Stephan Livera Podcast

Latest Episodes:

What’s happening with JPY? - Peruvian Bull SLP571 May 05, 2024

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Peruvian Bull, a macro writer and commentator joins me to explain what’s happening with the Japanese economy and how it all ties in with the dollar end game. We discuss:

The impossible trinity for Japan
Japanese government debt
The global JPY carry trade
The impact on the US financial system

Links:

X: @peruvian_bull
Nostr: npub1xwmyzp64xx03kw9ecd7fzsj3e9dgwah6an0rdng0cc6ux4dswwjs28pyyc
Newsletter: https://substack.com/@peruvianbull

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Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

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Then They Fight You? - Parker Lewis SLP570 May 03, 2024

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Parker Lewis of Zaprite rejoins me on the show to discuss recent updates in the space and what’s happening with Zaprite and merchant adoption.

“Then they fight you” ?
Chilling Effect
Zaprite
Getting Bitcoin Payment Rails Ready
Gradually, Then Suddenly
Why hope should not be lost

Links:

X: @parkeralewis
Site: Zaprite.com
Get Parker’s Book: thesifhouse.com

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

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Why Bitcoin Should Not Ossify - Steve Lee SLP569 Apr 29, 2024

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A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining pool centralisation and what is driving it.

Links:

X: @moneyball
AJ Town’s ‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned:
Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin (BIP324)

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

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The System You Give Your Energy To - Jeff Booth SLP568 Apr 26, 2024

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Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and founding partner of Ego Death Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about his bitcoin advocacy at various levels:

Speaking to politicians about bitcoin
The system you give energy to
“Staying and fighting” in Canada vs supporting alternatives e.g. Madeira
‘Coincidental’ attack on Bitcoin?

Links:

X: @JeffBooth
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Site: Ego Death Capital

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Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567 Apr 23, 2024

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How do you think about investing as a bitcoiner? Preston Pysh of TIP rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of related ideas:

HODL vs invest in companies
Microstrategy and other public companies
VC and early stage investment
Realistic investment hurdle rates
Technical realities as bitcoin grows

Links:

X: @PrestonPysh
TIP: theinvestorspodcast.com
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The cost to hack bitcoin hardware wallets with Dmitry Nedospasov SLP566 Apr 22, 2024

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Dmitry Nedospasov is a PhD in Chip Security, also known for his hardware wallet exploits in 2018 with the wallet.fail talk. Dmitry joins me to talk about hardware security in the world of bitcoin and how it compares with hardware chip security in other domains. We discuss:

The 2018 wallet.fail talk
Bitcoin compared with other industries
Realistic hardware wallet attack types
The cost of attacking a hardware device
Backups and Shamir’s Secret Sharing

Links:

X: @nedos
LinkedIn: Dmitry Nedospasov
Site: K eylabs.io
Telegram: https://t.me/nedos
wallet.fail talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OBIGslgGM
Recoverylabs.io

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Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

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Great Consensus Clean up, MEVil and LN isn’t dead - Steve Lee and Matt Corallo SLP565 Apr 18, 2024

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Steve Lee and Matt Corallo of Spiral rejoin me on the show to talk about a range of topics. Firstly we discuss the Great Consensus Clean Up which relates to fixing some long standing bugs in Bitcoin. Secondly we talk about MEV and why it’s the wrong term, instead we should be talking about MEVil and the implications for Bitcoin miner centralisation. Finally we address the rumours of Lightning Network being dead or not useful.

Links:

X: @moneyball
X: @TheBlueMatt
BlueMatt's Blog: Stop Calling It MEV
BIP Proposal: The Great Consensus Cleanup
Delving post on Great Consensus Clean up Revival
Steve’s X thread on GCC: https://twitter.com/moneyball/status/1760839436617875485

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Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

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Going Where You’re Treated Best and Nomad Capitalist Live 2024 with Andrew Henderson SLP564 Apr 16, 2024

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Andrew Henderson rejoins me to discuss his story renouncing US citizenship, and whether the price was worth it. We discuss whether you should “stay and fight” as well as considerations relevant for Bitcoiners on pursuing their options in other countries. We also discuss Nomad Capitalist Live 2024, coming in KL Malaysia. Listen in to learn and stay up to date on global tax, investing and lifestyle strategies. Links:

X: @nomadcapitalist

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Revault, Liana, self custody and bitcoin inheritance with Kevin Loaec SLP563 Apr 12, 2024

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Kevin Loaec of wizardsardine joins me to talk about bitcoin security and vaults. We get into a discussion about:

Vaults and what’s possible today
Timelocking and using them as part of self custody
Inheritance scenarios
Business use cases
Covenant soft forks

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Swan.com (code LIVERA)
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Mempool.space

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Revault
08:07 - Liana
14:48 - Overview of Liana and Supported Hardware Wallets
25:17 - Managing Time Locks in Liana: Rotating Coins and Duration
29:47 - Coinkite.com
30:47 - Swan.com
32:09 - Mempool.space
33:10 - Self-Custody with Liana
37:26 - Understanding Revault and Liana
44:56 - Exploring Decaying and Expanding Multi-Signature
49:15 - RBF and CPFP in Liana Transactions
56:07 - Transaction Size in Liana
01:00:42 - The Debate on Covenants
01:05:37 - Enhancing Organization Security with Cosigners
01:09:30 - The Future of Self-Custody

Good Design Creates Trust - Bitcoin Design with Christoph Ono and Mogashni Naidoo SLP562 Apr 09, 2024

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Have you wondered about the role design and UX plays in Bitcoin apps? Christoph and Mogashni join me from the Bitcoin Design Community to share insights on: