Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP281 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin Is For Everyone, Swan Bitcoin $1B run rate, Bitcoiner Ventures, Elon’s mistakes Jun 02, 2021

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Cory Klippsten, CEO and Founder of Swan Bitcoin joins me to talk about various topics:

Working in the bitcoin space
Teaching newcoiners
Growing the auto-stacking movement
The latest with Bitcoin Ventures
Elon Musk’s mistakes

Links:

Site: Swanbitcoin.com
Site: Bitcoinerventures.com
Inventing Bitcoin (free book): swanbitcoin.com/freebook
Twitter: @coryklippsten

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SLP280 BTCxZelko & Pavel - Reclaim Your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo May 31, 2021

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If you want the best privacy possible in Bitcoin, you want to use Samourai Wallet. And for the best way to use it, you need to use your own node. Zelko and Pavel join me to talk about the latest with Ronin Dojo, an easy way to do just that. We chat:

What it is
Who its for
Recent upgrades on the UI
Thoughts on hardware wallets
Other services and features offered
Best practice tips on privacy
Open source licensing
Getting support

Links:

Site: Ronindojo.io
Zelko: @BTCxZelko
Pavel: @pajasevi
Ronin telegram chat: RoninDojoUI

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SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey - Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador May 28, 2021

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Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey join me to talk about their project showing how a whole town could go bitcoin and lightning native. Listen to this interview talking about how thousands of people are going lightning native to benefit from international remittance and creating bitcoin tourism.

Stages of development
Building a Citadel by the sea
Lightning practicalities
Teaching Bitcoin
Rebuilding the Bitcoin for payments narrative

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SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open

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SLP278 Matt Odell & Ben Price - OpenSats: Bitcoin & Open Source Initiative May 26, 2021

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OpenSats is a new initiative for the bitcoiners to contribute to, to support Bitcoin and open source development and projects. Matt Odell and Ben Price join me to chat about the structure, why they’re creating a new organization, and why Bitcoin development funding shouldn’t merely be a popularity contest.

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Site: OpenSats.org
Twitter: @Matt_odell
Twitter: @abitcoinperson (Ben Price)

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SLP277 Alejandro De La Torre - Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Mining Pools May 24, 2021

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Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool joins me on the show to chat about his efforts in helping to coordinate Bitcoin Upgrades:

Taproot Activation
Learnings from 2017 SegWit
UASF or MASF (Miner Activated Soft Fork)
UASF within MASF
Distribution of network hashrate
Future Soft Fork upgrades

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SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD and Facts May 20, 2021

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Anthony Ronning, Bitcoin Lightning developer joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Lightning Privacy. We separate FUD from fact and give it a fair hearing to give you some insight into where the privacy leakages are today, how you can be more private, and where it’s all going in the future. We chat:

Basic overview of LN
Different user types and wallets
Lightning nodes
Receiver privacy
Mitigations and future tech
Practical tips for users today

Anthony links:

Twitter: @cycryptr
Article: Current State of Lightning Network Privacy

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SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signalling For Taproot May 13, 2021

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Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat:

Whether it is difficult to signal as a miner
The dynamics with different mining pools signaling
Miners and Pools, how does it work
Braiins OS and mining firmware
What future upgrades might look like

Pavel links:

Twitter: @mor_pav
Article: Everything You Need To Know About Taproot Signaling By Bitcoin Miners
Site: Braiins.com

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SLP274 William Clemente III - Bitcoin’s Great Consolidation May 11, 2021

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William Clemente III joins me to talk about analyzing Bitcoin on-chain and why we’re still in the middle of this cycle. We chat:

Getting into on-chain analytics
Is this time different? Supercycle or not
Analyzing what different cohorts are doing
What does a market top look like?
MVRV, NUPL, SOPR
Futures and contango trade

William links:

Twitter: @WClementeIII
Website: Substack

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SLP273 Andy Edstrom - Bitcoin and Leverage: Don’t Get Rekt May 07, 2021

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Andy Edstrom rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, leverage, and not getting Rekt! We chat:

What’s changed in the market in recent years
Why use leverage
Risks and costs with leverage
Supercycle or not
SWR and FIRE crossovers with collateralization
Bitcoin side hustles or jobs

Andrew Edstom links:

Twitter: @edstromandrew
Article: Don't Get Rekt
Site: AndyEdstrom.com
Prior episode: SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For The Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin

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SLP272 Peter St Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs May 03, 2021

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Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat:

Bitcoin energy costs
Fiat standard costs
Costs of recession
Deflationary growth
Keynesian ‘sticky wages’
UBI and MMT
Will robots take our jobs?

Peter St Onge links:

Twitter: @profstonge
Article: Critics Claim Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Environment. They're Wrong.
Substack: CryptoEconomy

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