Stephan Livera Podcast

Stephan Livera Podcast

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  • SLP451 Dissecting cRyPtO Scams and Outlook for 2023 with Brad Mills

    Brad Mills (Bitcoin HODLer and VC investor) joins me to dissect cRyPtO scams from the last cycle. What lessons are there to be learned about the dynamics? Listen in to hear some post mortem commentary, as well as some views on what’s coming. We discuss:

    • cRyPtO ponzi dynamics
    • How the cycles line up
    • Fake decentralisation
    • Liquid staking
    • Yield chasing
    • Bitcoin fundamentals
    • Links:

      • Twitter: @bradmillscan
      • Site: Bradmills.ca
      • 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 15 min
          • SLP450 Bitcoin Developer Education Overview with Josibake

            Josibake (bitcoin core developer) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Developer Education and why it’s much improved nowadays! We discuss a range of topics:

            • Why is it important?
            • What are the main bottlenecks?
            • What career opportunities are there?
            • Chaincode labs seminars
            • Qala
            • Bitcoin Dev Philosophy book
            • Onboarding to bitcoin core
            • What he’d like to see in Bitcoin
            • Links:

              • Twitter: @josibake
              • Chaincode Labs Seminars
              • Onboarding to Bitcoin Core
              • Bitcoin Development Philosophy
              • Prior episodes:

                • SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution
                • SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
                • SLP359 Abubakar Nur Khalil – Bitcoin in Africa, Qala, B Trust, Recursive Capital
                • SLP229 John Newbery – Brink: Bitcoin Development
                • SLP406 Adi Shankara Bitcoin Needs Technologists & Summer of Bitcoin
                • 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 11 min
                    • SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault - A New Way to HODL?

                      James O’Beirne (Bitcoin Core developer) rejoins me on the show to chat about OP_Vault. We discuss:

                      • The history of the Vault idea
                      • Precomputed vaults vs General covenants
                      • What does a good vault look like?
                      • How OP_Vault works
                      • Who it’s for
                      • What next with OP_Vault
                      • Links:

                        • Paper: Vaults and Covenants
                        • Twitter: @jamesob
                        • Mailing list discussion: [bitcoin-dev] OP_VAULT: a new vault proposal
                        • Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/jamesob/status/1612482957406801922
                        • Prior episodes:

                          • SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
                          • SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
                          • SLP83 Conner Fromknecht – Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers in depth
                          • SLP66 James O’Beirne – The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin
                          • 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
                              • 57 min
                              • SLP448 Texas Slim & Jacob Wolki - Bitcoin & Australian Beef Initiative

                                Texas Slim and Jacob Wolki join me on the show to chat about what people are getting wrong with their nutrition nowadays, and how the beef initiative is helping. We chat:

                                • Nutrition today and what’s gone wrong
                                • The Beef Initiative
                                • Regenerative Agriculture and the difference in product
                                • Using Bitcoin w/IBEX, OpenNode, BTCPay
                                • Inaugural Australian Beef Initiative Summit Feb 12th
                                • Links:

                                  • Event link: Australian Beef Initiative- Sunday 12th
                                  • Twitter: @JakeWolki 
                                  • Twitter: @modernTman
                                  • Jake’s Site: Wolkifarm.com.au
                                  • Slim’s Site: Beefinitiative.com
                                  • 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
                                      • 51 min
                                      • SLP447 K3tan 2022 Year in Review

                                        K3tan of Ministry of Nodes rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent survey and review the year in Bitcoin. We discuss:

                                        • Practical tips on using Bitcoin
                                        • Which Bitcoin projects/software/hardware came out on top and why
                                        • Self sovereignty and adoption
                                        • Lightning
                                        • Fedimint, Cashu
                                        • What to expect for the next year
                                        • Links:

                                          • Twitter: @_k3tan
                                          • Twitter: https://twitter.com/_k3tan/status/1600068204185153536
                                          • Site: https://ministryofnodes.com.au/
                                          • Prior episodes:

                                            • SLP315 k3tan – Networking For Bitcoiners
                                            • SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad
                                            • Sponsors:

                                              • BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA)
                                              • 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
                                                • SLP446 Alex Gladstein The Scourge of “Structural Adjustment”

                                                  Alex Gladstein of HRF rejoins me on the show to chat about:

                                                  • Attending Africa Bitcoin Conference
                                                  • How the World Bank and IMF keep poorer countries in a debt trap
                                                  • The ‘strings’ attached to debt
                                                  • Odious debt
                                                  • Cash crops
                                                  • How does this resolve?
                                                  • Will Bitcoin help fix this?
                                                  • Links:

                                                    • Twitter: @gladstein
                                                    • Article: Structural Adjustment: How the Imf and World Bank Repress Poor Countries and Funnel Their Resources to Rich Ones
                                                    • HRF grants: HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Awards $325,000 in New Grants 
                                                    • Sponsors:

                                                      • BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA)
                                                      • 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 16 min
                                                        • SLP445 Dhruv Bansal - Surviving and Innovating In Bitcoin Bear Markets

                                                          Dhruv Bansal, co-founder and CSO of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about:

                                                          • The bear cycle and what happened
                                                          • Leverage and the role of credit
                                                          • Bitcoin and financial planning
                                                          • Inheritance Planning
                                                          • Multisig & Taproot
                                                          • Nostr
                                                          • Bitcoin and computer security
                                                          • Links:

                                                            • Twitter: @dhruvbansal
                                                            • Site: Unchained.com
                                                            • Prior episodes:

                                                              • SLP221 Joe Kelly And Dhruv Bansal – Should Your Business Hold Bitcoin? Unchained Business Accounts
                                                              • SLP113 Dhruv Bansal – Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital
                                                              • SLP41 Dhruv Bansal of Unchained Capital – Bitcoin Dust in the Machine, and Bitcoin Financial Services
                                                              • Sponsors:

                                                                • BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA)
                                                                • 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 15 min
                                                                  • SLP444 Mike Jarmuz - Is Bitcoin VC Fiat?

                                                                    Muzz from Lightning Ventures joins me to chat:

                                                                    • The world of Bitcoin VC
                                                                    • Is it fiat?
                                                                    • Investing in companies
                                                                    • Thinking long term
                                                                    • Problems with chainalysis
                                                                    • Bitcoiner Jobs
                                                                    • Should you evangelise bitcoin?
                                                                    • Tips for founders
                                                                    • Links:

                                                                      • Site: ltng.ventures
                                                                      • Twitter: @MikeJarmuz 
                                                                      • Sponsors:

                                                                        • BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA)
                                                                        • 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 14 min
                                                                          • SLP443 Conza - Clearing up Bitcoin Misconceptions

                                                                            Conza (austro-libertarian writer and organiser of Mises Seminar Australia) joins me on the show to talk about praxeology, and common bitcoin misconceptions. We chat:

                                                                            • Praxeology basics
                                                                            • Why it’s not ‘mere preference’
                                                                            • Why accuracy is important
                                                                            • Classifying bitcoin vs IOUs
                                                                            • Inaccurate analogies about energy, time, violence/weapon
                                                                            • Links:

                                                                              • Twitter: @Conza
                                                                              • Site: mises.org.au
                                                                              • Site: conza.tumblr.com
                                                                              • Saifedean Conza episode :134. Praxeology in One Lesson with Conza
                                                                              • Sponsors:

                                                                                • BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA)
                                                                                • 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 35 min
                                                                                  • SLP442 Joe Burnett Bitcoin Long Term Security and why ETH is doomed

                                                                                    Joe Burnett of Blockware joins me to chat about why Bitcoin’s security is probably fine in the long term. We chat about the typical arguments for and against here, as well as the surprising idea of ‘finality, not security’.

                                                                                    • Bitcoin long term security arguments
                                                                                    • Finality, not security
                                                                                    • Bitcoin’s scaling cycle
                                                                                    • Why ETH is more or less doomed
                                                                                    • Bull and bear markets of bitcoin are a feature
                                                                                    • Links:

                                                                                      • Twitter: @IIICapital
                                                                                      • Blockware/Riot Mining Report: Bitcoin Transaction Fees
                                                                                      • Thread: https://twitter.com/IIICapital/status/1599813831231827968
                                                                                      • Blockware Purchasing Power report
                                                                                      • Sponsors:

                                                                                        • BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA)
                                                                                        • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                                        • Mempool.space
                                                                                        • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                                        • CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
                                                                                        • Buildonl2.com
                                                                                        • 1 hr 1 min

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