Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP271 Pete Rizzo When Satoshi Disappeared Apr 28, 2021

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Pete Rizzo, editor at Bitcoin Magazine and editor in chief for Kraken joins me on the show to talk about his latest piece, ‘The Last Days of Satoshi’. We talk about various ideas:

What Satoshi’s image was in the early community
How things changed as Bitcoin got bigger
Mistakes and bugs early in Bitcoin’s life
How that colours our view going forward
Bitcoin, Wikileaks, and the CIA

Pete links:

Twitter: @pete_rizzo
Article: The Last Days Of Satoshi: What Happened When Bitcoin's Creator Disappeared
Kraken link: B itcoin and Crypto Developer Grant Program

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SLP270 Bob Murphy What Does A Hard Money Bitcoin World Look Like? Apr 21, 2021

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Bob Murphy, Austrian economist and libertarian theorist joins me on the show to talk about his views on Bitcoin and Austrian economics. We chat:

Bitcoin’s evolution in stages
Bitcoin and non monetary use
What bitcoiners are getting wrong about Austrian economics
Money is not a measuring rod
What it would look like under a Bitcoin world

Bob Murphy links:

Twitter: @BobMurphyEcon
Site: BobMurphyShow.com

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SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open Apr 19, 2021

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Jack Mallers of Strike rejoins me on the show to talk about what he’s working on and how Bitcoin wins. We chat:

Visiting El Salvador and financial access
Bitcoin remittance market
Why fiat fintech can’t compete
Bitcoin and Lightning as an open network
Strike expansion

Jack Mallers links:

Twitter: @jackmallers
Strike: @ln_strike
Site: Stri ke.me

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SLP268 Peter Todd - Should Signal Have Used Bitcoin Instead? Apr 15, 2021

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Peter Todd, Bitcoin expert and cryptocurrency consultant joins me on the show to talk about Signal’s recent decision to use MobileCoin rather than Bitcoin. Is Signal selling out? We talk about why MobileCoin is centralised, why it was a bad choice, and why they should have used Bitcoin and Lightning instead. We also talk about directions with private messaging going forward.

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SLP267 Joe Burnett How Big Is The Market For Bitcoin? Apr 12, 2021

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Joe Burnett of Mimesis Capital joins me to talk about just how big the market for Bitcoin could really be. Hint: It might be bigger than just the market for gold. We talk through valuation in a post hyperbitcoinization world, and we also explore the Bitcoin Contango trade.

Joe Burnett Links:

Twitter: @IIICapital
Site: mimesiscapital.com
Article: Valuing Companies Post-Hyperbitcoinization
Article: A Deep Dive Into Bitcoin's Contango

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SLP266 Croesus_BTC - Bitcoin: Stake Your Claim Before Everyone Else Apr 09, 2021

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Croesus_BTC joins me to talk about why the yuppie elite do not like Bitcoin, making simplified bitcoin content, adoption and cycles, speculative attacks on fiat, and staking your claim on your ‘fair share’ of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this one!

Croesus_BTC links:

Twitter: @Croesus_BTC
Article: Asset DNA: Explaining Bitcoin's Speculative Attack On The Dollar
Article: Why The Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin
Article: Bitcoin And The American West

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SLP265 Diverter - Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends Apr 06, 2021

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Diverter joins me on the show to talk about our modern world of surveillance and reliance on third parties. We chat about learning to be a ‘digital sherpa’ for your family and friends.

Dealing with “I don’t have anything to hide”
Password managers
Nextcloud
Yunohost
Self hosting
Bitcoin

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SLP264 Roy Sheinfeld Podcasting 2.0 & Lightning with Breez Apr 01, 2021

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Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest with Breez and how Lightning Network is enabling a whole new world of possibilities.

We chat:

Breez updates
Merchant adoption of Breez
Lightning network podcasting
Taking payments offline
Cloud backups
Lightning development

Roy Sheinfeld links:

Twitter: @Breez_Tech
Website: breez.technology
Podcasts on Breez: Streaming Sats for Streaming Ideas
Introducing Lightning Rod

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SLP263 Parker Lewis - The Greatest Trick Central Banks Ever Pulled Mar 29, 2021

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Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about the environment central banks have created, what that has done to money and our ability to save.

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Fiat financialisation of the economy
Inflation and Deflation properly considered
Bitcoin’s growth amongst institutions today
Multi sig with Unchained
Loans with Unchained
Living off your Bitcoin using collateralised loans

Parker Lewis links:

Twitter: @parkeralewis
Site: Unchained.com
Articles: Bitcoin Loans: The Ultimate Guide to Bitcoin-Backed Loans
Articles: Bitcoin is the Great Definancialization

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SLP262 Craig Raw Bitcoin Multi Sig With Sparrow Wallet Mar 24, 2021

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Craig Raw joins me on the show to talk about his relatively new project, Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet allows you to easily set up a single sig or multi sig wallet, air gapped or with USB, supporting the most popular hardware wallets.

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