Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire Jun 12, 2020

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Preston Pysh, co founder of The Investor’s Podcast network rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, inflation, bonds, and investing in a bitcoinised world.

Preston Pysh links:

Twitter: @PrestonPysh
The Investor’s Podcast: Theinvestorspodcast.com
Prior SLP appearance: SLP109

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SLP180 Eric (iamTheCharacter) Bitcoin as Protest and Macro Solution Jun 10, 2020

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Eric eloquently spoke about Bitcoin as a macro solution on a live news broadcast from a protest near LA City Hall. I invited Eric on to discuss his views and his macro solution. We talk about his interest in Bitcoin, his RaspiBlitz node, his excitement for the lightning network, and bitcoin as a social movement.

Eric links:

Twitter: @iamTheCharacter
Music: http://bit.ly/sospotify
IG: @hiphopphilosophymovie
Clip: https://twitter.com/nlebowitz1/status/1268002667042934786
New clip: https://twitter.com/iamTheCharacter/status/1269762148135100417

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SLP179 Ergo - Unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins: Tumblers, Wasabi, JoinMarket Jun 08, 2020

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Ergo of OXT Research (Samourai Wallet team) joins me to talk about his latest research into the Lazarus group, and also unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins - whether they are through custodial tumblers, Wasabi or JoinMarket.

Ergo links:

Twitter: @ergoBTC
OXT Research
- The North Korean Connection
- Toxic Recall Attack - Unwinding JoinMarket Case Study

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SLP178 6102 Bitcoin Jun 04, 2020

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6102 Bitcoin is a pseudonymous bitcoiner known for his contributions with various Bitcoin resources and how to sites, and infographics. He joins me for a discussion about bitcoin privacy, why he does this under a pseudonym, contributing in the Bitcoin space, Blockstream’s Liquid network and more.

6102 Bitcoin links:

Twitter: @6102bitcoin
Website: 6102bitcoin.com
Bitcoin-intro.com
Bitcoin-only.com
Btcprivacy.org
Bitcoin taint infographic
Sven article Stop Calling for a Free Market in Money

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SLP177 Murch – Bitcoin Coin Selection May 28, 2020

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Murch joins me to talk about his work on Coin Selection, managing large wallets! We’ll talk about fees, selecting coins, the blockspace market, how you can think about optimising your wallet.

Murch:

Twitter: @murchandamus
Bitcoin Stack Exchange: Murch
Branch and Bound paper and coin selection strategies: Murch’s masters thesis

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SLP118 Mike Belshe, CEO BitGo

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SLP176 Parker Lewis & Buck Perley – Caravan Multisig Bitcoin Wallet May 22, 2020

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Parker Lewis and Buck Perley of Unchained Capital join me on the show to talk about updates on the Caravan open source project, making multi sig accessible and easy for the masses. Previously it was single address only, and now it works as a wallet! We’ll chat:

Why use Caravan
What the new updates are
Hardware wallet testing
xPubs and multi sig
Bitcoiner Ventures raise

Parker Lewis & Buck Perley links:

Unchained blog: Gearing up the Caravan
Parker Lewis Twitter: @parkeralewis
Buck Perley Twitter: @buckperley

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SLP131 Parker Lewis – Bitcoin is Intuitive

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SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World May 20, 2020

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Matt Ahlborg of UsefulTulips.org joins me on the show to talk about bitcoin use in South America, and Africa. Matt Ahlborg is a researcher and data scientist looking into the use of Bitcoin around the world.

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SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin As A Source Of Truth in Venezuela

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SLP174 Matt Ridley - Bitcoin & How Innovation Works May 18, 2020

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Matt Ridley is a writer, biologist & Rational Optimist. He joins me to talk about his views on science, economics, innovation and how they apply to Bitcoin.

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SLP173 Bitstein – Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Literature Review May 16, 2020

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Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein, President of the Nakamoto Institute and co-host of Noded Bitcoin Podcast rejoins me on the show to talk about some Bitcoin literature.

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SLP172 Nicolas Dorier & Kukks – P2EP Comes To BTCPay Server May 10, 2020

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Nicolas Dorier and Mr Kukks rejoin me on the show to talk about updates with BTCPay Server, such as P2EP (Pay to End point), which will assist bitcoin accepting merchants to PayJoin with customers, adding to the privacy on Bitcoin.

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