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1 Stunde 3 Minuten
Are you interested in building support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network into your product or service? Check out this discussion of Greenlight with Blockstream’s Christian Decker. We talk:
Improvements in lightning experience over the years
No. of payments, reliability
Greenlight experiences
Mobile nodes
Comparison with other providers
Shared infrastructure
Core Lightning features
What features will help make lightning easy
Links:
Site: https://blockstream.com/lightning/greenlight/
X: @Snyke
X: @Blockstream
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Improvements in lightning experience over the years
No. of payments, reliability
Greenlight experiences
Mobile nodes
Comparison with other providers
Shared infrastructure
Core Lightning features
What features will help make lightning easy
Links:
Site: https://blockstream.com/lightning/greenlight/
X: @Snyke
X: @Blockstream
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55 Minuten
BitVM is a new paradigm for Turing-complete bitcoin contracts. In this episode I speak with the creator, Robin Linus and another developer working on the idea, Super Testnet. We discuss:
What is BitVM?
What are some of the trade offs?
What could BitVM enable?
Set up time and interactivity
Can it enable sidechains or covenants?
Links:
Paper: bitvm.pdf
X: @robin_linus
X: @super_testnet
Super Testnet’s Tapleaf circuits
Shinobi article on BM: The Big Deal With Bitvm: Arbitrary Computation Now Possible on Bitcoin Without a Fork
AJ Towns ML response on BitVM: BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin
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What is BitVM?
What are some of the trade offs?
What could BitVM enable?
Set up time and interactivity
Can it enable sidechains or covenants?
Links:
Paper: bitvm.pdf
X: @robin_linus
X: @super_testnet
Super Testnet’s Tapleaf circuits
Shinobi article on BM: The Big Deal With Bitvm: Arbitrary Computation Now Possible on Bitcoin Without a Fork
AJ Towns ML response on BitVM: BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin
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57 Minuten
Matthew Black, co-founder and CTO of Atomic Finance joins me to talk about earning yield in a self custodial way with DLCs. We get into all the questions and criticisms people might have:
How does it work without being custodial?
Where is the yield coming from?
HODL only
Different strategies available
DLC security over time
The future of Bitcoin Finance
Links:
X: @matthewjablack
Website: Atomic.Finance
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How does it work without being custodial?
Where is the yield coming from?
HODL only
Different strategies available
DLC security over time
The future of Bitcoin Finance
Links:
X: @matthewjablack
Website: Atomic.Finance
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1 Stunde 1 Minute
Lyn Alden, macro analyst rejoins me on the show to talk about her new book, Broken Money. We discuss Lyn’s thoughts on:
Ledger money and who controls it
Different theories of money
Speed of transaction vs. settlement
Warfare funding under fiat
Base money and Broad money
GFC and the response to it
Fiat standard incentives
What kind of debt makes sense under a Bitcoin standard
Links:
X: @LynAldenContact
Site: LynAlden.com
Book: Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
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Ledger money and who controls it
Different theories of money
Speed of transaction vs. settlement
Warfare funding under fiat
Base money and Broad money
GFC and the response to it
Fiat standard incentives
What kind of debt makes sense under a Bitcoin standard
Links:
X: @LynAldenContact
Site: LynAlden.com
Book: Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
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60 Minuten
Will Cole of Zaprite rejoins me to talk about:
Merchant adoption and why it’s different this time
Improved custody
How Zaprite works
Accounting and integration
How adoption will be driven this time
Circular economy
The lie of 2% inflation
Links:
X: @willcole
Zaprite: https://zaprite.com/
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Merchant adoption and why it’s different this time
Improved custody
How Zaprite works
Accounting and integration
How adoption will be driven this time
Circular economy
The lie of 2% inflation
Links:
X: @willcole
Zaprite: https://zaprite.com/
Sponsors:
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59 Minuten
Do you have debt? Are you wondering about the case for why you shouldn’t? Check out this episode with my friend and Bitcoin developer and advocate, Jimmy Song.
We talk about his newest book, Fiat Ruins Everything:
Why he wrote this book
Why you should have zero debt
Cultural issues
Fiat morality
Links:
X: @jimmysong
Site: https://fiatruinseverything.com/
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We talk about his newest book, Fiat Ruins Everything:
Why he wrote this book
Why you should have zero debt
Cultural issues
Fiat morality
Links:
X: @jimmysong
Site: https://fiatruinseverything.com/
Sponsors:
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1 Stunde 26 Minuten
Have you wondered what it takes to be a long-term HODLer? American HODL rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLer psychology, bitcoin culture, and what to expect going forward:
Adoption waves
Living on Bitcoin
Overconfidence
Mainstream culture
Bitcoin Fixes This
Jurisdictions
Thoughts on next cycle
Links:
X: americanhodl8
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Adoption waves
Living on Bitcoin
Overconfidence
Mainstream culture
Bitcoin Fixes This
Jurisdictions
Thoughts on next cycle
Links:
X: americanhodl8
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1 Stunde 8 Minuten
Are you interested in spending 16,000 more hours with your children? Consider homeschooling! We discuss this and many other insights in this chat about homeschooling:
Their own journey of homeschooling
Escaping hivemind thinking
Criticism of ‘school vouchers’
Building up your child’s agency
Do you need curricula?
Modelling behaviour
“Socialisation”
The culture war
Links:
X: https://twitter.com/Homeschool_LLC
Site: https://www.homeschoollife.us/
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Their own journey of homeschooling
Escaping hivemind thinking
Criticism of ‘school vouchers’
Building up your child’s agency
Do you need curricula?
Modelling behaviour
“Socialisation”
The culture war
Links:
X: https://twitter.com/Homeschool_LLC
Site: https://www.homeschoollife.us/
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1 Stunde 12 Minuten
The next generation of Bitcoin Lightning wallets is here with Phoenix from ACINQ. Rejoining me is CTO of ACINQ, Bastien Teinturier to talk about how the team is innovating a great self custodial experience for bitcoin and lightning users:
High Fee environment
New Phoenix fee structure
Splicing and what it enables
Dual Funding
Liquidity Ads
Building on a smartphone app
Can ACINQ steal from users?
APO
Biggest challenges
Reasons to be optimistic
Bastien links:
Twitter: @realtbast
Phoenix Splicing Update post
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High Fee environment
New Phoenix fee structure
Splicing and what it enables
Dual Funding
Liquidity Ads
Building on a smartphone app
Can ACINQ steal from users?
APO
Biggest challenges
Reasons to be optimistic
Bastien links:
Twitter: @realtbast
Phoenix Splicing Update post
Sponsors:
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1 Stunde 22 Minuten
Drivechain is a proposed soft fork that has faced a lot of criticism in the community, and Shinobi (Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine) joins me to discuss his critiques of the idea. We discuss:
What is Drivechain
How it works
Miner centralisation
Re orgs on sidechains
T-shirt sales argument
Stratum v2
“Miners can steal”
Other soft fork ideas (e.g. APO, CTV)
Multi Party Channels
“First Develop with what we’ve got”
Links
brian_trollz on X
Drivechains Introduce New Incentive Dynamics to Bitcoin
Achim Warner - Thoughts on Drivechain I
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What is Drivechain
How it works
Miner centralisation
Re orgs on sidechains
T-shirt sales argument
Stratum v2
“Miners can steal”
Other soft fork ideas (e.g. APO, CTV)
Multi Party Channels
“First Develop with what we’ve got”
Links
brian_trollz on X
Drivechains Introduce New Incentive Dynamics to Bitcoin
Achim Warner - Thoughts on Drivechain I
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1 Stunde 7 Minuten
Glozow rejoins me to talk about updates coming to Bitcoin’s transactions and mempool policy. We talk about how these will be essential to keep bitcoin use efficient and safe, especially for layer 2 protocols such as Lightning. We chat:
Current state with transacting
RBF and CPFP
Problems right now
L2 security
Pinning vectors
What is package relay?
What is v3 transactions?
What are ephemeral anchors?
Policy vs consensus
Glozow links:
Glozow on X
Waiting for confirmation - blog series on Bitcoin Optech
v3 and Package RBF Bitcoin Core Review club
Bitcoin Optech v3 transaction relay
Glozow slides for BTC++ talk: v3 and ephemeral anchors
Prior episodes:
SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
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Current state with transacting
RBF and CPFP
Problems right now
L2 security
Pinning vectors
What is package relay?
What is v3 transactions?
What are ephemeral anchors?
Policy vs consensus
Glozow links:
Glozow on X
Waiting for confirmation - blog series on Bitcoin Optech
v3 and Package RBF Bitcoin Core Review club
Bitcoin Optech v3 transaction relay
Glozow slides for BTC++ talk: v3 and ephemeral anchors
Prior episodes:
SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
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1 Stunde 4 Minuten
A common question amongst bitcoin investors is whether bitcoin on-chain analytics is legitimate or whether it is snake oil. Joining me to explore this as well as talk about some new research, is James Check, Lead Analyst of Glassnode. We talk about how the field progressed, and some insights to share on analyzing the bitcoin market:
History of on-chain analytics
Is it snake oil?
Liveliness
Impact of the ‘DCA Army’
Lost coins
Vaulted supply vs active supply
What does a bull market look like on chain?
Where are we now?
Links:
James Check on X
Glassnode cointime economics paper https://get.glassnode.com/cointime-economics/
Ark https://ark-invest.com/white-papers/cointime-economics
Previous episodes:
SLP73 Tamas Blummer – Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science
SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch
SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?
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History of on-chain analytics
Is it snake oil?
Liveliness
Impact of the ‘DCA Army’
Lost coins
Vaulted supply vs active supply
What does a bull market look like on chain?
Where are we now?
Links:
James Check on X
Glassnode cointime economics paper https://get.glassnode.com/cointime-economics/
Ark https://ark-invest.com/white-papers/cointime-economics
Previous episodes:
SLP73 Tamas Blummer – Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science
SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch
SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?
Sponsors:
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59 Minuten
Lisa Neigut of base58 and btcplusplus rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin layer 2’s, where bitcoin’s lightning network is going, BTC++ and teaching Bitcoin developers at base58.We talk:
Views on other L2 protocols
LN technology
How important is APO for LN?
BTC++
nix and reproducibility
Base58
Links:
niftynei
base58.school
https://btcplusplus.dev/
Prior and relevant episodes:
SLP168 Lisa Neigut – Lightning Network Channel Accounting and Dual Funded Channels
SLP488 Future Visions of Lightning, Greenlight & Breez SDK with Christian Decker and Roy Sheinfeld
SLP502 Validating Lightning Signer – Ken Sedgwick
SLP195 Nix-bitcoin: A Security Focused Bitcoin Node
SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black
SLP507 Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting with Andrew Poelstra
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Base58
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Views on other L2 protocols
LN technology
How important is APO for LN?
BTC++
nix and reproducibility
Base58
Links:
niftynei
base58.school
https://btcplusplus.dev/
Prior and relevant episodes:
SLP168 Lisa Neigut – Lightning Network Channel Accounting and Dual Funded Channels
SLP488 Future Visions of Lightning, Greenlight & Breez SDK with Christian Decker and Roy Sheinfeld
SLP502 Validating Lightning Signer – Ken Sedgwick
SLP195 Nix-bitcoin: A Security Focused Bitcoin Node
SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black
SLP507 Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting with Andrew Poelstra
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Base58
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1 Stunde 10 Minuten
Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about his view of where things are in the economy. We chat:
Recession?
18 month lag
Risk on or risk off?
Bitcoin as a macro asset
4 year cycles
Is an ETF good for Bitcoin?
Pacific Bitcoin
Links
X: @real_vijay
Prior episodes:
SLP332 Vijay Boyapati – The Bearish Case for Bitcoin
SLP233 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin Valuations & Cycles
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
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Recession?
18 month lag
Risk on or risk off?
Bitcoin as a macro asset
4 year cycles
Is an ETF good for Bitcoin?
Pacific Bitcoin
Links
X: @real_vijay
Prior episodes:
SLP332 Vijay Boyapati – The Bearish Case for Bitcoin
SLP233 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin Valuations & Cycles
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
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Base58
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1 Stunde 6 Minuten
Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream) has been around Bitcoin research and development for a long time, and has a lot of insight to share on Bitcoin research in this episode. For part 2 of my discussion with Andrew we focus more on bitcoin and cryptography research that the team are working on, and what it means for the future of Bitcoin:
Cryptography
Bulletproofs++
MuSig2
FROST
Bitcoin Scripting
Miniscript
Simplicity
CTV and APO
Covenants: are they risky for Bitcoin?
Transaction Introspection on Liquid
Links:
Blockstream Research on X
Blockstream Research site
Other relevant episodes:
SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multi Sig? with Nick Farrow
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables – with Antoine Poinsot & Salvatore Ingala
SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black
Sponsors:
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Base58
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Cryptography
Bulletproofs++
MuSig2
FROST
Bitcoin Scripting
Miniscript
Simplicity
CTV and APO
Covenants: are they risky for Bitcoin?
Transaction Introspection on Liquid
Links:
Blockstream Research on X
Blockstream Research site
Other relevant episodes:
SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multi Sig? with Nick Farrow
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables – with Antoine Poinsot & Salvatore Ingala
SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
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Base58
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