCBTN Meetup
    • OCBTN twitter: @OCBTN

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)

    Fund Bitcoin Open Source development: www.bitcoindevlist.com

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured? With Matt Odell, Alex Gladstein & Rafael Yakobi Jul 28, 2020

    Does government regulation of AML (Anti Money Laundering) represent a new way for governments to capture Bitcoin? FATF (Financial Action Task Force) is driving stricter regulations, and it now appears that large Bitcoin businesses are looking for ways to collaborate with the “Travel Rule”. What are the implications of this for Bitcoin privacy? Will Bitcoin be captured by governments, or will Bitcoin capture governments?

    Links:

    • Matt Odell of TFTC/RHR (MattOdell.com)
    • Alex Gladstein of HRF
    • Rafael Yakobi of The Crypto Lawyers

    Prior Episodes:

    • SLP70 Matt Odell – Putting Bitcoin into practice for noobs
    • SLP138 Matt Odell – Should Bitcoiners Coinjoin?
    • SLP102 Jimmy Song & Alex Gladstein – The Little Bitcoin Book
    • SLP165 Rafael Yakobi – Should Coinjoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP195 nix-bitcoin: A Security Focused Bitcoin Node Jul 26, 2020

    Nix-Bitcoin is a designed to be a more secure Bitcoin node, based on NixOS. Pseudonymous developer, nixbitcoindev joins me to explain more about why and how. What are the benefits of reproducibility? What else can be done from a security perspective to secure your bitcoin node? Will it be easy to use or only for technical people?

    Nix-Bitcoin links:

    • Nix-bitcoin github
    • Nix bitcoin twitter

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP194 RaspiBlitz with Rootzoll and Openoms Jul 23, 2020
    Wondered how to set up your own bitcoin + lightning node? Raspiblitz is a project offering a DIY node (or you can buy a premade one), with an LCD screen. Rootzoll and openoms join me to discuss.

    Raspiblitz links:

    • Rootzoll: @rootzoll
    • Openoms: @openoms
    • Raspiblitz
    • Raspiblitz guide

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP193 Gary Leland - Bitcoin For Boomers & BitBlockBoom Jul 15, 2020

    How do you teach Bitcoin to your Boomer relatives and friends? What are some of the common sticking points? Should you explain it as Digital Gold? Gary Leland, Hall of Fame podcaster, entrepreneur, and conference organizer of Bit Block Boom joins me to discuss!

    Gary links:

    • Twitter: @GaryLeland
    • BitBlockBoom: bitblockboom.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP192 Alyse Killeen – Investing In Bitcoin Companies Jul 14, 2020

    If you’re fundamentally bullish on Bitcoin, how do you invest in Bitcoin companies? What kind of strategies can be employed, what are some common errors in the space? How do you pick good teams and companies? Alyse Killeen founding Managing Partner of Stillmark VC, advisor to Mantis (venture firm) and advisor and sits on the board of well known Bitcoin companies such as Blockstream and Casa.

    Alyse links:

    • Twitter: @alysekilleen
    • Website: alysekilleen.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future Jul 10, 2020

    The world is undergoing pressures that are inflationary, but also deflationary forces. Which one will win out? What is driving humanity’s progress forward? Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur and author joins me to discuss our deflationary future.

    Jeff Booth:

    • Twitter: @JeffBooth
    • Book: thepriceoftomorrow.com

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)
    • CypherSafe (use code: LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed? Jul 08, 2020

    How many Bitcoins are being HODLed? Bitcoin’s nature allows some level of investigation and analysis, and it’s possible to see how many coins are moving. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, CTO of Glassnode joins me on the show to discuss some of the insights he’s been sharing.

    Rafael links:

    • Twitter: @n3ocortex
    • Website: glassnode.com
    • Thread

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP189 Ragnar Lifthrasir Should You Spend Bitcoin Now? Jul 05, 2020

    There’s a lot of heated discussion about Bitcoin HODLing vs Spending, the circular economy, and what actions build on Bitcoin’s censorship resistance. Ragnar Lifthrasir of Guns N Bitcoin joins me for a discussion on this topic.

    Ragnar links:

    • Twitter: @ragnarly
    • Site: Gunsnbitcoin.com

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP188 Dan Held – Does Bitcoin Need Marketing? Jul 01, 2020

    Does Bitcoin Need Marketing and marketers? Does it need influencers? What kinds of strategies are appropriate across different channels? Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken joins me to discuss.

    Dan Held links:

    • Twitter: @danheld
    • Article: Bitcoin’s Marketing Team
    • Website: danheld.com

    Relevant prior episodes:

    • SLP34 Dan Held – Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation
    • SLP81 Dan Held – Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP187 John Cantrell - Bruteforcing Bitcoin Seeds Jun 30, 2020

    John Cantrell, Bitcoin developer joins me to talk about how he cracked Alistair Milne’s social media bitcoin challenge. With the first 8 words of the seed, John was able to crack a 12 word seed using a cluster of GPU’s. John is also the creator of Juggernaut, a lightning messaging app.

    John links:

    • Twitter: @JohnCantrell97
    • Article: How I checked over 1 trillion mnemonics in 30 hours to win a bitcoin
    • Juggernaut: getjuggernaut.com

    Sponsors:

    • Swan
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital (code: LIVERA)

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP186 Joseph Salerno – Bitcoin and How Money Arises Jun 29, 2020

    Dr Joseph Salerno, Academic VP of Mises Institute joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin, monetary velocity, how money emerges on the market and more.

    Joseph Salerno links:

    • Twitter: @jtsale
    • Mises Institute: mises.org

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • New Brighton Capital code: LIVERA

    Relevant prior episodes:

    • SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann – Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin
    • SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
    • SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acting Locally

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is Jun 24, 2020

    Many people are confused about Bitcoin. Is it for transactional payments, or should we view it as something closer to Digital Gold or savings? Regular guest Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about this. We also talk:

    • Common errors in conceiving of Bitcoin
    • Risks with custodial and KYC
    • Updated thoughts on prior article re: Credit Deflation
    • CHAZ

    Vijay links:

    • Twitter: @real_vijay
    • Article: Bullish Case for Bitcoin
    • Recent twitter thread

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘Mentally Captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
    • SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
    • SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why credit deflation is more likely than mass inflation
    • SLP76 Vijay Boyapati- Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • Bitcoin Lessons

    Stephan Livera:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP184 Alessandro Cecere – Bitcoin Nodes in Venezuela Jun 23, 2020

    Alessandro Cecere (aka el Sultan Bitcoin), CEO of Coinspree joins me to talk about his experiences growing up in Venezuela, and his passion for spreading bitcoin.

    Alessandro Cecere links:

    • Twitter: @elsultanBitcoin
    • Coinspree: coinspree.com

    Relevant prior episodes:

    • SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela
    • SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • Coinfloor
    • Cyphersafe.io

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP183 Dennis Wohlfarth & Clinton Donnelly – Bitcoin Tax Strategies Jun 18, 2020

    Dennis Wohlfarth of Accointing & Clinton Donnelly of Donnelly Tax Law join me to talk about Bitcoin tax treatment, and strategies to minimise tax. We chat about:

    • Current tax treatment
    • Capital Gains Tax
    • Record keeping
    • Tax strategies locally
    • Tax strategies for those willing to go overseas
    • International competition

    Links:

    • Accointing: www.accointing.com (ref link – 10% discount)
    • Donnelly Tax Law: Donnellytaxlaw.com
    • Accointing Twitter: @accointing
    • Dennis Twitter: @WohlfarthDennis
    • Clinton Twitter: @cryptotaxfixer

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users Jun 16, 2020

    Nick Neuman and Jameson Lopp, CEO and CTO of Casa join me to talk about updates at Casa, the world of multi signature, hardware wallets, personal security and personal data in the age of increasing statism.

    Nick and Jameson links:

    • Nick Twitter: @Nneuman
    • Jameson Twitter: @lopp
    • Casa: keys.casa

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP26 – Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa
    • SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa
    • SLP107 Jeremy Welch & Jameson Lopp – Casa Wealth Security Protocol

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained
    • Bitcoin lessons
    • Cypherwheel

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire Jun 12, 2020

    Preston Pysh, co founder of The Investor’s Podcast network rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, inflation, bonds, and investing in a bitcoinised world.

    Preston Pysh links:

    • Twitter: @PrestonPysh
    • The Investor’s Podcast: Theinvestorspodcast.com
    • Prior SLP appearance: SLP109

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP180 Eric (iamTheCharacter) Bitcoin as Protest and Macro Solution Jun 10, 2020

    Eric eloquently spoke about Bitcoin as a macro solution on a live news broadcast from a protest near LA City Hall. I invited Eric on to discuss his views and his macro solution. We talk about his interest in Bitcoin, his RaspiBlitz node, his excitement for the lightning network, and bitcoin as a social movement.

    Eric links:

    • Twitter: @iamTheCharacter
    • Music: http://bit.ly/sospotify
    • IG: @hiphopphilosophymovie
    • Clip: https://twitter.com/nlebowitz1/status/1268002667042934786
    • New clip: https://twitter.com/iamTheCharacter/status/1269762148135100417

    Sponsors:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP179 Ergo - Unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins: Tumblers, Wasabi, JoinMarket Jun 08, 2020

    Ergo of OXT Research (Samourai Wallet team) joins me to talk about his latest research into the Lazarus group, and also unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins - whether they are through custodial tumblers, Wasabi or JoinMarket.

    Ergo links:

    • Twitter: @ergoBTC
    • OXT Research
      • The North Korean Connection
      • Toxic Recall Attack - Unwinding JoinMarket Case Study

    Prior/relevant episodes:

    • SLP130 Ergo Tracking PlusToken Scammers with White Hat Bitcoin Chain Analysis
    • SLP149 Waxwing Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER
    • SLP150 Samourai Wallet Make Every Bitcoin Spend a Coinjoin
    • SLP165 Rafael Yakobi Should Coinjoin Users be flagged?
    • SLP167 Chris Belcher - What’s the Problem with Bitcoin Surveillance?

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Unchained Capital
    • Coinfloor
    • BitcoinLessons.org

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP178 6102 Bitcoin Jun 04, 2020

    6102 Bitcoin is a pseudonymous bitcoiner known for his contributions with various Bitcoin resources and how to sites, and infographics. He joins me for a discussion about bitcoin privacy, why he does this under a pseudonym, contributing in the Bitcoin space, Blockstream’s Liquid network and more.

    6102 Bitcoin links:

    • Twitter: @6102bitcoin
    • Website: 6102bitcoin.com
    • Bitcoin-intro.com
    • Bitcoin-only.com
    • Btcprivacy.org
    • Bitcoin taint infographic
    • Sven article Stop Calling for a Free Market in Money

    Sponsor links:

    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Bitcoinlessons
    • Unchained Capital
    • Cyphersafe.io

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP177 Murch – Bitcoin Coin Selection May 28, 2020

    Murch joins me to talk about his work on Coin Selection, managing large wallets! We’ll talk about fees, selecting coins, the blockspace market, how you can think about optimising your wallet.

    Murch:

    • Twitter: @murchandamus
    • Bitcoin Stack Exchange: Murch
    • Branch and Bound paper and coin selection strategies: Murch’s masters thesis

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP118 Mike Belshe, CEO BitGo

    Sponsors:

    • Kraken
    • Coinfloor.co.uk
    • SwanBitcoin.com/livera
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP176 Parker Lewis & Buck Perley – Caravan Multisig Bitcoin Wallet May 22, 2020

    Parker Lewis and Buck Perley of Unchained Capital join me on the show to talk about updates on the Caravan open source project, making multi sig accessible and easy for the masses. Previously it was single address only, and now it works as a wallet! We’ll chat:

    • Why use Caravan
    • What the new updates are
    • Hardware wallet testing
    • xPubs and multi sig
    • Bitcoiner Ventures raise

    Parker Lewis & Buck Perley links:

    • Unchained blog: Gearing up the Caravan
    • Parker Lewis Twitter: @parkeralewis
    • Buck Perley Twitter: @buckperley

    Related episode:

    • SLP131 Parker Lewis – Bitcoin is Intuitive

    Sponsors:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin.com/livera
    • Cyphersafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World May 20, 2020

    Matt Ahlborg of UsefulTulips.org joins me on the show to talk about bitcoin use in South America, and Africa. Matt Ahlborg is a researcher and data scientist looking into the use of Bitcoin around the world.

    Matt Ahlborg links:

    • Twitter: @MattAhlborg
    • Website: usefultulips.org
    • Article: Latin American Bitcoin Trading Follows the Heartbeat of Venezuela
    • Article: Paxful is the Most Important Bitcoin Company You Aren’t Paying Attention to

    Related episode:

    • SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin As A Source Of Truth in Venezuela

    Sponsors:

    • Kraken
    • Coinfloor.co.uk
    • SwanBitcoin.com/livera
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP174 Matt Ridley - Bitcoin & How Innovation Works May 18, 2020

    Matt Ridley is a writer, biologist & Rational Optimist. He joins me to talk about his views on science, economics, innovation and how they apply to Bitcoin.

    Matt Ridley Links:

    • Website: mattridley.co.uk
    • Twitter @mattwridley
    • Book: How Innovation Works

    Sponsors:

    • Kraken
    • Coinfloor.co.uk
    • SwanBitcoin.com
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP173 Bitstein – Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Literature Review May 16, 2020

    Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein, President of the Nakamoto Institute and co-host of Noded Bitcoin Podcast rejoins me on the show to talk about some Bitcoin literature.

    Bitstein links:

    • Twitter @bitstein
    • Nakamoto Institute website
    • Noded

    Literature:

    • The Cyphernomicon
    • Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities
    • Secure Property Titles with Owner Authority
    • Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks
    • Politics vs Technology

    Previous episodes:

    • SLP111 Bitstein – Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Crash Course
    • SLP6 – Fiat Money As ‘Fad Diet’ with Bitstein

    Sponsors:

    • Kraken
    • Cyphersafe
    • SwanBitcoin.com
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP172 Nicolas Dorier & Kukks – P2EP Comes To BTCPay Server May 10, 2020

    Nicolas Dorier and Mr Kukks rejoin me on the show to talk about updates with BTCPay Server, such as P2EP (Pay to End point), which will assist bitcoin accepting merchants to PayJoin with customers, adding to the privacy on Bitcoin.

    Links:

    • Nicolas Dorier: https://twitter.com/nicolasdorier
    • MrKukks: https://twitter.com/mrkukks
    • BTCPay blog: https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-1-0-4-0/
    • BTCPay twitter: https://twitter.com/btcpayserver
    • BTCPay PayJoin guide: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-doc/blob/master/Payjoin.md
    • BTCPay PayJoin spec: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-doc/blob/master/Payjoin-spec.md
    • LaurentMT Payjoin discussion: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/LaurentMT/c38794ef6a62b2f8c76d7f694a3e7777/raw/cde5620d6ab59a8202af504e1650aef1ff907730/

    Earlier appearances:

    • Nicolas: http://stephanlivera.com/48
    • Kukks: http://stephanlivera.com/91

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Coinfloor.co.uk
    • SwanBitcoin.com
    • Unchained Capital

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset May 05, 2020

    PlanB (pseudonymous Bitcoin quant) & Saifedean (Bitcoin economist) rejoin me to talk about PlanB’s latest work on S2FX, and some of the debates being had on S2F modelling as well as addressing some of the criticism. We will also talk about Bitcoin as it goes through phase transitions, and the implications on the Bitcoin industry, and the rest of society.

    PlanB Links:

    • PlanB Twitter: @100trillionUSD
    • Article: Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Cross Asset Model

    Saifedean Links:

    • Twitter: @saifedean
    • Website: saifedean.com
    • Book: The Bitcoin Standard

    Prior episodes:

    • SLP67 PlanB – Modelling Bitcoin’s Digital Scarcity Through Stock-To-Flow Techniques
    • SLP86 PlanB – Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
    • SLP122 PlanB – Responses to the S2F model
    • SLP1 Saifedean – Bitcoin as Sound Money
    • SLP69 Saifedean – How Governments Could Kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin Scenarios
    • SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up

    Relevant episodes:

    • SLP154 Nick @Btconometrics – Quantitative Bitcoin Analysis & S2F Cointegration Strengthens

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP170 Yuri de Gaia - Bitcoin’s Two Economies & Citadels May 04, 2020

    Yuri de Gaia, Partner at L2B Global (Reserve Bitcoin OTC, Liquiditi, Moontower) joins me to talk about Bitcoin’s two economies: the regulated compliant world, and the defiant crypto-anarchist world.

    • How they will grow
    • Do they support each other
    • Citadels, Monarchy, and Anarcho-capitalism
    • OTC Trading
    • Liquid
    • Moontower

    Yuri Links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/Y_deGaia
    • Personal blog: https://degaia.co/
    • L2B Global (company) https://l2b.global
      Bitcoin Reserve (HNWI brokerage) https://bitcoinreserve.com
      The Bitcoin Reserve Journal (blog) https://journal.bitcoinreserve.com
      Moontower (retail) https://moontower.co/
      Liquiditi.io (Liquid asset swap tool) https://liquiditi.io/
    • Article: https://degaia.co/bitcoins-two-economies/

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP141 American HODL
    • SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Subscribe on YouTube
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP169 Jeff Deist - Bitcoin & Acting Locally Apr 27, 2020

    Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, Central Banking, Corona virus, libertarianism and acting locally:

    • Mises Institute and Bitcoin
    • Hypocritical fund managers
    • UBI and MMT becoming popular
    • Smaller is better
    • Better, not perfect

    Jeff Deist links:

    • Twitter: @jeffdeist
    • Mises: www.mises.org
    • Human Action Podcast: HA Podcast

    Prior appearance: SLP45

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP168 Lisa Neigut - Lightning Network Channel Accounting and Dual Funded Channels Apr 24, 2020

    Lisa Neigut of Blockstream joins me to talk about Lightning Network Channels, c-lightning, and Dual Funded Channels. We discuss:

    • How she got into Lightning development
    • How Lightning Channels work
    • How they could be accounted for in c-lightning
    • Dual Funding of Channels
    • PoDLE
    • Hardware wallet funding of lightning channels

    Lisa Neigut links:

    • Twitter: @niftynei
    • C-lightning thread: https://twitter.com/clightningcomit/status/1212810910731063297
    • C-lightning github: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning
    • Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/niftynei/

    Related episodes:

    • SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments
    • SLP59 Christian Decker - Lightning Channel Factories

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP167 Chris Belcher - What’s The Problem With Bitcoin Surveillance? Apr 21, 2020

    Chris Belcher rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Surveillance companies, and what risks they present to Bitcoin. We also talk about JoinMarket fidelity bonds.

    • Chain surveillance techniques
    • Downsides for Bitcoin
    • What to do about it
    • “Just Use Monero” is insufficient
    • PayJoin & P2EP
    • Fidelity Bonds - how they work
    • Benefits and costs

    Chris Belcher Links:

    • Joinmarket donation page: https://bitcoinprivacy.me/joinmarket-donations
    • Fidelity bond doc: https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/18ea0e6acdb885a2bfbdee43dcd6b5af
    • Financial mathematics of fidelity bonds: https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/87ebbcbb639686057a389acb9ab3e25b
    • Twitter: @chris_belcher_
    • Reddit: /u/belcher_
    • Email: belcher@riseup.net
    • Github: github.com/chris-belcher/
    • P2P trading exchanges list: https://github.com/cointastical/P2P-Trading-Exchanges/

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP165 Rafael Yakobi Should CoinJoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?
    • SLP149 WAXWING – Is Consumerism At Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, Snicker
    • SLP58 Chris Belcher – Defending Bitcoin Privacy
    • SLP150 Samorai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP166 Max Keidun - P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl Apr 15, 2020

    Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl rejoins me on the show to talk about some exciting updates with Hodl Hodl:

    • UX/UI update to Hodl Hodl website interface
    • How the platform protects against scammers
    • Local Trader feature in BlueWallet
    • Stacking Bitcoins p2p, No KYC, directly into your Coldcard
    • Baltic Honeybadger 2020 Update

    Max Keidun & Hodl Hodl links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/keidunm
    • Website: https://hodlhodl.com/ (Code:LIVERA)
    • Hodl Hodl twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlhodl

    Previous episode:

    • SLP56 Max Keidun and Roman Snitko

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP165 Rafael Yakobi - Should Coinjoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal? Apr 11, 2020

    Rafael Yakobi, Managing Attorney at The Crypto Lawyers joins me to talk about privacy in Bitcoin and the law. We talk about:

    • Financial surveillance laws
    • Obligations on bitcoin companies
    • How it works in practice
    • Blockchain surveillance companies

    Links:

    • Twitter: @CACryptoLawyer
    • The Crypto Lawyers: www.thecryptolawyers.com
    • Bitcoin Magazine article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-fungibility-mixing-and-the-legal-limits-on-maintaining-privacy

    Other links:

    • Bitcoin wiki transaction surveillance company by Chris Belcher
    • 6102 Bitcoin coinjoin infographics:
      1. https://6102bitcoin.com/001_what_is_bitcoin_taint/
      2. https://6102bitcoin.com/002_are_chain_analysis_heuristics_reliable/
      3. https://6102bitcoin.com/003_blacklisting_distance_proximity/

    Other relevant interviews:

    • SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo
    • SLP150 Samourai Wallet
    • SLP149 Waxwing (JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER)

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP164 Gleb Naumenko - erlay Bitcoin transaction relay Apr 07, 2020

    Gleb Naumenko of Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about erlay. We talk about:

    • How he got into bitcoin development
    • Transaction relay in Bitcoin
    • Attacks at the network level
    • Erlay
    • Costs and Benefits
    • Bitcoin and lightning development more broadly

    Gleb Naumenko:

    • Twitter: @tomatodread
    • Github account: https://github.com/naumenkogs
    • BIP330: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0330.mediawiki
    • Erlay Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.10518.pdf

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP163 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin’s Intransigent Minority, Swan Bitcoin & Bitcoiner Ventures Apr 03, 2020

    Cory Klippsten, CEO and Co-founder of Swan Bitcoin, GP of Bitcoiner Ventures joins me on the show to talk about:

    • Taleb’s thought and applying it to Bitcoin
    • The Intransigent Minority
    • Swan Bitcoin
    • Cheapest Auto DCA in the US
    • Bitcoiner Ventures and what it’s about, and how to get involved

    Cory Klippsten links:

    • Twitter: @coryklippsten
    • Swan Bitcoin: SwanBitcoin.com
    • Bitcoiner Ventures AngelList Syndicate: https://angel.co/i/v7pGo
    • Bitcoiner Ventures: BitcoinerVentures.com
    • Article: Ten Million Bitcoiners: The Intransigent Minority

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP162 Matt D’Souza - Bitcoin Halving Analysis: Bullish for Competitive Miners Apr 01, 2020

    Matt D’Souza CEO of Blockware Solutions joins me to talk about his team’s recent research piece on Bitcoin Halving and analysis from a mining perspective. In this conversation, we chat:

    • Market participant profiles
    • Miner electricity distribution
    • Shut off and breakeven cost
    • Mining Rigs
    • Scenario Analysis
    • Why some miners operate at a loss
    • Difficulty adjustment dynamics
    • Why Efficient miners welcome the halving

    Matt D’Souza links:

    • Twitter: @mjdsouza2
    • Research: 2020 Halving Analysis
    • Blockware: blockwaresolutions.com

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities Mar 27, 2020

    Titus Gebel joins me to talk about Free Private Cities and how they relate to Bitcoin Citadels, a way for Bitcoin people to peacefully set up Bitcoin friendly cities.

    We talk:

    • The problem with democracy and standard political activism
    • Legal system
    • Fee for service
    • Benefits of lower cost and more certainty
    • Dealing with poverty and pandemics
    • How to get there

    Titus links:

    • Twitter: @titusgebel
    • Free Private Cities website: freeprivatecities.com
    • Free Private Cities book: https://www.freeprivatecities.com/en/book/
    • Free Private Cities twitter: @fpcitiesinc

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect Your Bitcoin Privacy With Ronin Dojo Mar 25, 2020

    BTCxZelko, Samourai Wallet community member co-founded the Ronin Dojo project, an easy to use Raspberry Pi / Odroid install script and UI to run your own Samourai Wallet Dojo. It’s an easy, cost effective way to run your own node backing your Samourai Wallet, which enables you to use Bitcoin over Tor, with coinjoining and best in class privacy features.

    Zelko and I talk:

    • How he learned command line
    • How he got into Bitcoin privacy techniques
    • Recommended hardware for Ronin Dojo
    • How to install it for yourself

    Zelko links:

    • Twitter: @BTCxZelko
    • Ronin Dojo Wiki: Ronin Dojo Wiki
    • Ronin Dojo Telegram: Ronin Dojo TG Chat group

    Relevant prior episodes:

    • SLP150 Samourai Wallet
    • SLP138 Matt Odell
    • SLP130 Ergo
    • SLP117 Pura Vida
    • SLP78 Samourai Wallet
    • SLP29 Samourai Wallet

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP159 Phil Bonello - Bitcoin Sovereign Individual Investment Thesis Mar 20, 2020

    Phil Bonello joins me to talk about the book, The Sovereign Individual, and how it relates to a Bitcoin investment thesis. We talk:

    • The Sovereign Individual book
    • Black Magic of Compound Interest and Jurisdiction shopping
    • What the book got wrong

    Investment theses around the book relating to:

    • Media
    • Education
    • Remote Work
    • Bitcoin businesses
    • Censorship and Privacy

    Phil Bonello links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilJBonello
    • Sovereign Individual Investment thesis: https://philjbonello.substack.com/p/the-sovereign-individual-investment

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does a Bitcoin Price Crash Impact Bitcoin Miners? Mar 18, 2020

    John Lee Quigley of MinerUpdate and Adaptive Analysis joins me in this episode to talk about the impacts of bitcoin price drop on Bitcoin mining. We talk about:

    • What the key costs are for miners
    • Who are the key players in bitcoin mining
    • Miner trends
    • Geographic dispersion
    • Vertical integration
    • Energy use

    John Lee Quigley Links:

    • Twitter: @JohnLeeQuigley
    • MinerUpdate: https://www.minerupdate.com/
    • Adaptive Analysis: https://adaptiveanalysis.io/
    • Sample: MinerMovements #7 - Matthew Mining Effect

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For the Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin Mar 13, 2020

    Andy Edstrom, CFA CFP and author of “Why Buy Bitcoin” joins me to talk about:

    • Learning about austrian economics after getting into Bitcoin
    • Investor mindset
    • Fiat Money Debt Problem and Bad Options for how we get out of it
    • Why Buy Bitcoin book

    Andy Links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/edstromandrew
    • Website: www.andyedstrom.com
    • Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XG2J3S9

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP156 Carlos Roldan - Satoshi's Games and Lightnite Mar 10, 2020

    Carlos Roldan, CEO & Co founder of Satoshi’s Games, joins me to talk about why he’s excited about Lightning powered gaming.

    We talk:

    • Why he got into Lightning
    • Bitcoin enabled gaming
    • Making it multi platform and beautiful
    • Lessons learned with Satoshi’s Place
    • Schedule going forward with Lightnite
    • Where you can get Lightnite

    Carlos Links:

    • Lightnite: https://lightnite.io/ref=slp
    • Twitter: @whiteyhat
    • Satoshi’s Games: https://satoshis.games/
    • Satoshi’s Games Twitter: @SatoshisGames

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP155 Clark Moody - Bitcoin Dashboard & the 1000 Year Bull Run Mar 06, 2020

    Clark Moody, Bitcoin OG and entrepreneur joins me to talk about his dashboard, which is a fantastic resource for learning about bitcoin and monitoring bitcoin statistics. This is a great episode to learn about useful concepts in Bitcoin and Lightning. We talk about:

    • Clark’s history in bitcoin
    • Why he started the dashboard
    • Blockchain stats
    • Node stats
    • Mining economics
    • S2F
    • Output types
    • Future directions

    Clark Moody links:

    • Twitter: @clarkmoody
    • Dashboard: https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP154 Nick @BTConometrics - Quantitative Bitcoin Analysis & S2F Cointegration Strengthens Mar 03, 2020

    Nick joins me to talk about how he tried to disprove PlanB’s Stock to flow model, but ended up finding out that it holds up. We also talk about cointegration, what that means, and some of Nick’s statistical work. We talk about:

    • Professional background
    • Background to S2F
    • Cointegration and what it means
    • Engle-Granger test
    • Mean Reversion indicator
    • Shitcoins riding Bitcoin’s coat tails

    Nick links:

    • Twitter: @Btconometrics
    • Website: https://btconometrics.com/
    • Article: https://medium.com/swlh/falsifying-stock-to-flow-as-a-model-of-bitcoin-value-b2d9e61f68af

    Related episodes:

    • SLP67
    • SLP86
    • SLP122

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP153 Philipp Bagus - What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation Feb 28, 2020

    Philipp Bagus, Professor Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - joins me to talk about why deflation is not what you typically hear in the mainstream financial press. In this conversation we talk about:

    • The real causes of deflation
    • Why deflation is not necessarily what causes recessions
    • Distinctions between growth deflation, and bank credit deflation
    • Contrasting life under a fiat money standard with a hard money standard
    • Real world examples

    Philipp Bagus links:

    • Website: http://philippbagus.com/
    • Twitter: @PhilippBagus
    • Book: In Defense of Deflation
    • Mises Profile: Philipp Bagus

    Other episodes you may like:

    • SLP51 Guido Hulsmann
    • SLP45 Jeff Deist

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP152 NVK - CK-BUNKER and Bitcoin Backups Feb 25, 2020

    NVK (Coinkite) joins me to talk about a new project, CK-BUNKER, a DIY co-signer. We talk about what this is, how it could be used by bitcoin businesses or service providers. Separately, we also talk about backing up your bitcoins and making sure they’re safe for the years to come. We talk:

    • CK-BUNKER
    • How to use it
    • Coldcard and secure elements
    • Opendime
    • Bitcoin Backups
    • Stablecoins

    NVK links:

    • Twitter: @nvk
    • CK-BUNKER: https://ckbunker.com/
    • Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ (use code: LIVERA for discount)
    • TG: https://t.me/coldcard

    NVK prior appearances:

    • SLP62
    • SLP101

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP151 Obi - Coinfloor Going Bitcoin Only & Bitcoin Audits (aka Proof of Reserves) Feb 21, 2020

    Obi Nwosu, CEO and Co-founder of Coinfloor joins me in this episode to talk about his approach to the space. We talk about:

    • Going Bitcoin Only and when an exchange should delist cryptocurrencies
    • Proof of Reserves & Proof of Solvency
    • Educating users of the exchange about Bitcoin
    • Supporting grass roots bitcoin meet ups, conferences, organisations
    • Advancing Bitcoin

    Obi links:

    • Twitter: @obi
    • Coinfloor: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/
    • Coinfloor Bitcoin Audits: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/proof/

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP150 Samourai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin Feb 18, 2020

    The co-founder of Samourai Wallet, rejoins me in this episode to talk about the current state of bitcoin privacy techniques, and some exciting updates coming soon to Samourai Wallet. We talk:

    • Creeping KYC and has bitcoin social culture regressed?
    • Does taint exist?
    • Coin selection algorithms. STONEWALL, and Solomon
    • Stowaway / PayJoin
    • Wallet fingerprinting and whether it’s an issue
    • Mobile mixing
    • Dojo and Ronin Dojo
    • Thoughts on Lightning and Liquid

    Samourai Wallet links:

    • Website: Samouraiwallet.com
    • Twitter: @SamouraiWallet
    • SW Telegram: https://t.me/SamouraiWallet
    • SW Whirlpool Trollbox Telegram: https://t.me/whirlpool_trollbox
    • SW Dojo room: https://t.me/samourai_dojo
    • Ronin Dojo: https://t.me/RoninDojoUI

    Relevant Prior interviews:

    • SLP29 with SW
    • SLP78 with SW
    • SLP117 with Pura Vida
    • SLP130 with Ergo
    • SLP138 with Matt Odell

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP149 Waxwing - Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER Feb 15, 2020

    Adam Gibson (aka Waxwing), Bitcoin privacy advocate, and contributor to JoinMarket joins me to discuss his thoughts on the state of privacy in Bitcoin. We talk about:

    • Why consumerism mentality may stop people from using privacy techniques
    • Why blockchain analysis companies are probably over rated
    • Schnorr Taproot and cross input signature aggregation
    • CoinJoinXT
    • SNICKER
    • JoinMarket
    • PayJoin

    Adam Gibson links:

    • Mastodon: @waxwing
    • Twitter: @waxwing__
    • Github: AdamISZ
    • Blog: JoinMarket.me/blog
    • JoinMarket:JoinMarket.me
    • Github: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver
      • IRC: #joinmarket on freenode

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP148 Petek @RadarRayne - Bridging Art and Bitcoin with Stock to Flow Feb 10, 2020

    Petek (@RadarRayne) joins me to talk about coming into Bitcoin as an artist, and creating Bitcoin art. We also chat about her experience working with PlanB on stock to flow inspired art pieces, her thoughts on women in bitcoin, and how some ideas were just ripe for being created!

    Petek Links:

    • Twitter: @RadarRayne

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous - Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up Feb 07, 2020

    Pierre Rochard (Kraken, Noded Podcast, Nakamoto Institute) and Saifedean Ammous (Bitcoin economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard) join me to talk about Bitcoin as Savings Technology and Number Go Up technology. This point is often misunderstood, so listen in for discussion on:

    • Cash balance
    • Savings technology
    • Number Go Up
    • Stock to flow
    • Lightning and Bitcoin developments

    Pierre Rochard Links:

    • Twitter: @pierre_rochard
    • Kraken Careers: Kraken Careers
    • Kraken: Kraken.com
    • Nakamoto Institute: Nakamotoinstitute.org
    • Noded Podcast: Noded.org

    Saifedean Ammous Links:

    • Twitter: @saifedean
    • Site: https://saifedean.com/

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP146 Will Cole - Bitcoin Native Financial Services Feb 03, 2020

    Will Cole, CPO of Unchained Capital joins me to talk about:

    • Learning about bitcoin and austrian economics
    • Bitcoin meet ups and the shifts over time
    • Getting ready for a bull run
    • Bitcoin and allodial title
    • Wyoming Blockchain taskforce
    • Unchained Capital vaults and loans
    • Bitcoin as collateral

    Will Cole links:

    • Twitter: @Willcole
    • Unchained Capital: Unchained-capital.com
    • Unchained Capital twitter: @unchainedcap

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP145 Rahim Taghizadegan - The Zero Interest Rate Trap and social consequences of fiat Jan 31, 2020

    Rahim Taghizadegan, Austrian economist and author, joins me in this episode to talk about the problems with central banking, and social consequences of fiat money. If you enjoyed earlier episodes on Austrian economics, you’ll really enjoy this one! We talk:

    • Why central banking is a problem
    • What governments are enabled to do
    • Capital structure of production
    • Social consequences of fiat money
    • How to escape the Zero Interest Rate Trap

    Rahim Links:

    • Twitter: @scholarium_at
    • Book: https://www.incrementum.li/en/book-the-zero-interest-rate-trap/
    • Website: scholarium.at

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin / SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP144 Steve Lee - Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development Jan 26, 2020

    Steve Lee joins me in the first official Square Crypto podcast appearance! We talk about how he got into Bitcoin, and Square Crypto’s focus on supporting Bitcoin and Lightning open source development. We talk about:

    • The Square Crypto team and their focus
    • Lightning Development Kit
    • BTCPayServer
    • Zman
    • Supporting bitcoin development
    • UI and UX issues with bitcoin today

    Links:

    • Steve Lee Twitter: @moneyball
    • Square Crypto: @sqcrypto
    • Square Crypto blog post

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin / SwanBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP143 Eduardo Gomez - Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela Jan 21, 2020

    Eduardo Gomez, head of customer support at Purse.io joins me to talk about some interesting developments in Venezuela and bitcoin being used to transfer value across borders. We talk about:

    • Eduardo’s background
    • Bitcoin as source of truth
    • Petro
    • Stablecoins
    • What’s needed in terms of tooling and education
    • Bitcoin in Argentina

    Eduardo links:

    • Twitter: @codiox
    • Purse: purse.io

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP142 Pierre-Marie Padiou - ACINQ & Phoenix Wallet: easiest non-custodial lightning wallet yet? Jan 18, 2020

    Pierre-Marie Padiou is CEO and co-founder of ACINQ, building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. We talk about how ACINQ got founded and their very impressive new Lightning wallet, Phoenix. Phoenix represents a step forward in non-custodial Lightning wallet user experience and we talk about the tradeoffs that go into making this a reality. This episode is a must listen so you know how to best demonstrate Lightning for Bitcoin Lightning newbies or family/friends.

    ACINQ links:

    • Twitter: @acinq_co
    • ACINQ Website: https://acinq.co/
    • Phoenix Website: https://phoenix.acinq.co/
    • Github: https://github.com/ACINQ/
    • Telegram: https://t.me/phoenix_wallet

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    • Patreon @stephanlivera
    SLP141 American HODL - HODLer stories and Bitcoin Citadels Jan 14, 2020

    American HODL of Bitcoin Twitter joins me to tell us his stories of Bitcoin HODLing, how he built up his conviction in Bitcoin HODLing, and where we’re going with this:

    • Modern society and the impact of fiat money
    • HODLer stories
    • Spend and replace vs HODL
    • Bitcoin Baby steps
    • Bitcoin Citadels - will they be real?

    Links:

    • Twitter: @american_hodl

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP140 Gigi - Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons Jan 10, 2020

    Gigi, Bitcoin author and curator of bitcoin-resources.com joins me to talk about some of his recent articles and the recent launch of his 21 Lessons book. We talk about:

    • The gravitational pull of bitcoin
    • Key resources from bitcoin-resources.com
    • 21 Lessons learned along the way

    Gigi links:

    • Twitter: @dergigi
    • 21 Lessons: 21lessons.com
    • 21 Lessons - Amazon book: Amazon
    • Bitcoin-Resources: Bitcoin-resources.com

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP139 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Mastering Lightning & Using BTCPayServer Jan 06, 2020

    Andreas M. Antonopoulos, world renowned bitcoin speaker & author rejoins me on the show today to talk about some of his latest projects and efforts in Bitcoin. We talk about:

    • Mastering Lightning - new book coming
    • Process on learning Lightning Network
    • Challenges in LN today
    • Using BTCPayServer to be a merchant
    • Using RTL
    • myNode

    Andreas links:

    • Twittter: @aantonop
    • Website: aantonop.com
    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/aantonop

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP138 Matt Odell - Should Bitcoiners Coinjoin? Jan 01, 2020

    Matt Odell, co-host of TFTC/RHR joins me in this episode to talk about coinjoin techniques and bitcoin privacy. We discuss:

    • What sparked off the recent discussion on coinjoin
    • Binance SG flagging a customer for using coinjoin
    • What’s at stake
    • Is there a tension between ‘white market KYC compliant’ bitcoin and ‘grey market agorism’ bitcoin?
    • Action steps to take

    Matt Odell links:

    • Twitter: @matt_odell
    • TFTC/RHR: TFTC.io

    Ronin Dojo:

    • Ronin Dojo Github

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP137 AJ Towns - Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs Dec 27, 2019

    AJ Towns, bitcoin core contributor @ Xapo joins me to talk about his recent work advancing the Schnorr, Taproot, and Tapscript BIPs. We talk about:

    • What are Schnorr signatures? What is MuSig?
    • What is Taproot, and what is Tapscript?
    • Script changes
    • Schnorr Review Club
    • Benefits for Bitcoin and Lightning
    • Upgrade path
    • Activation

    AJ Towns links:

    • Twitter: @ajtowns
    • Github: @ajtowns
    • Schnorr Taproot Review club and resources link: Taproot Review Github
    • Schnorr BIP
    • Taproot BIP
    • Tapscript BIP

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP136 Alex Leishman - Bitcoin Socratic Seminars & River Financial Dec 23, 2019

    Alex Leishman, organizer of SF Bitcoin Devs and CEO of River, joins me in this episode to talk about his journey in Bitcoin and Austrian Economics, as well as talk about how to moderate and run a successful Bitcoin Socratic Seminar meet up. Listen in and get some tips on how you can run or participate in Bitcoin meet ups in your city! We talk:

    • Ground rules
    • What discussion takes place at a Bitcoin Socratic Seminar
    • How the rest of the world can copy this model
    • River FInancial

    Alex Leishman links:

    • Twitter: @Leishman
    • SF Bitcoin Devs: SF Bitcoin Devs
    • River Financial: River Financial

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP135 Suheb - Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL Dec 20, 2019

    Suheb, co-founder of RTL joins me in this episode to talk about tips on managing your Lightning Node with RTL. We talk:

    • How Suheb got into Lightning
    • His experience with the Lightning Torch
    • Different personas for RTL - Node Operator, Merchant
    • Channel Management
    • Interface
    • What’s coming next with RTL

    Suheb and RTL links:

    • Twitter: @Suheb__
    • RTL: @RTL_app
    • RTL Github: RTL Github

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments Dec 16, 2019

    Rusty Russell from Blockstream rejoins me in this episode to talk about a very exciting development in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: Multi Part Payments. This is a new feature that will be implemented into the Lightning Network specification, and will be included in the new c-lightning 0.8.0 release. We talk about:

    • Development work ongoing
    • Multi Part Payments and how they change Lightning Network
    • Payment Secrets
    • Privacy on Lightning Network
    • Outlook for Lightning Network in 2020

    Rusty Russell links

    • Twitter: @Rusty_twit
    • BOLT specs: Lightning network specification
    • C-lightning: ElementsProject/lightning
    • Blockstream website: Blockstream.com

    Prior episodes with Rusty:

    • SLP23 - Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and Lightning Development, with Rusty Russell of Blockstream
    • SLP98 Rusty Russell and Joe Netti – Can Lightning Network Scale to a Million Channels?

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP133 Trace Mayer - Proof of Keys, and Bitcoin’s Battle on Two Fronts Dec 13, 2019

    Trace Mayer, world renowned Bitcoin investor, writer and speaker rejoins me on the podcast to talk about Proof of Keys, an annual event for Bitcoiners to withdraw bitcoins from any third parties to keys they hold. In this episode we talk about:

    • Proof of Keys
    • Tools and best practices
    • The battle for scarcity, and the battle for privacy
    • Mises’ book, Bureaucracy

    Trace Mayer links:

    • Twitter: @TraceMayer
    • Proof of Keys: ProofOfKeys.com
    • Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast: Bitcoin.kn

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP132 Christian Moss (Mandelduck) - Bitcoin Lightning gaming with Zebedee Dec 11, 2019

    Christian joins me in this episode to talk about his experiences building on lightning network, and his venture along Andre Neves and Simon Cowell with Zebedee, lightning powered games. We talk:

    • How Chris got into Bitcoin app development
    • Does Lightning belong in games?
    • Zebedee approach to lightning game development
    • Thoughts on Lightning Network more generally, and LNURL

    Links:

    • Christian Moss Twitter: @MandelDuck
    • Zebedee website: Zebedee.io
    • Zebedee Article: Does Bitcoin in Gaming Make Sense?

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • 21x.io
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP131 Parker Lewis - Bitcoin is Intuitive Dec 09, 2019

    Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital joins me in this episode to talk about a range of things:

    • How he went from global macro hedge fund to bitcoiner
    • What the Fed gets wrong
    • A Hayekian appreciation for bitcoin
    • His blog series, Gradually, Then Suddenly
    • Bitcoin becoming intuitive
    • Unchained Capital Caravan - open source & free multi sig

    Links:

    • Parker Lewis Twitter @Parkeralewis
    • Unchained Capital Website
    • Unchained Capital Twitter
    • Unchained Capital Youtube Caravan Demo

    Other relevant episodes:

    • SLP113 Dhruv Bansal
    • SLP97 Michael Flaxman

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP130 ErgoBTC - Tracking PlusToken Scammers with White Hat Bitcoin Chain Analysis Dec 04, 2019

    ErgoBTC, a pseudonymous bitcoin ‘white hat’ privacy analyst joins me in this episode to talk about his journey tracking PlusToken scammers in their attempts to mix and dump 200k BTC. This is a must listen episode for bitcoiners to understand how your privacy can be impinged, and we also talk about tools and techniques for assessing and defending your own bitcoin privacy.

    We talk:

    • How he got into bitcoin privacy analysis
    • PlusToken scammers - what is the scale of it, and what did they do wrong
    • In depth discussion on bitcoin mixers and bitcoin privacy
    • Key takeaways for listeners, mixing products, exchanges on privacy
    • Future of chain analysis

    ErgoBTC Links:

    • ErgoBTC Twitter: @ErgoBTC
    • Tracking the PlusToken Whale article: https://medium.com/@ErgoBTC/tracking-the-plustoken-whale-attempted-bitcoin-laundering-and-its-impact-on-wasabi-wallet-787c0d240192

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • 21x.io
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP129 Pascal Gauthier - Ledger, Bitcoin Security, and what to expect for 2020 Dec 02, 2019

    Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger joins me in this episode to talk about Ledger Hardware Wallet devices. We talk:

    • Pascal’s background in bitcoin
    • Ledger device overview
    • Privacy while using Ledger
    • Multi signature
    • Bitcoin-only devices?
    • Future directions with Ledger devices

    Pascal and Ledger links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ledger
    • Website: https://www.ledger.com

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP128 Jan Čapek - Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol Nov 27, 2019

    Jan Čapek, co-CEO of Braiins and working at Slush Pool joins me to talk about this an upgrade to a Bitcoin Mining protocol, Stratum. Stratum V2 is the next generation protocol for pooled mining. It focuses on making data transfers more efficient, reducing physical infrastructure requirements for mining operations, and increasing security. In this conversation we get into some detail about:

    • How Jan got into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Mining
    • How the original Stratum protocol came about
    • What is new about Stratum v2
    • Benefits of Stratum v2
    • Relation with BetterHash
    • Bitcoin Pools generally

    Jan Čapek and Stratum Protocol Links:

    • Stratumprotocol.org
    • Braiins-OS.org
    • Slushpool.com
    • Twitter: @JanBraiins

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • 21X.io (Previously Bitcoin Outlet) use code: LIVERA for 21% off
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP127 Ben Perrin (BTCSessions) - Bitcoin beginner onboarding strategies Nov 25, 2019

    Ben Perrin, host of BTCSessions YouTube channel joins me to talk about his experiences educating new Bitcoiners. Listen to this episode to get some tips on how you can spread bitcoin knowledge in a thoughtful way. We talk:

    • How Ben got into Bitcoin and doing a YouTube channel
    • Taking insights from his prior career as a teacher
    • Helping beginners avoid common errors
    • Bitcoin tools and wallets
    • Running a bitcoin node and comparing node products
    • Update from Bull Bitcoin and 21x

    Ben Perrin links:

    • Twitter: @BTCSessions
    • YouTube: BTCSessions
    • Bull Bitcoin: BullBitcoin.com
    • Bitcoin merchandise: 21x.io

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP126 Ben Askren Nov 19, 2019

    Ben Askren, a recently retired pro Mixed Martial Artist and former Olympic Wrestler joins me to talk about how he got into Bitcoin and is now spreading the word about Bitcoin to his following! We talk:

    • How he got into Bitcoin
    • Common misconceptions
    • Why we run full nodes in Bitcoin
    • What’s next for him with Bitcoin

    Ben Askren Links:

    • Ben Askren Twitter
    • Funky Crypto Podcast

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP125 Thomas Voegtlin - Electrum Wallet: Bitcoin seeds, PSBT, Multi sig, Lightning Nov 16, 2019

    Thomas Voegtlin, Founder of Electrum Wallet joins me to talk about how and why he started Electrum Wallet, one of the longest standing Bitcoin wallets (2011). In this interview we discuss a range of topics around the Electrum Server model, Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions, Bitcoin seed formats (BIP39), Multi signature, Hardware wallets and the recent announcement of Lightning in Electrum.

    Links:

    • Electrum website
    • Electrum Twitter @ElectrumWallet

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution Nov 12, 2019

    Jon Atack joins me to talk about his experience with open source software development, and to talk about the process of Bitcoin Core development and code review. We talk:

    • Becoming a Bitcoin Core contributor
    • How to best contribute
    • Communication channels for development
    • Priorities in Bitcoin development
    • Funding for development

    Jon Atack Links:

    • Twitter: @jonatack (https://twitter.com/jonatack)
    • Github: @jonatack (https://github.com/jonatack)
    • Bitcoin Core PR Review Club: https://bitcoincore.reviews and https://twitter.com/BitcoinCorePRs
    • How to Review Bitcoin Core PRs: https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-review-bitcoin-core-prs.md
    • How to Make Bitcoin Core PRs: https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-make-bitcoin-core-prs.md
    • Bitcoin Core Peer Review process: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#peer-review
    • “On Consensus” by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7282

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • GiveBitcoin
    • Bitcoin Outletuse code: LIVERA for 21% off

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP123 Allen Piscitello - Sidechains & Blockstream Liquid Nov 08, 2019

    Allen Piscitello, VP Product of Blockstream joins me to talk about Blockstream Liquid as a new model for inter exchange settlement, and the possibility of building out new financial infrastructure in a way different from the legacy financial system. We talk:

    • Tradeoffs and differences between approaches of Lightning, Statechains, and Liquid
    • How pegging Bitcoin in and out of Liquid works
    • Features that Liquid’s blockchain has e.g. Confidential Transactions and Confidential Assets
    • How Liquid can enable much faster inter exchange settlement with different tradeoffs
    • How to get started developing on it
    • What the future of bitcoin market structure could look like with Liquid adoption

    Allen and Blockstream Links:

    • Blockstream twitter
    • Blockstream website

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel by CypherSafe
    • GiveBitcoin

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP122 PlanB - Responses to the S2F model Nov 04, 2019

    PlanB (Pseudonymous Bitcoin Quant) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the response to his seminal work, Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity. There have been some responses to his Stock to Flow (S2F) modelling work, so we talk:

    • The response to his articles and translations
    • What cointegration is and why it matters
    • Responses to PlanB’s modelling work
    • Cash and carry trade
    • Where to from here

    PlanB Links:

    • Twitter: @100trillionUSD
    • Medium Article: Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity
    • PlanB’s first interview: SLP67
    • PlanB’s second interview: SLP86
    • Phraudsta / Nick’s article: Falsifying Stock to flow as a model of Bitcoin value
    • Hcburger1’s article: Bitcoin’s natural long term power law corridor of growth

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • GiveBitcoin
    • Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP121 Yan Pritzker - Intro to Bitcoin Mining (Beginner episode) Oct 31, 2019

    Yan Pritzker, Bitcoin Author and previously CTO of Reverb joins me in this episode to talk about Bitcoin Mining, his book Inventing Bitcoin and give Bitcoin beginners an intro to Bitcoin Mining.

    We talk about:

    • Whether a beginner should do Bitcoin Mining or use cloud mining
    • How bitcoin mining works
    • How the network stops cheaters
    • Bitcoin mining attacks
    • Common errors in thinking about Bitcoin

    Yan Pritzker Links:

    • Yan Pritzker Twitter @skwp
    • Inventing Bitcoin website

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP120 Jack Mallers - Lightning & Identity, Olympus and Zap Oct 28, 2019

    Jack Mallers of Zap joins me to talk about the recent exploration of Lightning Network and Identity, as well as talking about his new service, Olympus, and Zap wallet development. This interview was recorded one day before the Lightning Conference in Berlin, Germany October 2019.

    Topics:

    • Use of Lightning Node pub key as identity
    • Complications with above
    • The exposure that any Lightning business has to chain fees
    • Future directions in Zap wallet development

    Jack Mallers;

    • Twitter: @JackMallers
    • Zap Website

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP119 Alex Bosworth - Submarine Swaps, Loop, Hyperloop Oct 24, 2019

    Alex Bosworth, Lightning Infrastructure Lead at Lightning Labs joins me to talk about what he’s working on: Submarine swaps, Lightning Loop and Hyperloop. We chat about the possibilities being enabled for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

    We talk:

    • Submarine swaps and Loop
    • Practical applications for Merchants, Exchanges, Users
    • Routing on the lightning network
    • Fees on the Lightning Network
    • What people should be doing with Lightning Network

    Alex Bosworth Links:

    • Alex Bosworth Twitter
    • Lightning Labs Website
    • LND Developer slack

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken
    • Unchained Capital
    • CypherWheel

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website
    • Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast
    SLP118 Mike Belshe - BitGo Bitcoin Custody Oct 18, 2019

    Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo joins me to talk about his journey with Bitcoin and the challenges BitGo faces in being the world’s largest Bitcoin custodian. We talk about:

    • Coming into Bitcoin
    • How secure storage evolved in Bitcoin over time
    • Technological and Procedural techniques used today to enhance security
    • Insurance
    • Contentious forks
    • The risk of government
    • Future of Bitcoin Custody

    Mike Belshe links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikebelshe
    • BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com

    SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

    • https://stephanlivera.com/slp-bitcoin-custody-series

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
    • Bitcoin Outlet: https://bitcoinoutlet.com/ use code: LIVERA for 21% off
    • GiveBitcoin: https://givebitcoin.io/?grsf=d3nqrm

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
    • Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320
    SLP117 Pura Vida - Learning about Bitcoin Privacy Oct 13, 2019

    Pura Vida of the Lightning Hood team joins me to share his perspectives and journey in learning about bitcoin privacy and putting it into practice with tools such as Samourai Wallet and Nodl. We talk about:

    • His journey of learning Bitcoin Privacy
    • How to manage your Bitcoin UTXO set
    • Coinjoining
    • Why Post Mix is underrated
    • Other privacy tips

    Pura Vida links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pura_Vlda
    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/lightning_hood

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
    • CypherSafe: https://cyphersafe.io/product/cypherwheel/
    • GiveBitcoin: https://givebitcoin.io/?grsf=d3nqrm

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
    • Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
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    SLP116 Taylor Helsper - Easy Bitcoin Nodes with myNode Oct 11, 2019

    Taylor joins me to talk about his project myNode which may be one of the easiest, cheapest and feature rich methods to run your own full node and connect to your own hardware wallet. We talk through the process, and some of the challenges that newbies face today, in setting up their own bitcoin full node.

    Taylor Helsper myNode Links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/mynodebtc
    • myNode website: http://mynodebtc.com/
    • myNode telegram: https://t.me/mynode_btc

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
    • Bitcoin Outlet: https://bitcoinoutlet.com/ use code: LIVERA for 21% off

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
    • Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320
    SLP115 Trace Mayer - Bitcoin as Ultimate Collateral Oct 09, 2019

    Trace Mayer, renowned Bitcoin investor, writer and speaker joins me in this episode to talk about a range of topics on jurisdictional competition in relation to Bitcoin, how best to learn, shifting perceptions on Bitcoin, whether there are any threats to Bitcoin, and this concept of Bitcoin as the ultimate collateral.

    Trace Mayer links:

    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceMayer
    • Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast: https://www.bitcoin.kn/

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
    • Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
    • Subscribe to the podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320
    SLP114 Gene Epstein - Moderating Bitcoin Debates Oct 07, 2019

    Gene Epstein, Director of the Soho forum joins me to talk about his experiences in moderating debates in Bitcoin and Austrian Economics. We talk about some of the key points that Bitcoiners should consider from Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard, and we also talk about the debate between Erik Voorhees and Peter Schiff, and the debate between George Selgin and Saifedean Ammous.

    Links:

    • SoHo Forum: https://www.thesohoforum.org/
    • Gene Epstein twitter:https://twitter.com/GeneSohoForum

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate

    Ministry of Nodes Self Sovereignty Webinar:

    • Webinar sign up:https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/product/self-sovereignty-webinar-2-3-november-2019/

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
    • Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
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    SLP113 Dhruv Bansal - Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital Oct 04, 2019

    Dhruv Bansal, Co-Founder and CSO of Unchained Capital rejoins me in this episode to talk about some bitcoin open source contributions Unchained Capital are making, as well as Unchained Capital products and services. Learn more about multi signature, Shamir’s secret sharing, and how Unchained are applying Bitcoin to financial services.

    We talk:

    • Multisig Vaults
    • Open sourced multisig software
    • Hermit - Shamir’s Secret Sharing

    Links:

    • Dhruv Bansal: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/
    • Hermit blog post: https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/a-hermit-emerges/
    • Unchained Capital Github: https://github.com/unchained-capital

    SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

    • https://stephanlivera.com/slp-bitcoin-custody-series

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
    • Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
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    • Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me
    SLP112 - Wiz and m52go - Bisq: Decentralised Bitcoin Trading Oct 01, 2019

    Wiz and m52go join me in this episode to talk about Bisq, a decentralised open source project that serves to enable zero KYC decentralised Bitcoin exchange around the world. We talk:

    • How Bisq is decentralised
    • Structure of Bisq
    • How Bisq is developed
    • Localising it for Japan and how this can be done for other countries
    • BSQ token

    Links:

    • Bisq Network: https://bisq.network, https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq, https://twitter.com/bisq_network, https://bisq.network/slack-invite
    • Off-chain trade protocol (Bisq v2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnTA3p-5v00
    • Wiz: https://twitter.com/wiz
    • m52go: https://twitter.com/m52go

    Sponsor links:

    • Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
    • Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate

    Stephan Livera links:

    • Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
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    • Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me
    SLP111 Bitstein - Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Crash Course Sep 29, 2019

    My friend Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein rejoins me in this episode to talk about why he founded the Nakamoto Institute. We also talk t