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Stephan Livera Podcast
By Stephan LiveraTechnology
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Stephan Livera Podcast episodes
- SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with Matt Corallo
Matt Corallo of Spiral Bitcoin rejoins me to chat about the purpose of Bitcoin and developments in the space:
- Bitcoin contrasted with stablecoins
- Bitcoin’s specialty
- Future problems vs today problems
- Canadian Trucker Bitcoin
- Donations and adversarial environments
- Cultural aspects
- What does it take to have Bitcoin Soft forks again?
- LDK
Links:
- Twitter: @TheBlueMatt
- Spiral: Spiral.xyz
- LDK: Lightningdevkit.org
- Async payment post
- Prior episodes: SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
Other relevant episodes:
- SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault – A New Way to HODL?
- SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
- SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?
- SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels
- SLP298 Rusty Russell – Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?
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 28 min - SLP460 Bitcoin and the Dollar as Strange Bedfellows with Mark Goodwin
Mark Goodwin is the Editorial Director for Print at Bitcoin Magazine. He joins me to chat about the dynamics of Bitcoin and the Dollar:
- Warring factions in the govt
- Monetary dominance
- Protocol risks created by stablecoins?
- Bitcoin still surviving and thriving
Links:
- Store: https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/
- Twitter: @markgoodw_in
- Article: Bitcoinmagazine.com
- Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/stablecoin-monster-cbdc-red-herring
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 - SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK
NVK (of Coinkite.com) rejoins me to chat about the latest in bitcoin security:
- New device Q1 with QR
- New Coldcard firmware
- Combining security techniques
- Bitcoin Gardening, not Ossification
- OP_VAULT
- Nostr
Links:
- Q1: https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1
- NVK's Nostr npub: npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8
Previous Episodes:
- SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses?
- SLP344 NVK – Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard – Bitcoin Hardware Innovation
- SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer
- SLP252 NVK Bitcoin Hardware Wallets vs Air Gapped Computers
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 9 min - SLP458 AI and the Economy with Peter St Onge
Peter St Onge rejoins me on the show to talk about AI and what it means from an economic perspective. Many believe that all the jobs will disappear or there will be massive economic chaos.
We discuss:
- AI and what jobs it will take
- What new jobs will be created?
- What about UBI?
- Implications for choosing a career
- ChatGPT and political bias
- Existential risks
- Trillion dollar coins
Links:
- Twitter: @profstonge
- Substack: HyperBitcoinization | stonge.substack.com
- YouTube: @Profitsofchaos | Youtube.com
- Prior episode: SLP272 Peter St. Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs
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 22 min - SLP457 Bitcoin as International Money with Bill Hill & Malcolm Weed
Bill Hill from Pouch (Bitcoin Island Philippines) and Malcolm Weed from Neutronpay join me to talk about Bitcoin as international money and the scene in Asia. Bill and Malcolm share some insights into Bitcoin and lightning on the ground, and remittance corridors. We also talk about their upcoming events, Lightningcon in Da Nang and Bitcoin Island Retreat coming up at the end of March. We chat:
- Merchant adoption
- Bitcoin remittances
- Bitcoin and lightning companies collaborating
- Knowledge about the lightning network
- Bitcoin communities locally
Links:
- Twitter: @BitcoinIslandPH
- Site: https://pouch.ph/retreat2023
- Site: https://lightningcon.org/
- BitcoinBeachVN: @BitcoinBeachVN
- Site: Neutronpay.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
53 min - SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?
Casey Rodarmor joins me to chat about Ordinals and Inscriptions. Now we get into the pros and cons of this, and whether it is bad for Bitcoin. We chat:
- What Ordinals and Inscriptions are
- The ‘bull’ case for Ordinals and Inscriptions
- Do they spam the bitcoin blockchain?
- Witness data on the input side, not output side
- Is it harder to validate?
- Can it even be stopped?
- Marginal consumption of block space
Links:
- Twitter: @rodarmor
- Site: Ordinals.com
- Podcast: https://hellpodcast.money/
- BitMEX post: https://blog.bitmex.com/dapps-or-only-bitcoin-transactions-the-2014-debate/
- Andrew Poelstra’s commentary: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-January/021372.html
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- Cory's blog post for Swan: Bitcoiners, it's winning time
- Mempool.space
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Buildonl2.com
- BTCPrague.com
55 min - SLP455 Anant Tapadia - Single Sig or Multi Sig?
Anant of BitHyve (Hexa, Keeper) rejoins me on the show to chat about the question of securing your Bitcoin in single signature or multi signature. We also talk through best practices.
Topics covered:
- Single sig or multi sig
- Costs of multi sig
- Detailed walkthrough of multi sig set up
- Practical tips to keep it simple
- Keeper and features
- Miniscript and Musig2
- Bitcoin4india
Links:
- Twitter: @anant_tap
- Twitter: @bitcoinKeeper_
- Site: Bitcoinkeeper.app
Relevant prior episodes
- SLP429 – Anant Tapadia Bitcoin In India, Keeper, b4i conference
- SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer
- SLP215 Michael Flaxman – 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- Mempool.space
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Buildonl2.com
Stephan Livera links:
- Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
- Subscribe to the podcast
- Patreon @stephanlivera
1 hr 8 min - SLP454 Dante Cook Bitcoin as the Shipping Container of Money
Dante Cook of Swan Business joins me on the show to chat about:
- Athletes and Bitcoin
- Proof of Work
- Shipping Containers and Bitcoin
- The need for entrepreneurs
- The old system fighting the new
- Bitcoin for businesses
Links:
- Twitter: @Dante_Cook1
- Email: [email protected]
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantecook/
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- Mempool.space
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Buildonl2.com
Stephan Livera links:
- Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
- Subscribe to the podcast
- Patreon @stephanlivera
1 hr 1 min - SLP453 Luke Gromen - Soft Landing or Hard Landing?
Luke Gromen of Forest For The Trees rejoins me on the show to talk about his macro views:
- Soft landing vs hard landing
- Government debt levels
- US Interest rates and “chicken-pivot”
- Commodities and dedollarisation
- Outlook for Bitcoin
Links:
- Twitter: @LukeGromen
- Site: https://fftt-llc.com/
- Prior episode: SLP247 Luke Gromen – Does Bitcoin Recreate The Hunger Games?
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- Mempool.space
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Buildonl2.com
Stephan Livera links:
- Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
- Subscribe to the podcast
- Patreon @stephanlivera
52 min - SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables - with Antoine Poinsot & Salvatore Ingala
Antoine Poinsot of Revault/WizardSardine and Salvatore Ingala of Ledger join me to explain:
- What is Bitcoin Miniscript?
- How does it help enable new uses of bitcoin?
- Inheritance, timelocking and business use
- Security
- Complexity
- Liana and Ledger
- Software and hardware
- Next steps from here
Links:
- Twitter: @darosior
- Twitter: @salvatoshi
- Blog: https://blog.ledger.com/miniscript-is-coming/
- WizardSardine: A team of bitcoiners with a passion for security
- Liana: Announcing Liana
- BIP for wallet policies: [New BIP] Wallet Policies #1389
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- Mempool.space
- Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Buildonl2.com
Stephan Livera links:
- Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
- Subscribe to the podcast
- Patreon @stephanlivera
Miniscript resources:
- github.com/LedgerHQ/app-bitcoin-new: the Ledger Nano application for bitcoin
- bitcoin.sipa.be/miniscript: the miniscript website and playground
- miniscript.fun: a graphical playground for miniscript
- bitcoinops.org/en/topics/miniscript: more links and additional information on miniscript
- en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script: Script reference
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In-depth Bitcoin interviews and education. Stephan Livera talks with the builders, developers, founders and thinkers shaping Bitcoin, covering self-custody, Lightning, payments, mining, markets and…
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