Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat:

 Whether it is difficult to signal as a miner
 The dynamics with different mining pools signaling
  Miners and Pools, how does it work
  Braiins OS and mining firmware
  What future upgrades might look like

Pavel links:

  Twitter: @mor_pav
  Article: Everything You Need To Know About Taproot Signaling By Bitcoin Miners
  Site: Braiins.com

Relevant episodes:

  SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol
  SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
  SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks

Sponsors:

  Swan Bitcoin
  Hodl Hodl Lend
  Compass Mining
  Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
  CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
  CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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  Show notes and website
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  Subscribe to the podcast
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SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signalling For Taproot

Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin &amp; 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.

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Parker Lewis of Zaprite rejoins me on the show to discuss recent updates in the space and what’s happening with Zaprite and merchant adoption. 

 “Then they fight you” ?
 Chilling Effect
 Zaprite
 Getting Bitcoin Payment Rails Ready
 Gradually, Then Suddenly
 Why hope should not be lost

Links:

 X: @parkeralewis
 Site: Zaprite.com 
 Get Parker’s Book: thesifhouse.com 

Sponsors:

 Swan.com (code LIVERA)
 CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
 Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

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Then They Fight You? - Parker Lewis SLP570


A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining  pool centralisation and what is driving it. 
Links:

 X: @moneyball 
 AJ Town’s ‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned: 
 Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin (BIP324) 

Sponsors:

 Swan.com (code LIVERA)
 CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
 Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

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Why Bitcoin Should Not Ossify - Steve Lee SLP569

Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and founding partner of Ego Death Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about his bitcoin advocacy at various levels: 

 Speaking to politicians about bitcoin
 The system you give energy to
 “Staying and fighting” in Canada vs supporting alternatives e.g. Madeira
 ‘Coincidental’ attack on Bitcoin? 

Links:

  X: @JeffBooth
  nostr: npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe
  Site: Ego Death Capital

Sponsors:

  Swan.com (code LIVERA)
  CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
  Mempool.space
  Nomadcapitalist.com/live

Stephan Livera links:

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The System You Give Your Energy To - Jeff Booth SLP568

How do you think about investing as a bitcoiner? Preston Pysh of TIP rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of related ideas: 

 HODL vs invest in companies
 Microstrategy and other public companies
  VC and early stage investment
  Realistic investment hurdle rates
  Technical realities as bitcoin grows

Links:

  X: @PrestonPysh
  TIP: theinvestorspodcast.com
  nostr: npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z

Sponsors:

  Swan.com (code LIVERA)
  CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
  Mempool.space
  Nomadcapitalist.com/live

Stephan Livera links:

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Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567

Dmitry Nedospasov is a PhD in Chip Security, also known for his hardware wallet exploits in 2018 with the wallet.fail talk. Dmitry joins me to talk about hardware security in the world of bitcoin and how it compares with hardware chip security in other domains. We discuss:

 The 2018 wallet.fail talk
 Bitcoin compared with other industries
  Realistic hardware wallet attack types
  The cost of attacking a hardware device
  Backups and Shamir’s Secret Sharing

Links:

  X: @nedos
  LinkedIn: Dmitry Nedospasov
  Site: Keylabs.io 
  Telegram: https://t.me/nedos
  wallet.fail talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OBIGslgGM
  Recoverylabs.io

Sponsors:

  Swan.com (code LIVERA)
  CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
  Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

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SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signalling For Taproot

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