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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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01:02:21

SLP468 LNURL, Lightning Box, Blixt, Soft Forks with...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/03/21

Hampus Sjoberg, creator of Blixt Wallet joins me to talk about lightning technology and crafting a non-custodial experience while dealing with the trade offs of custodial lightning. LNURL - what is it and where is it useful? Comparison with bolt12 Blixt wallet and its tradeoffs Lightning Box for offline payments Bitcoin soft forks - why they should be considered Links: Twitter: @hampus_S Site: Blixt Wallet nostr: npub1v4v57fu60zvc9d2uq23cey4fnwvxlzga9q2vta2n6xalu03rs57s0 Prior

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01:18:19

SLP467 An Unsustainable Fiscal Path with James Lavish

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/03/18

James Lavish (Author of the Informationist and Managing Partner of Bitcoin Opportunity Fund) rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest: Shocking US government debt stats Silicon Valley Bank bailout and what it portends Using Bitcoin to stay operational in banking crisis Bitcoin Opportunity Fund Links: Twitter: @jameslavish Newsletter: https://jameslavish.substack.com/ BOF: The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund Thread: https://twitter.com/jameslavish/status/1636104435171737602 Sponsor

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01:05:35

SLP466 The Time Value of Truth with Benjamin Carlson

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/03/17

Ben Carlson, journalist and former editor at The Atlantic joins me on the show to chat about: How the media operates and the model has shifted over time Getting to the truth in this new age How stories get covered up Future of media Uncovering interesting videos Links: Twitter: @bfcarlson Site: bfcarlson.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on

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01:02:33

SLP465 What is utreexo? with Calvin Kim

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/03/13

Calvin Kim (BitMEX & HRF grantee) joins me to talk about utreexo: utreexo and the UTXO set comparison with other ideas e.g. assumevalid and assumeUTXO utreexo proofs Types of utreexo nodes - Bridge + Compact State nodes How it might look in practice Running your own electrum server Privacy benefits Links: Twitter: @kcalvinalvinn utreexo Github: https://github.com/utreexo/utreexo Overview at MIT DCI https://dci.mit.edu/utreexo Blog post: Out of Order Block Validation with

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01:17:49

SLP464 Can Free Private Cities Make the World...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/03/08

Erick Brimen of Prospera joins me to talk about: Creating $100-200T more wealth globally The market for living together Historical examples Governance, Government, & The State ZEDE law and uncertainty Working with Galoy Money Accepting Bitcoin & AmityAge on the island Links: Site: https://prospera.hn/news Twitter: @erickbrimen Other episodes: SLP417 Titus Gebel – Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty SLP161 Titus Gebel – Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private

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01:02:21

SLP463 Bitcoin Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT &...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/03/05

Greg Sanders of Blockstream joins me to talk about Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT and eltoo. We discuss a range of questions: What is Transaction Pinning? How does mempoolfullrbf help? Transaction Pinning vectors and possible fixes v3 transaction relay Overview of ANYPREVOUT Improvements with eltoo LN Penalty contrasted with LN Symmetry Scaling Bitcoin longer term Relevant episodes: SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks SLP298 Rusty Russell –

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00:56:52

SLP462 Bitcoin Multi-signature with Craig Raw

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/26

Craig Raw of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me to chat: Bitcoin multi signature security Passphrases contrasted with multi-sig NFC support What’s the difference between seed, passphrase, PIN & app password? Stages of HODLing BSMS BIP329 Import and export of transactions BIP47 support Links: Twitter: @craigraw Site: SparrowWallet.com nostr: #npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2 BIP329 Relevant episodes: SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK

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01:27:16

SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with Matt Corallo

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/22

Matt Corallo of Spiral Bitcoin rejoins me to chat about the purpose of Bitcoin and developments in the space: Bitcoin contrasted with stablecoins Bitcoin’s specialty Future problems vs today problems Canadian Trucker Bitcoin Donations and adversarial environments Cultural aspects What does it take to have Bitcoin Soft forks again? LDK Links: Twitter: @TheBlueMatt Spiral: Spiral.xyz LDK: Lightningdevkit.org Async payment post Prior episodes: SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin

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01:02:25

SLP460 Bitcoin and the Dollar as Strange Bedfellows...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/18

Mark Goodwin is the Editorial Director for Print at Bitcoin Magazine. He joins me to chat about the dynamics of Bitcoin and the Dollar: Warring factions in the govt Monetary dominance Protocol risks created by stablecoins? Bitcoin still surviving and thriving Links: Store: https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/ Twitter: @markgoodw_in Article: Bitcoinmagazine.com Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/stablecoin-monster-cbdc-red-herring Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space

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01:08:58

SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/14

NVK (of Coinkite.com) rejoins me to chat about the latest in bitcoin security: New device Q1 with QR New Coldcard firmware Combining security techniques Bitcoin Gardening, not Ossification OP_VAULT Nostr Links: Q1: https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1 NVK's Nostr npub: npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 Previous Episodes: SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses? SLP344 NVK – Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard – Bitcoin Hardware

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01:21:58

SLP458 AI and the Economy with Peter St Onge

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/12

Peter St Onge rejoins me on the show to talk about AI and what it means from an economic perspective. Many believe that all the jobs will disappear or there will be massive economic chaos. We discuss: AI and what jobs it will take What new jobs will be created? What about UBI? Implications for choosing a career ChatGPT and political bias Existential risks Trillion dollar coins Links: Twitter: @profstonge Substack: HyperBitcoinization | stonge.substack.com YouTube:

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00:52:09

SLP457 Bitcoin as International Money with Bill Hill...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/08

Bill Hill from Pouch (Bitcoin Island Philippines) and Malcolm Weed from Neutronpay join me to talk about Bitcoin as international money and the scene in Asia. Bill and Malcolm share some insights into Bitcoin and lightning on the ground, and remittance corridors. We also talk about their upcoming events, Lightningcon in Da Nang and Bitcoin Island Retreat coming up at the end of March. We chat: Merchant adoption Bitcoin remittances Bitcoin and lightning companies collaborating Knowledge about

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00:54:31

SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/02

Casey Rodarmor joins me to chat about Ordinals and Inscriptions. Now we get into the pros and cons of this, and whether it is bad for Bitcoin. We chat: What Ordinals and Inscriptions are The ‘bull’ case for Ordinals and Inscriptions Do they spam the bitcoin blockchain? Witness data on the input side, not output side Is it harder to validate? Can it even be stopped? Marginal consumption of block space Links: Twitter: @rodarmor Site: Ordinals.com Podcast:

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01:07:13

SLP455 Anant Tapadia - Single Sig or Multi Sig?

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/02/01

Anant of BitHyve (Hexa, Keeper) rejoins me on the show to chat about the question of securing your Bitcoin in single signature or multi signature. We also talk through best practices. Topics covered: Single sig or multi sig Costs of multi sig Detailed walkthrough of multi sig set up Practical tips to keep it simple Keeper and features Miniscript and Musig2 Bitcoin4india Links: Twitter: @anant_tap Twitter: @bitcoinKeeper_ Site: Bitcoinkeeper.app Relevant prior episodes SLP429

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01:00:59

SLP454 Dante Cook Bitcoin as the Shipping Container...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/01/28

Dante Cook of Swan Business joins me on the show to chat about: Athletes and Bitcoin Proof of Work Shipping Containers and Bitcoin The need for entrepreneurs The old system fighting the new Bitcoin for businesses Links: Twitter: @Dante_Cook1 Email: Dante@swan.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantecook/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter

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00:51:02

SLP453 Luke Gromen - Soft Landing or Hard Landing?

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/01/26

Luke Gromen of Forest For The Trees rejoins me on the show to talk about his macro views: Soft landing vs hard landing Government debt levels US Interest rates and “chicken-pivot” Commodities and dedollarisation Outlook for Bitcoin Links: Twitter: @LukeGromen Site: https://fftt-llc.com/ Prior episode: SLP247 Luke Gromen – Does Bitcoin Recreate The Hunger Games? Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

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00:57:55

SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables - with...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/01/23

Antoine Poinsot of Revault/WizardSardine and Salvatore Ingala of Ledger join me to explain: What is Bitcoin Miniscript? How does it help enable new uses of bitcoin? Inheritance, timelocking and business use Security Complexity Liana and Ledger Software and hardware Next steps from here Links: Twitter: @darosior Twitter: @salvatoshi Blog: https://blog.ledger.com/miniscript-is-coming/ WizardSardine: A team of bitcoiners with a passion for security Liana: Announcing Liana

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01:14:48

SLP451 Dissecting cRyPtO Scams and Outlook for 2023...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/01/19

Brad Mills (Bitcoin HODLer and VC investor) joins me to dissect cRyPtO scams from the last cycle. What lessons are there to be learned about the dynamics? Listen in to hear some post mortem commentary, as well as some views on what’s coming. We discuss: cRyPtO ponzi dynamics How the cycles line up Fake decentralisation Liquid staking Yield chasing Bitcoin fundamentals Links: Twitter: @bradmillscan Site: Bradmills.ca Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital

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01:10:18

SLP450 Bitcoin Developer Education Overview with...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/01/18

Josibake (bitcoin core developer) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Developer Education and why it’s much improved nowadays! We discuss a range of topics: Why is it important? What are the main bottlenecks? What career opportunities are there? Chaincode labs seminars Qala Bitcoin Dev Philosophy book Onboarding to bitcoin core What he’d like to see in Bitcoin Links: Twitter: @josibake Chaincode Labs Seminars Onboarding to Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Development

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00:56:32

SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault - A New Way to HODL?

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2023/01/14

James O’Beirne (Bitcoin Core developer) rejoins me on the show to chat about OP_Vault. We discuss: The history of the Vault idea Precomputed vaults vs General covenants What does a good vault look like? How OP_Vault works Who it’s for What next with OP_Vault Links: Paper: Vaults and Covenants Twitter: @jamesob Mailing list discussion: [bitcoin-dev] OP_VAULT: a new vault proposal Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/jamesob/status/1612482957406801922 Prior episodes: SLP339

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