Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad Sep 09, 2022

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My longtime friend, K3tan rejoins me on the show to chat about various things but importantly, we chat about why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes are bad. We chat:

Reliability & Performance of Raspberry Pi’s vs other options
What you can use instead
Cost
Bitcoin node packages
Electrum server comparison
HDD & SSD requirements
Separating bitcoin from non-bitcoin apps
Self-hosting

Links:

Twitter: @_k3tan
Ministry of Nodes Nodebox guide: Ubuntu Node Box Guide 2022 Edition
Ministry of Nodes Consulting
Article: My Home Lab
Craig Raw’s blog post on electrum server performance
Prior episode: SLP315 k3tan – Networking For Bitcoiners

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SLP410 Pete Rizzo Principles of Bitcoin Maximalism Sep 03, 2022

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Pete Rizzo of Bitcoin Magazine rejoins me to chat about what bitcoin maximalists actually believe. We chat:

What maximalists actually believe and do
“Crypto minimalism”
What to do in cases of technical infeasibility
Commitment to slow change and enfranchising users

Links:

Twitter: @pete_rizzo_
Article: How To Be A Bitcoin Maximalist
Site: BitcoinMagazine.com
Prior episode: SLP392 Pete Rizzo Is Bitcoin Maximalism Still Needed?

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SLP409 Steven Lubka - What’s the True Meaning of Inflation? Aug 23, 2022

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Steven Lubka, Managing Director of Swan Private joins me on the show to chat:

How to think about inflation
What scenarios we can get high CPI
Whether Bitcoin is still an inflation hedge
Orange pilling HNW
Macro and Bitcoin cycles

Links:

Twitter: @DzambhalaHODL
Article: Bitcoin and the True Meaning of Inflation
Site: SwanPrivate.com

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SLP408 Jeff Booth Bitcoin’s Signal in the Noise Aug 19, 2022

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Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to chat:

His latest article, Finding Signal in a Noisy World
Prior biases and his experiences with technology disruption
Why Bitcoin adoption will be more bottom up
Investing in the space with Ego Death Capital
Helping people zoom out and see the bigger picture

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SLP407 Ben Arc LNbits: Account System & Extensions for your Lightning Node Aug 18, 2022

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Ben Arc, Bitcoin hardware maker and founder of LNbits joins me to chat:

Getting into bitcoin hardware hacking and making
How the LN Bits project came about
The functionality possible with extensions
POS
Lightning payment splitting
boltz.exchange for loop outs

Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arcbtc
LN Bits twitter: https://twitter.com/lnbits
Site: https://lnbits.com/
Github: https://github.com/arcbtc
LNPoS: https://github.com/arcbtc/LNPoS
LNBits Telegram: https://t.co/VoR10wtbKp
MakerBits Telegram: https://t.me/makerbits

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SLP406 Adi Shankara Bitcoin Needs Technologists & Summer of Bitcoin Aug 15, 2022

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Adi Shankara (founder of Summer of Bitcoin) joins me on the show to chat about:

How he got into Bitcoin from a tech background
The Bitcoin scene in India
How the RBI actually gets Bitcoin (and doesn’t like it)
Why Bitcoin Needs Technologists
Summer of Bitcoin
How the program works
How you can support the program

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Twitter: @adibitcoin
Site: Summerofbitcoin.org

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SLP405 Paolo Ardoino Bitcoin Lightning, Tether & Keet Aug 12, 2022

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Paolo Ardoino (CTO of Bitfinex & Tether, CSO Holepunch) joins me on the show to chat about a wide range of topics:

Lightning security
Lightning adoption
Tether reserves - Does Tether Pump Bitcoin?
Tether creation/redemption process
Tether audits and attestations
Stablecoins and centralisation
Keet & Holepunch

Links:

Twitter: @paoloardoino
Site: Bitfinex.com
Site: Tether.to/en/
Site: Keet .io

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SLP404 Gloria Zhao - What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do? Aug 10, 2022

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Gloria Zhao, Bitcoin core contributor and maintainer, rejoins me on the show to chat about what bitcoin core maintainers do. We discuss:

What do Bitcoin Core maintainers do?
How does Bitcoin Core development work?
How much ‘power’ do maintainers have?
Mempools - what are they and why do we need them?
Interaction with L2 protocols
Mempool package relay
RBF

Links:

Twitter: @glozow
Package R elay P roposal
Site mentioned: Bitcoin Core PR Review Club
Github: glozow
Brink: @bitcoinbrink
Bitcoin Core PR Reviews: @BitcoinCorePRs
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict

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SLP403 Alex B - Bitcoin Security Long Term & ETH Centralisation Aug 05, 2022

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Alex B rejoins me on the show to chat about bitcoin security over the longer term and updates on his ETH centralisation thesis. We discuss:

Bitcoin’s long term security and blockspace market
How miner fees shifted over time in Bitcoin and why
Tail emission arguments are dumb
Which nodes matter?
Lido and ETH centralisation
Will efforts to fix it work?

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SLP402 Pierre Rochard - Bitcoin Obsoletes Fractional Reserve Banking Aug 03, 2022

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Pierre Rochard rejoins me on the show to talk about Full Reserve, Fractional Reserve, and how Bitcoin obsolete Fractional Reserve Banking:

Full vs Fractional Reserve
Fiduciary media
Is the current system full or fractional reserve?
Various historical or current examples from the bitcoin economy
How would businesses work under a bitcoin full reserve system

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Twitter: @BitcoinPierre
Related article: In Defense of Bitcoin Full Reserve: Not Anti-credit, but Anti-fiduciary Media

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