Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities Mar 27, 2020

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Titus Gebel joins me to talk about Free Private Cities and how they relate to Bitcoin Citadels, a way for Bitcoin people to peacefully set up Bitcoin friendly cities.

We talk:

The problem with democracy and standard political activism
Legal system
Fee for service
Benefits of lower cost and more certainty
Dealing with poverty and pandemics
How to get there

Titus links:

Twitter: @titusgebel
Free Private Cities website: freeprivatecities.com
Free Private Cities book: https://www.freeprivatecities.com/en/book/
Free Private Cities twitter: @fpcitiesinc

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SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect Your Bitcoin Privacy With Ronin Dojo Mar 25, 2020

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BTCxZelko, Samourai Wallet community member co-founded the Ronin Dojo project, an easy to use Raspberry Pi / Odroid install script and UI to run your own Samourai Wallet Dojo. It’s an easy, cost effective way to run your own node backing your Samourai Wallet, which enables you to use Bitcoin over Tor, with coinjoining and best in class privacy features.

Zelko and I talk:

How he learned command line
How he got into Bitcoin privacy techniques
Recommended hardware for Ronin Dojo
How to install it for yourself

Zelko links:

Twitter: @BTCxZelko
Ronin Dojo Wiki: Ronin Dojo Wiki
Ronin Dojo Telegram: Ronin Dojo TG Chat group

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SLP159 Phil Bonello - Bitcoin Sovereign Individual Investment Thesis Mar 20, 2020

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Phil Bonello joins me to talk about the book, The Sovereign Individual, and how it relates to a Bitcoin investment thesis. We talk:

The Sovereign Individual book
Black Magic of Compound Interest and Jurisdiction shopping
What the book got wrong

Investment theses around the book relating to:

Media
Education
Remote Work
Bitcoin businesses
Censorship and Privacy

Phil Bonello links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilJBonello
Sovereign Individual Investment thesis: https://philjbonello.substack.com/p/the-sovereign-individual-investment

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SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does a Bitcoin Price Crash Impact Bitcoin Miners? Mar 18, 2020

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John Lee Quigley of MinerUpdate and Adaptive Analysis joins me in this episode to talk about the impacts of bitcoin price drop on Bitcoin mining. We talk about:

What the key costs are for miners
Who are the key players in bitcoin mining
Miner trends
Geographic dispersion
Vertical integration
Energy use

John Lee Quigley Links:

Twitter: @JohnLeeQuigley
MinerUpdate: https://www.minerupdate.com/
Adaptive Analysis: https://adaptiveanalysis.io/
Sample: MinerMovements #7 - Matthew Mining Effect

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SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For the Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin Mar 13, 2020

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Andy Edstrom, CFA CFP and author of “Why Buy Bitcoin” joins me to talk about:

Learning about austrian economics after getting into Bitcoin
Investor mindset
Fiat Money Debt Problem and Bad Options for how we get out of it
Why Buy Bitcoin book

Andy Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/edstromandrew
Website: www.andyedstrom.com
Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XG2J3S9

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SLP156 Carlos Roldan - Satoshi's Games and Lightnite Mar 10, 2020

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Carlos Roldan, CEO & Co founder of Satoshi’s Games, joins me to talk about why he’s excited about Lightning powered gaming.

We talk:

Why he got into Lightning
Bitcoin enabled gaming
Making it multi platform and beautiful
Lessons learned with Satoshi’s Place
Schedule going forward with Lightnite
Where you can get Lightnite

Carlos Links:

Lightnite: https://lightnite.io/ref=slp
Twitter: @whiteyhat
Satoshi’s Games: https://satoshis.games/
Satoshi’s Games Twitter: @SatoshisGames

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SLP155 Clark Moody - Bitcoin Dashboard & the 1000 Year Bull Run Mar 06, 2020

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Clark Moody, Bitcoin OG and entrepreneur joins me to talk about his dashboard, which is a fantastic resource for learning about bitcoin and monitoring bitcoin statistics. This is a great episode to learn about useful concepts in Bitcoin and Lightning. We talk about:

Clark’s history in bitcoin
Why he started the dashboard
Blockchain stats
Node stats
Mining economics
S2F
Output types
Future directions

Clark Moody links:

Twitter: @clarkmoody
Dashboard: https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/

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SLP154 Nick @BTConometrics - Quantitative Bitcoin Analysis & S2F Cointegration Strengthens Mar 03, 2020

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Nick joins me to talk about how he tried to disprove PlanB’s Stock to flow model, but ended up finding out that it holds up. We also talk about cointegration, what that means, and some of Nick’s statistical work. We talk about:

Professional background
Background to S2F
Cointegration and what it means
Engle-Granger test
Mean Reversion indicator
Shitcoins riding Bitcoin’s coat tails

Nick links:

Twitter: @Btconometrics
Website: https://btconometrics.com/
Article: https://medium.com/swlh/falsifying-stock-to-flow-as-a-model-of-bitcoin-value-b2d9e61f68af

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SLP153 Philipp Bagus - What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation Feb 28, 2020

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Philipp Bagus, Professor Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - joins me to talk about why deflation is not what you typically hear in the mainstream financial press. In this conversation we talk about:

The real causes of deflation
Why deflation is not necessarily what causes recessions
Distinctions between growth deflation, and bank credit deflation
Contrasting life under a fiat money standard with a hard money standard
Real world examples

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SLP152 NVK - CK-BUNKER and Bitcoin Backups Feb 25, 2020

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NVK (Coinkite) joins me to talk about a new project, CK-BUNKER, a DIY co-signer. We talk about what this is, how it could be used by bitcoin businesses or service providers. Separately, we also talk about backing up your bitcoins and making sure they’re safe for the years to come. We talk: