Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP221 Joe Kelly And Dhruv Bansal - Should Your Business Hold Bitcoin? Unchained Business Accounts Oct 21, 2020

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What are the considerations for your business in holding bitcoin? Should you self custody with multi signature for improved security and control? Joe Kelly and Dhruv Bansal, CEO and CSO of Unchained Capital join me to chat.

We talk:

What business owners have to consider
How to custody bitcoin
Unchained Capital’s solution
Coldcard
Financialisation of computer networks
Challenges of being a bitcoin company founder

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SLP113 Dhruv Bansal – Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital

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SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean and Alex Gladstein Oct 18, 2020

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Is Bitcoin a democracy? Or is it more like a natural order? What about democracy in general, does that protect human rights and enable human flourishing? Saifedean and Alex Gladstein debate the question of whether democracy promotes human flourishing. This was moderated by Stephan Livera, initially on Saifedean’s online seminar.

Saifedean's Links:

Twitter: @saifedean
Saifedean.com

Alex Gladstein's Links:

Twitter: @gladstein
Hrf.org

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SLP219 Nadav Kohen - What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs Oct 15, 2020

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What are Discreet Log Contracts? Are they just for degenerate gamblers or is there a business use here? Nadav Kohen of Suredbits joins me to talk about what they are, why they’re useful and how they work.

Why Use DLCs over multisig?
Trust and Privacy
Funding and Contract Execution Transactions
Oracles and associated problems
Lightning DLCs
DLC Spec

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SLP218 Philip Haslam & Russ Lamberti - Debt Culture & When Money Destroys Nations Oct 09, 2020

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Philip Haslam and Russ Lamberti join me to talk about their book on Zimbabwe and hyperinflation, When Money Destroys Nations. We chat about:

Where hyperinflation has happened before
The culture of debt & entitlement
Print and spend vs loan and spend
The stages or ‘gorge moments’
Financial repression
Liquidity obfuscation
How might future hyperinflation episodes play out

Links:

Website: whenmoneydestroys.com
Book: When Money Destroys Nations
Russell Lamberti: @RussLamberti
Philip Haslam: @HaslamPhilip
Book twitter: @WMDNbook

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Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

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SLP217 Exploring Bitcoin With Godfrey Bloom Oct 07, 2020

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Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk. Godfrey is a self proclaimed goldbug, and in this conversation we explore Bitcoin and his recent discussion on it.

We chat about:

Bitcoin’s use as reserve asset
Some similarities and differences between Bitcoin and Gold
Central Banking
Welfare Statism

Links:

Twitter: @Goddersbloom
Website: godfreybloom.uk

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SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club Oct 02, 2020

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Why is Bitcoin so exciting? How does Silicon Valley culture influence it? Gloria Zhao, bitcoin core contributor joins me to talk:

Silicon Valley culture influences
Teaching blockchain, then getting more into Bitcoin
Being mentored by Bitcoin core developers
Bitcoin PR Review club
Map of the Bitcoin Network

Gloria 's Links:

Twitter: @glozow
Github: Glozow
Article: Map of the Bitcoin network

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SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution

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SLP215 Michael Flaxman - 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig Sep 28, 2020

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After terrifying everyone with his prior SLP appearance re: hardware wallet security, Michael Flaxman rejoins me on the show to talk about his new multisig guide to help users secure their coins without any single point of failure.

We cover:

What’s improved in the space since last year
Why you need to eliminate SPOFs (Single Points of Failure)
Comparison of current hardware wallets
Multi sig services vs DIY
Using Specter
Using Coldcard & Cobo
Seedpicker
Tips on maintaining the setup

Michael links:

BTC Guide: https://btcguide.github.io/
Twitter: @mflaxman

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Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

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SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr - Where Are All The Bitcoins? Sep 25, 2020

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Why does auditing Bitcoin matter? Why won’t the supply ever actually reach 21 million? Pierre Rochard of Kraken and Fabian Jahr (Bitcoin Core contributor) join me on the show to talk.

Bitcoin supply
Auditing
Gettxoutset
Bitcoin Core coin stats index
More in depth bitcoin accounting

Links:

Fabian Jahr github: @fjahr
Fabian Jahr: @fjahr
Article: https://fjahr.com/posts/where-are-the-coins/
Pierre Rochard: @pierre_rochard
Article: https://www.pierrerochard.com/auditing-bitcoin-supply/

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SLP213 Michael Saylor - Bitcoin Dematerializes Money Sep 21, 2020

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Why did MicroStrategy buy $425 million of Bitcoin and adopt it as Primary Treasury Reserve Asset? How did the team learn about Bitcoin? What is driving people to learn about Bitcoin in this high inflation environment? Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy joins me to discuss.

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Twitter: @michael_saylor

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SLP212 Alex Daskalov Can Bitcoin In Custody Be Insured? Sep 20, 2020

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Bitcoin custody insurance has been hotly debated in the industry, with concerns around the volatility, its feasibility, and whether it makes sense. What's Knox doing differently? Alex Daskalov, CEO of Knox Custody joins me to discuss these questions.

Alex links:

Alex Twitter: @daskalov
Knox Custody: @knoxcustody

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