Stephan Livera Podcast

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Stephan Livera Podcast episodes

February 18, 2019SLP53 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - On Bitcoin Maximalism
Andreas M. Antonopoulos (best-selling author, speaker and bitcoin educator) joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin Maximalism as contrasted with a multicoin view. Andreas and I disagree and present clashing visions. We also discuss other points such as whether Bitcoin challenges central banking more specifically, or banking generally.
Andreas M. Antonopoulos links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aantonop

Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
Episode Sponsor BUIDL Bootcamp:
Website: https://buidlbootcamp.com/
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera

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Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
1 hr 5 min
February 11, 2019SLP52 Jack Dorsey & Elizabeth Stark - Bitcoin: Native Currency of the Internet
Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter & Square) & Elizabeth Stark (CEO of Lightning Labs) join me to talk about the vision of Bitcoin as native currency of the internet. Bitcoin's principles, resilience, and being 'of the internet' are what make it special. In this special episode we discuss:
How Jack came to understand Bitcoin and view it as potentially the native currency of the internet

Why everyone is so excited about the Lightning Network

Lightning Torch

Square and the Cash App

Twitter & Bitcoin

Future internet business models possible with Lightning Network

Bitcoin as foundational to the internet and society
Jack Dorsey Links:
Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@jack

Square: https://squareup.com/

Cash App: https://cash.app/
Elizabeth Stark Links:
Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@starkness

Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/

Lightning Labs Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@lightning
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera

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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera

Tallycoin (BTC/LN donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
53 min
February 05, 2019SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann - Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin
Dr Guido Hülsmann, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and Economics Professor at the University of Anger, France, joins me in this very special episode. We talk about government monetary intervention compared with a free market in money. We discuss many topics:
The process of government monetary intervention and deterioration in quality of money

Which kind of monetary intervention is worst?

Interaction of reserve requirements with capital requirements

How businesses and banking differ in a free market economy versus our fiat money economy

The tendency towards one most saleable good or money, even within the cryptocurrency world

Comments on 'stock to flow' ratio and hard money

Dr Hülsmann's economics book recommendations for listeners
Dr Guido Hülsmann links:
Website: http://www.guidohulsmann.com/

Guido Hülsmann's The Ethics of Money Production: https://mises.org/library/ethics-money-production

Murray Rothbard’s What Has Government Done To Our Money?: https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money

Hans-Hermann Hoppe How Is Fiat Money Possible?: https://mises.org/library/how-fiat-money-possible-or-devolution-money-and-credit

Ludwig von Mises Theory of Money and Credit: https://mises.org/library/theory-money-and-credit

Huerta de Soto Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles: https://mises.org/library/money-bank-credit-and-economic-cycles

Philipp Bagus In Defense of Deflation - https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319134277
Stephan Livera Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

Website: https://stephanlivera.com/

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55 min
February 02, 2019SLP50 Rui Gomes & João Almeida of OpenNode - Helping merchants take Bitcoin Lightning Payments
Rui Gomes & João Almeida (CTO, co-founder) of OpenNode join me in this episode to discuss why they turned down Roger Ver's $1.25M, as well as the vision of OpenNode in enabling Bitcoin & Lightning payments. Topics include:
Background on OpenNode

Service structure and fees

Rejecting Roger Ver's $1.25M offer and why

Why OpenNode is Bitcoin-only

Comparison of OpenNode with self-hosted BTCPayServer approach

How users can set up

Getting tech support

Plans over the next year or so

Growth markets for Bitcoin Lightning payment
OpenNode Links:
OpenNode invite link (affiliate link): https://app.opennode.co/join/1b454baa-b233-45c0-8f0a-13893d4ae960

OpenNode website: https://www.opennode.co/

OpenNode twitter: https://twitter.com/opennodeco

Rui Gomes Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruigomeseu

João Almeida Twitter: https://twitter.com/joaodealmeida94
Stephan Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

Website: https://stephanlivera.com/

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50 min
January 24, 2019SLP49 Marty Bent - Bitcoin content creation and curation, and 'mainstream' Economics
Marty Bent, host of the Tales From the Crypt podcast, and editor in chief of Marty's Bent joins me in this episode. We talk about Bitcoin content creation and curation, and also touch on the shifts in thinking from 'mainstream' economics required to understand Bitcoin.
Marty Bent links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent

Marty's Bent Newsletter: martysbent.com

Tales from the Crypt Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt

TFTC21 Podcast twitter account: https://twitter.com/TFTC21
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

Website: https://stephanlivera.com/

BTC/LN donation: https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/
49 min
January 20, 2019SLP48 Nicolas Dorier and BTCPayServer - self hosted Bitcoin and Lightning payments
Nicolas Dorier, a Bitcoin developer, joins me in this episode to talk about the open source project he started, BTCPayServer. BTCPayServer allows you to start accepting Bitcoin payments with 0% fees & no third-party. It is built with security, privacy and censorship-resistance at its core.
We cover:
Why Nicolas started BTCPayServer

What BitPay did to drive Nicolas to start his own open source version

Cost and ease of setting up BTCPayServer

Hardware node products that can be configured with BTCPayServer built in

Upcoming BTCPayServer features such as fiat exchange

How you can get involved
Nicolas Dorier & BTCPayServer links:
Nicola Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolasDorier

BTCPayServer website: https://btcpayserver.org/

BTCPayServer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpG9WL6TJuoNfFVkaDMp9ug

BTCPayServer Github: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver

BTCPayServer Twitter: https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer

BTCPayServer Slack: http://slack.btcpayserver.org/
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera

Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
51 min
January 15, 2019SLP47 Giacomo Zucco - Custodial LN, Altcoins, Financialisation, Attacks on Bitcoin
Giacomo Zucco, well known Bitcoin advocate, Supremo of BHB Network, and bitcoin consultant/teacher joins me in this episode. We talk:
His Bitcoin 'rage quit'!

The recent trend of Lightning Network custodial wallets, and whether this is on net a good or bad thing

Thoughts on altcoins - are some of them honest, good faith efforts? Might they be technologically interesting, but still not monetarily relevant?

Bitcoin financialisation - Does Bitcoin need financialisation or does finance need Bitcoin?

Attacks on Bitcoin that may come
Giacomo links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco

Giacomo’s ‘rage quit’ thread: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco/status/1084411808734240769

The B: https://theb.foundation/

BHB Network: https://www.blockchainlab.it/
Stephan links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera

Website: https://stephanlivera.com/

Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera

Tallycoin (BTC/LN donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/
1 hr 16 min
January 08, 2019SLP46 Sjors Provoost - Bitcoin Core Dev, Hardware Wallet Support, Fungibility
Sjors Provoost (Bitcoin Core developer) joins me to discuss a range of topics:
Bitcoin Core Development and Review

Working towards hardware wallet support in Bitcoin Core

Sjors' article, "A Crime on Testnet" - with privacy & fungibility implications
Sjors Links:
Sjors Twitter: https://twitter.com/@provoost

“A Crime on Testnet”: https://medium.com/provoost-on-crypto/a-crime-on-testnet-6d95ede8da03
Episode Ad/Sponsor: BUIDL Bootcamp with Justin Moon
Learn to code Bitcoin: https://buidlbootcamp.com/
1 hr 4 min
January 04, 2019SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
Jeff Deist joins me to discuss Bitcoin and the application of Austrian economics in understanding Bitcoin. Topics:
Market selection of money

The potential for a hard money standard to restrict govt spending

Why Austrian Economists are split on Bitcoin

Why credit would be much tighter under a hard money standard

The deflation and 'hoarding' argument - dispelled

The educational strategy pursued by the Mises Institute

Jeff's recommended Austrian economics books for Bitcoiners
Jeff Deist and Mises Institute links:
Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist

Mises Institute: https://mises.org/

Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises
44 min
January 03, 2019 SLP44 Aleks Svetski, CEO of Amber - Blind Excesses, Crypto, Bitcoin
Aleks Svetski (CEO, co-founder of Amber) joins me in this fiery episode to talk about the blind excesses of 'Crypto' over the last few years and more:
- Crazy excesses that we saw over the last few years
- STO's - Security Token Offerings
- "Crypto Traders"
- "Crypto Hedge Fund Managers"
- Bitcoin as asymmetric bet
- Dollar Cost Averaging
- Amber and the service offering

Aleks and Amber links: 
- Amber website: https://getamber.io/
- Aleks Twitter: https://twitter.com/AleksSvetski
- Article "A world full of Blind Excess": https://hackernoon.com/a-world-full-of-blind-excess-b7fb42357d43

Stephan links:
- Website: http://stephanlivera.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera
- Tallycoin (BTC/Lightning donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/
1 hr 3 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…