Stephan Livera Podcast Archiv
776 Episoden
1 Stunde
Ryan MacLeod (Nuclear Bitcoiner) joins me to talk about Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy. We talk:
Is nuclear energy too costly?
What are SMRs? Small Modular Reactors
Nuclear waste and safety concerns
How Nuclear energy crosses over with Bitcoin mining
Reduced costs and increased accessibility
Links:
Twitter: @NuclearBitcoinr
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Is nuclear energy too costly?
What are SMRs? Small Modular Reactors
Nuclear waste and safety concerns
How Nuclear energy crosses over with Bitcoin mining
Reduced costs and increased accessibility
Links:
Twitter: @NuclearBitcoinr
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
57 Minuten
Dusty Daemon joins me to talk about splicing on Bitcoin’s lightning network. We talk about:
What is splicing?
Splicing’s potential privacy benefits
Potential to undermine surveillance heuristics
Splicing’s efficiency gains
Splicing as one tool in the toolkit
Walkthrough of how it works
Site:
Site: Lightning Splicing
Twitter: @dusty_daemon
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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Subscribe to the podcast
What is splicing?
Splicing’s potential privacy benefits
Potential to undermine surveillance heuristics
Splicing’s efficiency gains
Splicing as one tool in the toolkit
Walkthrough of how it works
Site:
Site: Lightning Splicing
Twitter: @dusty_daemon
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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54 Minuten
Will every company be a lightning company? Graham Krizek CEO of Voltage rejoins me on the show to talk about this idea as well as what’s happening in bitcoin and lightning:
Being near the printer
Why big companies do financial services
What lightning does differently
What use cases are there and who’s looking at them?
Products at Voltage
Thoughts on LDK by Spiral
Links:
Article: Every Company Will Be A Lightning Company
Article: SURGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR VOLTAGE USERS
Twitter: @gkrizek
Twitter: @voltage_cloud
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Being near the printer
Why big companies do financial services
What lightning does differently
What use cases are there and who’s looking at them?
Products at Voltage
Thoughts on LDK by Spiral
Links:
Article: Every Company Will Be A Lightning Company
Article: SURGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR VOLTAGE USERS
Twitter: @gkrizek
Twitter: @voltage_cloud
Sponsors:
Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
1 Stunde 41 Minuten
Christian Decker (Blockstream) and Roy Sheinfeld (Breez) rejoin me on the show to talk about:
What has improved about Lightning over time
Lightning in a high fee environment
What Greenlight is
What Breez SDK is
Is anything changing on the existing Breez app?
Core-lightning contrasted with other implementations
Lightning protocol improvements
Links:
Twitter: @Snyke
Twitter: @therealkingonly
Site: Your personal Core Lightning node, without the technical fuss.
Site: Breez SDK
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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What has improved about Lightning over time
Lightning in a high fee environment
What Greenlight is
What Breez SDK is
Is anything changing on the existing Breez app?
Core-lightning contrasted with other implementations
Lightning protocol improvements
Links:
Twitter: @Snyke
Twitter: @therealkingonly
Site: Your personal Core Lightning node, without the technical fuss.
Site: Breez SDK
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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1 Stunde 16 Minuten
Digiconomist (Alex de Vries) and Ben Gagnon (Chief Mining Officer, Bitfarms) join me on the show to debate Bitcoin Mining energy. We talk through:
Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions
Where do the models break down?
Media referring to scary numbers in the bull cycle
Transactions per second metrics
Links:
Twitter: @DigiEconomist
Twitter: @hashoveride
Digiconomist energy consumption index: Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
CBECI (Cambridge) referred to: Bitcoin network power demand
Prior episode: SLP478 Ben Gagnon
Sponsors:
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Lugano PlanB Forum
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Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions
Where do the models break down?
Media referring to scary numbers in the bull cycle
Transactions per second metrics
Links:
Twitter: @DigiEconomist
Twitter: @hashoveride
Digiconomist energy consumption index: Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
CBECI (Cambridge) referred to: Bitcoin network power demand
Prior episode: SLP478 Ben Gagnon
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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1 Stunde
Peter Dunworth is a financial adviser for high net worth individuals and families. He joins me to talk about what most people are getting wrong on bitcoin estate planning and inheritance. We discuss:
Why bother with all this?
Legal, asset protection and tax benefits
Possession vs Title of coins
Collaborative custody
Practical components
Miniscript and technical advances
Valuation framework for Bitcoin and why inheritance matters
Links:
Site: https://www.thebitcoinadviser.com/comparison
Peter’s Twitter: @PeterBTCAdviser
TheBTCAdviser’s Twitter: @TheBTCAdviser
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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Why bother with all this?
Legal, asset protection and tax benefits
Possession vs Title of coins
Collaborative custody
Practical components
Miniscript and technical advances
Valuation framework for Bitcoin and why inheritance matters
Links:
Site: https://www.thebitcoinadviser.com/comparison
Peter’s Twitter: @PeterBTCAdviser
TheBTCAdviser’s Twitter: @TheBTCAdviser
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Lugano PlanB Forum
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
54 Minuten
Jonathan Newman, Associate Professor of Economics and Mises Fellow joins me to chat:
Contrasting definitions of inflation
How did Mises define inflation?
How did Rothbard define inflation?
Where and how does fractional reserve come into it?
Cantillon effect and the Mises effect
Costless production of money
Links:
Paper: What Is Inflation? Clarifying and Justifying Rothbard’s Definition
Twitter: @NewmanJ_R
Twitter: @KrisMoustHansen
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Contrasting definitions of inflation
How did Mises define inflation?
How did Rothbard define inflation?
Where and how does fractional reserve come into it?
Cantillon effect and the Mises effect
Costless production of money
Links:
Paper: What Is Inflation? Clarifying and Justifying Rothbard’s Definition
Twitter: @NewmanJ_R
Twitter: @KrisMoustHansen
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
45 Minuten
Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin. We discuss:
What ZKPs are and what they can be used for
Speeding up IBD
Contrasting ZeroSync with utreexo and assumeutxo
UTXO set commitment
Blockstream satellite
What’s being verified?
Different types of nodes
Links:
Site: zerosync.org
Twitter: @ZeroSync_
Twitter: @robin_linus
Sponsors
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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What ZKPs are and what they can be used for
Speeding up IBD
Contrasting ZeroSync with utreexo and assumeutxo
UTXO set commitment
Blockstream satellite
What’s being verified?
Different types of nodes
Links:
Site: zerosync.org
Twitter: @ZeroSync_
Twitter: @robin_linus
Sponsors
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
1 Stunde 19 Minuten
What happens under a high fee environment on the lightning network? We had one recently and so I asked Niftynei (Lisa of Base58), D++, and Nate (Voltage Head of Support & Education) to join me to talk about it:
Lightning implementations handling the fee spike
Force closes in lightning
Bitcoin performed just fine
Anchor outputs
Mitigation techniques
Setting fee rates
Links:
plebnet telegram: https://t.me/plebnet
Plebnet wiki: https://plebnet.wiki/wiki/Main_Page
base58: https://www.base58.info/
Voltage blog post: https://voltage.cloud/blog/lightning-network-faq/lightning-node-management-handling-high-on-chain-fees/
Twitter: @beeforbacon1
Twitter: @niftynei
Twitter: @D_plus__plus
Lightning implementations handling the fee spike
Force closes in lightning
Bitcoin performed just fine
Anchor outputs
Mitigation techniques
Setting fee rates
Links:
plebnet telegram: https://t.me/plebnet
Plebnet wiki: https://plebnet.wiki/wiki/Main_Page
base58: https://www.base58.info/
Voltage blog post: https://voltage.cloud/blog/lightning-network-faq/lightning-node-management-handling-high-on-chain-fees/
Twitter: @beeforbacon1
Twitter: @niftynei
Twitter: @D_plus__plus
1 Stunde 21 Minuten
Burak (Bitcoin researcher/developer) joins me to talk about Ark, a new protocol for Bitcoin scaling and privacy. We chat about:
Downsides of LN
High level overview
ASPs, vTXOs
Vapourware?
Other criticisms
Interactive vs non-interactive versions
Covenants and what they’d mean for Bitcoin
Links:
Site: arkpill.me
Twitter: @brqgoo
Telegram: https://t.me/ark_network_community
Relevant prior episode:
SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
Sponsors
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Downsides of LN
High level overview
ASPs, vTXOs
Vapourware?
Other criticisms
Interactive vs non-interactive versions
Covenants and what they’d mean for Bitcoin
Links:
Site: arkpill.me
Twitter: @brqgoo
Telegram: https://t.me/ark_network_community
Relevant prior episode:
SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
Sponsors
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
1 Stunde
Kemal of Galoy Money joins me to chat about his Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians. We debate the trade offs and points such as:
Remnant vs ‘Big Tent’
Why not write down 12 words?
“Mis-selling” Bitcoin
Shotgun KYC, and FRB ‘paper bitcoin' risk
Jurisdictions and regulation
Financial hierarchy of needs
Links:
Twitter: @_pretyflaco
Blog: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-custodians/
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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Patreon @stephanlivera
Remnant vs ‘Big Tent’
Why not write down 12 words?
“Mis-selling” Bitcoin
Shotgun KYC, and FRB ‘paper bitcoin' risk
Jurisdictions and regulation
Financial hierarchy of needs
Links:
Twitter: @_pretyflaco
Blog: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-custodians/
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
52 Minuten
The Bitcoin Handbook is a new visual and simplified explainer of Bitcoin concepts by Anil. Anil has been making awesome graphics and explanatory content about Bitcoin and he joins me on the show to chat:
Meeting people where they are
Different ways of explaining bitcoin concepts
Why property should not be your piggybank
Property Bubbles and investing around the world
The intransigent minority
Where to get the book
Links:
The Bitcoin Handbook on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0tyJRvf
Checkout via Lightning: https://bitcoinbook.shop/products/the-bitcoin-handbook…
Anil’s Twitter: @anilsaidso
Anil’s free educational resources: https://anilsaidso.gumroad.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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Meeting people where they are
Different ways of explaining bitcoin concepts
Why property should not be your piggybank
Property Bubbles and investing around the world
The intransigent minority
Where to get the book
Links:
The Bitcoin Handbook on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0tyJRvf
Checkout via Lightning: https://bitcoinbook.shop/products/the-bitcoin-handbook…
Anil’s Twitter: @anilsaidso
Anil’s free educational resources: https://anilsaidso.gumroad.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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41 Minuten
Jess Jonas, Chief Legal Officer of the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund joins me to chat:
Overview the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund - supported by Jack Dorsey, Alex Morcos, Martin White
What's the threat with the Tulip Trading Case?
What are the open source licensing implications for developers?
Secondary case and Bitcoin copyright claims
Site:
Site: Bitcoindefense.org
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Overview the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund - supported by Jack Dorsey, Alex Morcos, Martin White
What's the threat with the Tulip Trading Case?
What are the open source licensing implications for developers?
Secondary case and Bitcoin copyright claims
Site:
Site: Bitcoindefense.org
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
54 Minuten
Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss:
Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric
Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining
Links:
Site: bitfarms.com
Twitter: @hashoveride
Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science Behind Digiconomist
Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116
Relevant prior episode: SLP470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard
Sponsor links:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
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Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric
Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining
Links:
Site: bitfarms.com
Twitter: @hashoveride
Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science Behind Digiconomist
Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116
Relevant prior episode: SLP470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard
Sponsor links:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
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43 Minuten
You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentralising Bitcoin transaction selection. Listen and learn about how Stratum v2 Reference Implementation can help:
Overview of Stratum v2 benefits
Encryption, efficiency, censor resistance
Are changes needed to Bitcoin Core?
Different actors in mining: Pools, Miners, Hardware
Device firmware and translation proxy
How you can help or contribute
Links:
Donate: https://www.swan.com/stratum
Site: Stratumprotocol.org
Fi3 Twitter: @free_sht_max
Pavlenex Twitter: @pavlenex
Prior SLP ep on Stratum v2: SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
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Overview of Stratum v2 benefits
Encryption, efficiency, censor resistance
Are changes needed to Bitcoin Core?
Different actors in mining: Pools, Miners, Hardware
Device firmware and translation proxy
How you can help or contribute
Links:
Donate: https://www.swan.com/stratum
Site: Stratumprotocol.org
Fi3 Twitter: @free_sht_max
Pavlenex Twitter: @pavlenex
Prior SLP ep on Stratum v2: SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Mempool.space
Stephan Livera:
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
