Stephan Livera Podcast Archiv
776 Episoden
55 Minuten
Max Keiser, Bitcoiner, financial broadcaster, investor and writer joins me on the show to talk about his adventures in El Salvador and investments in line with the global hyperbitcoinisation thesis. We chat:
Living in El Salvador
Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure
El Zonte Capital and who’s involved
Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin Gaming
Thoughts on Central African Republic
Bitcoin City
Links:
Twitter: @maxkeiser
Twitter: @ElZonteCapital
Twitter: @stacyherbert
Email: hello@elzontecapital.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Living in El Salvador
Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure
El Zonte Capital and who’s involved
Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin Gaming
Thoughts on Central African Republic
Bitcoin City
Links:
Twitter: @maxkeiser
Twitter: @ElZonteCapital
Twitter: @stacyherbert
Email: hello@elzontecapital.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
52 Minuten
Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital (previously Avon Ventures & Fidelity) joins me to talk about how and why Bitcoin Fees are low. After going through eras of higher fees, it might be puzzling as to why they’re low now.
We talk:
Which factors had the biggest impact
SegWit
Batching
Lightning Network
Less OP_Returns
Less miner selling
What might cause fees to rise in future
Links:
Twitter: @intangiblecoins
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/1511340416263766027
Report: Why are Bitcoin Transaction Fees So Low?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
We talk:
Which factors had the biggest impact
SegWit
Batching
Lightning Network
Less OP_Returns
Less miner selling
What might cause fees to rise in future
Links:
Twitter: @intangiblecoins
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/1511340416263766027
Report: Why are Bitcoin Transaction Fees So Low?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 2 Minuten
Daniel Frumkin of Braiins joins me on the show to talk about calculating Bitcoin Mining profitability and a load of topics:
Braiins insights dashboard
Stratum v2 benefits
Profitability calculator
Cost to mine calculator
CAPEX or OPEX costs for mining?
How to think about mining ROI
Updates coming
Links:
Twitter: @dfrumps
Site: insights.braiins.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Braiins insights dashboard
Stratum v2 benefits
Profitability calculator
Cost to mine calculator
CAPEX or OPEX costs for mining?
How to think about mining ROI
Updates coming
Links:
Twitter: @dfrumps
Site: insights.braiins.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
53 Minuten
Bitcoin QNA of Bitcoiner.guide joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Seeds and a new Seed Tool created with SuperPhatArrow. In this show you’ll learn a little bit about how your bitcoin wallet works in the background:
Bitcoin and entropy
Seed Words
Passphrases
Bitcoin wallets and addresses
BIP85
BIP47 Stealth Addresses
Education for newcoiners in the space
Links:
Site: https://bitcoiner.guide/seed
Twitter: @BitcoinQ_A
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Bitcoin and entropy
Seed Words
Passphrases
Bitcoin wallets and addresses
BIP85
BIP47 Stealth Addresses
Education for newcoiners in the space
Links:
Site: https://bitcoiner.guide/seed
Twitter: @BitcoinQ_A
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
55 Minuten
Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Lead Strategist at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about new lightning network developments and how Lightning network is growing:
Experience of setting up LN at Kraken
LN for day to day use not being big yet
Millions of people plugged into Lightning
Will LN node operation only be for pros?
Long term fee / security arguments
Thoughts on stablecoins vs Bitcoin
Links:
Twitter: @pierre_rochard
Prior episodes:
SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
SLP35 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
SLP11 – Bitcoin’s Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
SLP3 – Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Experience of setting up LN at Kraken
LN for day to day use not being big yet
Millions of people plugged into Lightning
Will LN node operation only be for pros?
Long term fee / security arguments
Thoughts on stablecoins vs Bitcoin
Links:
Twitter: @pierre_rochard
Prior episodes:
SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
SLP35 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
SLP11 – Bitcoin’s Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
SLP3 – Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde
Nate (aka BeefOrBacon1, also working at Voltage) joins me to talk about how to run a Bitcoin Lightning node. We get into all sorts of information while keeping it accessible for people relatively new to running a lightning node.
Different lightning user types
How to run your lightning node
Different types of node: RPi, box, VPS
How to manage channels
Who to open channels with
What tools you can use
Should you use swap providers?
What kind of fees do you earn?
How do you backup your lightning node?
Payment reliability
Links:
Twitter: @beeforbacon1
Voltage: Voltage.cloud
Relevant episodes:
SLP323 Graham Krizek – Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage
SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss
SLP361 Rene Pickhardt – Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Different lightning user types
How to run your lightning node
Different types of node: RPi, box, VPS
How to manage channels
Who to open channels with
What tools you can use
Should you use swap providers?
What kind of fees do you earn?
How do you backup your lightning node?
Payment reliability
Links:
Twitter: @beeforbacon1
Voltage: Voltage.cloud
Relevant episodes:
SLP323 Graham Krizek – Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage
SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss
SLP361 Rene Pickhardt – Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
44 Minuten
Anita Posch, bitcoin educator, podcaster and founder of Bitcoin For Fairness joins me on the show to talk about her recent trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia. We chat about:
Why she went
Crypto Scammers vs Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin software and hardware
Main hurdles to adoption
Government views on Bitcoin
p2p Bitcoin
Links:
@AnitaPosch
bffbtc.org
Bitcoin for Fairness - Anita Posch
(L)earn Bitcoin
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Why she went
Crypto Scammers vs Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin software and hardware
Main hurdles to adoption
Government views on Bitcoin
p2p Bitcoin
Links:
@AnitaPosch
bffbtc.org
Bitcoin for Fairness - Anita Posch
(L)earn Bitcoin
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 25 Minuten
Max Hillebrand, a bitcoin and privacy educator, also working at ZKSnacks (the company behind Wasabi Wallet) rejoins me to talk about why ZKSnacks is implementing blacklisting, and working with chain surveillance firms. We disagree a lot in this one! But we chat:
Wasabi Wallet default coordinator implementing censorship
Coinjoin coordinator models comparison
The contradiction between being anti surveillance firms and working with them
Is there a regulatory capture angle here?
Address re use in Wasabi Wallet
Wasabi Wallet 2 / wabisabi
Links:
ZKSnacks Blog Post: zkSNACKs' Blacklisting Update
Max Twitter: @HillebrandMax
Max Website: Towardsliberty.com
Previous episodes:
SLP96 Max Hillebrand – Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Wasabi Wallet default coordinator implementing censorship
Coinjoin coordinator models comparison
The contradiction between being anti surveillance firms and working with them
Is there a regulatory capture angle here?
Address re use in Wasabi Wallet
Wasabi Wallet 2 / wabisabi
Links:
ZKSnacks Blog Post: zkSNACKs' Blacklisting Update
Max Twitter: @HillebrandMax
Max Website: Towardsliberty.com
Previous episodes:
SLP96 Max Hillebrand – Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 12 Minuten
Seth for Privacy joins me to chat about Bitcoin & Fungibility. We chat:
Privacy and fungibility
Practical real world difficulties of censoring
Bitcoin and Monero community differences
Technical and social reasons for not having protocol level privacy
The hopes for application level privacy with tools like Samourai Wallet & Sparrow Wallet
Growing the p2p bitcoin economy
Links:
Twitter: @sethforprivacy
Site: https://sethforprivacy.com/
Pieter Wuille StackExchange answer mentioned: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/101874
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Privacy and fungibility
Practical real world difficulties of censoring
Bitcoin and Monero community differences
Technical and social reasons for not having protocol level privacy
The hopes for application level privacy with tools like Samourai Wallet & Sparrow Wallet
Growing the p2p bitcoin economy
Links:
Twitter: @sethforprivacy
Site: https://sethforprivacy.com/
Pieter Wuille StackExchange answer mentioned: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/101874
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 7 Minuten
John Carvalho, Founder of Synonym joins me to talk about Slashpay and SlashTags, an ambitious attempt to dramatically smooth the process of exchanging bitcoin addresses or lightning invoices. What kind of things does this enable? We discuss:
Competing standards in Bitcoin
How it would work
Updating and revocation of SlashTags
What other things are enabled by this public keypair approach
Why not use a blockchain
Putting tether USD on lightning
Synonym
Links:
Slashpay Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Synonym_to/status/1498021273255002115
Site: https://synonym.to/
John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog
John’s Podcast: http://thebiz.pro/
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Competing standards in Bitcoin
How it would work
Updating and revocation of SlashTags
What other things are enabled by this public keypair approach
Why not use a blockchain
Putting tether USD on lightning
Synonym
Links:
Slashpay Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Synonym_to/status/1498021273255002115
Site: https://synonym.to/
John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog
John’s Podcast: http://thebiz.pro/
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 4 Minuten
Rene Pickhardt, independent researcher and bitcoin/lightning educator rejoins me to talk about his new approach to massively improving lightning payments reliability, and the various trade offs:
What the current approach is
What Pickhardt payments are
Constraints and trade offs
Reliability and privacy trade offs
Are there conflicts with other proposals to improve lightning network?
Zero Base Fee
Rene links:
Twitter: @renepickhardt
Rene’s Patreon: Rene Pickhardt - Patreon.com
Support Rene here: https://donate.ln.rene-pickhardt.de/
Researchers website: https://ln.rene-pickhardt.de/
Prior episode:
SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
What the current approach is
What Pickhardt payments are
Constraints and trade offs
Reliability and privacy trade offs
Are there conflicts with other proposals to improve lightning network?
Zero Base Fee
Rene links:
Twitter: @renepickhardt
Rene’s Patreon: Rene Pickhardt - Patreon.com
Support Rene here: https://donate.ln.rene-pickhardt.de/
Researchers website: https://ln.rene-pickhardt.de/
Prior episode:
SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 30 Minuten
Giacomo rejoins me on the show to talk about the need for Bitcoin to be both Hard Money and Dark Money. In this show we talk about:
What Dark Money means
Why “Just use Monero” is not a satisfactory answer
Use of atomic swap services or other
Can compliance bros kill Bitcoin?
Global KYC capture risk - would it create a minority chain soft fork?
Why NgU is still important
Links:
Twitter: @giacomozucco
Bitcoin Culture Talk @ Unconfiscatable 2022: Unconfiscatable 2022 - Giacomozucco.com
Lightning talk: Lightning Privacy - Lightning Hack Day, Istanbul 2022 - Giacomozucco.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
What Dark Money means
Why “Just use Monero” is not a satisfactory answer
Use of atomic swap services or other
Can compliance bros kill Bitcoin?
Global KYC capture risk - would it create a minority chain soft fork?
Why NgU is still important
Links:
Twitter: @giacomozucco
Bitcoin Culture Talk @ Unconfiscatable 2022: Unconfiscatable 2022 - Giacomozucco.com
Lightning talk: Lightning Privacy - Lightning Hack Day, Istanbul 2022 - Giacomozucco.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 3 Minuten
Have you wondered about the progress of Bitcoin in Africa? Abubakar Nur Khalil, Bitcoin Core contributor, on the board of BTrust and also of Recursive Capital joins me on the show to talk about:
Bitcoin core contribution and developer training/mentor process
Qala
Bitcoin in Africa & education
B Trust
Recursive Capital and investing in African Bitcoin companies
Links:
Abubakar’s Twitter: @ihate1999
B Trust: @btrustteam
Recursive Capital: @RcrsvCapital
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Bitcoin core contribution and developer training/mentor process
Qala
Bitcoin in Africa & education
B Trust
Recursive Capital and investing in African Bitcoin companies
Links:
Abubakar’s Twitter: @ihate1999
B Trust: @btrustteam
Recursive Capital: @RcrsvCapital
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
55 Minuten
Lili joins me to talk about her journey of learning about Bitcoin and using it privately. We chat about:
Trade offs of KYC vs Non-KYC coins
How to acquire non KYC coins
Staying private through the lifecycle of using Bitcoin
Bitcoin for donations
Canadian Trucker Bitcoin
Wasabi and ZkSnacks debacle thoughts
Links:
Twitter: @Marketsbylili
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Trade offs of KYC vs Non-KYC coins
How to acquire non KYC coins
Staying private through the lifecycle of using Bitcoin
Bitcoin for donations
Canadian Trucker Bitcoin
Wasabi and ZkSnacks debacle thoughts
Links:
Twitter: @Marketsbylili
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 3 Minuten
Lawrence Lepard (Investment Manager, Austrian Economist) of Equity Management Associates joins me on the show to chat about living through the burning house of fiat money. We chat:
What’s changing in the world today and why so many took it for granted
The insecurity around property rights
Holding paper assets vs physical assets
Change in monetary order
Economic ignorance in the world today
Links:
Twitter: @LawrenceLepard
Site: Ema2.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
What’s changing in the world today and why so many took it for granted
The insecurity around property rights
Holding paper assets vs physical assets
Change in monetary order
Economic ignorance in the world today
Links:
Twitter: @LawrenceLepard
Site: Ema2.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
