Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future Jul 10, 2020

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The world is undergoing pressures that are inflationary, but also deflationary forces. Which one will win out? What is driving humanity’s progress forward? Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur and author joins me to discuss our deflationary future.

Jeff Booth:

Twitter: @JeffBooth
Book: thepriceoftomorrow.com

Sponsor links:

Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)
CypherSafe (use code: LIVERA)

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SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed? Jul 08, 2020

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How many Bitcoins are being HODLed? Bitcoin’s nature allows some level of investigation and analysis, and it’s possible to see how many coins are moving. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, CTO of Glassnode joins me on the show to discuss some of the insights he’s been sharing.

Rafael links:

Twitter: @n3ocortex
Website: glassnode.com
Thread

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SLP189 Ragnar Lifthrasir Should You Spend Bitcoin Now? Jul 05, 2020

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There’s a lot of heated discussion about Bitcoin HODLing vs Spending, the circular economy, and what actions build on Bitcoin’s censorship resistance. Ragnar Lifthrasir of Guns N Bitcoin joins me for a discussion on this topic.

Ragnar links:

Twitter: @ragnarly
Site: Gunsnbitcoin.com

Sponsor links:

Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)

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SLP188 Dan Held – Does Bitcoin Need Marketing? Jul 01, 2020

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Does Bitcoin Need Marketing and marketers? Does it need influencers? What kinds of strategies are appropriate across different channels? Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken joins me to discuss.

Dan Held links:

Twitter: @danheld
Article: Bitcoin’s Marketing Team
Website: danheld.com

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SLP187 John Cantrell - Bruteforcing Bitcoin Seeds Jun 30, 2020

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John Cantrell, Bitcoin developer joins me to talk about how he cracked Alistair Milne’s social media bitcoin challenge. With the first 8 words of the seed, John was able to crack a 12 word seed using a cluster of GPU’s. John is also the creator of Juggernaut, a lightning messaging app.

John links:

Twitter: @JohnCantrell97
Article: How I checked over 1 trillion mnemonics in 30 hours to win a bitcoin
Juggernaut: getjuggernaut.com

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SLP186 Joseph Salerno – Bitcoin and How Money Arises Jun 29, 2020

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Dr Joseph Salerno, Academic VP of Mises Institute joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin, monetary velocity, how money emerges on the market and more.

Joseph Salerno links:

Twitter: @jtsale
Mises Institute: mises.org

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SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is Jun 24, 2020

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Many people are confused about Bitcoin. Is it for transactional payments, or should we view it as something closer to Digital Gold or savings? Regular guest Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about this. We also talk:

Common errors in conceiving of Bitcoin
Risks with custodial and KYC
Updated thoughts on prior article re: Credit Deflation
CHAZ

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SLP184 Alessandro Cecere – Bitcoin Nodes in Venezuela Jun 23, 2020

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Alessandro Cecere (aka el Sultan Bitcoin), CEO of Coinspree joins me to talk about his experiences growing up in Venezuela, and his passion for spreading bitcoin.

Alessandro Cecere links:

Twitter: @elsultanBitcoin
Coinspree: coinspree.com

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SLP183 Dennis Wohlfarth & Clinton Donnelly – Bitcoin Tax Strategies Jun 18, 2020

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Dennis Wohlfarth of Accointing & Clinton Donnelly of Donnelly Tax Law join me to talk about Bitcoin tax treatment, and strategies to minimise tax. We chat about:

Current tax treatment
Capital Gains Tax
Record keeping
Tax strategies locally
Tax strategies for those willing to go overseas
International competition

Links:

Accointing: www.accointing.com (ref link – 10% discount)
Donnelly Tax Law: Donnellytaxlaw.com
Accointing Twitter: @accointing
Dennis Twitter: @WohlfarthDennis
Clinton Twitter: @cryptotaxfixer

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SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users Jun 16, 2020

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Nick Neuman and Jameson Lopp, CEO and CTO of Casa join me to talk about updates at Casa, the world of multi signature, hardware wallets, personal security and personal data in the age of increasing statism.

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