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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:

SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed Jul 15, 2021

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Caitlin Long of Avanti rejoins me on the show to talk about the coming regulatory crackdown. We discuss:

The growth in stablecoins
How there’s so much stablecoin volume off a low base
Coming regulatory crackdown
Getting direct access to the Fed
Compliance in the industry
Improving the on ramps for Bitcoin

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SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer Jul 12, 2021

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NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about practical tips on setting up and securing your Bitcoin as well as backups. We chat:

Set up tips for newcoiners
Desktop wallets to use
Passphrases
SeedXOR
Multi sig
Storing backups
Estate planning and inheritance

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SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users Jul 06, 2021

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Laolu Osuntokun aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Lightning Network can scale to a billion users someday. We chat:

Updates on the lightning network generally
ANYPREVOUT and eltoo
CTV Check Template Verify
Multi party channels
Lnd updates
Thoughts on Bitcoin’s path forward
What’s coming next from Lightning Labs

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Twitter: @roasbeef
Site: Lightning.engineering

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SLP288 Hass McCook - Why You Must Set Up A Bitcoin DCA Plan Jul 01, 2021

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Hass McCook aka FriarHass rejoins me on the show to talk about why you should set up a Dollar Cost Averaging Plan. We chat:

Lump sum for you, DCA for us!
Is DCA more important than everything else? Even development?
Growing the DCA Army to hasten hyperbitcoinisation
CAGR - statistics and dishonesty?
DCA vs circular economy / agorism?
Practical tips

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Twitter: @FriarHass
Bitcoin Magazine articles by Hass: Bitcoin Magazine: Hass McCook
Article: The True Believer’s Handbook — Tithing The Church of Bitcoin

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SLP12 - Bitcoin Mining And Energy, With Hass McCook

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SLP287 Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin - Hoffline wallets & Lightning adoption Jun 28, 2021

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Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin of CoinCorner join me to talk about:

Starting CoinCorner
A new type of wallet - Hoffline
Security considerations
Lightning adoption
Bitcoin Core contribution

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Twitter: @CoincornerDanny
Twitter: @CoincornerZakk
Tweet thread: Introducing “Hoffline”
Site: CoinCorner.com
Article: Bitcoin Core Development on Windows — A Step by Step Guide
Article: Bitcoin Core Development on MacOS — A Step by Step Guide

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SLP286 Hector Rosekrans - Bitcoin & Inheritance Jun 24, 2021

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Hector Rosekrans of Casa joins me on the show to talk about securing your Bitcoin and how early we are in terms of Bitcoin inheritance. We chat:

Securing your bitcoin
Self custody vs custodial solutions
How early bitcoin inheritance is
Casa covenant
Hardware wallets
Multi sig and inheritance setups - will they standardise?

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Twitter: @hectorr159
Site: Keys.casa

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SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users

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SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat “Extend and Pretend” Jun 17, 2021

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Jeff Booth, technology entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to talk about:

Bitcoin 2021 conference experience
Fiat system extending itself
MicroStrategy Bitcoin buying
Macro investors
Surveillance coins (CBDC) and what they would mean
Supercycle thoughts

Jeff Booth links:

Twitter: @jeffbooth
Site: Thepriceoftomorrow.com

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SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future

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SLP284 Steve Barbour - Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis Jun 14, 2021

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Steve Barbour of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about:

Fiat Maxis
Bitcoin Mining Council
Wind and Solar as unreliables
Why arguing about renewable usage isn’t the right long term approach
What Bitcoiners should do about it
Upstream Data Hash Hut

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Twitter: @SGBarbour
Site: UpstreamData.ca

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SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, With Steve Barbour Of Upstream Data

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Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution by Rothbard

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SLP283 Alex Gladstein Bitcoin: Who’s For Freedom, and Who’s Not? Jun 10, 2021

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Alex Gladstein CSO of HRF rejoins me on the show to talk about the recent El Salvador Bitcoin legal tender news. We break down the good, the bad and what could go wrong.

Overview the news
Historical moment for Bitcoin and the world
It could have been so much worse
Merchant adoption and lightning
HRF grant

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Twitter: @gladstein
Site: HRF.org
Article: Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of The Petrodollar
Article: Can Government Stop Bitcoin?

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SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use Jun 04, 2021

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Where are some Bitcoiners going wrong in their thinking and arguments about energy? Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and energy policy commentator joins me to talk about energy use, and why we’re not thinking about it clearly.

We chat:

The benefits of energy and fossil fuels
More energy use is good!
Renewables are really just unreliables
Reframing the conversation

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