Stephan Livera Podcast

Stephan Livera Podcast

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  • SLP322 Perth Heat - The Baseball Team on a Bitcoin Standard

    Steve Nelkovski (CEO) and Patrick (Chief Bitcoin Officer) of Perth Heat, join me to talk about being the first sports team to go on a full Bitcoin standard. That includes players, staff, merchandise, tickets, sponsorship, and holding Bitcoin on the balance sheet. We chat:

    • The journey of going on a bitcoin standard
    • Having a Chief Bitcoin Officer
    • Handling payment
    • The benefits of being on a Bitcoin standard
    • How it will change sport
    • Links:

      • Site: perthheat.com.au
      • Twitter: @PerthHeat
      • Twitter: @stevennelkovski
      • Bitcoin Mag Article: Australian Baseball Club First To Operate On A Bitcoin Standard Integrates Lightning - Bitcoin Magazine
      • 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
          • 59 min
          • SLP321 On chain scaling with Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra, Andrew Chow & Murch

            This is a Tabconf 2021 panel discussion that I moderated with some of the top research and development minds in Bitcoin today. Pieter Wuille is at Chaincode Labs, Andrew Poelstra is Director of Research at Blockstream, Murch is at Chaincode Labs, and Andrew Chow is working at Blockstream on Bitcoin Core.

            In this panel we spoke about:

            • Main constraints of on chain scaling
            • Assumevalid and assumeutxo
            • Taproot and MuSig2
            • Transaction space saving
            • Cross input signatures
            • What it would look like in practice
            • Links:

              • TabConf site: tabconf.com
              • Pieter Wuille: @pwuille
              • Andrew Poelstra: Andrew Poelstra | LinkedIn
              • Murch:@murchandamus
              • Andrew Chow: @achow101
              • 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
                  • 50 min
                  • SLP320 Statechains and Mercury Wallet: A New Privacy Technique?

                    Nicholas Gregory of CommerceBlock (creator of Mercury Wallet) joins me to talk about statechains and the recent launch of Mercury Wallet. We talk about statechains, what they mean for bitcoin scaling and/or privacy, as well as practical implications of using Mercury Wallet.

                    We chat:

                    • Statechains
                    • Scaling
                    • Privacy implications
                    • Tor use
                    • Trust implications with statechain operators
                    • Mercury Wallet
                    • Fees
                    • Infrastructure
                    • Statechain Torch
                    • Links:

                      • Site: MercuryWallet.com
                      • Linked In: Nicholas Gregory
                      • Twitter: @gregory_nico
                      • Article: Mercury CoinSwaps
                      • Article: New Mercury Milestone
                      • 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
                          • 51 min
                          • SLP319 T-Bast Lightning Protocol Privacy Exploration

                            What can be done to improve Lightning network privacy? T-bast (Bastien Teinturier) of ACINQ joins me to talk about this. There are both on chain privacy and off chain privacy implications of Bitcoin and the lightning network and we get into a range of discussion on:

                            • On chain privacy
                            • Taproot and MuSig2
                            • Off chain privacy
                            • Route blinding
                            • Payment decorrelation
                            • Trampoline routing
                            • ACINQ
                            • Phoenix
                            • Links:

                              • Twitter: @realtbast
                              • Site: acinq.co
                              • Other relevant episodes:

                                • SLP142 Pierre-Marie Padiou - Acinq & Phoenix Wallet: Easiest Non-custodial Lightning Wallet Yet?
                                • SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / Bolt12: The Next Big Thing In Lightning
                                • SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD And Facts
                                • 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
                                    • SLP318 Ronald Pol - The ineffectiveness of AML

                                      Dr Ronald Pol, former lawyer and researcher joins me to talk about how and why AML laws are ineffective and simply cost taxpayers, customers an incredible amount. We chat:

                                      • The environment of AML laws
                                      • FATF and how they create these laws
                                      • Breathtaking costs
                                      • Effectiveness around 0.1%
                                      • KYC benefits some criminals
                                      • Links:

                                        • EffectiveAML.org
                                        • Twitter: @ronaldpol
                                        • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronpol/
                                        • Research paper: Anti-money laundering: The world’s least effective policy experiment
                                        • Other relevant episodes:

                                          • SLP165 Rafael Yakobi - Should Coinjoin Users Be Flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?
                                          • SLP239 Jake Chervinsky - Pushing Back On Fincen Non-Custodial Bitcoin Regulation
                                          • SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured (Odell, Gladstein, Yakobi)
                                          • Sponsors:

                                            • Swan Bitcoin
                                            • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                            • Compass Mining
                                            • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                            • CypherSafe (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 5 min
                                              • SLP317 Tomer Strolight - Why Learn About Bitcoin?

                                                Tomer Strolight, author in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about his writing and why Bitcoin is so different to what you’ve seen before. This episode is specially created for beginners and people trying to learn more about Bitcoin. We chat:

                                                • How physics protects your Bitcoin
                                                • Bitcoin is more than just money
                                                • Why is Bitcoin so complicated?
                                                • Bitcoin and stopping theft
                                                • Tomer links:

                                                  • Free Book: Why Bitcoin
                                                  • Twitter: @TomerStrolight
                                                  • Sponsors:

                                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                                    • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                    • Compass Mining
                                                    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                    • CypherSafe (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
                                                      • SLP316 Why Libertarians Should Focus On Bitcoin - with Vake & Wolf von Laer

                                                        Long time bitcoiner Vake, and CEO of Students for Liberty Wolf von Laer join me on the show to talk about liberty, and why libertarians should focus on Bitcoin as their top priority:

                                                        • Connections between bitcoin and liberty
                                                        • Why some libertarians haven’t focused on Bitcoin
                                                        • What they could be doing
                                                        • Why libertarians should prioritise the Bitcoin strategy for liberty above others
                                                        • Guest links:

                                                          • Vake: @vakeraj
                                                          • Wolf von Laer: @wolfvonlaer
                                                          • Students For Liberty: Studentsforliberty.org
                                                          • Sponsors:

                                                            • Swan Bitcoin
                                                            • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                            • Compass Mining
                                                            • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                            • CypherSafe (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 2 min
                                                              • SLP315 k3tan - Networking For Bitcoiners

                                                                Have you been wanting to learn more about networking in how it relates to running your node? k3tan, my long-time friend and co-founder of Ministry of Nodes joins me to discuss:

                                                                • Basic tips on networking and IP
                                                                • Securing your home network with practical tips
                                                                • Using your bitcoin node and wallet
                                                                • Tor and VPN
                                                                • Home box nodes vs VPS
                                                                • What kind of equipment you should use to run your bitcoin node - Raspis vs desktop PC
                                                                • Links:

                                                                  • Twitter: @_k3tan
                                                                  • Site: ministryofnodes.com.au
                                                                  • Guide: Ubuntu Node Box Guide
                                                                  • Sponsors:

                                                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                    • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                    • Compass Mining
                                                                    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                    • CypherSafe (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
                                                                      • SLP314 Dustin Trammell - The Second Node On The Bitcoin Network?

                                                                        Dustin Trammell, information security professional and early Bitcoin user joins me on the show to talk:

                                                                        • Being early in Bitcoin and the culture in those days
                                                                        • Talking with Satoshi
                                                                        • Early stories
                                                                        • The hopes for a sound money future
                                                                        • Investing in Bitcoin companies
                                                                        • Bitcoin’s multiple layers
                                                                        • Dustin Links:

                                                                          • Twitter: https://twitter.com/druidian/status/1447866520093315072
                                                                          • Blog post: https://blog.dustintrammell.com/i-am-not-satoshi/
                                                                          • Sponsors:

                                                                            • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                            • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                            • Compass Mining
                                                                            • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                            • CypherSafe (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
                                                                              • SLP313 Gigi - USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time

                                                                                Gigi, author, developer and speaker in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about why Bitcoin is Time, and why the USD is going down to 1 sat. We chat:

                                                                                • The pieces that had to be pulled together for Bitcoin to work
                                                                                • Tokens are timeless, ledgers are not
                                                                                • Why USD is going to 1 sat
                                                                                • UX and how it will be solved over time
                                                                                • Operating in the bitcoin space as a nym
                                                                                • Gigi links:

                                                                                  • Bitcoin is Time: https://dergigi.com/2021/01/14/bitcoin-is-time/
                                                                                  • On Bitcoin’s UX: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/on-bitcoins-ux/
                                                                                  • Twitter: @dergigi
                                                                                  • Prior episode: SLP140 Gigi - Bitcoin's Gravity And 21 Lessons
                                                                                  • Sponsors:

                                                                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                                    • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                                    • Compass Mining
                                                                                    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                                    • CypherSafe (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 4 min

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