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Stephan Livera Podcast

Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.

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00:49:33

SLP588 Why are Empty Blocks Happening with OrangeSurf...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/07/03

Why are some bitcoin blocks empty? Orange Surf from the mempool.space team joins me to explain his recent research report on this topic. We discuss:Why do empty blocks happen? Comparing empty block rates across mining pools Firmware and config differences Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:44) - Orange Surf’s research report on empty blocks (02:02) - Block interval data sets (06:25) - What is an empty block? (08:09) - What causes an empty block to occur? (11:35) - Nuances of a working of a

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01:03:39

SLP587 Setting up Free Private Cities in South Asia...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/07/01

Art Finch is a South African-American Entrepreneur. Art has experience across South Asia and is interested in setting up Free Private Cities or Charter Cities. In this episode he shares his experiences in Bhutan and shares his theories on how Bitcoin and Free Private Cities can work together. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:28) - Art’s background & his interest in building a Free Private City (FPC) (10:50) - The need for a Free Private City (13:11) - A look at Shenzhen as an SEZ (16:20) -

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00:55:58

Direct Held Bitcoin ETF with in kind redemption with...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/06/27

While many debate the pros and cons of Bitcoin ETFs, joining us for this episode is Jeff Yew, CEO of Monochrome, doing a directly held Bitcoin ETF in Australia. We chat about the fees, the custody, the ethos, being able to contribute bitcoin or redeem bitcoin, institutional adoption and Bitcoin in Australia. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:53) - Monochrome’s role in bringing Bitcoin ETFs to Australia (02:48) - Timeline of different Bitcoin ETFs in Australia (03:58) - Influence of US Spot Bitcoin

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00:59:25

Set Your Business Up With Bitcoin Unit of Account...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/06/22

You might have seen my earlier episode with Erick Brimen, CEO of Prospera, here’s the CFO of Prospera discussing the ability to use Bitcoin as a unit of account. We discuss: Life on Roatan Setting up a business Choose your own regulatory environment ZEDE law situation Bitcoin as unit of account Leaving Canada Timestamps: Links: https://prospera.hn/ https://stephanlivera.com/episode/464/ Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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01:09:05

Updates on Ark with Tiero SLP584

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/06/18

Tiero of Ark Labs joins me on the show to discuss the latest with Ark. We get into: How Ark has changed since initial proposal clARK - covenant-less ARK Trade offs to make clARK happen Which covenants would help vs what is ideal for Ark Ark on Liquid Capital requirements and costs Fiatcoins Nostr Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:37) - What is Ark? ELI5 version (05:42) - Tradeoffs of scaling payments (07:41) - Interchangeably using LN & Ark under the hood (10:52) -

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01:22:48

Bitcoin Ossification Debate with Vijay Boyapati and...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/06/12

The bitcoin ‘ossification’ debate continues with a discussion on the key considerations. What makes Bitcoin special? What improvements are necessary to retain sufficient decentralisation, if any? Vijay Boyapati and Brandon Black (aka reardencode) rejoin me for a special episode to discuss: What makes Bitcoin special? Defining ‘ossification’ How many users is ‘enough’? Unknown unknowns Addressing centralising MEV concerns Soft forks and hard forks Economic nodes and who holds

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00:58:19

NVK on Bitcoin Ossification and Changes SLP582

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/06/07

NVK of Coinkite rejoins me to talk about attitudes on Bitcoin development and consensus changes. We discuss how “ossification” is commonly thrown around as a term, but maybe there is a better term. “Extreme conservatism”? We talk:What is ossification? What about bug fixes? What changes would NVK be interested in? How many people will use Bitcoin? What the market is focused on It’s not your chain Links: X: @nvk Bitcoinsecurity.guide coinkite.com

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01:09:25

Bitcoin Seoul 2024 Interviews with Saifedean, Jimmy...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/06/04

I recently spoke at Bitcoin Seoul 2024 and here are some interviews with some of the speakers: Calvin Kim on utreexo Gloria Zhao on Bitcoin Core and mempool Laolu on Taproot Assets and covenants Saifedean on Central Banking and tax cattle Obi Nwosu on Fedi Jimmy Song on Bitcoin in Korea Timestamps: (00:00) - Calvin Kim on importance of Bitcoin conferences (01:51) - Simplifying Utreexo (03:31) - What is Utreexod? (04:51) - Will node providers support Utreexo? (06:38) - Gloria Zhao on

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00:57:44

Bitcoin and MEV with Walt Smith SLP580

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/06/02

Walt Smith of cyber.fund joins me to discuss thoughts on MEV and where it may be going on Bitcoin. We discuss: Defining MEV 10 minute block time? Does it centralise Bitcoin? Suffering from success The approach on shitcoins and spam Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (02:02) - Defining MEV (06:02) - Replace-by-fee (RBF) (11:01) - Concern regarding miner centralisation (18:56) - Growth of private mempool flow & MEV potential? (24:55) - Are mining pools transparent with fee

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01:17:02

Silent Payments: A Bitcoin username? With Josibake...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/27

Silent Payments is a new approach to improving privacy and useability of Bitcoin. Imagine not needing to manually create new addresses? Josibake and Ruben Somsen join me to discuss some of the ins and outs of Silent Payments. We discuss:Silent Payments overview Contrast with other techniques such as BIP47 Light client support Stopping address re use Base layer privacy discussion Links: X: @josibake X: @SomsenRuben BIP: Silent Payments Tracking progress in Bitcoin

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01:05:32

Bitaxe: The Open Source Bitcoin Miner with Skot - SLP578

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/24

Skot joins me to talk about his project to bring affordable, energy efficient, open source mining to home miners. We discuss:The current state of open source in bitcoin mining Bitaxe overview Why do people do this? Price and how to set one up Mining pools Decentralisation Links: X: @skot9000 Site: Bitaxe.org Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Nomadcapitalist.com/apply Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X:

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00:58:25

Great Script Restoration with Rusty Russell SLP577

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/22

Rusty Russell rejoins me on the show to talk about a new idea for a bitcoin soft fork that hopefully avoids some of the ‘horse trading’ dynamic that existed amongst other proposals. Listen in to learn more about the different paradigm that Rusty introduces here, so that developers can build more functionality and efficiency in, hopefully so that more people can use Bitcoin in self-custody. Bitcoin Script background GSR overview GSR benefits What is varops Contrast with APO or

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01:00:28

Payjoin Dev Kit for Bitcoin Privacy - Dan Gould SLP576

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/21

Dan Gould of the PayJoin Dev Kit (sponsored by Spiral and Opensats) joins me to discuss how Bitcoin privacy could be improved with more PayJoin adoption. What’s more, it might also benefit users in consolidating their wallets or potentially even fee savings. We discuss how this could be integrated into more bitcoin wallets. What is a PayJoin? How it helps privacy Other benefits in efficiency Downsides and trade offs Changes with the v2 PayJoin protocol PayJoin Directory Payjoin Dev

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00:59:09

Core Scientific Exits Bankruptcy with Adam Sullivan...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/17

Adam Sullivan, CEO of Core Scientific joins me today as we chat about: Going through bankruptcy as a Bitcoin miner Debt financing Role of capital structure in mining What makes Core Scientific different? Centralisation of mining pools Fee dynamics going forward 2025 outlook on Mining Links: X: @_Adam_Sullivan1 Core Scientific: Corescientific.com Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X:

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01:29:06

Bitcoin Mining and Capital Structure with Rapha...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/14

Rapha Zagury, CIO of Swan and Head of Swan Mining rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of topics, from Brazil’s flooding, Bitcoin Mining, Capital Structure, as well as share some insights on speaking to TradFi professionals about Bitcoin. Links: X: @alphaazeta Site: Swan.com Site: Nakamotoportfolio.com Nakamoto Gauntlet: The Nakamoto Portfolio Gauntlet Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X:

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00:56:45

A Shift in Bitcoin Developer Thought? with Brandon...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/10

As you may know, at the recent Bitcoin++ conference, there was a ‘meeting of the minds’ and Brandon Black aka reardencode rejoins me on the show to discuss. We talk about: The state of various covenant proposals What has shifted now in thinking The promise of Great Script Restoration Could it have bad side effects? Doing good engineering Links: X: @reardencode Bitcoin++: btcplusplus.dev Rusty’s talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSp8918HLnA Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA)

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01:16:37

Bitcoiners, Don’t Sleep on Nostr! - Miljan SLP572

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/08

Miljan from Primal joins me to talk about why Bitcoiners should not sleep on Nostr. We chat: Why he’s bullish on nostr What the experience is like nowadays Network effects for creators and devs Dealing with spam and sybil Why Openness is the killer feature Links: X: @mbraticevic Site: Primal.net Miljan’s Nostr npub: npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr Miljan’s Nostr: miljan@primal.net Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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01:06:26

What’s happening with JPY? - Peruvian Bull SLP571

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/05

Peruvian Bull, a macro writer and commentator joins me to explain what’s happening with the Japanese economy and how it all ties in with the dollar end game. We discuss: The impossible trinity for Japan Japanese government debt The global JPY carry trade The impact on the US financial system Links: X: @peruvian_bull Nostr: npub1xwmyzp64xx03kw9ecd7fzsj3e9dgwah6an0rdng0cc6ux4dswwjs28pyyc Newsletter: https://substack.com/@peruvianbull Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com

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01:13:15

Then They Fight You? - Parker Lewis SLP570

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/05/03

Parker Lewis of Zaprite rejoins me on the show to discuss recent updates in the space and what’s happening with Zaprite and merchant adoption. “Then they fight you” ? Chilling Effect Zaprite Getting Bitcoin Payment Rails Ready Gradually, Then Suddenly Why hope should not be lost Links: X: @parkeralewis Site: Zaprite.com Get Parker’s Book: thesifhouse.com Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X:

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01:24:24

Why Bitcoin Should Not Ossify - Steve Lee SLP569

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2024/04/29

A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining pool centralisation and what is driving it. Links: X: @moneyball AJ Town’s ‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned: Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin (BIP324) Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links:

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