Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP141 American HODL - HODLer stories and Bitcoin Citadels Jan 14, 2020

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American HODL of Bitcoin Twitter joins me to tell us his stories of Bitcoin HODLing, how he built up his conviction in Bitcoin HODLing, and where we’re going with this:

Modern society and the impact of fiat money
HODLer stories
Spend and replace vs HODL
Bitcoin Baby steps
Bitcoin Citadels - will they be real?

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Twitter: @american_hodl

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SLP140 Gigi - Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons Jan 10, 2020

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Gigi, Bitcoin author and curator of bitcoin-resources.com joins me to talk about some of his recent articles and the recent launch of his 21 Lessons book. We talk about:

The gravitational pull of bitcoin
Key resources from bitcoin-resources.com
21 Lessons learned along the way

Gigi links:

Twitter: @dergigi
21 Lessons: 21lessons.com
21 Lessons - Amazon book: Amazon
Bitcoin-Resources: Bitcoin-resources.com

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SLP139 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Mastering Lightning & Using BTCPayServer Jan 06, 2020

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos, world renowned bitcoin speaker & author rejoins me on the show today to talk about some of his latest projects and efforts in Bitcoin. We talk about:

Mastering Lightning - new book coming
Process on learning Lightning Network
Challenges in LN today
Using BTCPayServer to be a merchant
Using RTL
myNode

Andreas links:

Twittter: @aantonop
Website: aantonop.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/aantonop

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SLP138 Matt Odell - Should Bitcoiners Coinjoin? Jan 01, 2020

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Matt Odell, co-host of TFTC/RHR joins me in this episode to talk about coinjoin techniques and bitcoin privacy. We discuss:

What sparked off the recent discussion on coinjoin
Binance SG flagging a customer for using coinjoin
What’s at stake
Is there a tension between ‘white market KYC compliant’ bitcoin and ‘grey market agorism’ bitcoin?
Action steps to take

Matt Odell links:

Twitter: @matt_odell
TFTC/RHR: TFTC.io

Ronin Dojo:

Ronin Dojo Github

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SLP137 AJ Towns - Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs Dec 27, 2019

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AJ Towns, bitcoin core contributor @ Xapo joins me to talk about his recent work advancing the Schnorr, Taproot, and Tapscript BIPs. We talk about:

What are Schnorr signatures? What is MuSig?
What is Taproot, and what is Tapscript?
Script changes
Schnorr Review Club
Benefits for Bitcoin and Lightning
Upgrade path
Activation

AJ Towns links:

Twitter: @ajtowns
Github: @ajtowns
Schnorr Taproot Review club and resources link: Taproot Review Github
Schnorr BIP
Taproot BIP
Tapscript BIP

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SLP136 Alex Leishman - Bitcoin Socratic Seminars & River Financial Dec 23, 2019

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Alex Leishman, organizer of SF Bitcoin Devs and CEO of River, joins me in this episode to talk about his journey in Bitcoin and Austrian Economics, as well as talk about how to moderate and run a successful Bitcoin Socratic Seminar meet up. Listen in and get some tips on how you can run or participate in Bitcoin meet ups in your city! We talk:

Ground rules
What discussion takes place at a Bitcoin Socratic Seminar
How the rest of the world can copy this model
River FInancial

Alex Leishman links:

Twitter: @Leishman
SF Bitcoin Devs: SF Bitcoin Devs
River Financial: River Financial

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SLP135 Suheb - Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL Dec 20, 2019

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Suheb, co-founder of RTL joins me in this episode to talk about tips on managing your Lightning Node with RTL. We talk:

How Suheb got into Lightning
His experience with the Lightning Torch
Different personas for RTL - Node Operator, Merchant
Channel Management
Interface
What’s coming next with RTL

Suheb and RTL links:

Twitter: @Suheb__
RTL: @RTL_app
RTL Github: RTL Github

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SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments Dec 16, 2019

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Rusty Russell from Blockstream rejoins me in this episode to talk about a very exciting development in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: Multi Part Payments. This is a new feature that will be implemented into the Lightning Network specification, and will be included in the new c-lightning 0.8.0 release. We talk about:

Development work ongoing
Multi Part Payments and how they change Lightning Network
Payment Secrets
Privacy on Lightning Network
Outlook for Lightning Network in 2020

Rusty Russell links

Twitter: @Rusty_twit
BOLT specs: Lightning network specification
C-lightning: ElementsProject/lightning
Blockstream website: Blockstream.com

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SLP133 Trace Mayer - Proof of Keys, and Bitcoin’s Battle on Two Fronts Dec 13, 2019

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Trace Mayer, world renowned Bitcoin investor, writer and speaker rejoins me on the podcast to talk about Proof of Keys, an annual event for Bitcoiners to withdraw bitcoins from any third parties to keys they hold. In this episode we talk about:

Proof of Keys
Tools and best practices
The battle for scarcity, and the battle for privacy
Mises’ book, Bureaucracy

Trace Mayer links:

Twitter: @TraceMayer
Proof of Keys: ProofOfKeys.com
Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast: Bitcoin.kn

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SLP132 Christian Moss (Mandelduck) - Bitcoin Lightning gaming with Zebedee Dec 11, 2019

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Christian joins me in this episode to talk about his experiences building on lightning network, and his venture along Andre Neves and Simon Cowell with Zebedee, lightning powered games. We talk:

How Chris got into Bitcoin app development
Does Lightning belong in games?
Zebedee approach to lightning game development
Thoughts on Lightning Network more generally, and LNURL

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Christian Moss Twitter: @MandelDuck
Zebedee website: Zebedee.io
Zebedee Article: Does Bitcoin in Gaming Make Sense?

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