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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:

SLP421 Vivek Ramaswamy - The Antidote to Corporate Woke-ism Oct 10, 2022

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Vivek Ramaswamy of Strive Asset Management joins me on the show to chat about:

His book Woke, Inc.
How executives pursue Woke-ism as a deflection strategy
What investors can do about it
Activist investing
Fighting fire with water
How it plays into Bitcoin’s world

Links:

Twitter: @VivekGRamaswamy
Site: Strive.com

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SLP420 BTCMap - Mapping Bitcoin Merchants Oct 06, 2022

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Nathan and Secondl1ght of the BTCMap FOSS project join me to chat about tagging local bitcoin merchants and how you can get involved.

FOSS and data
Past attempts at tagging
Open systems and walled gardens
BTCMap project and how you can contribute
Tagging locations

Links:

Site: BTCMap.org
Twitter: @BTCMapDotOrg
Github: https://github.com/teambtcmap
Nathan: @nathan_da y
Secondl1ght twitter: @secondl1ght
Secondlight site: secondl1ght .site

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SLP419 Matthew McClintock- UHNW Bitcoin Strategies Oct 05, 2022

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Matthew McClintock of Bespoke Services joins me on the show to chat about his family office and private trust company for UHNW American clients. We chat:

What level of wealth qualifies here?
What are the concerns of Bitcoin-affluent families?
What kind of structures can they use?
Benefits of these structures
Trade offs of the approach
How the Sovereign Individual thesis may play out
Should UHNW Americans consider staying out of these structures?
What’s needed from a technology and culture perspective?

Links:

Site: Bespokeservices.io
Twitter: @mcclintock_m

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SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses? Oct 04, 2022

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NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about how Tapsigner, a Bitcoin NFC Hardware card may be the next big iteration in UX for the masses given it’s price and ease of use. We chat:

Low cost hardware devices
Tapsigner features and use
Bitcoin and NFC support w/Nunchuk
SatsCard - the new OPENDIME
BlockClock Micro shipping
BitcoinTreasuries.Net
Bitcoin.Review - NVK’s new podcast

Links:

Twitter: @NVK
Site: Tapsigner.com
Site: Coinkite.com (code LIVERA)
Site: BitcoinTreasuries.net
Site: Bitcoin.review

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SLP417 Titus Gebel - Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty Sep 30, 2022

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Titus Gebel, author of Free Private Cities, and CEO of Tipolis rejoins me on the show to talk about updates with Free Cities, and why we need to create parallel structures for liberty:

Name change
Free Cities projects
Elements of a Free City
Making it work for the long term
Liberty In Our Lifetime Conference

Links:

Twitter: @titusgebel
Site: free-cities.org
Site: free-communities.org
Site: lifetimeliberty.com (code LIVERA for discount)
Prior episode: SLP161 Titus Gebel – Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities
Relevant prior episode: SLP340 Peter Young – El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities

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SLP416 Per Bylund - How To Think About Economics Sep 26, 2022

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Per Bylund, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute rejoins me on the show to talk about his new intro book on economics, “How to Think About Economics”. This is a great new ‘first book’ on economics, especially in the Austrian tradition. We discuss:

How this book project came about
Austrian methodology
Comparison with other books
Rationing vs Production
Educating family and friends on Austrian econ

Links:

Twitter: @PerBylund
Book: How to Think about the Economy: A Primer
Prior episode: SLP38 Per Bylund – The size of firms
Prior episode: SLP87 Per Bylund – The Problem of Production

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SLP415 Prince Philip - Bitcoin, Monarchy, Nation State Adoption Sep 21, 2022

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Prince Philip of Serbia joins me on the show to chat about his journey of learning about Bitcoin:

Bitcoin, Economics and Finance
Joining Jan3
Bottom up adoption and Top down adoption
What kinds of state level adoption help?
Dealing with typical Bitcoin FUD lines

Links:

Twitter: @PrincFilip1
Site: Jan3.com

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SLP414 Matt Hill RaspiFUD or fact? Bitcoin nodes and security Sep 16, 2022

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Matt Hill of Start9 rejoins me on the show to chat about the recent show on Bitcoin nodes with K3tan. We chat:

What’s the actual risk with Raspberry Pi’s?
Where do they hit their bottleneck?
What about more performant nodes?
What about DIY?
EmbassyOS and new EmbassyPro device
Should you separate bitcoin and non-bitcoin applications?

Links:

Twitter: @_MattHill_
Site: Start9.com
Prior episode referenced: SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad
Prior episode with Matt: SLP352 Matt Hill – EmbassyOS & Making Self Sovereignty Tech Cheaper Than The Alternatives

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SLP413 Jevi - It’s Time for Bitcoin Self Custody Sep 15, 2022

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Jevi of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to talk about the “crypto collapse” earlier this year, and why this is the time to learn about bitcoin self custody. We chat: