Stephan Livera Podcast

Latest Episodes:

SLP481 Can There Be a Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians? with Kemal (pretyflaco) May 25, 2023

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Kemal of Galoy Money joins me to chat about his Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians. We debate the trade offs and points such as:

Remnant vs ‘Big Tent’
Why not write down 12 words?
“Mis-selling” Bitcoin
Shotgun KYC, and FRB ‘paper bitcoin' risk
Jurisdictions and regulation
Financial hierarchy of needs

Links:

Twitter: @_pretyflaco
Blog: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-custodians/

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SLP480 The Bitcoin Handbook - Anil Patel May 21, 2023

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The Bitcoin Handbook is a new visual and simplified explainer of Bitcoin concepts by Anil. Anil has been making awesome graphics and explanatory content about Bitcoin and he joins me on the show to chat:

Meeting people where they are
Different ways of explaining bitcoin concepts
Why property should not be your piggybank
Property Bubbles and investing around the world
The intransigent minority
Where to get the book

Links:

The Bitcoin Handbook on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0tyJRvf
Checkout via Lightning: https://bitcoinbook.shop/products/the-bitcoin-handbook …
Anil’s Twitter: @anilsaidso
Anil’s free educational resources: https://anilsaidso.gumroad.com

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SLP479 Defending Open Source with Jess Jonas of Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund May 16, 2023

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Jess Jonas, Chief Legal Officer of the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund joins me to chat:

Overview the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund - supported by Jack Dorsey, Alex Morcos, Martin White
What's the threat with the Tulip Trading Case?
What are the open source licensing implications for developers?
Secondary case and Bitcoin copyright claims

Site:

Site: B itcoindefense.org

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SLP478 Debunking Digiconomist on Bitcoin Mining with Ben Gagnon May 14, 2023

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Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss:

Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric
Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining

Links:

Site: bitfarms.com
Twitter: @hashoveride
Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science Behind Digiconomist
Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116
Relevant prior episode: S LP 470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard

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SLP477 Decentralising Bitcoin Transaction Selection using SRI with Pavlenex and Fi3 May 10, 2023

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You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentralising Bitcoin transaction selection. Listen and learn about how Stratum v2 Reference Implementation can help:

Overview of Stratum v2 benefits
Encryption, efficiency, censor resistance
Are changes needed to Bitcoin Core?
Different actors in mining: Pools, Miners, Hardware
Device firmware and translation proxy
How you can help or contribute

Links:

Donate: https://www.swan.com/stratum
Site: S tratumprotocol.org
Fi3 Twitter: @free_sht_max
Pavlenex Twitter: @pavlenex
Prior SLP ep on Stratum v2: SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol

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SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multisig? with Nick Farrow May 03, 2023

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Nick Farrow joins me to talk about new developments coming in Bitcoin multi-signature security:

FROST and what it is
Privacy benefits
Downsides of FROST e.g interactivity, complexity
ROAST - what it is
How hardware and software might have to change to adapt
The future of multi sig

Links:

Site: utxo.club
Twitter: @utxoclub
FROST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/852.pdf
ROAST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/550.pdf

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SLP475 Why Every Portfolio Should Contain Bitcoin with Rapha Zagury Apr 28, 2023

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Rapha Zagury CIO and Head of Research at Swan joins me to talk:

Financial modelling flaws in the fiat financial world
Putting things in terms that other people understand
Open source research
Nakamoto Portfolio
Schrodinger Model
Lump sum vs DCA
Bitcoin vs altcoin

Links:

Twitter: @alphaazeta
Site: NakamotoPortfolio.com
Blog: Why Bitcoin is the Ultimate Asset for your IRA
Nakamoto Portfolio thread: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta/status/1640005261099139073
Bitcoin vs altcoins thread: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta/status/1641534991556288532

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SLP474 Challenges of Operating Lightning Nodes & Torq with Henrik Skogstrøm Apr 26, 2023

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Henrik Skogstrøm, Founder and CEO of LN Capital joins me to talk about the lightning network:

Managing large lightning nodes
Key challenges
Monitoring
Notifications
Tools required
Privacy vs reliability
New tech

Links:

Twitter: @ohskogstrom
Twitter: @LN_Capital
Site: https://ln.capital/

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MicroStrategy Bitcoin and Lightning for Corporations event May 3-4, 2023 (code LIVERA): https://www.microstrategy.com/en/world-2023/bitcoin-for-corporations

SLP473 Why Bitcoiners Must Focus on Bottom Up Adoption with Matthew Mezinskis Apr 18, 2023

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Matthew Mezinskis of Porkopolis / Crypto Voices joins me on the show to help explain the structure of the fiat fractional reserve system. Listen to this episode to get an understanding of the different monetary metrics and more: