Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano - Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador May 21, 2022

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John and Gloriana from the “My First Bitcoin” project join me to talk about their journey in running Bitcoin education for Salvadoran high school students. We chat about:

How the project got started
Phases of the project
What the students learn
Hurdles for learning
Where the project may go in future

Links:

Site: M i P rimer B itcoin .io
Twitter: @MyfirstBitcoin_
Twitter: @jdennehy_writes
Twitter: @Glori1995

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SLP380 Jeff Deist & Stephan Livera chat Economic Freedom Around the World May 19, 2022

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Jeff Deist President of Mises Institute and I had a chat recently for the Human Action Podcast, and we discuss a few ideas about liberty, political freedom & economic freedom around the world:

Exiting Australia
Freedom indexes and where they may be falling down
Political freedom contrasted with economic freedom
Why social issues dominate

Links:

Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises

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SLP379 Gigi - Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin May 17, 2022

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Gigi rejoins me on the show to talk about the problems of imprecise language and wording in Bitcoin:

‘Unhosted wallets’ terminology
Bitcoin and warfare language
Proof of Work and mining

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Twitter: @dergigi
Site: Dergigi.com

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SLP378 Christian Decker - Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT May 15, 2022

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Christian Decker of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to talk about Greenlight, a node service by Blockstream. We chat about:

Who it’s for
Running a node online
Backups
Channel Management
CLN v0.11
APO and eltoo
Pinning attacks
Layered commitments

Christian Decker links:

Twitter: @snyke
ANYPREVOUT: BIP118
github cdecker

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SLP377 Jimmy Song - Frequent Flyer Miles: The Original Altcoins & Thoughts on CTV May 11, 2022

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Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, programmer) rejoins me to chat about how Airline Miles are the original altcoins and how there are similarities in the fiat mindsets around chasing miles/points, and altcoins. We discuss:

Why the airline industry is the way it is
Fiat mindset in miles chasers and DeFi chasers
Altcoiners chasing airdrops and yield
Secure property rights vs fuzzy property rights
CTV

Links:

Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Airline Miles Are The Original Altcoins
Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Private Property and Covenants
Twitter: @jimmysong
Site: ProgrammingBitcoin.com

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SLP376 Evan Kaloudis - Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet May 10, 2022

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Evan Kaloudis joins me on the show to talk about building Zeus, a self sovereign Lightning Wallet for use with your own lightning node. Evan and I chat about using the LN today, and being a more sovereign lightning user.

Building Zeus as a FOSS app
Getting support and feature bounties
Zeus community
Interoperable standards
Supporting multiple lightning implementations
Privacy on LN - e.g. route blinding
Payment reliability

Links:

Twitter: @evankaloudis
Site: Zeusln.app
Zeus Twitter: @ZeusLN

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SLP375 Laolu (Roasbeef) - What is Taro? Stablecoins on Lightning, LN Growth & CTV May 09, 2022

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Laolu Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about Taro. Taro is a new protocol and proposal by the Lightning Labs team for creation of stablecoins or other assets that can be built into the existing Bitcoin/Lightning network. We chat about how it works and what it could mean for Bitcoin.

How Taro works
Prior efforts e.g. coloured coins, Counterparty, RGB
Benefits of Taro approach
What it would look like in practice
Lightning Network development generally
CTV and ST discussion

Links:

Twitter: @roasbeef
Lightning Labs Taro Blog Post : A New Protocol for Multi-Asset Bitcoin and Lightning
Lightning Labs Engineering documentation: Taro is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain.

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SLP374 Adam O (DenverBitcoin) - Combating the ESG Mafia May 06, 2022

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Adam O (DenverBitcoin) of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about the Bitcoin advocate community’s response to the ESG Mafia. Are there better ways to respond?

We chat:

ESG statistics and what would be better
Bitcoin’s rising energy use and prominence
Bitcoin Mining Council
Carbon accounting dishonesty
Is placating them a good strategy?

Links:

Twitter: @denverbitcoin
Site: UpstreamData .ca
Article: DENVER’S DERIVATIVE — HOW TO GAUGE THE PRICE OF A BITCOIN ASIC
Recent Bitcoin Mining Council Report referred to in show

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SLP299 Adam O – Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas

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SLP373 Sam Callahan - The IMF Versus Your Freedoms May 04, 2022

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Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about another global organisation that has been making all kinds of anti-Bitcoin and anti-freedom statements in its research and proclamations. We chat:

Who the IMF are and how they started
What they think on Proof of Work
“Financial Crime”
“Transitioning to a low carbon economy”
“Financial stability”
Global corruption

Links:

Twitter: @samcallah
Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1517170892979142657

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SLP372 Sergej Kotliar - Bitcoin For Convenience & Bill Paying May 02, 2022

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Sergej Kotliar CEO of Bitrefill rejoins me on the show to talk about a big new feature coming to Bitrefill, the rebrand, and Bitcoin adoption more broadly. We chat: