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On listener request, I fly solo for this episode to give Bitcoin newbies and Bitcoin intermediate listeners an overview on 'Bitcoin Austrian' thought. Learn why students of the Austrian school of economics are well placed to understand Bitcoin:

How money arises on the market as most saleable good

Why Bitcoin isn't a scam

'Intrinsic value'

Blockchains and social scalability

Bitcoin and Austrian thinkers worth listening to and reading

Make sure you share this episode with your friends who are struggling to understand Bitcoin! 

Links: 

Vijay Boyapati The Bullish Case for Bitcoin: https://medium.com/@vijayboyapati/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1 

Nakamoto Institute Crash Course in Bitcoin Political Economy: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/crash-course/

Saifedean Ammous The Bitcoin Standard: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861

Mises Institute: https://mises.org/

Stephan Livera links:

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Matt Odell, Bitcoin podcast co-host of the Rabbit Hole Recap joins me in this fun episode to talk about ways Bitcoiners can put theory into practice. Along the way we chat: 

Challenges in educating noobs

Common pitfalls and scams

Approaches to take going forward

How to avoid scams to come in the future

Matt Odell links: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/matt_odell 

TFTC podcast: http://tftc.io/ 

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 

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Saifedean Ammous, Bitcoin economist and author of seminal book, The Bitcoin Standard, joins me in this episode. We talk about some of his recent research:

How governments could try to kill Bitcoin 

Why fiat money hyperinflation is not that likely

Why we can’t simply disregard gold

Thoughts on stock to flow modelling

Research Bulletins going forward

Saifedean links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/saifedean 

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saifedean/ 

Research bulletin: http://saifedean.com/research 

Stephan Livera links:

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Joost Jager, Lightning Network Infrastructure Engineer at Lightning Labs, joins me in this episode to talk about Lightning Loop Out and In. We also discuss some of the recent criticisms of the Lightning Network by Peter Rizun. We talk: 

How Lightning Loop helps you manage inbound liquidity, or pay with BTC on chain to get outgoing capacity on a lightning channel

Practical uses of Lightning Loop technology

Some of the technicals behind how Lightning Loop e.g. hodlinvoice

Thoughts and responses to Peter Rizun's criticisms of the Lightning Network

Joost Jager links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joostjgr 

Loop Out post: https://blog.lightning.engineering/technical/posts/2019/04/15/loop-out-in-depth.html 

Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/index.html#home 

Stephan Livera links:

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Plan B (@100trillionUSD), operator of a well known pseudonymous twitter account joins me for discussion on modelling the incredible value of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this discussion on data modelling, finance and investing in Bitcoin! 

We talk:

Influences in terms of Bitcoin

Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity

Impact of the halving

Challenges and problems with modelling Bitcoin

Finance and Investing theory and practice applied to Bitcoin

Plan B / @100trillionUSD Links: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD 

Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity - https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25

Stephan Livera links:

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James O’Beirne, Bitcoin Core Engineer at Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about the real nature of ‘power’ and control within Bitcoin. It’s not as simple as it might first seem! We talk about: 

Differing conceptions of ‘power’ in Bitcoin

Peer to peer network governance

Bitcoin Core development

Assume utxo

James O’Beirne links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesob 

Github: https://github.com/jamesob 

Chaincode labs: https://chaincode.com/ 

Discussed in episode: 

2019 Draft Paper by Angela Walch: Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3326244 

WBD089 - Angela Walch appearance on What Bitcoin Did podcast - https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/critiquing-bitcoin-with-angela-walch 

Assumeutxo: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-April/016825.html 

Stephan Livera links:

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Nik Bhatia CFA charter holder and Bitcoin-native financial theorist joins me for discussion on the Lightning Network Interest Rate (LNRR) - a concept on how Bitcoin Lightning Network participants can earn an interest through routing fees earned on the Lightning Network. We talk:

Background on Lightning Network and LNRR

Node Accrual Rate (NAR)

How LNRR and NAR will change with coming Lightning technology

Challenges to the concept as is

How it will evolve over time

Nik Bhatia links:

Nik Bhatia twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc 

Nik Bhatia Medium page: https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc 

Article - The Lightning Network Reference Rate: https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-lightning-network-reference-rate-98e41a9dadfa 

Also discussed: BitMEX Routing Fee Economics -   https://blog.bitmex.com/the-lightning-network-part-2-routing-fee-economics/ 

Stephan Livera links:

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Tuur Demeester, Bitcoin/Macro Investor and Writer, and Founding Partner of Adamant Capital joins us in a very important macro-economic and investment discussion on how to assess Bitcoin’s value through its past and into the future.

Bitcoin Outlook and Phases

Historical Bitcoin Valuation ideas

New Bitcoin Valuation ideas 

Bitcoin Full Reserve Banking

Tuur and Adamant Capital Links: 

Tuur Demeester Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester 

Adamant Capital Research Sign up Link: https://mailchi.mp/adamantcapitalfund.com/research_updates 

Adamant Capital website: https://www.adamantcapitalfund.com/ 

Adamant Capital article “A Primer on Bitcoin Investor Sentiment and Changes in Saving Behavior”: https://medium.com/@adamant_capital/a-primer-on-bitcoin-investor-sentiment-and-changes-in-saving-behavior-a5fb70109d32 

Stephan Livera links:

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LightningK0ala joins us to talk about his new Bitcoin Lightning powered online gaming venture, Koala Studio. We talk: 

How he got into Lightning development

Experiences with Satoshi’s Place

What he’s doing with Koala Studio

Future opportunities with Bitcoin Lightning gaming

Wishlist for Bitcoin Lightning development

Lightning K0ala and Koala Studio links: 

Lightning Koala twitter: https://twitter.com/@Lightningk0ala 

Koala Studio website: http://koalastud.io/ 

Koala Studio twitter: https://twitter.com/koalastud_io 

Stephan Livera links:

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Rodolfo Novak, Founder of Coinkite joins me to discuss ways to keep Bitcoin in line with its true cypherpunk values: 

Decentralizing Bitcoin’s communication networks

Alternative methods of sending, receiving, verifying Bitcoin transactions

Radio transmissions

Coinkite and physical bitcoin products

Rodolfo Novak links:

Rodolfo Novak twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk 

Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ 

Coinkite twitter: https://twitter.com/Coinkite 

Stephan Livera links:

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David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (yBitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine, Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network) joins me in this wide ranging conversation about Bitcoin over the years, and Bitcoin media: 

Journey over the years

Getting into Bitcoin media

Problems with ‘enterprise blockchain’

The ‘path back to Bitcoin’ for some people/companies

Bitcoin Magazine and the switch to Bitcoin focus

Bitcoin 2019 Conference - San Francisco June 2019

David Bailey links:

David Bailey twitter: https://twitter.com/davidfbailey 

yBitcoin: https://www.ybitcoin.com/ 

Bitcoin Magazine; https://bitcoinmagazine.com/ 

Let’s Talk Bitcoin: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ 

Bitcoin 2019 Conference: https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/ 

Sponsor link:

Lolli - Earn Bitcoin When you Shop: https://lolli.com/ 

Stephan Livera links:

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Askuwheteau and Ketominer of the nodl.it team join me to talk about the ‘plug and play’ Bitcoin Lightning full node hardware they are creating. We discuss: 

Bitcoin full node philosophy

Why they started a company

How to set up a Nodl device

Comparison with other plug and play node products

Future features coming

Askuwheteau, Ketominer & nodl links:

Askuwheteau’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAskuwheteau 

Ketominer’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ketominer

nodl Twitter: https://twitter.com/nodl_it 

nodl website: https://www.nodl.it/ 

nodl official store: https://shop.lightning-solutions.eu

Rise of the nodes medium post: article

Stephan Livera links:

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Dr Christian Decker of Blockstream, one of the world’s leading experts on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, joins Stephan to talk in-depth about Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories and Multi Party Channels. We talk about:

Why Channel Factories might be desirable in the future

Basic Overview

Technical breakdown

Risks

Interaction with other Bitcoin/Lightning technology

Technical Requirements

Future Outlook on Lightning Network

Christian Decker Links:

Christian Decker Twitter: https://twitter.com/snyke 

Christian Decker Github: https://github.com/cdecker 

Blockstream: https://blockstream.com/ 

Scalable Funding of Bitcoin Micropamyne Channel Networks Paper: https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/a20a865ce40d40c8f942cf206a7cba96/Scalable_Funding_Of_Blockchain_Micropayment_Networks%20(1).pdf 

Stephan Livera links:

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Chris Belcher, Bitcoin Privacy OG (JoinMarket, Electrum Personal Server) joins me in this must listen episode on Bitcoin Privacy fundamentals. Chris talks about multiple ways you can be deanonymised, as well as countermeasures available. We then talk more broadly about Bitcoin Privacy techniques. 

How your Bitcoin privacy can be broken

Different mechanisms and tools to defend your privacy in 2019

Chain analysis and what it relies on

JoinMarket

Electrum Personal Server

Chris Belcher links:

Chris Belcher Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_belcher_?lang=en 

Chris Belcher Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/belcher_ 

Bitcoin Privacy Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Privacy 

JoinMarket Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/JoinMarket 

Electrum Personal Server: https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server 

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