Stephan Livera Podcast

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Stephan Livera Podcast episodes

May 23, 2022SLP382 Gary Leland - Bitcoin & The American Dream, BitBlockBoom 2022
Gary Leland, entrepreneur, author & founder of BitBlockBoom rejoins me to talk about orange pilling people, whether they are everyday individuals, or state senators.
We chat:
Doing a booksprint on ‘Bitcoin and the American Dream’

Orange pilling people by teaching them to DCA

Speaking to a state senate to get them to buy Bitcoin

What to expect with BitBlockBoom 2022
Links:
Twitter: @GaryLeland

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-American-Dream-Technology-Transcending/dp/B09P7RL79Z

BitBlockBoom: bitblockboom.com (code LIVERA for discount)
Previous Episodes:
SLP193 Gary Leland – Bitcoin For Boomers
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Voltage

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
49 min
May 21, 2022SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano - Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador
John and Gloriana from the “My First Bitcoin” project join me to talk about their journey in running Bitcoin education for Salvadoran high school students. We chat about:
How the project got started

Phases of the project

What the students learn

Hurdles for learning

Where the project may go in future
Links:
Site: MiPrimerBitcoin.io

Twitter: @MyfirstBitcoin_

Twitter: @jdennehy_writes

Twitter: @Glori1995
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Voltage

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
45 min
May 19, 2022SLP380 Jeff Deist & Stephan Livera chat Economic Freedom Around the World
Jeff Deist President of Mises Institute and I had a chat recently for the Human Action Podcast, and we discuss a few ideas about liberty, political freedom & economic freedom around the world:
Exiting Australia

Freedom indexes and where they may be falling down

Political freedom contrasted with economic freedom

Why social issues dominate
Links:
Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist

Mises Institute: https://mises.org/

Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises
Previous Episodes:
SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute

SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acting Locally
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Voltage

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
43 min
May 17, 2022SLP379 Gigi - Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin
Gigi rejoins me on the show to talk about the problems of imprecise language and wording in Bitcoin:
‘Unhosted wallets’ terminology

Bitcoin and warfare language

Proof of Work and mining
Links:
Twitter: @dergigi

Site: Dergigi.com
Previous Episodes:
SLP313 Gigi – USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time

SLP140 Gigi – Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Voltage

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
1 hr 13 min
May 15, 2022SLP378 Christian Decker - Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT
Christian Decker of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to talk about Greenlight, a node service by Blockstream. We chat about:
Who it’s for

Running a node online

Backups

Channel Management

CLN v0.11

APO and eltoo

Pinning attacks

Layered commitments
Christian Decker links:
Twitter: @snyke

ANYPREVOUT: BIP118

github cdecker
Previous Episodes:
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

SLP59 Christian Decker – Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Voltage

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
1 hr 10 min
May 11, 2022SLP377 Jimmy Song - Frequent Flyer Miles: The Original Altcoins & Thoughts on CTV
Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, programmer) rejoins me to chat about how Airline Miles are the original altcoins and how there are similarities in the fiat mindsets around chasing miles/points, and altcoins. We discuss:
Why the airline industry is the way it is

Fiat mindset in miles chasers and DeFi chasers

Altcoiners chasing airdrops and yield

Secure property rights vs fuzzy property rights

CTV
Links:
Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Airline Miles Are The Original Altcoins

Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Private Property and Covenants

Twitter: @jimmysong

Site: ProgrammingBitcoin.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Voltage

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
1 hr
May 10, 2022SLP376 Evan Kaloudis - Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet
Evan Kaloudis joins me on the show to talk about building Zeus, a self sovereign Lightning Wallet for use with your own lightning node. Evan and I chat about using the LN today, and being a more sovereign lightning user.
Building Zeus as a FOSS app

Getting support and feature bounties

Zeus community

Interoperable standards

Supporting multiple lightning implementations

Privacy on LN - e.g. route blinding

Payment reliability
Links:
Twitter: @evankaloudis

Site: Zeusln.app

Zeus Twitter: @ZeusLN
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
58 min
May 09, 2022SLP375 Laolu (Roasbeef) - What is Taro? Stablecoins on Lightning, LN Growth & CTV
Laolu Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about Taro. Taro is a new protocol and proposal by the Lightning Labs team for creation of stablecoins or other assets that can be built into the existing Bitcoin/Lightning network. We chat about how it works and what it could mean for Bitcoin.
How Taro works

Prior efforts e.g. coloured coins, Counterparty, RGB

Benefits of Taro approach

What it would look like in practice

Lightning Network development generally

CTV and ST discussion
Links:
Twitter: @roasbeef

Lightning Labs Taro Blog Post : A New Protocol for Multi-Asset Bitcoin and Lightning

Lightning Labs Engineering documentation: Taro is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain.
Previous Episode:
SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users

SLP207 Roasbeef – Lightning Labs lnd Goes Wumbo

SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
1 hr 25 min
May 06, 2022SLP374 Adam O (DenverBitcoin) - Combating the ESG Mafia
Adam O (DenverBitcoin) of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about the Bitcoin advocate community’s response to the ESG Mafia. Are there better ways to respond?
We chat:
ESG statistics and what would be better

Bitcoin’s rising energy use and prominence

Bitcoin Mining Council

Carbon accounting dishonesty

Is placating them a good strategy?
Links:
Twitter: @denverbitcoin

Site: UpstreamData.ca

Article: DENVER’S DERIVATIVE — HOW TO GAUGE THE PRICE OF A BITCOIN ASIC

Recent Bitcoin Mining Council Report referred to in show
Previous Episode:
SLP299 Adam O – Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
1 hr 34 min
May 04, 2022SLP373 Sam Callahan - The IMF Versus Your Freedoms
Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about another global organisation that has been making all kinds of anti-Bitcoin and anti-freedom statements in its research and proclamations. We chat:
Who the IMF are and how they started

What they think on Proof of Work

“Financial Crime”

“Transitioning to a low carbon economy”

“Financial stability”

Global corruption
Links:
Twitter: @samcallah

Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1517170892979142657
Relevant episodes:
SLP336 Sam Callahan – The Problem with the BIS

SLP318 Ronald Pol – The ineffectiveness of AML
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Braiins.com

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website

Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

Patreon @stephanlivera
48 min

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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…