Stephan Livera Podcast

Stephan Livera Podcast

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  • SLP372 Sergej Kotliar - Bitcoin For Convenience & Bill Paying

    Sergej Kotliar CEO of Bitrefill rejoins me on the show to talk about a big new feature coming to Bitrefill, the rebrand, and Bitcoin adoption more broadly. We chat:

    • Culturally what does it take for Bitcoin adoption
    • Inconvenient truths about who uses Bitcoin for payment
    • What wallets people are actually using
    • LN vs on-chain payment
    • BIP21
    • Payment volume breakdowns
    • Bill Payment in the US
    • Capital Gains Tax laws
    • Convenience of living the Bitcoin life
    • Links:

      • Twitter: @ziggamon
      • Site: Bitrefill
      • Previous episodes:

        • SLP210 Sergej Kotliar How To Watch Bitcoin’s Mempool, Lightning Adoption & Privacy
        • SLP85 Sergej Kotliar – Building Bitcoin’s circular economy
        • SLP54 Justin Camarena of Bitrefill – Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management
        • 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
            • 55 min
            • SLP371 Max Keiser - Investing For Hyperbitcoinisation With El Zonte Capital

              Max Keiser, Bitcoiner, financial broadcaster, investor and writer joins me on the show to talk about his adventures in El Salvador and investments in line with the global hyperbitcoinisation thesis. We chat:

              • Living in El Salvador
              • Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure
              • El Zonte Capital and who’s involved
              • Bitcoin Education
              • Bitcoin Gaming
              • Thoughts on Central African Republic
              • Bitcoin City
              • Links:

                • Twitter: @maxkeiser
                • Twitter: @ElZonteCapital
                • Twitter: @stacyherbert
                • 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
                    • 56 min
                    • SLP370 Alex Thorn - Why Are Bitcoin Fees Low?

                      Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital (previously Avon Ventures & Fidelity) joins me to talk about how and why Bitcoin Fees are low. After going through eras of higher fees, it might be puzzling as to why they’re low now.

                      We talk:

                      • Which factors had the biggest impact
                      • SegWit
                      • Batching
                      • Lightning Network
                      • Less OP_Returns
                      • Less miner selling
                      • What might cause fees to rise in future
                      • Links:

                        • Twitter: @intangiblecoins
                        • Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/1511340416263766027
                        • Report: Why are Bitcoin Transaction Fees So Low?
                        • 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
                            • 53 min
                            • SLP369 Daniel Frumkin - Calculating Bitcoin Mining Profitability

                              Daniel Frumkin of Braiins joins me on the show to talk about calculating Bitcoin Mining profitability and a load of topics:

                              • Braiins insights dashboard
                              • Stratum v2 benefits
                              • Profitability calculator
                              • Cost to mine calculator
                              • CAPEX or OPEX costs for mining?
                              • How to think about mining ROI
                              • Updates coming
                              • Links:

                                • Twitter: @dfrumps 
                                • Site: insights.braiins.com
                                • 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 3 min
                                    • SLP368 BitcoinQNA - Bitcoin Seed Tool

                                      Bitcoin QNA of Bitcoiner.guide joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Seeds and a new Seed Tool created with SuperPhatArrow. In this show you’ll learn a little bit about how your bitcoin wallet works in the background:

                                      • Bitcoin and entropy
                                      • Seed Words
                                      • Passphrases
                                      • Bitcoin wallets and addresses
                                      • BIP85
                                      • BIP47 Stealth Addresses
                                      • Education for newcoiners in the space
                                      • Links:

                                        • Site: https://bitcoiner.guide/seed
                                        • Twitter: @BitcoinQ_A
                                        • 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
                                            • 53 min
                                            • SLP367 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Network Comes to Kraken

                                              Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Lead Strategist at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about new lightning network developments and how Lightning network is growing:

                                              • Experience of setting up LN at Kraken
                                              • LN for day to day use not being big yet
                                              • Millions of people plugged into Lightning
                                              • Will LN node operation only be for pros?
                                              • Long term fee / security arguments
                                              • Thoughts on stablecoins vs Bitcoin
                                              • Links:

                                                • Twitter: @pierre_rochard
                                                • Prior episodes:

                                                  • SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
                                                  • SLP35 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
                                                  • SLP11 – Bitcoin’s Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
                                                  • SLP3 – Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard
                                                  • Sponsors:

                                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                                    • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                    • Compass Mining
                                                    • 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
                                                      • 55 min
                                                      • SLP366 Nate (BeefOrBacon) - How To Run Your Lightning Node

                                                        Nate (aka BeefOrBacon1, also working at Voltage) joins me to talk about how to run a Bitcoin Lightning node. We get into all sorts of information while keeping it accessible for people relatively new to running a lightning node.

                                                        • Different lightning user types
                                                        • How to run your lightning node
                                                        • Different types of node: RPi, box, VPS
                                                        • How to manage channels
                                                        • Who to open channels with
                                                        • What tools you can use
                                                        • Should you use swap providers?
                                                        • What kind of fees do you earn?
                                                        • How do you backup your lightning node?
                                                        • Payment reliability
                                                        • Links:

                                                          • Twitter:  @beeforbacon1
                                                          • Voltage: Voltage.cloud
                                                          • Relevant episodes:

                                                            • SLP323 Graham Krizek – Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage
                                                            • SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss
                                                            • SLP361 Rene Pickhardt – Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network
                                                            • Sponsors:

                                                              • Swan Bitcoin
                                                              • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                              • Compass Mining
                                                              • 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 1 min
                                                                • SLP365 Anita Posch - Bitcoin For Fairness in Zimbabwe and Zambia

                                                                  Anita Posch, bitcoin educator, podcaster and founder of Bitcoin For Fairness joins me on the show to talk about her recent trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia. We chat about:

                                                                  • Why she went
                                                                  • Crypto Scammers vs Bitcoin Education
                                                                  • Bitcoin software and hardware
                                                                  • Main hurdles to adoption
                                                                  • Government views on Bitcoin
                                                                  • p2p Bitcoin
                                                                  • Links:

                                                                    • @AnitaPosch
                                                                    • bffbtc.org
                                                                    • Bitcoin for Fairness - Anita Posch
                                                                    • (L)earn Bitcoin
                                                                    • Sponsors:

                                                                      • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                      • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                      • Compass Mining
                                                                      • 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
                                                                        • 45 min
                                                                        • SLP364 Max Hillebrand ZKSnacks Blacklisting Coins

                                                                          Max Hillebrand, a bitcoin and privacy educator, also working at ZKSnacks (the company behind Wasabi Wallet) rejoins me to talk about why ZKSnacks is implementing blacklisting, and working with chain surveillance firms. We disagree a lot in this one! But we chat:

                                                                          • Wasabi Wallet default coordinator implementing censorship
                                                                          • Coinjoin coordinator models comparison
                                                                          • The contradiction between being anti surveillance firms and working with them
                                                                          • Is there a regulatory capture angle here?
                                                                          • Address re use in Wasabi Wallet
                                                                          • Wasabi Wallet 2 / wabisabi
                                                                          • Links:

                                                                            • ZKSnacks Blog Post: zkSNACKs' Blacklisting Update
                                                                            • Max Twitter: @HillebrandMax
                                                                            • Max Website: Towardsliberty.com
                                                                            • Previous episodes:

                                                                              • SLP96 Max Hillebrand – Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies
                                                                              • Sponsors:

                                                                                • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                                • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                                • Compass Mining
                                                                                • 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 26 min
                                                                                  • SLP363 Seth For Privacy - Bitcoin & Fungibility Discussion

                                                                                    Seth for Privacy joins me to chat about Bitcoin & Fungibility. We chat:

                                                                                    • Privacy and fungibility
                                                                                    • Practical real world difficulties of censoring
                                                                                    • Bitcoin and Monero community differences
                                                                                    • Technical and social reasons for not having protocol level privacy
                                                                                    • The hopes for application level privacy with tools like Samourai Wallet & Sparrow Wallet
                                                                                    • Growing the p2p bitcoin economy
                                                                                    • Links:

                                                                                      • Twitter: @sethforprivacy
                                                                                      • Site: https://sethforprivacy.com/
                                                                                      • Pieter Wuille StackExchange answer mentioned: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/101874
                                                                                      • Sponsors:

                                                                                        • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                                        • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                                        • Compass Mining
                                                                                        • 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 13 min

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