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**Stephan Livera Podcast**

Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.

Latest Episodes:

SLP46 Sjors Provoost - Bitcoin Core Dev, Hardware Wallet Support, Fungibility Jan 08, 2019

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Sjors Provoost (Bitcoin Core developer) joins me to discuss a range of topics:

Bitcoin Core Development and Review
Working towards hardware wallet support in Bitcoin Core
Sjors' article, "A Crime on Testnet" - with privacy & fungibility implications

Sjors Links:

Sjors Twitter: https://twitter.com/@provoost
“A Crime on Testnet”: https://medium.com/provoost-on-crypto/a-crime-on-testnet-6d95ede8da03

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SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute Jan 04, 2019

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Jeff Deist joins me to discuss Bitcoin and the application of Austrian economics in understanding Bitcoin. Topics:

Market selection of money
The potential for a hard money standard to restrict govt spending
Why Austrian Economists are split on Bitcoin
Why credit would be much tighter under a hard money standard
The deflation and 'hoarding' argument - dispelled
The educational strategy pursued by the Mises Institute
Jeff's recommended Austrian economics books for Bitcoiners

Jeff Deist and Mises Institute links:

Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises

SLP44 Aleks Svetski, CEO of Amber - Blind Excesses, Crypto, Bitcoin Jan 03, 2019

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Aleks Svetski (CEO, co-founder of Amber) joins me in this fiery episode to talk about the blind excesses of 'Crypto' over the last few years and more:

- Crazy excesses that we saw over the last few years
- STO's - Security Token Offerings
- "Crypto Traders"
- "Crypto Hedge Fund Managers"
- Bitcoin as asymmetric bet
- Dollar Cost Averaging
- Amber and the service offering

Aleks and Amber links: 

- Amber website: https://getamber.io/
- Aleks Twitter: https://twitter.com/AleksSvetski
- Article "A world full of Blind Excess": https://hackernoon.com/a-world-full-of-blind-excess-b7fb42357d43

Stephan links:

- Website: http://stephanlivera.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera
- Tallycoin (BTC/Lightning donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa Dec 29, 2018

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Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk & CTO of Casa, joins me in this episode to discuss a range of topics:

What he's working on right now @ Casa
"Who controls Bitcoin Core?", the article by Jameson
2018 Year in Review, thematically and by statistics
Bitcoin storage and multi signature solutions
Bitcoin helping enable individual sovereignty
Grin & Beam
Maintaining privacy with a Bitcoin transaction

Jameson Lopp links:

Jameson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lopp
"Who Controls Bitcoin Core?": https://medium.com/@lopp/who-controls-bitcoin-core-c55c0af91b8a
Jameson's Bitcoin Resources page: https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html
Casa: https://keys.casa/
Statoshi: https://statoshi.info/

Stephan Livera links:

Site: http://stephanlivera.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy Dec 17, 2018

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Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, Cypherpunk & Cryptographer, and inventor of hashcash (cited in Bitcoin's whitepaper) joins me in this episode. We talk about the new update to Blockstream satellite, Tim May and Bitcoin Privacy. Topics: - Blockstream satellite background - How Blockstream satellite works - Making Lightning payments to deliver encrypted messages via satellite - The need for censorship resistance - Tips on setting up Blockstream satellite - Thoughts on Tim May's recent passing - Pay 2 End Point - Confidential Transactions and associated tradeoffs - Quantum Computing and Quantum Resistant Crypto - Other privacy improvements coming to Bitcoin - Technical Fundamentals of Bitcoin Adam Back & Blockstream Links: Blockstream satellite page: https://blockstream.com/satellite/ Elements Project page: https://elementsproject.org/ Adam’s website: http://adam3.us/ Adam’s twitter: https://twitter.com/@adam3us Stephan links: website: https://stephanlivera.com/ twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

SLP41 Dhruv Bansal of Unchained Capital - Bitcoin Dust in the Machine, and Bitcoin Financial Service Dec 17, 2018

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Dhruv Bansal, Chief Science Officer of Unchained Capital joins me to talk about some of his data science analytical work on Bitcoin's blockchain, and also how Unchained Capital are thinking about Bitcoin financial services. We discuss how Bitcoin enables entirely different delivery of financial products and services. One example of this is the new feature, Collaborative Custody. Topics: - Blockchain as heat engine - How much 'dust' there is and how much it costs to move - Bitcoin Financial Services - How Unchained Capital differentiates itself from other crypto lending businesses - Collaborative custody - Bear market blues - Future vision of Bitcoin financial services Dhruv & Unchained Capital Links: Bitcoin Data Science Part 3: Dust in the Engine: https://blog.unchained-capital.com/bitcoin-data-science-pt-3-dust-in-the-engine-615dd51f49 Dhruv’s twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal Unchained Capital site: https://www.unchained-capital.com/ Stephan Links: Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/@stephanlivera

SLP40 Vijay Boyapati - Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation Dec 16, 2018

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Vijay Boyapati (Software Developer, Austrian Economist) joins me to discuss his 2010 article, "Why Credit Deflation Is More Likely Than Mass Inflation". Find out where economics commentators were getting it wrong immediately post the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, and ways to think about Bitcoin in the coming years. Vijay Links: Article discussed: http://libertarianpapers.org/articles/2010/lp-2-43.pdf Vijay's Twitter: https://twitter.com/@real_vijay Stephan Links: Website: www.stephanlivera.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/@stephanlivera Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera

SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs Dec 11, 2018

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Laolu aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs joins me in this episode to talk about some of the latest developments with Bitcoin's Lightning Network: - Lightning Summit (Adelaide, Australia Nov 2018) - AMP - Splicing - Probing - Wumbology (large channels) - Neutrino - Wishlist for changes in Bitcoin Core - What products/services should be built on Lightning - What's coming up for Lightning Labs - Outlook for Lightning Network over the next year - How you can get involved Laolu links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/roasbeef Github: https://github.com/roasbeef Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/ LND Developer site: https://dev.lightning.community/ Stephan links: Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

SLP38 Per Bylund - The size of firms Dec 08, 2018

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Per Bylund (Assistant Professor at OSU and Fellow of Mises Institute) joins me to discuss how some firms today are larger than what they would be under a free market. The impact of regulation and ways to assess competition in a market are discussed. We also touch on the confusion about scarcity and 'post scarcity'. Per Bylund Links: Per’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerBylund Per’s website: http://perbylund.com/ Per’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Per-L.-Bylund/e/B00LMNLBCU Entrepreneur articles: https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/per-bylund Stephan Livera: Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit Dec 04, 2018

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Rene Pickhardt, a Bitcoin/Lightning educator, and rising star in the world of Lightning joins me to talk about the Lightning Network. We discuss: - How he got into Lightning - Involvement in the Pirate party - The recent Lightning Summit in Australia - Upcoming Lightning tech - Routing Rene Pickhardt Links: Rene’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/renepickhardt Rene’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/renepickhardt Rene’s Github: https://github.com/renepickhardt

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