Stephan Livera Podcast Archiv
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1 Stunde 13 Minuten
Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures, author and podcaster in the space joins me to talk about stablecoins.
What are stablecoins?
Who uses them?
What kind of volumes are we talking about?
What kind of platform risks are involved?
Are they bullish or bearish for Bitcoin?
STABLE act
Outlook for stablecoins going forward
Nic Carter links:
Twitter: @nic__carter
Castle Island Ventures
Relevant episodes:
SLP10 – Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu
SLP219 Nadav Kohen – What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
What are stablecoins?
Who uses them?
What kind of volumes are we talking about?
What kind of platform risks are involved?
Are they bullish or bearish for Bitcoin?
STABLE act
Outlook for stablecoins going forward
Nic Carter links:
Twitter: @nic__carter
Castle Island Ventures
Relevant episodes:
SLP10 – Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu
SLP219 Nadav Kohen – What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
1 Stunde
Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He’s also author of 15 books, including The Ascent of Money. Niall and I chat:
Bitcoin as a store of value
The pandemic and impacts on how we use money
Debt around the world and in history
What’s in our financial future
Niall Ferguson links:
Twitter: @nfergus
Website: niallferguson.com
Article: Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Bitcoin as a store of value
The pandemic and impacts on how we use money
Debt around the world and in history
What’s in our financial future
Niall Ferguson links:
Twitter: @nfergus
Website: niallferguson.com
Article: Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
34 Minuten
Ron Paul, libertarian former congressman and presidential candidate, joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Libertarianism and Freedom in Money.
Ron Paul Links:
Twitter: @ronpaul
Site: RonPaulLibertyReport.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Ron Paul Links:
Twitter: @ronpaul
Site: RonPaulLibertyReport.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde
Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about where we’re at in the cycle. We talk through:
Possible valuations for bitcoin
Common misunderstandings
Errors people make in bull runs
Why Bitcoin is not tulips
Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome
Vijay links:
Twitter: @Real_vijay
Bullish case for bitcoin
Prior episodes:
SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘mentally captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Possible valuations for bitcoin
Common misunderstandings
Errors people make in bull runs
Why Bitcoin is not tulips
Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome
Vijay links:
Twitter: @Real_vijay
Bullish case for bitcoin
Prior episodes:
SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘mentally captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
57 Minuten
Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy joins me to talk about how Bitcoin is emerging as a new store of value. We discuss misconceptions on bitcoin, the impact of the constant low key influx of new capital, gold vs bitcoin, concentration of bitcoin, and the broader macro environment we find ourselves in.
Lyn Alden links:
Lynalden.com
Twitter: @Lynaldencontact
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Lyn Alden links:
Lynalden.com
Twitter: @Lynaldencontact
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 10 Minuten
Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance), and renowned hardware wallet maker rejoins me on the show to talk about Specter DIY and Specter Desktop updates. We chat:
Why make your own
Security model vs other HWWs
Airgapping with QR
Use in multi sig setups
Specter Desktop updates
Links:
Specter DIY github: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
Specter store: https://specter.solutions/shop/specter-shield/
Stepan Twitter: @StepanSnigirev
Prior episodes:
SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Why make your own
Security model vs other HWWs
Airgapping with QR
Use in multi sig setups
Specter Desktop updates
Links:
Specter DIY github: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
Specter store: https://specter.solutions/shop/specter-shield/
Stepan Twitter: @StepanSnigirev
Prior episodes:
SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 15 Minuten
We’re all bullish on bitcoin, but will transactions take place on Lightning Network or other layers and tech? Udi and Eric join me on the show to discuss.
Monetary demand for bitcoin
How much payment demand is there?
Privacy, custody and other trade offs
Stablecoin payment demand
Platform risks of ETH
Links:
Udi Wertheimer: HaveFunStayingPoor.com
Eric Wall: @ercwl
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Monetary demand for bitcoin
How much payment demand is there?
Privacy, custody and other trade offs
Stablecoin payment demand
Platform risks of ETH
Links:
Udi Wertheimer: HaveFunStayingPoor.com
Eric Wall: @ercwl
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 19 Minuten
John Newbery joins me to talk about his new bitcoin research and development center, Brink. John is a regular Bitcoin Core contributor, works on Bitcoin Optech, started PR Review Club, and mentors new bitcoin core developers. In this show we talk:
Why Brink
Priorities for development
Mentoring new developers
Bitcoin development culture
John Newbery links:
Twitter: @Jfnewbery
Site: Brink.dev
Other episodes mentioned:
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Why Brink
Priorities for development
Mentoring new developers
Bitcoin development culture
John Newbery links:
Twitter: @Jfnewbery
Site: Brink.dev
Other episodes mentioned:
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 4 Minuten
Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin joins me to talk about:
Her pathway to learning about Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s current status in the market
Funding Bitcoin development
Focus and priorities for development
Identifying talent
Links:
Hong Fang: @hfangca
Developer grants: https://developergrant.okcoin.com/
Relevant episodes:
SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Bitcoin Magazine
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Her pathway to learning about Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s current status in the market
Funding Bitcoin development
Focus and priorities for development
Identifying talent
Links:
Hong Fang: @hfangca
Developer grants: https://developergrant.okcoin.com/
Relevant episodes:
SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Bitcoin Magazine
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 17 Minuten
Will Bitcoin enable the Sovereign Individual thesis to play out? Or will the state successfully find some counter to retain the level of taxation, surveillance and control that they currently enjoy? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler join me on the show to debate.
Links:
Twitter: @breedlove22
Parallax Digital: Parallax Digital
Twitter: @lawlerpalooza
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Bitcoin Black Friday
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Links:
Twitter: @breedlove22
Parallax Digital: Parallax Digital
Twitter: @lawlerpalooza
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Bitcoin Black Friday
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
56 Minuten
What is DeFi? Should it be a thing in Bitcoin or is that just an altcoin gambling thing? Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl joins me to talk about Bitcoin DeFi and Hodl Hodl’s new product, Lend. We talk:
Bitcoin DeFi
Hodl Hodl Lend
Opening up a whole new lending market
Risks
Costs
How it might develop
Max Keidun links:
Twitter: @keidunm
Hodl Hodl
Prior episodes:
SLP56 Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger
SLP166 Max Keidun – P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
Bitcoin Black Friday
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Bitcoin DeFi
Hodl Hodl Lend
Opening up a whole new lending market
Risks
Costs
How it might develop
Max Keidun links:
Twitter: @keidunm
Hodl Hodl
Prior episodes:
SLP56 Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger
SLP166 Max Keidun – P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
Bitcoin Black Friday
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 2 Minuten
You’re probably familiar with Bitcoin node packages, so what’s different here with Embassy and EmbassyOS? Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland of Start9 Labs join me to talk about shifting to a more personally sovereign paradigm, and what kinds of technology and hardware can take us there. We talk about:
What EmbassyOS is
What’s different vs bitcoin node packages
Integrating Lightning into EmbassyOS
Private messaging
Set up
Where we’re going
Links:
Start9 Labs
Matt Hill: @MattHill
Aiden McClelland: @_dr_bonez
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
Bitcoin Black Friday
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
What EmbassyOS is
What’s different vs bitcoin node packages
Integrating Lightning into EmbassyOS
Private messaging
Set up
Where we’re going
Links:
Start9 Labs
Matt Hill: @MattHill
Aiden McClelland: @_dr_bonez
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
Bitcoin Black Friday
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 12 Minuten
What are some common errors that people make when learning how to self custody? Should you use multi signature? Where does NVK agree / disagree with Michael Flaxman? NVK, CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to discuss this and more.
Bitcoin multi signature
Bitcoin backups and walletsrecovery.org
Bitcoin security
Blockclock Mini
BitcoinTreasuries.org
Nvk's Links:
Twitter: @NVK
Site: coinkite.com (use code LIVERA for discount)
bitcoinsecurity.guide
Walletsrecovery.org
bitcointreasuries.org
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Cyphersafe (code LIVERA)
Bitcoin Magazine
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Bitcoin multi signature
Bitcoin backups and walletsrecovery.org
Bitcoin security
Blockclock Mini
BitcoinTreasuries.org
Nvk's Links:
Twitter: @NVK
Site: coinkite.com (use code LIVERA for discount)
bitcoinsecurity.guide
Walletsrecovery.org
bitcointreasuries.org
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Cyphersafe (code LIVERA)
Bitcoin Magazine
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
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1 Stunde 3 Minuten
Preston Pysh of We Study Billionaires joins me on the show to talk about what Bitcoin’s final cycle might look like. How would we know if we’re going through the final cycle? How likely is it? Will corporates buying bitcoin be weak hands or strong hands? What about governments trying to shut Bitcoin down?
Preston Pysh‘s Links:
Twitter: @PrestonPysh
We Study Billionaires
Prior episodes:
SLP109 Preston Pysh – How To Think About Bitcoin as an Investor
SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Bitcoin Black Friday
Hodl Hodl Lend
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Preston Pysh‘s Links:
Twitter: @PrestonPysh
We Study Billionaires
Prior episodes:
SLP109 Preston Pysh – How To Think About Bitcoin as an Investor
SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Bitcoin Black Friday
Hodl Hodl Lend
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1 Stunde 11 Minuten
Confused about what MuSig2 is? As Bitcoin’s Schnorr Taproot soft fork has now been merged into Bitcoin Core (but not yet activated), it’s worthwhile understanding what some of the new multisignature schemes are for using Taproot. Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing, cryptographers working at Blockstream join me on the show to talk about their latest, MuSig2.
Jonas Nick‘s Links:
Twitter: @n1ckler
Tim Ruffing‘s Links:
Twitter: @real_or_random
Links:
MuSig2 paper: Simple Two-Round Schnorr Multi-Signatures
MuSig-DN
Prior episodes:
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Bitcoin Black Friday
CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Jonas Nick‘s Links:
Twitter: @n1ckler
Tim Ruffing‘s Links:
Twitter: @real_or_random
Links:
MuSig2 paper: Simple Two-Round Schnorr Multi-Signatures
MuSig-DN
Prior episodes:
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Bitcoin Black Friday
CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
