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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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00:59:06

SLP93 Raoul Pal - Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/29

Raoul Pal (CEO RealVision and Global Macro Investor) joins me in this episode to discuss the Global Macro risks that he sees, and his perspective on Bitcoin. We talk about the stage of the business cycle that we are in, problems faced by individuals and corporates, and Raoul’s views on Bitcoin. Raoul Pal and Realvision links: Raoul twitter: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI Realvision link: http://realvision.com/free Raoul tweet thread:

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00:53:24

SLP92 Britt Kelly - BTCPayServer documentation,...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/25

Britt Kelly joins me for the fourth and final episode in the BTCPayServer interview series. Britt and I chat about: Getting into Bitcoin and BTCPayServer What you can learn by contributing Documentation of BTCPay Translation of BTCPay Tips for newbies Reflections on being a female in Bitcoin and open source Britt Kelly links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/britttttkelly Britt Kelly Donation page: https://btcps0.com/apps/2CCRTE84cnbSyEsJVvDxsqq9uUJV/pos SLP BTCPayServer series

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00:45:41

SLP91 Kukks - BTCPayServer architecture and BTC...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/21

Episode 3 in the BTCPayServer series! Kukks, BTCPayServer developer and contributor joins me in this episode to talk about his work. We talk about the way BTCPayServer is structured, and also about the BTC Transmuter (aka fiat bridge), enabling merchants to take Bitcoin payment via BTCPayServer, but receive fiat through an interface with a Bitcoin exchange. We talk: BTCPayServer Architecture BTC Transmuter (taking BTC and converting into fiat for the merchant) Contributing to BTCPayServer Kukks

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01:01:05

SLP90 Pavlenex - BTCPayServer for Merchants

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/18

Episode 2 of the SLP BTCPayServer series! Pavlenex (BTCPayServer contributor and Operator of BitcoinShirt.co) joins me to talk about his journey in becoming a bitcoiner, and becoming a BTCPayServer contributor. We talk: How BTCPayServer helps a merchant accept Bitcoin Creating BTCPayServer Guides Cost of running BTCPayServer BTCPayServer misconceptions BTCPayServer with Lightning Network BTCPayServer Merchant Directory See the other interviews in the series:

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00:53:58

SLP89 Rockstar Dev - BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding,...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/15

Rockstar Developer joins me to talk about his experiences in open source development, working on BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and his philosophy of Rockstarism. We talk: Open source vs closed source development BTCPayServer and the community BTCPayServer benefits Tor crowdfunding Rockstarism philosophy Experiences with hyperinflation Rockstar and BTCPayServer links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/r0ckstardev BTCPayServer: https://btcpayserver.org/ Tor Crowdfunding project:

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00:57:45

SLP88 Conner Brown - Bitcoin is Money, not Payments

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/14

Conner Brown joins me in this episode to talk about his journey of learning about Bitcoin and why Bitcoin should be thought of as money, not payments. We talk about: How he came to learn about Bitcoin His journey coming from the Bcash world view to the Bitcoiner view Common pitfalls in learning or reasoning about Bitcoin Dealing with Ripplecoin shills Conner Brown links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_ Article - Bitcoin has no intrinsic value:

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00:54:18

SLP87 Per Bylund - The Problem of Production

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/10

Assistant Professor and Records-Johnston Professor of Free Enterprise at Oklahoma State University, at the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, and Fellow at the Mises Institute - Per Bylund joins me in this episode to talk about his book on the theory of the firm: What was wrong with the theory of the firm before Firms as islands of productivity Capital Theory What happens to firms over time Per Bylund links: Per Bylund Twitter:https://twitter.com/PerBylund The Problem of Production Book:

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01:21:25

SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/05

SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening? PlanB rejoins me in this anticipated follow up episode discussing his stock to flow data modelling of Bitcoin’s valuation. The first episode was hotly downloaded and discussed online, so this time we talk about whether the recent bullish price action is a reflection of speculators front running the May 2020 Bitcoin block subsidy halving. Don’t miss this episode! Response to the first episode Stock to flow multiple Front running the halving The

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01:04:09

SLP85 Sergej Kotliar - Building Bitcoin’s Circular...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/07/02

Sergej Kotliar (CEO Bitrefill) rejoins me in this episode recorded at Bitcoin2019 Conference in San Francisco to talk about his views on the ‘store of value first’ narrative in Bitcoin. Is there a need to build a Bitcoin circular economy now? Sergej also offers some reflections on the situation with the bitcoin fee market, and provides an update on what’s happening at Bitrefill. Topics: “SoV first” vs building the bitcoin circular economy Bitcoin Twitter is not representative of Bitcoin Dealing

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01:03:09

SLP84 Stepan Snigirev - Quantum Computing Threat to...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/30

Stepan Snigirev, Quantum Physicist and CTO of CryptoAdvance joins me in this episode to talk about the Quantum threat to Bitcoin, and we also talk about Bitcoin Hardware Wallets. This interview was recorded in person in San Francisco just prior to the Bitcoin2019 conference. Topics covered: What Bitcoin’s security relies on Why the Quantum Computing threat against Bitcoin is overblown How long until it might be a realistic consideration Challenges faced by Bitcoin Hardware wallets today

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01:00:17

SLP83 Conner Fromknecht - Bitcoin Lightning...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/24

Conner Fromknecht Head of Cryptographic Engineering at Lightning Labs, joins me to go in depth on Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers. Understand how Bitcoin’s Lightning Network keeps channel participants honest and how Watchtowers can help: How Lightning Network’s punishment model works without watchtowers Where watchtowers come in and how they work Why watchtowers can’t steal your bitcoins Scalability of watchtowers Privacy Funding and operation model LND v0.7 features Conner Fromknecht

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00:55:46

SLP82 Alena Vranova - Data privacy in a digital age

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/21

Alena Vranova, Head of Strategy at Casa joins me in this episode to talk about the challenges we’re all facing with keeping our data secure, as well as what Casa are doing. We talk: Privacy horrors around the world #MyDataMyLife campaign What individuals can do to protect their privacy How businesses can change their practices Casa and their approach to customer data Alena Vranova links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alenasatoshi Casa: https://keys.casa/ Sponsor links: Kraken:

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00:58:05

SLP81 Dan Held - Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/20

Dan Held, Co-Founder of Interchange rejoins me in this episode to talk about the long term security of Bitcoin as it transitions to transaction fee (away from block subsidy). We discuss whether this will be a problem, or whether Bitcoin will be OK. Basic statement of the concern The modelling behind why Dan believes Bitcoin’s security is fine The increasing ‘weight’ of a bitcoin transaction How bitcoin usage will evolve in the future Value of Bitcoin conference reflections e.g. is Proof of

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00:57:14

SLP80 Richard Myers - Bitcoin Incentivised Mesh...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/17

Richard Myers of Gotenna and Global Mesh Labs joins me to talk about a new way to improve mesh networking with the use of bitcoin payments to provide incentive for message and packet routing. We talk: What the problem is with the current set up of the internet and current mesh networking What the Lot49 proposal is How it works Risks and challenges to be faced What happens next Richard Myers Links: Richard Myers twitter: https://twitter.com/remyers_ Global Mesh Labs twitter:

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00:58:18

SLP79 Misir Mahmudov - Bitcoin, Inequality & Morals

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/15

Misir Mahmudov (Bitcoin writer and working Operations at Adaptive Capital) joins me in this episode to talk: How he learned about Bitcoin and Austrian Economics Recommendations for listeners who want to learn more His thesis on the closure of the gold window and impacts on inequality Bitcoin and Morals The role of Satoshi Misir links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/misir_mahmudov Medium: https://medium.com/@misir_mahmudov Sponsor links: Kraken:

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01:00:58

SLP78 Samourai Wallet - Welcome to the Dojo

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/10

A co-founder of the Bitcoin privacy focused wallet, Samourai Wallet, rejoins the show in this fantastic episode to talk about the many updates since last time on the show (SLP29): Getting funding from Cypherpunk Holdings Release of Dojo software - open sourcing Samourai Wallet server backend Collaboration with the nodl team for official Dojo Hardware Whirlpool (Coinjoin) mixing Other features and what to look out for - Stonewallx2, Stowaway, Ricochet Samourai Wallet Links: Samourai

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00:47:41

SLP77 Kalle Rosenbaum - Grokking Bitcoin: it’s not...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/07

Kalle Rosenbaum (author, developer and bitcoin consultant) joins me in this episode to discuss his new book, Grokking Bitcoin. We talk: The process of writing this book David Harding’s foreword Some cryptography basics Different Bitcoin transaction types How nodes communicate Bitcoin upgrades, and bitcoin forks Kalle Rosenbaum links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum (40% DISCOUNT CODE: podsliv19) Grokking Bitcoin book:

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00:54:59

SLP76 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/06/03

Vijay Boyapati, Bitcoin economic commentator, joins me to talk about: Monetary stages of evolution Merchant adoption of Bitcoin to receive payment - is it 2013 all over again? Facebook Crypto Horizontal “Crypto” vs Vertical Bitcoin businesses Why Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0 Vijay links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/ Bitcoin ‘Horizontal vs vertical’ thread: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1128893146807488512 Stephan Livera links: Twitter:

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01:08:33

SLP75 Giacomo Zucco - There is only one Bitcoin...

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/05/31

Giacomo joins me again in this episode to explain for newbies why there is only one Bitcoin. We cover common points of confusion that newbies and outsiders to Bitcoin may not grasp: Forks of Bitcoin Semantics and word games Traps to avoid Giacomo link: Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera Tallycoin for Bitcoin/Lightning donations:

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01:00:18

SLP74 Wiz - Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners

Stephan Livera Podcast ·

2019/05/28

Wiz, Bitcoin OG from Tokyo (and creator of the “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner” browser extension) joins me in this episode to discuss his career, how to build your own ISP, and also, a new way to help mitigate social attacks on Bitcoin. We talk: Importance of self sovereignty for Bitcoiners How to set up your own ISP VPNs Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner browser extension Wiz’s work with Hive.one and setting up his projects, “Bitcoin Wizards”, and “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner” How this can help mitigate

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