Stephan Livera Podcast Archiv

Croesus_BTC joins me to talk about why the yuppie elite do not like Bitcoin, making simplified bitcoin content, adoption and cycles, speculative attacks on fiat, and staking your claim on your ‘fair share’ of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this one!

Croesus_BTC links:

Twitter: @Croesus_BTC

Article: Asset DNA: Explaining Bitcoin's Speculative Attack On The Dollar

Article: Why The Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin

Article: Bitcoin And The American West

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Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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Diverter joins me on the show to talk about our modern world of surveillance and reliance on third parties. We chat about learning to be a ‘digital sherpa’ for your family and friends.

Dealing with “I don’t have anything to hide”

Password managers

Nextcloud

Yunohost

Self hosting

Bitcoin

Diverter links:

Twitter: @Diverter_noKYC

Article: Becoming Uncle Jim

Article: Uncle Jim’s Cloud

Article: Searching for Uncle Jim

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest with Breez and how Lightning Network is enabling a whole new world of possibilities.

We chat:

Breez updates

Merchant adoption of Breez

Lightning network podcasting

Taking payments offline

Cloud backups

Lightning development

Roy Sheinfeld links:

Twitter: @Breez_Tech

Website: breez.technology

Podcasts on Breez: Streaming Sats for Streaming Ideas

Introducing Lightning Rod

Relevant episodes:

SLP94 Roy Sheinfeld - Lightning Network Services for the Masses

SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about the environment central banks have created, what that has done to money and our ability to save.

We chat:

Fiat financialisation of the economy

Inflation and Deflation properly considered

Bitcoin’s growth amongst institutions today

Multi sig with Unchained

Loans with Unchained

Living off your Bitcoin using collateralised loans

Parker Lewis links:

Twitter: @parkeralewis

Site: Unchained.com

Articles: Bitcoin Loans: The Ultimate Guide to Bitcoin-Backed Loans

Articles: Bitcoin is the Great Definancialization

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CompassMining.io

Hodl Hodl Lend

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Craig Raw joins me on the show to talk about his relatively new project, Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet allows you to easily set up a single sig or multi sig wallet, air gapped or with USB, supporting the most popular hardware wallets.

We talk:

Why Sparrow

Progression steps for new bitcoiners

QR codes

Taproot

Applications vs browser apps

Being Uncle Jim

Tor built in

Electrum server vs Bitcoin core use

Funding and sustainability

Craig links:

Twitter: @craigraw

Site: sparrowwallet.com

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CompassMining.io

Hodl Hodl Lend

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Dominic Frisby, comedian, author, financial writer and libertarian joins me on the show to talk about his latest book, Daylight Robbery.

We chat:

How taxes have impacted society

Low taxes for more prosperous societies

Bitcoin Citadels and patronage

Bitcoin’s impact on taxes

Bitcoin Nomads

Surveillance and Platforms

Dominic links:

Twitter: @DominicFrisby

Book: Daylight Robbery

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CompassMining.io

Hodl Hodl Lend

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Luke Dashjr, long time Bitcoin Core contributor joins me on the show to discuss his views on how UASF went down in 2017. We talk through the various trade offs and points around Taproot activation and why he believes that LOT = True maximally reduces the risks.

We chat:

Luke’s background

BIP91, BIP148

Miner signalling

Chainsplits

Average user and code review

Speedy Trial

Small blocks

Luke links:

Twitter: @LukeDashjr

Mastodon: @LukeDashjr

Email: luke@dashjr.org

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken

SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs

SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CompassMining.io

Hodl Hodl Lend

CypherSafe

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Whit Gibbs of Compass Mining joins me on the show to talk about his background in mining, and how the mining market is developing. We chat:

Hitting ROI on a mining machine

Current prices and costs

How to do it

Learning by doing and making mistakes

Mining equipment

Mining facilities

Hashrate distribution around the world

Recent raise

Links:

Twitter: @BitcoinBroski

Site: Compassmining.io

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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Rafael Schultze-Kraft CTO of Glassnode rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin on chain metrics and how there is a very bullish set up right now. We chat:

Overview of how Glassnode’s analysis works

Liquid supply vs illiquid supply

Number of coins on exchanges dropping and what this means

Difference in structure of bitcoin demand this time vs 2017

Why its not true that “2% of accounts control 95% of bitcoin”

Links:

Twitter: @n3ocortex

Twitter: @glassnode

Site: Glassnode.com

Article:  78% of the Bitcoin Supply is Not Liquid

Article: No, Bitcoin Ownership is not Highly Concentrated – But Whales are Accumulating

Previous episode:

SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Matt Corallo of Square Crypto, and long time bitcoin developer (now more focused on lightning) joins me on the show to talk about Taproot Activation, as well as review some of the history and nuance of prior soft forks in Bitcoin. We discuss:

What is a fork

What are the benefits of Taproot

How the events of 2017 played out

Dynamics of soft forks

Taproot activation paths

Flag day vs forced signalling UASF style

LDK - Lightning Dev Kit

Links:

Twitter: @thebluematt

Lightning Dev Kit: LightningDevKit.org

Taproot links:

Article: Understanding LOT=true or LOT=false by Aaron van Wirdum

Article: Taproot Activation and the LOT Debate by Ben Kaufman

Site: TaprootActivation.com (Mining Pool consensus effort by Alejandro from Poolin)

Mailing list post: Summary of Taproot activation meeting on IRC 2/2/2021 by Michael Folkson

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs

SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (including Bitcoin Magazine) rejoins me on the show to chat about the latest: Bitcoin 2021 is coming and it’ll be huge! We chat:

Bitcoin 2021 and the guests

The feeling of live conferences

Bitcoin Magazine content

Bitcoin’s growth in recent years

Bitcoin culture

David Bailey links:

Twitter: @DavidFBailey

Bitcoin 2021 conference

Bitcoin Magazine

UTXO Management

Prior episode:

SLP61 David Bailey – Refocusing on Bitcoin

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Gleb Naumenko, Bitcoin developer rejoins me to talk about his latest venture, The Label. We chat about:

Bitcoin development and consulting

Protocol development

Cross layer considerations

Bitcoin & Lightning attacks

Time Dilation attacks

CoinPool

Links:

Twitter: @ffstls

Site: The Label

Previous episode:

SLP164 Gleb Naumenko – erlay Bitcoin transaction relay

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Dario Sneidermanis, Founder of Muun Wallet joins me to talk about the advanced technological approach taken by his team. We chat about:

Muun as a single unified bitcoin + lightning balance

A different approach with mnemonics and backups

Lightning and channel management

Splicing

Use in Argentina and elsewhere around the world

Links:

Twitter: @esneider

Twitter: @muunwallet

Site: Muun.com

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

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Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to chat about what’s going on with the new Jade hardware wallet, updates on Liquid & Bitcoin Mining:

Jade hardware wallet

Blockstream Green

Why use Liquid vs Lightning

Blockstream Mining

Mining industry generally

Samson links:

Twitter @Excellion

Site: Blockstream.com

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin

Hodl Hodl Lend

Compass Mining

Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

CypherSafe (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

Show notes and website

Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera

Subscribe to the podcast

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