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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.

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SLP341 Zelko & Din - Ronin Dojo & Tanto Jan 22, 2022

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Zelko and Din join me to talk about updates with the Ronin Dojo project for Samourai Wallet users. We chat:

Where the project started
FOSS project ethos
Thoughts on VC funding
Privacy wallets
Bitcoin node project evolution
FOSS business & project
Tanto Hardware
Supporting Specter and Sparrow

Links:

Twitter: @RoninDojoNode
Site: RoninDojo
Din: @Din_J76
Zelko: @BTCxZelko

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SLP340 Peter Young - El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities Jan 20, 2022

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Peter Young of the Free Private City Foundation joins me on the show to talk about some of his experiences on the ground and some updates with Free Private Cities. We chat:

El Salvador on the ground
Bitcoin and Lightning in the real world
What it really costs to do merchant processing
Free Private Cities
Honduras ZEDEs
Liberty In Our Lifetime

Links:

Twitter: @petermiyoung
Site: Free Private Cities Foundation
Conference: Liberty In Our Lifetime Conference

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SLP339 Jeremy Rubin - What is Check Template Verify? Jan 17, 2022

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Jeremy Rubin, bitcoin core contributor joins me on the show to talk about Check Template Verify (CTV) - his soft fork proposal to bring new functionality to Bitcoin. We discuss:

How the idea started
High level goals with Bitcoin
How CTV might bring new functionality
Congestion control use case
Vaults and protecting coins
Contrasting CTV with APO ANYPREVOUT
Commercial use of CTV

Links:

BIP: CHECK TEMPLATE VERIFY
Site: utxos.org
Twitter: @JeremyRubin
Advent Calendar blog series: Rubin's 2021 Bitcoin Advent Calendar

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SLP338 Mauricio Di Bartolomeo - Bitcoin Home Loans & Stablecoins Jan 13, 2022

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Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co Founder and CSO of Ledn joins me on the show to talk:

Why use bitcoin backed loans?
Fiat loan rates vs bitcoin loan rates
Opportunities and risks
New products and structures for home loans
Dealing with margin calls and liquidation
Stablecoins: are they essential? Where is the market going on this?

Links:

Twitter: @cryptonomista
Site: Ledn.io

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SLP337 Salvatore Ingala - Ledger’s New Bitcoin App: PSBT, Taproot, Descriptors, Multi-Sig Jan 11, 2022

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Salvatore Ingala of Ledger joins me to talk about a big revamp of the Ledger Bitcoin app which brings support for a whole host of new features. We chat about:

How the app shifted from v1 to v2
PSBT
Taproot support
Descriptors
Merkle Trees
Improved multi-signature and scripting support

Links:

Twitter: @salvatoshi
Blog post: Bitcoin 2.0.0 App For Ledger

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SLP336 Sam Callahan - The Problem with the BIS Jan 07, 2022

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Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin joins me on the show to talk about the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). We chat about:

Formation, and shady history
Why it’s not accountable
Their plans for social control
CBDCs
Loss of privacy
War on Cash
What can be done?

Links:

Twitter: @samcallah
Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1473815145545551873

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SLP335 Don Stuart - Venture Capital and Bitcoin Jan 04, 2022

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Now there’s been some discussion about the impact of Venture Capitalists on the world of Bitcoin and ‘Crypto’. Don Stuart, startup investor & organizer of Kansas City Bitcoin meetup, joins me on the show to chat:

What Venture Capital is
Venture Capital model
Vesting and incentives for VCs
How they make money
Bitcoin vs ‘Crypto’ VC
Size of rounds raised
Are Bitcoiners anti VC?
In what cases does VC not make sense?

Don links:

Twitter: @kc_hodl
Article: Venture Capital And Its Relationship With Bitcoin

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SLP334 Jeff Booth - Escape The System & 2021 Year In Review Dec 25, 2021

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Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and speaker joins me to chat about the year 2021 in review for Bitcoiners. Some themes we discuss:

Where the narrative is going with Bitcoin
Fiat denomination vs Bitcoin denomination
How politicians and regulators are seeing it
Community building
Bitcoin wallets and services
Bitcoin tech
Dealing with fear

Links:

Twitter: @JeffBooth
Site: The Price of Tomorrow - And the Era of Abundance

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SLP333 Cory Klippsten - Building for Bitcoiners Dec 22, 2021

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Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of things:

“Crypto” advocacy as compared to Bitcoin advocacy
Being an investor in the space & Bitcoiner Ventures
Turkey inflation
Avoiding trading
Bitcoiner Jobs
Swan Gifts

Links:

Twitter: @coryklippsten
The Daily Bitcoiner: cory.substack.com
Bitcoiner Jobs: bitcoinerjobs.co
Bitcoiner Ventures: bitcoinerventures.com
Article: The World Bitcoin Will Build

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SLP332 Vijay Boyapati - The Bearish Case for Bitcoin Dec 20, 2021

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Vijay Boyapati, author and regular guest rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent book launch as well as a few ideas that specifically came from the book. We also chat about some of his more ‘bearish’ ideas on Bitcoin and that Bitcoin is not inevitable.

Credentialism and fiat
The book and response
Stages of money
Custodial risk
Rehypothecation
Concerted state attack on Bitcoin
Bitcoin is not inevitable

Links:

Twitter: @real_vijay
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin Book

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