Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP81 Dan Held - Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine Jun 20, 2019

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Dan Held, Co-Founder of Interchange rejoins me in this episode to talk about the long term security of Bitcoin as it transitions to transaction fee (away from block subsidy). We discuss whether this will be a problem, or whether Bitcoin will be OK.

Basic statement of the concern
The modelling behind why Dan believes Bitcoin’s security is fine
The increasing ‘weight’ of a bitcoin transaction
How bitcoin usage will evolve in the future
Value of Bitcoin conference reflections e.g. is Proof of Work wasteful or environmentally destructive

Dan Held Links:

Dan Held Twitter: https://twitter.com/danheld
Bitcoin’s Security is Fine article: https://blog.picks.co/bitcoins-security-is-fine-93391d9b61a8?gi=2fa1fafbf5b4

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Stephan Livera links:

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Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

SLP80 Richard Myers - Bitcoin Incentivised Mesh Networking with Lot49 Jun 17, 2019

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Richard Myers of Gotenna and Global Mesh Labs joins me to talk about a new way to improve mesh networking with the use of bitcoin payments to provide incentive for message and packet routing. We talk:

What the problem is with the current set up of the internet and current mesh networking
What the Lot49 proposal is
How it works
Risks and challenges to be faced
What happens next

Richard Myers Links:

Richard Myers twitter: https://twitter.com/remyers_
Global Mesh Labs twitter: https://twitter.com/globalmeshlabs
Global Mesh Labs site: https://globalmeshlabs.org/
Lot49 Protocol Whitepaper: https://global-mesh-labs.gitbook.io/lot49/
Global Mesh Labs Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/HvhpZhT_q4VYUgXm5hOFGA

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Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/
Email contact (advertising queries or general feedback): stephanlivera@pm.me

SLP79 Misir Mahmudov - Bitcoin, Inequality & Morals Jun 15, 2019

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Misir Mahmudov (Bitcoin writer and working Operations at Adaptive Capital) joins me in this episode to talk:

How he learned about Bitcoin and Austrian Economics
Recommendations for listeners who want to learn more
His thesis on the closure of the gold window and impacts on inequality
Bitcoin and Morals
The role of Satoshi

Misir links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/misir_mahmudov
Medium: https://medium.com/@misir_mahmudov

Sponsor links:

Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
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Email contact (advertising queries or general feedback): stephanlivera@pm.me

SLP78 Samourai Wallet - Welcome to the Dojo Jun 10, 2019

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A co-founder of the Bitcoin privacy focused wallet, Samourai Wallet, rejoins the show in this fantastic episode to talk about the many updates since last time on the show (SLP29):

Getting funding from Cypherpunk Holdings
Release of Dojo software - open sourcing Samourai Wallet server backend
Collaboration with the nodl team for official Dojo Hardware
Whirlpool (Coinjoin) mixing
Other features and what to look out for - Stonewallx2, Stowaway, Ricochet

Samourai Wallet Links:

Samourai Wallet website: https://samouraiwallet.com/
Samourai Wallet Twitter: https://twitter.com/samouraiwallet
Samourai Wallet Telegram chat group: https://t.me/SamouraiWallet

Sponsor links:

Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

SLP77 Kalle Rosenbaum - Grokking Bitcoin: it’s not just for developers Jun 07, 2019

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Kalle Rosenbaum (author, developer and bitcoin consultant) joins me in this episode to discuss his new book, Grokking Bitcoin. We talk:

The process of writing this book
David Harding’s foreword
Some cryptography basics
Different Bitcoin transaction types
How nodes communicate
Bitcoin upgrades, and bitcoin forks

Kalle Rosenbaum links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum
(40% DISCOUNT CODE: podsliv19) Grokking Bitcoin book: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitcoin

Sponsor link:

Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

SLP76 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0 Jun 03, 2019

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Vijay Boyapati, Bitcoin economic commentator, joins me to talk about:

Monetary stages of evolution
Merchant adoption of Bitcoin to receive payment - is it 2013 all over again?
Facebook Crypto
Horizontal “Crypto” vs Vertical Bitcoin businesses
Why Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0

Vijay links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/
Bitcoin ‘Horizontal vs vertical’ thread: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1128893146807488512

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
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SLP75 Giacomo Zucco - There is only one Bitcoin (Newbie episode) May 31, 2019

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Giacomo joins me again in this episode to explain for newbies why there is only one Bitcoin. We cover common points of confusion that newbies and outsiders to Bitcoin may not grasp:

Forks of Bitcoin
Semantics and word games
Traps to avoid

Giacomo link:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera
Tallycoin for Bitcoin/Lightning donations: https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

SLP74 Wiz - Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners May 28, 2019

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Wiz, Bitcoin OG from Tokyo (and creator of the “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner” browser extension) joins me in this episode to discuss his career, how to build your own ISP, and also, a new way to help mitigate social attacks on Bitcoin.

We talk:

Importance of self sovereignty for Bitcoiners
How to set up your own ISP
VPNs
Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner browser extension
Wiz’s work with Hive.one and setting up his projects, “Bitcoin Wizards”, and “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner”
How this can help mitigate social attacks

Wiz links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiz
(Coming soon) Bitcoin Wizards: www.bitcoin-wizards.com
Bitcoin Wizards twitter: https://twitter.com/Bitcoin_Wizards
(Coming soon) Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner? www.bitcoiner-or-shitcoiner.com
Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinerOrShit
Hive: https://hive.one/
Bitcoin-Only website: https://bitcoin-only.com/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera
Tallycoin for Bitcoin/Lightning donations: https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/
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SLP73 Tamas Blummer - Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science May 23, 2019

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Tamas Blummer, Bitcoin developer and entrepreneur with a long and respected background in Bitcoin joins me in this must-listen, wide ranging episode to talk about:

Rust-Bitcoin projects
Threats to bitcoin:
Soft fork threats and protocol ossification
Incentivised re-orgs of Bitcoin’s blockchain
Central Bank Digital Currencies and Negative Interest rates
Bitcoin data science
Liveliness measure
Work with Adamant Capital

Tamas Blummer links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamasBlummer
Github: https://github.com/tamasblummer
Medium blogs by Tamas: https://medium.com/@tamas.blummer/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
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Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera

SLP72 Eric Voskuil - Fractional or Full Reserve Banking? and Jurisdictional Arbitrage May 20, 2019

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Eric Voskuil (lead developer of libbitcoin and Cryptoeconomics author) joins me to talk about his views on Austrian economics, Murray Rothbard, Fractional vs Full Reserve Banking. We also chat about “Jurisdictional Arbitrage” from his Cryptoeconomics github pages.

Eric Voskuil links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/evoskuil
Cryptoeconomics pages: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Cryptoeconomics
Libbitcoin: https://libbitcoin.org/

Stephan Livera links:

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Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera

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