Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP261 Dominic Frisby - Bitcoin vs Daylight Robbery (Taxation) Mar 22, 2021

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Dominic Frisby, comedian, author, financial writer and libertarian joins me on the show to talk about his latest book, Daylight Robbery.

We chat:

How taxes have impacted society
Low taxes for more prosperous societies
Bitcoin Citadels and patronage
Bitcoin’s impact on taxes
Bitcoin Nomads
Surveillance and Platforms

Dominic links:

Twitter: @DominicFrisby
Book: Daylight Robbery

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SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks Mar 17, 2021

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Luke Dashjr, long time Bitcoin Core contributor joins me on the show to discuss his views on how UASF went down in 2017. We talk through the various trade offs and points around Taproot activation and why he believes that LOT = True maximally reduces the risks.

We chat:

Luke’s background
BIP91, BIP148
Miner signalling
Chainsplits
Average user and code review
Speedy Trial
Small blocks

Luke links:

Twitter: @LukeDashjr
Mastodon: @LukeDashjr
Email: luke@dashjr.org

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SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining Mar 15, 2021

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Whit Gibbs of Compass Mining joins me on the show to talk about his background in mining, and how the mining market is developing. We chat:

Hitting ROI on a mining machine
Current prices and costs
How to do it
Learning by doing and making mistakes
Mining equipment
Mining facilities
Hashrate distribution around the world
Recent raise

Links:

Twitter: @BitcoinBroski
Site: Compassmining.io

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SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch Mar 11, 2021

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Rafael Schultze-Kraft CTO of Glassnode rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin on chain metrics and how there is a very bullish set up right now. We chat:

Overview of how Glassnode’s analysis works
Liquid supply vs illiquid supply
Number of coins on exchanges dropping and what this means
Difference in structure of bitcoin demand this time vs 2017
Why its not true that “2% of accounts control 95% of bitcoin”

Links:

Twitter: @n3ocortex
Twitter: @glassnode
Site: Glassnode.com
Article: 78% of the Bitcoin Supply is Not Liquid
Article: No, Bitcoin Ownership is not Highly Concentrated – But Whales are Accumulating

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SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?

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SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken Mar 04, 2021

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Matt Corallo of Square Crypto, and long time bitcoin developer (now more focused on lightning) joins me on the show to talk about Taproot Activation, as well as review some of the history and nuance of prior soft forks in Bitcoin. We discuss:

What is a fork
What are the benefits of Taproot
How the events of 2017 played out
Dynamics of soft forks
Taproot activation paths
Flag day vs forced signalling UASF style
LDK - Lightning Dev Kit

Links:

Twitter: @thebluematt
Lightning Dev Kit: LightningDevKit.org

Taproot links:

Article: Understanding LOT=true or LOT=false by Aaron van Wirdum
Article: Taproot Activation and the LOT Debate by Ben Kaufman
Site: TaprootActivation.com (Mining Pool consensus effort by Alejandro from Poolin)
Mailing list post: Summary of Taproot activation meeting on IRC 2/2/2021 by Michael Folkson

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SLP256 David Bailey Bitcoin 2021 and Bull Markets Mar 02, 2021

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David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (including Bitcoin Magazine) rejoins me on the show to chat about the latest: Bitcoin 2021 is coming and it’ll be huge! We chat:

Bitcoin 2021 and the guests
The feeling of live conferences
Bitcoin Magazine content
Bitcoin’s growth in recent years
Bitcoin culture

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SLP61 David Bailey – Refocusing on Bitcoin

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SLP255 Gleb Naumenko: The Label, Bitcoin Dev & Consulting Feb 26, 2021

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Gleb Naumenko, Bitcoin developer rejoins me to talk about his latest venture, The Label. We chat about:

Bitcoin development and consulting
Protocol development
Cross layer considerations
Bitcoin & Lightning attacks
Time Dilation attacks
CoinPool

Links:

Twitter: @ffstls
Site: The La b el

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SLP164 Gleb Naumenko – erlay Bitcoin transaction relay

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SLP254 Dario Sneidermanis Muun Wallet: Bitcoin & Lightning All In One Feb 23, 2021

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Dario Sneidermanis, Founder of Muun Wallet joins me to talk about the advanced technological approach taken by his team. We chat about:

Muun as a single unified bitcoin + lightning balance
A different approach with mnemonics and backups
Lightning and channel management
Splicing
Use in Argentina and elsewhere around the world

Links:

Twitter: @esneider
Twitter: @muunwallet
Site: Muun.com

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SLP253 Samson Mow Blockstream Jade, Liquid & Bitcoin Mining Feb 19, 2021

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Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to chat about what’s going on with the new Jade hardware wallet, updates on Liquid & Bitcoin Mining:

Jade hardware wallet
Blockstream Green
Why use Liquid vs Lightning
Blockstream Mining
Mining industry generally

Samson links:

Twitter @Excellion
Site: Blockstream.com

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SLP252 NVK Bitcoin Hardware Wallets vs Air Gapped Computers Feb 17, 2021

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NVK, CEO of CoinKite joins me on the show to talk about hardware wallets, air gapped computers and all kinds of useful security questions. This episode will help you learn about the kinds of attacks possible against air gapped computers and hardware wallets, as well as bring some nuance and balance to the conversation about how people should use Bitcoin. We chat: