Stephan Livera Podcast Archiv

Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital joins me in this episode to talk about a range of things:

How he went from global macro hedge fund to bitcoiner

What the Fed gets wrong

A Hayekian appreciation for bitcoin

His blog series, Gradually, Then Suddenly

Bitcoin becoming intuitive

Unchained Capital Caravan - open source & free multi sig

Links:

Parker Lewis Twitter @Parkeralewis

Unchained Capital Website

Unchained Capital Twitter

Unchained Capital Youtube Caravan Demo

Other relevant episodes:

SLP113 Dhruv Bansal

SLP97 Michael Flaxman

Sponsor links:

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CypherWheel by CypherSafe

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ErgoBTC, a pseudonymous bitcoin ‘white hat’ privacy analyst joins me in this episode to talk about his journey tracking PlusToken scammers in their attempts to mix and dump 200k BTC. This is a must listen episode for bitcoiners to understand how your privacy can be impinged, and we also talk about tools and techniques for assessing and defending your own bitcoin privacy.

We talk:

How he got into bitcoin privacy analysis

PlusToken scammers - what is the scale of it, and what did they do wrong

In depth discussion on bitcoin mixers and bitcoin privacy

Key takeaways for listeners, mixing products, exchanges on privacy

Future of chain analysis

ErgoBTC Links:

ErgoBTC Twitter: @ErgoBTC

Tracking the PlusToken Whale article: https://medium.com/@ErgoBTC/tracking-the-plustoken-whale-attempted-bitcoin-laundering-and-its-impact-on-wasabi-wallet-787c0d240192

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

21x.io

GiveBitcoin

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Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger joins me in this episode to talk about Ledger Hardware Wallet devices. We talk:

Pascal’s background in bitcoin

Ledger device overview

Privacy while using Ledger

Multi signature

Bitcoin-only devices?

Future directions with Ledger devices

Pascal and Ledger links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ledger

Website: https://www.ledger.com

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

CypherWheel by CypherSafe

GiveBitcoin

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Jan Čapek, co-CEO of Braiins and working at Slush Pool joins me to talk about this an upgrade to a Bitcoin Mining protocol, Stratum. Stratum V2 is the next generation protocol for pooled mining. It focuses on making data transfers more efficient, reducing physical infrastructure requirements for mining operations, and increasing security. In this conversation we get into some detail about:

How Jan got into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Mining

How the original Stratum protocol came about

What is new about Stratum v2

Benefits of Stratum v2

Relation with BetterHash

Bitcoin Pools generally

Jan Čapek and Stratum Protocol Links:

Stratumprotocol.org

Braiins-OS.org

Slushpool.com

Twitter: @JanBraiins

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

21X.io (Previously Bitcoin Outlet) use code: LIVERA for 21% off

GiveBitcoin

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Ben Perrin, host of BTCSessions YouTube channel joins me to talk about his experiences educating new Bitcoiners. Listen to this episode to get some tips on how you can spread bitcoin knowledge in a thoughtful way. We talk:

How Ben got into Bitcoin and doing a YouTube channel

Taking insights from his prior career as a teacher

Helping beginners avoid common errors

Bitcoin tools and wallets

Running a bitcoin node and comparing node products

Update from Bull Bitcoin and 21x

Ben Perrin links:

Twitter: @BTCSessions

YouTube: BTCSessions

Bull Bitcoin: BullBitcoin.com

Bitcoin merchandise: 21x.io

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

CypherWheel by CypherSafe

GiveBitcoin

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Ben Askren, a recently retired pro Mixed Martial Artist and former Olympic Wrestler joins me to talk about how he got into Bitcoin and is now spreading the word about Bitcoin to his following! We talk:

How he got into Bitcoin

Common misconceptions

Why we run full nodes in Bitcoin

What’s next for him with Bitcoin

Ben Askren Links:

Ben Askren Twitter

Funky Crypto Podcast

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off

GiveBitcoin

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Thomas Voegtlin, Founder of Electrum Wallet joins me to talk about how and why he started Electrum Wallet, one of the longest standing Bitcoin wallets (2011). In this interview we discuss a range of topics around the Electrum Server model, Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions, Bitcoin seed formats (BIP39), Multi signature, Hardware wallets and the recent announcement of Lightning in Electrum.

Links:

Electrum website

Electrum Twitter @ElectrumWallet

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

CypherWheel by CypherSafe

GiveBitcoin

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Jon Atack joins me to talk about his experience with open source software development, and to talk about the process of Bitcoin Core development and code review. We talk:

Becoming a Bitcoin Core contributor

How to best contribute

Communication channels for development

Priorities in Bitcoin development

Funding for development

Jon Atack Links:

Twitter: @jonatack (https://twitter.com/jonatack)

Github: @jonatack (https://github.com/jonatack)

Bitcoin Core PR Review Club:  https://bitcoincore.reviews and  https://twitter.com/BitcoinCorePRs

How to Review Bitcoin Core PRs:  https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-review-bitcoin-core-prs.md

How to Make Bitcoin Core PRs: https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-make-bitcoin-core-prs.md

Bitcoin Core Peer Review process: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#peer-review

“On Consensus” by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7282

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

GiveBitcoin

Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off

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Allen Piscitello, VP Product of Blockstream joins me to talk about Blockstream Liquid as a new model for inter exchange settlement, and the possibility of building out new financial infrastructure in a way different from the legacy financial system. We talk:

Tradeoffs and differences between approaches of Lightning, Statechains, and Liquid

How pegging Bitcoin in and out of Liquid works

Features that Liquid’s blockchain has e.g. Confidential Transactions and Confidential Assets

How Liquid can enable much faster inter exchange settlement with different tradeoffs

How to get started developing on it

What the future of bitcoin market structure could look like with Liquid adoption

Allen and Blockstream Links:

Blockstream twitter

Blockstream website

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

CypherWheel by CypherSafe

GiveBitcoin

Stephan Livera links:

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PlanB (Pseudonymous Bitcoin Quant) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the response to his seminal work, Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity. There have been some responses to his Stock to Flow (S2F) modelling work, so we talk:

The response to his articles and translations

What cointegration is and why it matters

Responses to PlanB’s modelling work

Cash and carry trade

Where to from here

PlanB Links:

Twitter: @100trillionUSD

Medium Article: Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity

PlanB’s first interview: SLP67

PlanB’s second interview: SLP86

Phraudsta / Nick’s article: Falsifying Stock to flow as a model of Bitcoin value

Hcburger1’s article: Bitcoin’s natural long term power law corridor of growth

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

GiveBitcoin

Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off

Stephan Livera links:

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Yan Pritzker, Bitcoin Author and previously CTO of Reverb joins me in this episode to talk about Bitcoin Mining, his book Inventing Bitcoin and give Bitcoin beginners an intro to Bitcoin Mining.

We talk about:

Whether a beginner should do Bitcoin Mining or use cloud mining

How bitcoin mining works

How the network stops cheaters

Bitcoin mining attacks

Common errors in thinking about Bitcoin

Yan Pritzker Links:

Yan Pritzker Twitter @skwp

Inventing Bitcoin website

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

CypherWheel

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Jack Mallers of Zap joins me to talk about the recent exploration of Lightning Network and Identity, as well as talking about his new service, Olympus, and Zap wallet development. This interview was recorded one day before the Lightning Conference in Berlin, Germany October 2019.

Topics:

Use of Lightning Node pub key as identity

Complications with above

The exposure that any Lightning business has to chain fees

Future directions in Zap wallet development

Jack Mallers;

Twitter: @JackMallers

Zap Website

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off

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Alex Bosworth, Lightning Infrastructure Lead at Lightning Labs joins me to talk about what he’s working on: Submarine swaps, Lightning Loop and Hyperloop. We chat about the possibilities being enabled for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

We talk:

Submarine swaps and Loop

Practical applications for Merchants, Exchanges, Users

Routing on the lightning network

Fees on the Lightning Network

What people should be doing with Lightning Network

Alex Bosworth Links:

Alex Bosworth Twitter

Lightning Labs Website

LND Developer slack

Sponsor links:

Kraken

Unchained Capital

CypherWheel

Stephan Livera links:

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Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo joins me to talk about his journey with Bitcoin and the challenges BitGo faces in being the world’s largest Bitcoin custodian. We talk about:

Coming into Bitcoin

How secure storage evolved in Bitcoin over time

Technological and Procedural techniques used today to enhance security

Insurance

Contentious forks

The risk of government

Future of Bitcoin Custody

Mike Belshe links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikebelshe

BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com

SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

https://stephanlivera.com/slp-bitcoin-custody-series

Sponsor links:

Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera

Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate

Bitcoin Outlet: https://bitcoinoutlet.com/  use code: LIVERA for 21% off

GiveBitcoin: https://givebitcoin.io/?grsf=d3nqrm

Stephan Livera links:

Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/

Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

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