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**Stephan Livera Podcast**

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. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.

Latest Episodes:

SLP441 Hermann (Bitcoin Ekasi) - Actually Banking the Unbanked Dec 14, 2022

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Hermann from Bitcoin Ekasi joins me to chat about his journey banking the unbanked:

Being inspired by bitcoinbeach
Conditions in the town in Mossel Bay, South Africa
Shops taking bitcoin payment
Dealing with volatility
Why maximalism is practical
Using services like Bitrefill
Bitcoin education centre - built with bitcoin / Paxful

Links:

Site: BitcoinEkasi.com
Twitter: @BitcoinEkasi
Twitter: @vryfokkenou
Article: Bitcoin Ekasi: The Township One Year Later
Thread about ‘maximalism’: https://twitter.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1600820061375459330

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SLP440 Bitcoin Bush Bash: a different model for bitcoin confs with WizardofAus Dec 12, 2022

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WizardofAus joins me on the show to chat about the Bush Bash: an alternate model for Bitcoin conferences. To be clear it’s not ‘better’, just different. Wiz and I chat:

How he got into organizing bitcoin meetups
Bush Bash origins
Attendee feedback
The commitment filter
Structuring the weekend
No sponsors needed?
Tips on replicating the model

Links:

Twitter: @BTCSchellingPt
Site: bitcoinbushbash.info
Twitter: @bitcoinbushbash
Article: Gather Your Tribe - Citadel 21
Mentioned: Inventing Bitcoin (Free link)

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SLP439 Federico Tenga - What is RGB for Bitcoin? & Iris wallet Dec 08, 2022

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Federico Tenga of Bitfinex joins me to chat about RGB, what it is and what it enables using bitcoin:

What is RGB?
Enabling stablecoins, collectibles and other assets
How does it work?
Issuing new assets, transferring and deletion
Does it create an MEV situation for Bitcoin?
Iris Wallet

Links:

Twitter: @FedericoTenga
Iris Wallet Github: @iris_wallet
RGB FAQ: rgbfaq.com
Article: RGB M agic: C lient-S ide C ontracts on B itcoi n

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SLP438 Lawrence Nahum - RBF, Green, Jade, BuildonL2 Dec 07, 2022

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Lawrence Nahum of Blockstream joins me to chat about:

RBF and mempoolfullrbf
0 conf arguments
Blockstream Green
Jade and bitcoin security
BuildonL2

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SLP437 Jordan Schachtel - Making Sense of Clown World Dec 03, 2022

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Jordan Schachtel, independent journalist and writer joins me to chat about the problems in media today, and how we’re in a clown world. We discuss:

Media bias and narratives
SBF and the FTX house of cards
Was it a government op?
Critical factors for hyperbitcoinisation
Is the system beyond hope?

Links:

Twitter: @JordanSchachtel
Substack: The Dossier - Substack

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SLP436 Juraj Bednar Bitcoin as Parallel Economy Nov 30, 2022

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Juraj Bednar (Author, speaker, co-founder of Paralelni Polis) joins me on the show to chat about:

Cypherpunk and libertarian thought
Building out the Bitcoin parallel economy
Vekslaks and p2p
Tips for onboarding bitcoin and lightning users
Lightning wallet comparison

Links:

Twitter: @jurbed
Book: Hack Yourself!
Site: Juraj Bednar

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SLP435 Bitcoin Times Austrian Edition with Svetski Nov 28, 2022

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Svetski (Founder of The Bitcoin Times) rejoins me on the show to chat about what he’s working on lately:

The Bitcoin Times as a new annual bitcoin publication
How and why he got into Austrian economics
How bitcoin changes our time preference
Explaining Bitcoin
Playing the long game with bitcoin adoption

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SLP434 Adopting Bitcoin '22 & Should you Escape to El Salvador? with Jeremy Nov 24, 2022

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Jeremy of Escape to El Salvador joins me on the show to talk about his insights on the ground in El Salvador. We discuss:

Why and how some bitcoiners and expats are moving to El Salvador
Thoughts on the recent Adopting Bitcoin conference
Creature comforts in El Salvador
Living on Bitcoin in El Salvador
Getting residency or setting up a business
Tips for anyone visiting El Salvador

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SLP433 v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin Core (BIP324) with Pieter Wuille Dhruv and Tim Ruffing Nov 12, 2022

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Dhruv, Pieter Wuille and Tim Ruffing join me on the show to talk about their project to bring encryption to Bitcoin Core. We discuss:

What the current state of things is
Packet inspection and making bitcoin slightly more private
The new proposal for encryption
Impact on nodes
Feedback wanted

Links:

BIP324: Enable v2 P2P encrypted transport #24545
https://github.com/dhruv/bips/blob/bip324/bip-0324.mediawiki
Site: Bip324.com
Twitter: @dhruv
Twitter: @pwuille
Twitter: @real_or_random

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SLP432 James Lavish The Great Debt Spiral Nov 05, 2022

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James Lavish (author of The Informationist, prior fund manager and macro commentator) joins me on the show to chat about the great debt spiral and how Bitcoin is a big part of the answer. We discuss:

Recent central bank rate hikes - Fed and BoE hike 75 basis points
Financial zombies
Zombie countries and G7
Why the EU is doomed
UK Debt problems
How Bitcoin Fixes This

Links:

Twitter: @jameslavish
Newsletter: https://jameslavish.substack.com/

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