Stephan Livera Podcast

Stephan Livera Podcast

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Stephan Livera Podcast episodes

  • 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 money
    • Can Bitcoin be corrupted? 
    • Cryptosovereignty and political power
    • Links:

      • Twitter: @Erikcason
      • Site: Cryptosovereignty.org
      • Sponsors:

        • Swan Bitcoin
        • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
        • Mempool.space
        • 56 min
        • 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 has zero emissions
          • How Bitcoiners should respond
          • Links:

            • NYT article screenshots by Pierre
            • Archive.is link to the NYT article
            • Twitter: @BitcoinPierre
            • Sponsors:

              • Swan Bitcoin
              • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
              • Mempool.space
              • 52 min
              • 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 Banking systems
                • Did the market really ‘choose’ FRB? 
                • How Bitcoin is really what most people think of as money
                  • Twitter: @profstonge 
                  • Substack: Stonge.Substack.com
                  • YT: https://www.youtube.com/@profstonge
                    • Swan Bitcoin
                    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                    • Mempool.space
                      • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                      • Subscribe to the podcast
                      • 1 hr 3 min
                      • 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
                        • Blixt wallet and its tradeoffs
                        • Lightning Box for offline payments
                        • Bitcoin soft forks - why they should be considered
                        • Links:

                          • Twitter: @hampus_S
                          • Site: Blixt Wallet 
                          • nostr: npub1v4v57fu60zvc9d2uq23cey4fnwvxlzga9q2vta2n6xalu03rs57s0
                          • Prior episodes:

                            • SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault – A New Way to HODL?
                            • SLP463 Bitcoin Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT & eltoo with Greg Sanders (Instagibbs)
                            • SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with Matt Corallo
                            • Sponsors:

                              • Swan Bitcoin
                              • Mempool.space
                              • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                              • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                              • Buildonl2.com
                              • BTCPrague.com 
                              • 1 hr 3 min
                              • SLP467 An Unsustainable Fiscal Path with James Lavish

                                James Lavish (Author of the Informationist and Managing Partner of Bitcoin Opportunity Fund) rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest:

                                • Shocking US government debt stats
                                • Silicon Valley Bank bailout and what it portends
                                • Using Bitcoin to stay operational in banking crisis
                                • Bitcoin Opportunity Fund
                                • Links:

                                  • Twitter: @jameslavish
                                  • Newsletter:  https://jameslavish.substack.com/
                                  • BOF: The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund
                                  • Thread: https://twitter.com/jameslavish/status/1636104435171737602
                                  • Sponsor links:

                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                    • Mempool.space
                                    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                                    • Buildonl2.com
                                    • BTCPrague.com 
                                    • Stephan Livera links:

                                      • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                      • Subscribe to the podcast
                                      • Patreon @stephanlivera

                                      • 1 hr 19 min
                                      • SLP466 The Time Value of Truth with Benjamin Carlson

                                        Ben Carlson, journalist and former editor at The Atlantic joins me on the show to chat about:

                                        • How the media operates and the model has shifted over time
                                        • Getting to the truth in this new age
                                        • How stories get covered up
                                        • Future of media
                                        • Uncovering interesting videos
                                        • Links:

                                          • Twitter: @bfcarlson
                                          • Site: bfcarlson.com
                                          • Sponsors:

                                            • Swan Bitcoin
                                            • Mempool.space
                                            • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                            • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                                            • Buildonl2.com
                                            • BTCPrague.com
                                            • Stephan Livera links:

                                              • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                              • Subscribe to the podcast
                                              • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                              • 1 hr 6 min
                                              • SLP465 What is utreexo? with Calvin Kim

                                                Calvin Kim (BitMEX & HRF grantee) joins me to talk about utreexo:

                                                • utreexo and the UTXO set
                                                • comparison with other ideas e.g. assumevalid and assumeUTXO
                                                • utreexo proofs
                                                • Types of utreexo nodes - Bridge + Compact State nodes
                                                • How it might look in practice
                                                • Running your own electrum server
                                                • Privacy benefits
                                                • Links:

                                                  • Twitter: @kcalvinalvinn
                                                  • utreexo Github: https://github.com/utreexo/utreexo
                                                  • Overview at MIT DCI https://dci.mit.edu/utreexo
                                                  • Blog post: Out of Order Block Validation with Utreexo Accumulators
                                                  • Sponsors:

                                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                                    • Mempool.space
                                                    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                    • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                                                    • Buildonl2.com
                                                    • BTCPrague.com
                                                    • 1 hr 3 min
                                                    • SLP464 Can Free Private Cities Make the World Dramatically Richer? with Erick Brimen CEO of Prospera

                                                      Erick Brimen of Prospera joins me to talk about:

                                                      • Creating $100-200T more wealth globally
                                                      • The market for living together
                                                      • Historical examples
                                                      • Governance, Government, & The State
                                                      • ZEDE law and uncertainty
                                                      • Working with Galoy Money
                                                      • Accepting Bitcoin & AmityAge on the island
                                                      • Links:

                                                        • Site: https://prospera.hn/news
                                                        • Twitter: @erickbrimen
                                                        • Other episodes:

                                                          • SLP417 Titus Gebel – Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty
                                                          • SLP161 Titus Gebel – Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities
                                                          • SLP340 Peter Young – El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities
                                                          • Sponsors:

                                                            • Swan Bitcoin
                                                            • Mempool.space
                                                            • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                            • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                                                            • Buildonl2.com
                                                            • BTCPrague.com
                                                            • Stephan Livera links:

                                                              • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                              • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                              • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                              • 1 hr 18 min
                                                              • SLP463 Bitcoin Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT & eltoo with Greg Sanders (Instagibbs)

                                                                Greg Sanders of Blockstream joins me to talk about Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT and eltoo. We discuss a range of questions:

                                                                • What is Transaction Pinning?
                                                                • How does mempoolfullrbf help?
                                                                • Transaction Pinning vectors and possible fixes
                                                                • v3 transaction relay
                                                                • Overview of ANYPREVOUT
                                                                • Improvements with eltoo
                                                                • LN Penalty contrasted with LN Symmetry
                                                                • Scaling Bitcoin longer term
                                                                • Relevant episodes:

                                                                  • SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
                                                                  • SLP298 Rusty Russell – Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?
                                                                  • Links:

                                                                    • Twitter: @theinstagibbs
                                                                    • Github: Gregory Sanders
                                                                    • Sponsors:

                                                                      • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                      • Mempool.space
                                                                      • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                      • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                                                                      • Buildonl2.com
                                                                      • BTCPrague.com
                                                                      • Stephan Livera links:

                                                                        • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                                        • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                                        • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                                        • 1 hr 3 min
                                                                        • SLP462 Bitcoin Multi-signature with Craig Raw

                                                                          Craig Raw of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me to chat:

                                                                          • Bitcoin multi signature security
                                                                          • Passphrases contrasted with multi-sig
                                                                          • NFC support
                                                                          • What’s the difference between seed, passphrase, PIN & app password?
                                                                          • Stages of HODLing
                                                                          • BSMS
                                                                          • BIP329 Import and export of transactions
                                                                          • BIP47 support
                                                                          • Links:

                                                                            • Twitter: @craigraw
                                                                            • Site: SparrowWallet.com
                                                                            • nostr: #npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2
                                                                            • BIP329
                                                                            • Relevant episodes:

                                                                              • SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK
                                                                              • SLP455 Anant – Single Sig or Multi Sig?
                                                                              • Sponsors:

                                                                                • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                                • Mempool.space
                                                                                • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                                • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                                                                                • Buildonl2.com
                                                                                • BTCPrague.com
                                                                                • Stephan Livera links:

                                                                                  • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                                                  • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                                                  • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                                                  • 57 min

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