Stephan Livera Podcast
By Stephan Livera
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Fabian
Aug 10, 2019
Awesome, educational podcast. He goes into a lot of depth and has the ability to still make the talk interesting and give some relation to why this stuff is important. Highly recommended!
Lord Bless'ya
Jul 10, 2019
Great show, Livera is a natural approaching Austrian Economics and Bitcoin, enabling for great interviews with deep insights
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SLP101 Rodolfo Novak - Coldcard by Coinkite
3676
Rodolfo Novak (CEO CoinKite) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the Coldcard from Coinkite. We talk about:
Rodolfo Novak and Coldcard links:
SLP Hardware Wallet Interview Series: Sponsor links:
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Aug 24, 2019 |
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SLP100 Pavol Rusnak (Stick) - Trezor One and Model T by SatoshiLabs
4011
Pavol Rusnak aka Stick, CTO of SatoshiLabs (the company behind Trezor) joins me in this episode to talk about his journey creating the world’s first bitcoin hardware wallet. We talk about:
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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SLP99 Andrew Chow - Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT
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Andrew Chow, Bitcoin Core developer at Blockstream joins me in this episode to talk about his work on HWI - Hardware Wallet Interface and PSBT - Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions. We discuss the benefits of PSBT and Hardware Wallet Interface in making Bitcoin’s user interface better for users who want to do multi sig or interact with hardware wallets using Bitcoin Core. We talk:
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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SLP98 Rusty Russell and Joe Netti - Can Lightning Network Scale to a Million Channels?
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So Bitcoin’s Lightning Network exists and works today. Can it scale up to a million channels? Rusty Russell (Blockstream Elements Project, working on c-lightning and the Lightning Spec) and Joe Netti (recently interned at Blockstream) join me to talk about their work on the Million Channels Project. We talk about:
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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SLP97 Michael Flaxman - Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks
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Michael Flaxman, Bitcoin Educator and Developer joins me in this episode (part of the SLP Hardware Wallet Interview series) to talk about the current state of Bitcoin Hardware Wallets. This episode is a must listen to learn the differences between some of the current popular Hardware Wallets, and give you a framework on how to think about Hardware Wallet security. This will help you think more clearly about how to secure your own bitcoins. We talk:
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SLP Hardware Wallet Series link: https://stephanlivera.com/slp-hardware-wallet-interview-series/ Sponsor links:
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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SLP96 Max Hillebrand - Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies
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Max Hillebrand, Bitcoin educator and World Crypto Net broadcaster joins me in this newbie episode to target about good practices with Hardware wallets and what we should think about. We talk:
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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SLP95 Aleks Svetski - Clashing Visions
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Aleks Svetski (CEO and co-founder Amber) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the clash of visions:
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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SLP94 Roy Sheinfeld - Lightning Network Services for the Masses
3770
Roy Sheinfeld, CEO of Breez Technology joins me to talk about his view of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. We touch on a number of topics:
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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SLP93 Raoul Pal - Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin
3546
Raoul Pal (CEO RealVision and Global Macro Investor) joins me in this episode to discuss the Global Macro risks that he sees, and his perspective on Bitcoin. We talk about the stage of the business cycle that we are in, problems faced by individuals and corporates, and Raoul’s views on Bitcoin. Raoul Pal and Realvision links:
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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SLP92 Britt Kelly - BTCPayServer documentation, translation & Newbie tips
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Britt Kelly joins me for the fourth and final episode in the BTCPayServer interview series. Britt and I chat about:
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SLP BTCPayServer series link: https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/ Sponsor links:
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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SLP91 Kukks - BTCPayServer architecture and BTC transmuter
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Episode 3 in the BTCPayServer series! Kukks, BTCPayServer developer and contributor joins me in this episode to talk about his work. We talk about the way BTCPayServer is structured, and also about the BTC Transmuter (aka fiat bridge), enabling merchants to take Bitcoin payment via BTCPayServer, but receive fiat through an interface with a Bitcoin exchange. We talk:
Kukks links:
SLP BTCPayServer series link: https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/ Sponsor links:
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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SLP90 Pavlenex - BTCPayServer for Merchants
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Episode 2 of the SLP BTCPayServer series! Pavlenex (BTCPayServer contributor and Operator of BitcoinShirt.co) joins me to talk about his journey in becoming a bitcoiner, and becoming a BTCPayServer contributor. We talk:
See the other interviews in the series: https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/ Pavlenex links:
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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SLP89 Rockstar Dev - BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and Rockstarism
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Rockstar Developer joins me to talk about his experiences in open source development, working on BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and his philosophy of Rockstarism. We talk:
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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SLP88 Conner Brown - Bitcoin is Money, not Payments
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Conner Brown joins me in this episode to talk about his journey of learning about Bitcoin and why Bitcoin should be thought of as money, not payments. We talk about:
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Ministry of Nodes:
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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SLP87 Per Bylund - The Problem of Production
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Assistant Professor and Records-Johnston Professor of Free Enterprise at Oklahoma State University, at the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, and Fellow at the Mises Institute - Per Bylund joins me in this episode to talk about his book on the theory of the firm:
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
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SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening? PlanB rejoins me in this anticipated follow up episode discussing his stock to flow data modelling of Bitcoin’s valuation. The first episode was hotly downloaded and discussed online, so this time we talk about whether the recent bullish price action is a reflection of speculators front running the May 2020 Bitcoin block subsidy halving. Don’t miss this episode!
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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SLP85 Sergej Kotliar - Building Bitcoin’s Circular Economy
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Sergej Kotliar (CEO Bitrefill) rejoins me in this episode recorded at Bitcoin2019 Conference in San Francisco to talk about his views on the ‘store of value first’ narrative in Bitcoin. Is there a need to build a Bitcoin circular economy now? Sergej also offers some reflections on the situation with the bitcoin fee market, and provides an update on what’s happening at Bitrefill. Topics:
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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SLP84 Stepan Snigirev - Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
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Stepan Snigirev, Quantum Physicist and CTO of CryptoAdvance joins me in this episode to talk about the Quantum threat to Bitcoin, and we also talk about Bitcoin Hardware Wallets. This interview was recorded in person in San Francisco just prior to the Bitcoin2019 conference. Topics covered:
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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SLP83 Conner Fromknecht - Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers in depth
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Conner Fromknecht Head of Cryptographic Engineering at Lightning Labs, joins me to go in depth on Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers. Understand how Bitcoin’s Lightning Network keeps channel participants honest and how Watchtowers can help:
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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SLP82 Alena Vranova - Data privacy in a digital age
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Alena Vranova, Head of Strategy at Casa joins me in this episode to talk about the challenges we’re all facing with keeping our data secure, as well as what Casa are doing. We talk:
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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SLP81 Dan Held - Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine
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Dan Held, Co-Founder of Interchange rejoins me in this episode to talk about the long term security of Bitcoin as it transitions to transaction fee (away from block subsidy). We discuss whether this will be a problem, or whether Bitcoin will be OK.
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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SLP80 Richard Myers - Bitcoin Incentivised Mesh Networking with Lot49
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Richard Myers of Gotenna and Global Mesh Labs joins me to talk about a new way to improve mesh networking with the use of bitcoin payments to provide incentive for message and packet routing. We talk:
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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SLP79 Misir Mahmudov - Bitcoin, Inequality & Morals
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Misir Mahmudov (Bitcoin writer and working Operations at Adaptive Capital) joins me in this episode to talk:
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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SLP78 Samourai Wallet - Welcome to the Dojo
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A co-founder of the Bitcoin privacy focused wallet, Samourai Wallet, rejoins the show in this fantastic episode to talk about the many updates since last time on the show (SLP29):
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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SLP77 Kalle Rosenbaum - Grokking Bitcoin: it’s not just for developers
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Kalle Rosenbaum (author, developer and bitcoin consultant) joins me in this episode to discuss his new book, Grokking Bitcoin. We talk:
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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SLP76 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
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Vijay Boyapati, Bitcoin economic commentator, joins me to talk about:
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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SLP75 Giacomo Zucco - There is only one Bitcoin (Newbie episode)
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Giacomo joins me again in this episode to explain for newbies why there is only one Bitcoin. We cover common points of confusion that newbies and outsiders to Bitcoin may not grasp:
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May 31, 2019 |
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SLP74 Wiz - Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners
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Wiz, Bitcoin OG from Tokyo (and creator of the “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner” browser extension) joins me in this episode to discuss his career, how to build your own ISP, and also, a new way to help mitigate social attacks on Bitcoin. We talk:
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May 28, 2019 |
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SLP73 Tamas Blummer - Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science
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Tamas Blummer, Bitcoin developer and entrepreneur with a long and respected background in Bitcoin joins me in this must-listen, wide ranging episode to talk about:
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May 23, 2019 |
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SLP72 Eric Voskuil - Fractional or Full Reserve Banking? and Jurisdictional Arbitrage
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Eric Voskuil (lead developer of libbitcoin and Cryptoeconomics author) joins me to talk about his views on Austrian economics, Murray Rothbard, Fractional vs Full Reserve Banking. We also chat about “Jurisdictional Arbitrage” from his Cryptoeconomics github pages. Eric Voskuil links:
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May 20, 2019 |
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SLP71 Stephan Livera - Intro to Bitcoin Austrian thought
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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:
Make sure you share this episode with your friends who are struggling to understand Bitcoin! Links:
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May 15, 2019 |
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SLP70 Matt Odell - Putting Bitcoin into practice for noobs
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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:
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May 06, 2019 |
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SLP69 Saifedean Ammous - How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios
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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:
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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SLP68 Joost Jager - Lightning Loop Out/In, and Lightning Network Criticisms
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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:
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Apr 20, 2019 |
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SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) - Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques
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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:
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin
3465
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:
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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SLP65 Nik Bhatia: Bitcoin Lightning Reference Rate and Node Accrual Rate
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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:
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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SLP64 Tuur Demeester - What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework
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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.
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Mar 30, 2019 |
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SLP63 LightningK0ala - Bitcoin and Lightning enabled online gaming
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LightningK0ala joins us to talk about his new Bitcoin Lightning powered online gaming venture, Koala Studio. We talk:
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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SLP62 Rodolfo Novak - Keeping Bitcoin Cypherpunk
3541
Rodolfo Novak, Founder of Coinkite joins me to discuss ways to keep Bitcoin in line with its true cypherpunk values:
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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SLP61 David Bailey - Refocusing on Bitcoin
3481
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:
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Mar 23, 2019 |
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SLP60 Askuwheteau & Ketominer of nodl - Plug and Play Bitcoin Lightning Nodes
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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:
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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SLP59 Christian Decker - Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories
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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:
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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SLP58 Chris Belcher - Defending Bitcoin Privacy
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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.
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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SLP57 Alex Adelman, Founder of Lolli - How Newbies Can Earn Bitcoin
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Alex Adelman, CEO and Founder of Lolli joins me to talk about How Newbies Can Earn Bitcoin. We'll be discussing:
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Mar 09, 2019 |
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Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger
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Max Keidun and Roman Snitko (CEO and CTO of Hodl Hodl) join me to talk:
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Mar 02, 2019 |
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SLP55 Shinobi (Brian_Trollz)
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Shinobi (aka Bitcoin Twitter character @Brian_Trollz) joins me in this episode to discuss a range of topics:
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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SLP54 Justin Camarena of Bitrefill - Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management
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Justin Camarena of Bitrefill joins me to talk about his journey with Bitcoin Lightning development and pioneering Bitcoin Lightning payments at Bitrefill. We discuss:
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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SLP53 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - On Bitcoin Maximalism
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Andreas M. Antonopoulos (best-selling author, speaker and bitcoin educator) joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin Maximalism as contrasted with a multicoin view. Andreas and I disagree and present clashing visions. We also discuss other points such as whether Bitcoin challenges central banking more specifically, or banking generally. Andreas M. Antonopoulos links:
Episode Sponsor BUIDL Bootcamp:
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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SLP52 Jack Dorsey & Elizabeth Stark - Bitcoin: Native Currency of the Internet
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Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter & Square) & Elizabeth Stark (CEO of Lightning Labs) join me to talk about the vision of Bitcoin as native currency of the internet. Bitcoin's principles, resilience, and being 'of the internet' are what make it special. In this special episode we discuss:
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann - Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin
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Dr Guido Hülsmann, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and Economics Professor at the University of Anger, France, joins me in this very special episode. We talk about government monetary intervention compared with a free market in money. We discuss many topics:
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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SLP50 Rui Gomes & João Almeida of OpenNode - Helping merchants take Bitcoin Lightning Payments
2947
Rui Gomes & João Almeida (CTO, co-founder) of OpenNode join me in this episode to discuss why they turned down Roger Ver's $1.25M, as well as the vision of OpenNode in enabling Bitcoin & Lightning payments. Topics include:
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Feb 02, 2019 |
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SLP49 Marty Bent - Bitcoin content creation and curation, and 'mainstream' Economics
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Marty Bent, host of the Tales From the Crypt podcast, and editor in chief of Marty's Bent joins me in this episode. We talk about Bitcoin content creation and curation, and also touch on the shifts in thinking from 'mainstream' economics required to understand Bitcoin. Marty Bent links:
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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SLP48 Nicolas Dorier and BTCPayServer - self hosted Bitcoin and Lightning payments
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Nicolas Dorier, a Bitcoin developer, joins me in this episode to talk about the open source project he started, BTCPayServer. BTCPayServer allows you to start accepting Bitcoin payments with 0% fees & no third-party. It is built with security, privacy and censorship-resistance at its core. We cover:
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Jan 20, 2019 |
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SLP47 Giacomo Zucco - Custodial LN, Altcoins, Financialisation, Attacks on Bitcoin
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Giacomo Zucco, well known Bitcoin advocate, Supremo of BHB Network, and bitcoin consultant/teacher joins me in this episode. We talk:
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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SLP46 Sjors Provoost - Bitcoin Core Dev, Hardware Wallet Support, Fungibility
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Sjors Provoost (Bitcoin Core developer) joins me to discuss a range of topics:
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Episode Ad/Sponsor: BUIDL Bootcamp with Justin Moon
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
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Jeff Deist joins me to discuss Bitcoin and the application of Austrian economics in understanding Bitcoin. Topics:
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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SLP44 Aleks Svetski, CEO of Amber - Blind Excesses, Crypto, Bitcoin
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Aleks Svetski (CEO, co-founder of Amber) joins me in this fiery episode to talk about the blind excesses of 'Crypto' over the last few years and more: - Crazy excesses that we saw over the last few years Aleks and Amber links: - Amber website: https://getamber.io/ Stephan links: - Website: http://stephanlivera.com/ |
Jan 03, 2019 |
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SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa
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Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk & CTO of Casa, joins me in this episode to discuss a range of topics:
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Dec 29, 2018 |
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SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy
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Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, Cypherpunk & Cryptographer, and inventor of hashcash (cited in Bitcoin's whitepaper) joins me in this episode. We talk about the new update to Blockstream satellite, Tim May and Bitcoin Privacy.
Topics:
- Blockstream satellite background
- How Blockstream satellite works
- Making Lightning payments to deliver encrypted messages via satellite
- The need for censorship resistance
- Tips on setting up Blockstream satellite
- Thoughts on Tim May's recent passing
- Pay 2 End Point
- Confidential Transactions and associated tradeoffs
- Quantum Computing and Quantum Resistant Crypto
- Other privacy improvements coming to Bitcoin
- Technical Fundamentals of Bitcoin
Adam Back & Blockstream Links:
Blockstream satellite page: https://blockstream.com/satellite/
Elements Project page: https://elementsproject.org/
Adam’s website: http://adam3.us/
Adam’s twitter: https://twitter.com/@adam3us
Stephan links:
website: https://stephanlivera.com/
twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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SLP41 Dhruv Bansal of Unchained Capital - Bitcoin Dust in the Machine, and Bitcoin Financial Service
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Dhruv Bansal, Chief Science Officer of Unchained Capital joins me to talk about some of his data science analytical work on Bitcoin's blockchain, and also how Unchained Capital are thinking about Bitcoin financial services. We discuss how Bitcoin enables entirely different delivery of financial products and services. One example of this is the new feature, Collaborative Custody.
Topics:
- Blockchain as heat engine
- How much 'dust' there is and how much it costs to move
- Bitcoin Financial Services
- How Unchained Capital differentiates itself from other crypto lending businesses
- Collaborative custody
- Bear market blues
- Future vision of Bitcoin financial services
Dhruv & Unchained Capital Links:
Bitcoin Data Science Part 3: Dust in the Engine: https://blog.unchained-capital.com/bitcoin-data-science-pt-3-dust-in-the-engine-615dd51f49
Dhruv’s twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal
Unchained Capital site: https://www.unchained-capital.com/
Stephan Links:
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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SLP40 Vijay Boyapati - Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
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Vijay Boyapati (Software Developer, Austrian Economist) joins me to discuss his 2010 article, "Why Credit Deflation Is More Likely Than Mass Inflation". Find out where economics commentators were getting it wrong immediately post the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, and ways to think about Bitcoin in the coming years.
Vijay Links:
Article discussed: http://libertarianpapers.org/articles/2010/lp-2-43.pdf
Vijay's Twitter: https://twitter.com/@real_vijay
Stephan Links:
Website: www.stephanlivera.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs
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Laolu aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs joins me in this episode to talk about some of the latest developments with Bitcoin's Lightning Network:
- Lightning Summit (Adelaide, Australia Nov 2018)
- AMP
- Splicing
- Probing
- Wumbology (large channels)
- Neutrino
- Wishlist for changes in Bitcoin Core
- What products/services should be built on Lightning
- What's coming up for Lightning Labs
- Outlook for Lightning Network over the next year
- How you can get involved
Laolu links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/roasbeef
Github: https://github.com/roasbeef
Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/
LND Developer site: https://dev.lightning.community/
Stephan links:
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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SLP38 Per Bylund - The size of firms
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Per Bylund (Assistant Professor at OSU and Fellow of Mises Institute) joins me to discuss how some firms today are larger than what they would be under a free market. The impact of regulation and ways to assess competition in a market are discussed. We also touch on the confusion about scarcity and 'post scarcity'.
Per Bylund Links:
Per’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerBylund
Per’s website: http://perbylund.com/
Per’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Per-L.-Bylund/e/B00LMNLBCU
Entrepreneur articles: https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/per-bylund
Stephan Livera:
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
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Dec 08, 2018 |
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SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit
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Rene Pickhardt, a Bitcoin/Lightning educator, and rising star in the world of Lightning joins me to talk about the Lightning Network. We discuss:
- How he got into Lightning
- Involvement in the Pirate party
- The recent Lightning Summit in Australia
- Upcoming Lightning tech
- Routing
Rene Pickhardt Links:
Rene’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/renepickhardt
Rene’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/renepickhardt
Rene’s Github: https://github.com/renepickhardt
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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SLP36 Justin Moon - Teaching Bitcoin HODLers to code @ BUIDL Bootcamp
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Justin Moon (Founder/Instructor, BUIDL Bootcamp), joins me in this episode to discuss how he came into Bitcoin recently and started doing presentations, Bitcoin application coding and now teaching Bitcoin development to students. We talk about non traditional paths to careers such as software development, and also talk through the structure of BUIDL Bootcamp.
Justin links:
BUIDL Bootcamp: https://buidlbootcamp.com/
Justin Moon Twitter: https://twitter.com/_JustinMoon_
Justin Moon Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLp4OswuHySZZ3zrVBIoDjg/videos
Stephan:
Website - https://stephanlivera.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Patreon - http://patreon.com/stephanlivera
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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SLP35 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
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Pierre Rochard (Noded Podcast, Nakamoto Institute, Bitcoin Advisory) joins me in this episode to talk about his new Bitcoin Lightning "Power" Excel Plugin, which allows you to tinker with Lightning right inside MS Excel! We also talk about his recent experience at the Chaincode Lightning Residency, and various other topics on what kind of work is needed in Bitcoin & Lightning.
Pierre Links:
Pierre’s Lightning Power Users: https://www.lightningpowerusers.com/
Pierre Rochard Lightning Residency write ups: https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/day-1-of-the-chaincode-labs-lightning-residency-ab4c29ce2077
Noded Podcast: https://noded.org/
Nakamoto Institute: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/
Stephan Livera podcast links:
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/35
Subscribe on Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320
Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera
Follow/Message me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/stephanlivera
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Nov 24, 2018 |
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SLP34 Dan Held - Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation
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Dan Held (Co-Founder Picks & Shovels) has been writing influential articles and joins me in this episode to share his perspectives on being in Bitcoin for 6 years. We discuss what the real narrative was around Bitcoin in the early days, and how some Bitcoin Heroes turn and become Bitcoin Villains. We also discuss how to survive in Bitcoin, as well as broader investment discussion on what 'capitulation' looks like in a Bitcoin bear market.
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Nov 17, 2018 |
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SLP33 Kara Haas - Bitcoin & Crypto Audit and Accounting
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Kara Haas, CPA joins me to discuss Bitcoin auditing and accounting. Especially in relation to Tether, there are many people confused about what an audit is, versus an attestation. And with the Bitmain IPO, some confusion on the correct accounting treatment for Bitcoin. As an accountant and auditor in the field, Kara is able to shed some light on this.
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Nov 10, 2018 |
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SLP32 Rigel (CoinsureNZ), Relaying Bitcoin transactions with TxTenna for censorship resistance
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Rigel Walshe (aka CoinsureNZ) joins me to talk about his recent viral adventures in sending Bitcoin transactions without internet on the device itself. His recent stories lit up social media and showed real world usage of TxTenna, a collaboration between GoTenna (mesh networking) and Samourai Wallet (Bitcoin wallet project focused on privacy).
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Nov 04, 2018 |
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SLP31 Bitcoin & Crypto eating the world, with Patri Friedman
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Patri Friedman, MD of Zarko Investment Group and a leader in the seasteading movement joins me to talk about how Bitcoin & Crypto will enable greatly freer markets around the world. We talk about Bitcoin maximalism, Crypto parallels with the dotcom bubble, jurisdictional competition, seasteading and start up cities, law as technology, and more. We also discuss David Friedman's thoughts on Bitcoin & Crypto, and what Patri's late grandfather, Milton Friedman, would have thought on Bitcoin.
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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SLP30 Bitcoin-backed loans and financial services, with Zac Prince of BlockFi
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Zac Prince, Founder and CEO of BlockFi joins me in this episode to talk about the incredible benefits of Bitcoin as collateral for USD loans. We talk about the 'double whammy' of how it can be used to minimise capital gains taxes, and get an interest deduction on the use of funds. Bitcoin also makes it easier to provide global debt financing in countries where it has traditionally been difficult to operate USD lending.
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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SLP29 - Samourai Wallet, Bitcoin privacy software that Silicon Valley would never build
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One of the pseudonymous founders of Samourai Wallet joins me in this exciting episode to talk about Bitcoin privacy techniques that are applied within the wallet and upcoming improvements to their Bitcoin wallet app. Anyone interested to learn more about how Samourai Wallet helps protect privacy will truly enjoy this episode.
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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SLP28 - Cyphernode Bitcoin API, with Francis Pouliot and Etienne Larrivee of Satoshi Portal
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Francis Pouliot and Etienne Larrivee (CEO Satoshi Portal and Lead Developer Cyphernode), join me to talk about their newly released open source Bitcoin self-hosted API allowing you to more easily build Bitcoin services and applications. This enables businesses and users to reduce their reliance on commercial Bitcoin APIs, while still offering advanced features and utilities.
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, with Steve Barbour of Upstream Data
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Steve Barbour (Founder, Upstream Data) joins me to discuss how he is turning stranded natural gas into Bitcoin mining hashes. His HashGen product uses low value natural gas to improve the economics for Canadian Oil and Gas facilities, while powering Bitcoin mining ASICs. In this discussion we also talk about the 'bitcoin energy use is wasted' narrative, and how bitcoin mining was centralised in the past, but is now decentralising.
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Oct 20, 2018 |
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SLP26 - Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa
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Jeremy Welch (Founder of Casa) joins me in this episode to talk about crafting a business around the concept of safely storing bitcoin. We talk about the ethos of Casa, designing services for a sovereign individual, securing top tier talent, and Casa products.
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Oct 13, 2018 |
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SLP25 - Taking Bitcoin Lightning Payment, and 'earner adoption', with Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill
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Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill joins me to discuss taking bitcoin and lightning payments as an online merchant. We talked about the challenges and benefits of doing this, particularly in how lightning network simplifies the user experience and reduces errors. In the second part of the episode, we talk about 'earner adoption' - the idea that bitcoin's ecosystem can grow from people earning it.
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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SLP24 - Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet & Bitcoin Privacy, with Adam Ficsor (nopara73)
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Adam Ficsor (nopara73), a Bitcoin privacy developer and CTO of zkSNACKs joins me to talk about his new wallet, Wasabi Wallet. We talk about:
Privacy being for everyone
Comparison with other privacy projects, such as Monero, or other Bitcoin mixing services
ZeroLink framework
How your Bitcoin Privacy can be broken
How chain analysis works
What Wasabi Wallet does to break chain analysis heuristics
Upcoming Wasabi Wallet launch
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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SLP23 - Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and Lightning Development, with Rusty Russell of Blockstream
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Rusty Russell, a well known and respected Bitcoin Lightning developer at Blockstream joins me in this episode. We talk about his article, The Three Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and discuss the Lightning Network for Bitcoin. Lastly, Rusty draws from his prior experience as a Linux kernel developer to contrast Linux development with Bitcoin and Lightning development practices and culture.
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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SLP22 - Unnecessary crypto-tokens and Bitcoin/Lightning development, with Udi Wertheimer
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Udi Wertheimer (Bitcoin software developer) joins me to discuss the use of unnecessary crypto-tokens, why some people do it, the use of non-crypto tokens in gaming, unnecessary blockchains, #reckless lightning development, and what he is looking forward to in Bitcoin and Lightning.
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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SLP21 - Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Educator, Developer and Entrepreneur
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Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Educator, Developer, and Entrepreneur) joins me in this episode to discuss his recent debate with Roger Ver, and in the second half we also discuss Blockchain skepticism. We separate the signal from the noise on 'enterprise blockchain' technology by discussing the true costs and difficulties involved, and then discuss some alternatives to 'enterprise blockchain'.
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Sep 15, 2018 |
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SLP20 - Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream
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Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream (leading provider of blockchain technologies) joins me in this episode to discuss a variety of topics:
Bitmain IPO, mining centralisation
Errors of cryptocurrency 'diversification'
When it makes sense to use a blockchain, when it doesn't
Why Blockstream builds mostly on bitcoin
Blockstream products Cryptocurrency Data feed, and Liquid network
Privacy
Bitcoin Fee Market
Samson's Hat sales and blog
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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SLP19 - The Bitcoin Ecosystem, with Vortex (Jeffrey)
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Vortex (Jeffrey), a software developer and well known bitcoin YouTuber joins me in this episode to talk about the Bitcoin ecosystem. This interview is targeted for newbies to bitcoin, to help them understand the key components of the Bitcoin ecosystem. We also discuss: the Cryptocast network, the role of nodes in Bitcoin, Bitcoin development, his course Programming with Bitcoin, Fintech vs FinUI, and his outlook for the future.
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Sep 08, 2018 |
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SLP18 - Pioneering Bitcoin/Lightning Payments in Australia, with Daniel Alexiuc (CEO Living Room of Satoshi)
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Daniel Alexiuc (CEO of Living Room of Satoshi) joins me in this episode to discuss how he is pioneering Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments in Australia, both on his website LROS, and also as a partner with Travel By Bit. We discuss: his viral video using LN to buy a coffee in Brisbane airport (May 2018), why blockchains aren't a good payment system, use of both C-Lightning by Blockstream and Lnd by Lightning Labs, crypto payment volumes increasing, use of BTCpay, and outlook for the future.
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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SLP17 - Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
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Vijay Boyapati (Software engineer, Austrian economist) and I discuss the coming Bitmain IPO, the economic errors behind BCash, rumours of Facebook entering Crypto, reframing scarcity, hard money in earlier times, and how Bitcoin might fare in a broader market crash.
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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SLP16 - Keeping Bitcoin Simple, with Beautyon (Akin Fernandez)
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Akin (Beautyon_) and I discuss what led him to Bitcoin, his Bitcoin business Azteco, stances on Bitcoin and regulation, the importance of keeping Bitcoin simple, Open source software versus closed source software, and Samurai Bitcoin wallet.
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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SLP15 - Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella
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Stephan Kinsella, Intellectual Property lawyer, and libertarian advocate joins me in this episode to discuss:
His story with bitcoin
Money as Sui Generis Good
The imprecise application of Lockean property theory
Why you can't own bitcoin, but it probably doesn't make a big difference anyway
The harmful effects of patents and copyright
'Internet Censorship' as it relates to property rights and ownership of private social media platforms
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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SLP14 - Lightning Hack Day, with Jeff Gallas of Fulmo
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Jeff Gallas is the Founder of Fulmo and lead organizer of #LightningHackDay. We talk about the community of pioneers who are building lightning applications, and related hardware. We also talk about the upcoming Lightning Hack Day on September 1st.
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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SLP13 - Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset, with Fernando Ulrich, Austrian Economist
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In this episode, we talk through emerging market currency crises, and his new 5 part article series on Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset. We contrast differing monetary views, why it doesn't make sense to spend bitcoin right now, Medium of Exchange vs Method of Payment, and fallacies of 'Medium of Exchange only' cryptocurrencies.
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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SLP12 - Bitcoin Mining and Energy, with Hass McCook
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Hass McCook and I discuss the Bitcoin mining market and his recent research, "The Cost and Sustainability of Bitcoin". We cover key bitcoin mining metrics, bitcoin mining cost price ranges, the Bitcoin Price - Mining Hash Rate relationship, the evolution of bitcoin mining over the past 3 years, and compare Bitcoin mining costs vs Gold mining.
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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SLP11 - Bitcoin's Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
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Pierre Rochard (co-founder Nakamoto Institute, co-host Noded podcast) and I talk through Bitcoin's Decentralised Governance. This is the process by which Bitcoin's rules are decided, implemented, and enforced without having a central authority.
Some topics covered:
The different parties involved
Network Governance
Bitcoin has no central authority
Process of Research, Proposal, Implementation, Deployment, Enforcement
Schelling Points
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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SLP10 - Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu
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Nic Carter and Hasu join me to discuss the multitude of changing visions of Bitcoin, and also a Transaction Batching analysis they performed. We discuss how the narratives and attitudes in Bitcoin have changed over time as different constraints surfaced. In the second half, we discuss bitcoin transaction batching, and more appropriate ways to think about the number of bitcoin transactions.
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Aug 11, 2018 |
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SLP9 - Lightning UX and Routing, with Bryan Vu
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Bryan Vu, VP of Product at Lightning Labs joins me in this episode to sketch out a vision of what Lightning Network may evolve into. We discuss Lightning User Experience and Routing, and the benefits to users, merchants and exchanges.
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Aug 11, 2018 |
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SLP8 - Bitcoin Monetary Evolution, with Murad Mahmudov
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Murad and I explore a range of economic thought about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in a fascinating interview discussing the path to Bitcoin as 'monetary winner'. As a prolific writer and analyst in Bitcoin, Murad is very well read and articulate. We discuss: His articles, how Bitcoin is ushering in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, a framework for monetary Store of Value criteria, and more.
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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SLP7 - Earning Interest on Bitcoin's Lightning Network, with Nik Bhatia
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In this episode with Nik Bhatia, we talk about the potential for forming capital markets on top of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, by calculating an interest rate (LNRR - Lightning Network Reference Rate) based on the routing fees earned in staking BTC to Lightning Network payment channels.
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Aug 04, 2018 |
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SLP6 - Fiat Money as 'fad diet', with Bitstein
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In this episode with Bitstein, we break down Paul Krugman's errors in his NYT "Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic" column, as well as other topics:
Mischaracterisation of what money's purpose is
Krugman's 'nirvana fallacies' in money
Why fiat money is an aberration and more akin to a 'fad diet' than bitcoin or gold are
Why Everyone Is a Scammer and the Scammer heuristic
Bitcoin Maximalism - is it descriptive or prescriptive?
UNIX philosophy
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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SLP5 - Bitcoin in Beijing and common errors in 'Crypto', with Neil Woodfine
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In this episode with Neil Woodfine, we talk about the changing face of Bitcoin education and common errors in reasoning about Bitcoin and 'token economics'. Some topics we touch on:
Bitcoin in Beijing
Bitcoin education in the early days vs Bitcoin/Crypto education now
Incentives of unnecessary tokens
Bitcoin is not 'backed by' stored energy
Intolerance of bitcoin versus it merely being a superior money
Skin in the game of Bitcoiners versus other projects such as Ethereum
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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SLP4 - Why Bitcoin and not the others, with JW Weatherman
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In this collaboration episode with JW Weatherman, we talk about some of the reasons why Bitcoin is best, versus the altcoins. We also discuss some of the security flaws and problems with the design and execution of altcoins such as: Bcash, EOS, Ethereum, Ripple, Monero, Zcash
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Jul 29, 2018 |
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SLP3 - Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard
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Pierre Rochard joins us in this incredible episode to discuss the case for investing in Bitcoin. Pierre shares insights and thoughts from his years of being in the Bitcoin space, and offers improved ways of thinking about Bitcoin investment.
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Jul 29, 2018 |
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SLP2 - How Bitcoin "mentally captures" people with Vijay Boyapati
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In this episode with Vijay Boyapati, we discuss economics of Bitcoin. Most interesting is the concept that over time, more and more people are being 'mentally captured' by Bitcoin. Some other points discussed:
Bitcoin progressing through stages of 'moneyness'
Hype cycles of bitcoin
HODL'ing as freeriding
Confidence in Bitcoin
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Jul 28, 2018 |
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SLP1 - Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist
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Stephan interviews Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economics Professor and author of The Bitcoin Standard. In this podcast episode we take a deep dive into the case for Bitcoin as sound money, and what is potentially the hardest money the world has ever seen.
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Jul 23, 2018 |