Stephan Livera Podcast

Latest Episodes:

SLP431 Austin Mitchell Bitcoin for Energy Markets with Synota Nov 04, 2022

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Austin Mitchell of Synota joins me to chat about how bitcoin and the lightning network could be integrated with energy markets and the energy life cycle.

We chat:

Financial inefficiencies in energy markets
How Bitcoin and Lightning fix this
Automation and integration possible
Walking through the energy lifecycle
Bitcoin miners paying for their energy with bitcoin

Links:

Twitter: @aisaacsmitchell
Site: Synota.io

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SLP430 Zero fee routing - Post Mortem on ZFR node Nov 03, 2022

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Zero fee routing rejoins me on the show to do a post mortem on shutting down his LN node project (for now). It was one of the most connected lightning nodes in the network with about 100 BTC capacity, and over 1000 channels. We chat:

Why he’s shutting it down
How profitable it was
Lessons learned
Why he’s still bullish on the lightning network and bitcoin
Security considerations
Would he ever restart the project?
Splicing
Peerswap
Collaborative channel opens
Hosted channels

Links:

Twitter: @zerofeerouting
Thread: https://twitter.com/zerofeerouting/status/1586053522029936641
Site: Zerofeerouting.com
Prior episode: SLP384 Zerofeerouting – Zero Fee Routing on Lightning Network

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SLP429 Anant Tapadia Bitcoin In India, Keeper, b4i conference Oct 31, 2022

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Anant Tapadia of BitHyve (the team behind Hexa Wallet and Keeper) joins me on the show to talk about what’s going on in India, and the efforts to spread good bitcoin education there as a community. We chat:

Bitcoin scene in India
Regulation in India
Meetup groups
p2p trading
Keeper and multi signature
b4i conference - aims

Links:

Twitter: @anant_tap
Conference site: https://www.conference.bitcoin4india.org/
Keeper: Bitcoinkeeper.app

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SLP428 Stack hodler - Bitcoin & Four Macro Factors to Watch Oct 27, 2022

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Stack rejoins me on the show to chat about Bitcoin and the four macro factors to watch:

Contrasting different views on macro
Four factors to watch
Is the world done with US Treasuries?
What’s the US Fed doing?
What about the UK market?
Deflationary collapse

Links:

Twitter: @stackhodler
Site: P ro.stackmacro.com
Prior episode: SLP397 Stack Hodler – Money Printing Around the World

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SLP427 Cory Klippsten The Race to Avoid The War Oct 26, 2022

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Cory Klippsten rejoins me on the show to chat about:

The Race to Avoid The War
Examples of countries experiencing high inflation
Obstacles and hurdles on the way
Could the cycles have been avoided?
How to contribute if you’re not a developer
Pacific Bitcoin

Links:

Twitter: @coryklippsten
Pacific Bitcoin: PacificBitcoin.com (code LIVERA)

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SLP426 Morgen Rochard Why You Want to Live in a Bitcoin World Oct 25, 2022

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Morgen Rochardof Origin WA joins the show to chat about the world of financial planning and more:

Bitcoin allocation percentages
Monetary uncertainty
“Making your money work for you”
Why you want to live in a Bitcoin world
Negative real yield
Living within your means

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SLP425 Johns Beharry & Ed - Bolt.fun - Legends of Lightning Oct 22, 2022

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Johns Beharry and Ed of the Bolt.fun project join me to chat about this new online bitcoin and lightning meta-hackathon and how you can get involved.

How it got started
Prizes and Tracks
How teams will be judged
Guide
Makers
Growing the bitcoin developer + designer community

Links:

Site: https://bolt.fun/
Johns Twitter: @johnsBeharry
Ed Twitter: @zapp_ed

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SLP424 Simon Lelieveldt The Problem With FATF and AML Laws Oct 18, 2022

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Simon Lelieveldt, a business engineer with extensive experience in banking, central banking and acting as supervisor joins me on the show. We’re chatting about: