Stephan Livera Podcast

By Stephan Livera

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What's Stephan Livera Podcast about?

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. This is one of the leading podcasts in the space, and listening to this show is one of the fastest ways to learn and get up to speed on Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Merchant Adoption: ...

09.29.2023

Will Cole of Zaprite rejoins me to talk about: Merchant adoption and why it’s different this time Improved custody How Zaprite works Accounting and integration How adoption will be driven this time Circular economy The lie of 2% inflation Links: ...

Stephan Livera Podcast episodes:

09.29.2023 Bitcoin Merchant Adoption: This Time is Different? with Will Cole (SLP517) Will Cole of Zaprite rejoins me to talk about: Merchant adoption and why it’s different this time Improved custody How Zaprite works Accounting and integration How adoption will be driven this time Circular economy The lie of 2% inflation Links: ...
09.22.2023 Why You Should Have Zero Debt to Avoid Enslavement with Jimmy Song (SLP516) Do you have debt? Are you wondering about the case for why you shouldn’t? Check out this episode with my friend and Bitcoin developer and advocate, Jimmy Song. We talk about his newest book, Fiat Ruins Everything: Why he wrote ...
09.21.2023 HODLing through the cycles with American HODL (SLP515) Have you wondered what it takes to be a long-term HODLer? American HODL rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLer psychology, bitcoin culture, and what to expect going forward: Adoption waves Living on Bitcoin Overconfidence Mainstream culture Bitcoin ...
09.20.2023 Kids Don’t Need School with Jonathan Prescott & Adriana Prescott (SLP514) Are you interested in spending 16,000 more hours with your children? Consider homeschooling! We discuss this and many other insights in this chat about homeschooling: Their own journey of homeschooling Escaping hivemind thinking Criticism of ‘school vouchers’ Building up your ...
09.17.2023 Next Generation Lightning with Phoenix - Bastien Teinturier (SLP513) The next generation of Bitcoin Lightning wallets is here with Phoenix from ACINQ. Rejoining me is CTO of ACINQ, Bastien Teinturier to talk about how the team is innovating a great self custodial experience for bitcoin and lightning users: High ...
09.14.2023 Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? with Shinobi (SLP512) Drivechain is a proposed soft fork that has faced a lot of criticism in the community, and Shinobi (Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine) joins me to discuss his critiques of the idea. We discuss: What is Drivechain How it works ...
09.12.2023 v3 Transactions and Package Relay with glozow SLP511 Glozow rejoins me to talk about updates coming to Bitcoin’s transactions and mempool policy. We talk about how these will be essential to keep bitcoin use efficient and safe, especially for layer 2 protocols such as Lightning. We chat: Current ...
09.07.2023 SLP510 Is On-Chain Analytics Legit? Cointime Economics with James Check A common question amongst bitcoin investors is whether bitcoin on-chain analytics is legitimate or whether it is snake oil. Joining me to explore this as well as talk about some new research, is James Check, Lead Analyst of Glassnode. We ...
09.03.2023 Bitcoin L2’s, LN, BTC++, Base58 - Lisa Neigut (SLP509) Lisa Neigut of base58 and btcplusplus rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin layer 2’s, where bitcoin’s lightning network is going, BTC++ and teaching Bitcoin developers at base58.We talk: Views on other L2 protocols LN technology How important ...
08.29.2023 Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? with Vijay Boyapati (SLP508) Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about his view of where things are in the economy. We chat: Recession? 18 month lag Risk on or risk off? Bitcoin as a macro ...
08.28.2023 Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting with Andrew Poelstra SLP507 Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream) has been around Bitcoin research and development for a long time, and has a lot of insight to share on Bitcoin research in this episode. For part 2 of my discussion with Andrew we ...
08.27.2023 A Paper Computer for Bitcoin? Codex32 with Andrew Poelstra (SLP506) A ‘paper computer’ for Bitcoin checksums and Shamir Secret Sharing may seem absurd, but that’s what we’re talking about in this episode! This project is a scheme to generate, encode, checksum, split and recover Bitcoin secret keys, using pencil, paper ...
08.25.2023 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black (SLP505) Brandon Black (aka Rearden Code) joins me on the show to talk about his experience implementing MuSig2 at BitGo, and also his thoughts on the future Bitcoin soft fork discussion re: APO (ANYPREVOUT), CTV (Check Template Verify), and his proposal ...
08.23.2023 SLP504 Design Your Life With Jurisdictional Arbitrage - Coinsurenz Have you been wondering about how to design your lifestyle overseas? Rigel (aka coinsurenz) rejoins me on the show to talk about jurisdictional arbitrage in Latin America. We talk about some of his recent moves and his experiences as a ...
08.20.2023 SLP503 Things Are Breaking - Lawrence Lepard Lawrence Lepard of Equity Management Associates rejoins me to talk about all the things that are breaking: Cost of living crisis Are we going into recession and what timing? Boomer hate US government debt Policy responses Social responses The waiting ...
08.17.2023 SLP502 Validating Lightning Signer - Ken Sedgwick How can lightning users secure themselves even further? Just like how hardware wallets and secure elements can help secure your cold storage coins, Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a project aiming to help improve the way lightning security works. In ...
08.15.2023 SLP501 RGB Walkthrough with Maxim Orlovsky Dr Maxim Orlovsky joins me on the show to walk through RGB, a smart contract layer for Bitcoin. We talk through: Some of the history of RGB Client side validation as a concept RGB ecosystem What it can be used ...
08.12.2023 SLP500 Finding the Winners with Andrew Henderson Andrew Henderson, Founder of Nomad Capitalist rejoins me on the show to talk: Home country bias Looking beyond headlines Evolution in citizenship Global minimum tax and ‘the international community’ CBDC Nomad Capitalist Live Links: Twitter: @nomadcapitalist Site: Nomadcapitalist.com Sponsors: Pacific ...
08.07.2023 SLP499 Earning Bitcoin & Remote Working - Jonathan Chester, Bitwage Jonathan Chester, Founder/CEO of Bitwage joins me to talk about his experience setting up the company and enabling more people to earn Bitcoin: The story of growing Bitwage The market size for payroll Exploring Lightning payouts Remote working as a ...
08.04.2023 SLP498 BowTiedMara - Bitcoin and Geoarbitrage in Argentina Mara joins me to talk about his adventures in Argentina, and his thoughts on: Geo arbitrage Rules in theory, rules in practice FX in Argentina Bitcoin use in Argentina Argentina’s property market Where things are going with CBDCs Mara links: ...
08.02.2023 SLP497 Olivier Roland KYC and AML are Destroying the World Author, digital nomad and web entrepreneur Olivier Roland joins me to talk about his issues with AML and his very interesting views on where the world is going in the age of remote working and internet communications. The problem with ...
07.29.2023 SLP496 Bitcoin Is Not for Everyone with Fernando Nikolic Fernando Nikolic, Director of Marketing and Comms at Blockstream joins me on the show to talk about the slightly controversial idea that Bitcoin is Not for Everyone! We get into: His background and why he believes bitcoin is not for ...
07.26.2023 SLP495 Joe Carlasare - Bitcoin ETF? Lawsuits and Bitcoin Joe Carlasare (Partner at Amundsen Davis LLC) and Bitcoiner joins me to share his legal expertise and opinions on: Why you shouldn’t expect the Bitcoin spot ETF soon The SEC Ripple decision SEC Binance and Coinbase Bitcoin and stablecoins Macro ...
07.24.2023 SLP494 Hannah Frankman - Intro to Homeschooling Hannah Frankman of Rebel Educator joins me to talk about homeschooling and the problems of Public School: Failures of public schooling vs homeschooling Infantilization of people nowadays Homeschooling vs unschooling Social skills of homeschooled kids Single income trade offs Results ...
07.20.2023 SLP493 Hashprice Derivatives with Matthew Williams Matthew Williams, Head of Derivatives at Luxor Mining joins me to talk about Bitcoin Mining hashprice derivatives and what they will do for bitcoin miners: Getting into bitcoin mining What is hashprice? How hashprice shifts over time What is a ...
07.18.2023 SLP492 eSIMs for Privacy and Convenience - silent.link Have you considered using eSIMs instead of your typical telco mobile phone SIM? Silent.link joins me to talk about: How the online eSIM service works and costs Privacy and security with phones How carriers have you pwned zero-day exploits Convenience ...
07.12.2023 SLP491 The Crossover Between Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy with Nuclear Bitcoiner Ryan MacLeod (Nuclear Bitcoiner) joins me to talk about Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy. We talk: Is nuclear energy too costly? What are SMRs? Small Modular Reactors Nuclear waste and safety concerns How Nuclear energy crosses over with Bitcoin mining Reduced ...
07.10.2023 SLP490 Dusty - What is Splicing and why will it improve LN? Dusty Daemon joins me to talk about splicing on Bitcoin’s lightning network. We talk about: What is splicing? Splicing’s potential privacy benefits Potential to undermine surveillance heuristics Splicing’s efficiency gains Splicing as one tool in the toolkit Walkthrough of how ...
07.06.2023 SLP489 Graham Krizek - Will every company be a lightning company? Will every company be a lightning company? Graham Krizek CEO of Voltage rejoins me on the show to talk about this idea as well as what’s happening in bitcoin and lightning: Being near the printer Why big companies do financial ...
06.21.2023 SLP488 Future Visions of Lightning, Greenlight & Breez SDK with Christian Decker and Roy Sheinfeld Christian Decker (Blockstream) and Roy Sheinfeld (Breez) rejoin me on the show to talk about: What has improved about Lightning over time Lightning in a high fee environment What Greenlight is What Breez SDK is Is anything changing on the ...
06.15.2023 SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon Digiconomist (Alex de Vries) and Ben Gagnon (Chief Mining Officer, Bitfarms) join me on the show to debate Bitcoin Mining energy. We talk through: Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions Where do the models break down? Media referring to scary numbers ...
06.14.2023 SLP486 Bitcoin Estate Planning with Peter Dunworth Peter Dunworth is a financial adviser for high net worth individuals and families. He joins me to talk about what most people are getting wrong on bitcoin estate planning and inheritance. We discuss: Why bother with all this? Legal, asset ...
06.13.2023 SLP485 What is Inflation? with Jonathan Newman Jonathan Newman, Associate Professor of Economics and Mises Fellow joins me to chat: Contrasting definitions of inflation How did Mises define inflation? How did Rothbard define inflation? Where and how does fractional reserve come into it? Cantillon effect and the ...
06.05.2023 SLP484 Robin Linus ZeroSync: Speeding up Bitcoin Initial Block Download (IBD) Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin. We discuss: What ZKPs are and what they can be used for Speeding up IBD Contrasting ...
06.02.2023 SLP483 Lightning in a High Fee Environment with Niftynei, D++ & Nate What happens under a high fee environment on the lightning network? We had one recently and so I asked Niftynei (Lisa of Base58), D++, and Nate (Voltage Head of Support & Education) to join me to talk about it: Lightning ...
05.29.2023 SLP482 Burak - Ark: A new L2 protocol for Bitcoin Burak (Bitcoin researcher/developer) joins me to talk about Ark, a new protocol for Bitcoin scaling and privacy. We chat about: Downsides of LN High level overview ASPs, vTXOs Vapourware? Other criticisms Interactive vs non-interactive versions Covenants and what they’d mean ...
05.25.2023 SLP481 Can There Be a Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians? with Kemal (pretyflaco) Kemal of Galoy Money joins me to chat about his Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians. We debate the trade offs and points such as: Remnant vs ‘Big Tent’ Why not write down 12 words? “Mis-selling” Bitcoin Shotgun KYC, and FRB ...
05.21.2023 SLP480 The Bitcoin Handbook - Anil Patel The Bitcoin Handbook is a new visual and simplified explainer of Bitcoin concepts by Anil. Anil has been making awesome graphics and explanatory content about Bitcoin and he joins me on the show to chat: Meeting people where they are ...
05.16.2023 SLP479 Defending Open Source with Jess Jonas of Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund Jess Jonas, Chief Legal Officer of the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund joins me to chat: Overview the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund - supported by Jack Dorsey, Alex Morcos, Martin White What's the threat with the Tulip Trading Case? What are ...
05.14.2023 SLP478 Debunking Digiconomist on Bitcoin Mining with Ben Gagnon Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss: Key flaws in methodology and assumptions Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric Better comparisons ...
05.10.2023 SLP477 Decentralising Bitcoin Transaction Selection using SRI with Pavlenex and Fi3 You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentralising Bitcoin transaction selection. Listen and learn about how Stratum v2 Reference Implementation can help: Overview of Stratum ...
05.03.2023 SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multisig? with Nick Farrow Nick Farrow joins me to talk about new developments coming in Bitcoin multi-signature security: FROST and what it is Privacy benefits Downsides of FROST e.g interactivity, complexity ROAST - what it is How hardware and software might have to change ...
04.28.2023 SLP475 Why Every Portfolio Should Contain Bitcoin with Rapha Zagury Rapha Zagury CIO and Head of Research at Swan joins me to talk: Financial modelling flaws in the fiat financial world Putting things in terms that other people understand Open source research Nakamoto Portfolio Schrodinger Model Lump sum vs DCA ...
04.26.2023 SLP474 Challenges of Operating Lightning Nodes & Torq with Henrik Skogstrøm Henrik Skogstrøm, Founder and CEO of LN Capital joins me to talk about the lightning network: Managing large lightning nodes Key challenges Monitoring Notifications Tools required Privacy vs reliability New tech Links: Twitter: @ohskogstrom Twitter: @LN_Capital Site: https://ln.capital/ Sponsors: Swan ...
04.18.2023 SLP473 Why Bitcoiners Must Focus on Bottom Up Adoption with Matthew Mezinskis Matthew Mezinskis of Porkopolis / Crypto Voices joins me on the show to help explain the structure of the fiat fractional reserve system. Listen to this episode to get an understanding of the different monetary metrics and more: Monetary metrics, ...
04.16.2023 SLP472 BTC Prague and Bitcoin in Europe Matyas Kuchar Matyas Kuchar joins me to talk about the Czech Bitcoiner scene and what’s coming up with BTC Prague: Notable and early bitcoin companies in Prague Organising Bitcoin conferences What to expect with BTC Prague Links: Twitter: @Matyas44Cook Site: BTCPrague.com (use ...
04.13.2023 SLP471 Bitcoin & Cryptosovereignty with Erik Cason Erik Cason joins me on the show to talk about his journey as a Bitcoiner, from working at Coinbase to leaving and now writing and speaking about Bitcoin: Digital Panopticon and defunding three letter agencies Making Money vs Caring for ...
04.11.2023 SLP470 Correcting NYT Disinformation on Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard Pierre Rochard (VP of Research at Riot Platforms) rejoins me on the show to correct the NYT’s recent disinformation article on Bitcoin. We discuss: Fundamental problems with the degrowth world view Factual errors in the article Demand response Bitcoin mining ...
04.05.2023 SLP469 Is the World Really Dedollarising? with Peter St Onge Peter St Onge rejoins me to talk about whether the world is really dedollarising. What kind of timeframe are we talking about here? We also talk through some recent developments from an austrian economics perspective: Dedollarisation Cantillon Effects Fictional Reserve ...
03.21.2023 SLP468 LNURL, Lightning Box, Blixt, Soft Forks with Hampus Sjoberg Hampus Sjoberg, creator of Blixt Wallet joins me to talk about lightning technology and crafting a non-custodial experience while dealing with the trade offs of custodial lightning. LNURL - what is it and where is it useful? Comparison with bolt12 ...

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