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:

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

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

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

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

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
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• Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera 

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:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
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• Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera 

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:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
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• Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera 

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:

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

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
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• Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera 

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 

Stephan Livera links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
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• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqPIrJSzHyyJpmH6wnxVxA?view_as=subscriber 
• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ 
• Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera 

Alex Adelman, CEO and Founder of Lolli joins me to talk about How Newbies Can Earn Bitcoin. We'll be discussing: 

• Psychology around bitcoin today 
• Earning vs buying 
• Privacy & security in a custodial world 
• Merchant & consumer adoption 
• Self sovereign, personal banking 

Alex Adelman and Lolli Links: 

• Alex Adelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexadelman 
• Lolli: http://lolli.com/ 
• Lolli twitter: https://twitter.com/trylolli 

Stephan Livera links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
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• Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LMckDmlehyc 
• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ 
• Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera 

Max Keidun and Roman Snitko (CEO and CTO of Hodl Hodl) join me to talk:

• Why they started Hodl Hodl, a P2P exchange
• How Hodl Hodl is different from the typical Bitcoin exchange
• Education of users
• Volume trends
• Prediction market announcement
• Baltic Honeybadger conference 2019

Max, Roman, Hodl Hodl & Baltic Honeybadger Links:

• Max Keidun: https://twitter.com/keidunm 
• Roman Snitko: https://twitter.com/romansnitko 
• Hodl Hodl: https://hodlhodl.com/ 
• Hodl Hodl twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlhodl 
• Baltic Honeybadger 2019: http://bh2019.hodlhodl.com/ 

Stephan Livera links:

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

Shinobi (aka Bitcoin Twitter character @Brian_Trollz) joins me in this episode to discuss a range of topics: 

• Problems with using Litecoin for paying with things
• Confidential Transactions and the different approaches
• The push for smaller blocks
• Different approaches to scaling
• Problems with sidechains and drivechains

Shinobi / Brian Trollz links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/brian_trollz 
• BlockDigest YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb53lXz2IzEFT5JNHSbdvPg

Stephan Livera links:

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

• Learning Lightning development
• Pioneering Lightning payment at Bitrefill in the #reckless early days
• Bitrefill Thor service
• Lightning Channel Management
• Thoughts on Lightning custodial wallets
• What Lightning Network can enable

Justin Camarena Links:

• Justin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/juscamarena 
• Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/ 
• Bitrefill Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitrefill 
• Bitrefill Thor lightning service link: https://www.bitrefill.com/thor-lightning-network-channels/

Other links mentioned:

• Turbo Channels: https://medium.com/@akumaigorodski/instant-channels-enable-safe-lightning-payments-with-unconfirmed-funding-8d640defa183 
• Alex Bosworth Channel Management talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPIB6jt6ww 

Stephan Livera links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
• Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2 
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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:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop 
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aantonop 
• Website: https://antonopoulos.com/ 

Episode Sponsor BUIDL Bootcamp:

• Website: https://buidlbootcamp.com/

Stephan Livera links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
• Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2 
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• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ 

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:

• How Jack came to understand Bitcoin and view it as potentially the native currency of the internet
• Why everyone is so excited about the Lightning Network
• Lightning Torch
• Square and the Cash App
• Twitter & Bitcoin
• Future internet business models possible with Lightning Network
• Bitcoin as foundational to the internet and society

Jack Dorsey Links:

• Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@jack
• Square: https://squareup.com/
• Cash App: https://cash.app/

Elizabeth Stark Links:

• Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@starkness
• Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/
• Lightning Labs Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@lightning

Stephan Livera links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
• Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2 
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• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera 
• Tallycoin (BTC/LN donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/ 
• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ 

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:

• The process of government monetary intervention and deterioration in quality of money
• Which kind of monetary intervention is worst?
• Interaction of reserve requirements with capital requirements
• How businesses and banking differ in a free market economy versus our fiat money economy
• The tendency towards one most saleable good or money, even within the cryptocurrency world
• Comments on 'stock to flow' ratio and hard money
• Dr Hülsmann's economics book recommendations for listeners

Dr Guido Hülsmann links: 

• Website: http://www.guidohulsmann.com/
• Guido Hülsmann's The Ethics of Money Production: https://mises.org/library/ethics-money-production 
• Murray Rothbard’s What Has Government Done To Our Money?: https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money 
• Hans-Hermann Hoppe How Is Fiat Money Possible?: https://mises.org/library/how-fiat-money-possible-or-devolution-money-and-credit 
• Ludwig von Mises Theory of Money and Credit: https://mises.org/library/theory-money-and-credit 
• Huerta de Soto Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles:  https://mises.org/library/money-bank-credit-and-economic-cycles 
• Philipp Bagus In Defense of Deflation - https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319134277

Stephan Livera Links: 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera 
• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ 
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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: 

• Background on OpenNode
• Service structure and fees
• Rejecting Roger Ver's $1.25M offer and why
• Why OpenNode is Bitcoin-only
• Comparison of OpenNode with self-hosted BTCPayServer approach
• How users can set up
• Getting tech support
• Plans over the next year or so
• Growth markets for Bitcoin Lightning payment

OpenNode Links:

• OpenNode invite link (affiliate link): https://app.opennode.co/join/1b454baa-b233-45c0-8f0a-13893d4ae960 
• OpenNode website: https://www.opennode.co/ 
• OpenNode twitter: https://twitter.com/opennodeco 
• Rui Gomes Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruigomeseu 
• João Almeida Twitter: https://twitter.com/joaodealmeida94 

Stephan Links: 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera 
• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ 
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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:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent
• Marty's Bent Newsletter: martysbent.com 
• Tales from the Crypt Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt 
• TFTC21 Podcast twitter account: https://twitter.com/TFTC21

Stephan Livera links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
• BTC/LN donation: https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

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:

• Why Nicolas started BTCPayServer
• What BitPay did to drive Nicolas to start his own open source version
• Cost and ease of setting up BTCPayServer
• Hardware node products that can be configured with BTCPayServer built in
• Upcoming BTCPayServer features such as fiat exchange
• How you can get involved

Nicolas Dorier & BTCPayServer links:

• Nicola Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolasDorier 
• BTCPayServer website: https://btcpayserver.org/ 
• BTCPayServer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpG9WL6TJuoNfFVkaDMp9ug 
• BTCPayServer Github: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver 
• BTCPayServer Twitter: https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer 
• BTCPayServer Slack: http://slack.btcpayserver.org/ 

Stephan Livera links:

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

Giacomo Zucco, well known Bitcoin advocate, Supremo of BHB Network, and bitcoin consultant/teacher joins me in this episode. We talk:

• His Bitcoin 'rage quit'!
• The recent trend of Lightning Network custodial wallets, and whether this is on net a good or bad thing
• Thoughts on altcoins - are some of them honest, good faith efforts? Might they be technologically interesting, but still not monetarily relevant?
• Bitcoin financialisation - Does Bitcoin need financialisation or does finance need Bitcoin?
• Attacks on Bitcoin that may come

Giacomo links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco 
• Giacomo’s ‘rage quit’ thread: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco/status/1084411808734240769 
• The B: https://theb.foundation/ 
• BHB Network: https://www.blockchainlab.it/ 

Stephan links: 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera 
• Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ 
• Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera 
• Tallycoin (BTC/LN donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/ 

Sjors Provoost (Bitcoin Core developer) joins me to discuss a range of topics: 

• Bitcoin Core Development and Review 
• Working towards hardware wallet support in Bitcoin Core
• Sjors' article, "A Crime on Testnet" - with privacy & fungibility implications

Sjors Links: 

• Sjors Twitter: https://twitter.com/@provoost
• “A Crime on Testnet”: https://medium.com/provoost-on-crypto/a-crime-on-testnet-6d95ede8da03 

Episode Ad/Sponsor: BUIDL Bootcamp with Justin Moon

• Learn to code Bitcoin: https://buidlbootcamp.com/

Jeff Deist joins me to discuss Bitcoin and the application of Austrian economics in understanding Bitcoin. Topics: 

• Market selection of money
• The potential for a hard money standard to restrict govt spending
• Why Austrian Economists are split on Bitcoin
• Why credit would be much tighter under a hard money standard
• The deflation and 'hoarding' argument - dispelled
• The educational strategy pursued by the Mises Institute
• Jeff's recommended Austrian economics books for Bitcoiners

Jeff Deist and Mises Institute links:

• Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
• Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
• Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises

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
- STO's - Security Token Offerings
- "Crypto Traders"
- "Crypto Hedge Fund Managers"
- Bitcoin as asymmetric bet
- Dollar Cost Averaging
- Amber and the service offering

Aleks and Amber links: 

- Amber website: https://getamber.io/
- Aleks Twitter: https://twitter.com/AleksSvetski
- Article "A world full of Blind Excess": https://hackernoon.com/a-world-full-of-blind-excess-b7fb42357d43 

Stephan links:

- Website: http://stephanlivera.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera 
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera
- Tallycoin (BTC/Lightning donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk & CTO of Casa, joins me in this episode to discuss a range of topics:

• What he's working on right now @ Casa
• "Who controls Bitcoin Core?", the article by Jameson
• 2018 Year in Review, thematically and by statistics
• Bitcoin storage and multi signature solutions
• Bitcoin helping enable individual sovereignty
• Grin & Beam 
• Maintaining privacy with a Bitcoin transaction

Jameson Lopp links:

• Jameson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lopp
• "Who Controls Bitcoin Core?": https://medium.com/@lopp/who-controls-bitcoin-core-c55c0af91b8a
• Jameson's Bitcoin Resources page: https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html
• Casa: https://keys.casa/
• Statoshi: https://statoshi.info/

Stephan Livera links: 

• Site: http://stephanlivera.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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'.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.