Stephan Livera Podcast

Jeff Deist President of Mises Institute and I had a chat recently for the Human Action Podcast, and we discuss a few ideas about liberty, political freedom & economic freedom around the world: Exiting Australia Freedom indexes and where they may be falling down Political freedom contrasted with economic freedom Why social issues dominate Links: Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist Mis...

Gigi rejoins me on the show to talk about the problems of imprecise language and wording in Bitcoin: ‘Unhosted wallets’ terminology Bitcoin and warfare language Proof of Work and mining Links: Twitter: @dergigi Site: Dergigi.com Previous Episodes: SLP313 Gigi – USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time SLP140 Gigi – Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons  Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Len...

Christian Decker of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to talk about Greenlight, a node service by Blockstream. We chat about: Who it’s for Running a node online Backups Channel Management CLN v0.11 APO and eltoo Pinning attacks Layered commitments Christian Decker links: Twitter: @snyke ANYPREVOUT: BIP118 github cdecker Previous Episodes: SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN A...

Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, programmer) rejoins me to chat about how Airline Miles are the original altcoins and how there are similarities in the fiat mindsets around chasing miles/points, and altcoins. We discuss: Why the airline industry is the way it is Fiat mindset in miles chasers and DeFi chasers Altcoiners chasing airdrops and yield Secure property rights vs fuzzy property rights CTV Lin...

Evan Kaloudis joins me on the show to talk about building Zeus, a self sovereign Lightning Wallet for use with your own lightning node. Evan and I chat about using the LN today, and being a more sovereign lightning user. Building Zeus as a FOSS app Getting support and feature bounties Zeus community Interoperable standards Supporting multiple lightning implementations Privacy on LN - e.g. route bl...

Laolu Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about Taro. Taro is a new protocol and proposal by the Lightning Labs team for creation of stablecoins or other assets that can be built into the existing Bitcoin/Lightning network. We chat about how it works and what it could mean for Bitcoin. How Taro works Prior efforts e.g. coloured coins, Counterparty, RGB Benefi...

Adam O (DenverBitcoin) of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about the Bitcoin advocate community’s response to the ESG Mafia. Are there better ways to respond? We chat: ESG statistics and what would be better Bitcoin’s rising energy use and prominence Bitcoin Mining Council Carbon accounting dishonesty Is placating them a good strategy? Links: Twitter: @denverbitcoin Site: UpstreamData...

Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about another global organisation that has been making all kinds of anti-Bitcoin and anti-freedom statements in its research and proclamations. We chat: Who the IMF are and how they started What they think on Proof of Work “Financial Crime” “Transitioning to a low carbon economy” “Financial stability” Global corruption Links: Twitter: @sa...

Sergej Kotliar CEO of Bitrefill rejoins me on the show to talk about a big new feature coming to Bitrefill, the rebrand, and Bitcoin adoption more broadly. We chat: Culturally what does it take for Bitcoin adoption Inconvenient truths about who uses Bitcoin for payment What wallets people are actually using LN vs on-chain payment BIP21 Payment volume breakdowns Bill Payment in the US Capital Gains...

Max Keiser, Bitcoiner, financial broadcaster, investor and writer joins me on the show to talk about his adventures in El Salvador and investments in line with the global hyperbitcoinisation thesis. We chat: Living in El Salvador Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure El Zonte Capital and who’s involved Bitcoin Education Bitcoin Gaming Thoughts on Central African Republic Bitcoin City Links: Twitter...

Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital (previously Avon Ventures & Fidelity) joins me to talk about how and why Bitcoin Fees are low. After going through eras of higher fees, it might be puzzling as to why they’re low now. We talk: Which factors had the biggest impact SegWit Batching Lightning Network Less OP_Returns Less miner selling What might cause fees to rise in future L...

Daniel Frumkin of Braiins joins me on the show to talk about calculating Bitcoin Mining profitability and a load of topics: Braiins insights dashboard Stratum v2 benefits Profitability calculator Cost to mine calculator CAPEX or OPEX costs for mining? How to think about mining ROI Updates coming Links: Twitter: @dfrumps  Site: insights.braiins.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins...

Bitcoin QNA of Bitcoiner.guide joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Seeds and a new Seed Tool created with SuperPhatArrow. In this show you’ll learn a little bit about how your bitcoin wallet works in the background: Bitcoin and entropy Seed Words Passphrases Bitcoin wallets and addresses BIP85 BIP47 Stealth Addresses Education for newcoiners in the space Links: Site: https://bitcoiner.guide...

Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Lead Strategist at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about new lightning network developments and how Lightning network is growing: Experience of setting up LN at Kraken LN for day to day use not being big yet Millions of people plugged into Lightning Will LN node operation only be for pros? Long term fee / security arguments Thoughts on stablecoins vs Bitcoin Links: Tw...

Nate (aka BeefOrBacon1, also working at Voltage) joins me to talk about how to run a Bitcoin Lightning node. We get into all sorts of information while keeping it accessible for people relatively new to running a lightning node. Different lightning user types How to run your lightning node Different types of node: RPi, box, VPS How to manage channels Who to open channels with What tools you can us...

Anita Posch, bitcoin educator, podcaster and founder of Bitcoin For Fairness joins me on the show to talk about her recent trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia. We chat about: Why she went Crypto Scammers vs Bitcoin Education Bitcoin software and hardware Main hurdles to adoption Government views on Bitcoin p2p Bitcoin Links: @AnitaPosch bffbtc.org Bitcoin for Fairness - Anita Posch (L)earn Bitcoin Sponsor...

Max Hillebrand, a bitcoin and privacy educator, also working at ZKSnacks (the company behind Wasabi Wallet) rejoins me to talk about why ZKSnacks is implementing blacklisting, and working with chain surveillance firms. We disagree a lot in this one! But we chat: Wasabi Wallet default coordinator implementing censorship Coinjoin coordinator models comparison The contradiction between being anti sur...

Seth for Privacy joins me to chat about Bitcoin & Fungibility. We chat: Privacy and fungibility Practical real world difficulties of censoring Bitcoin and Monero community differences Technical and social reasons for not having protocol level privacy The hopes for application level privacy with tools like Samourai Wallet & Sparrow Wallet Growing the p2p bitcoin economy Links: Twitter: @set...

John Carvalho, Founder of Synonym joins me to talk about Slashpay and SlashTags, an ambitious attempt to dramatically smooth the process of exchanging bitcoin addresses or lightning invoices. What kind of things does this enable? We discuss: Competing standards in Bitcoin How it would work Updating and revocation of SlashTags What other things are enabled by this public keypair approach Why not us...

Rene Pickhardt, independent researcher and bitcoin/lightning educator rejoins me to talk about his new approach to massively improving lightning payments reliability, and the various trade offs: What the current approach is What Pickhardt payments are Constraints and trade offs Reliability and privacy trade offs Are there conflicts with other proposals to improve lightning network? Zero Base Fee R...

Giacomo rejoins me on the show to talk about the need for Bitcoin to be both Hard Money and Dark Money. In this show we talk about: What Dark Money means Why “Just use Monero” is not a satisfactory answer Use of atomic swap services or other Can compliance bros kill Bitcoin? Global KYC capture risk - would it create a minority chain soft fork? Why NgU is still important Links: Twitter: @giacomozuc...

Have you wondered about the progress of Bitcoin in Africa? Abubakar Nur Khalil, Bitcoin Core contributor, on the board of BTrust and also of Recursive Capital joins me on the show to talk about: Bitcoin core contribution and developer training/mentor process Qala Bitcoin in Africa & education B Trust Recursive Capital and investing in African Bitcoin companies Links: Abubakar’s Twitter: @ihate...

Lili joins me to talk about her journey of learning about Bitcoin and using it privately. We chat about: Trade offs of KYC vs Non-KYC coins How to acquire non KYC coins Staying private through the lifecycle of using Bitcoin Bitcoin for donations Canadian Trucker Bitcoin Wasabi and ZkSnacks debacle thoughts Links: Twitter:   @Marketsbylili Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining B...

Lawrence Lepard (Investment Manager, Austrian Economist) of Equity Management Associates joins me on the show to chat about living through the burning house of fiat money. We chat: What’s changing in the world today and why so many took it for granted The insecurity around property rights Holding paper assets vs physical assets Change in monetary order Economic ignorance in the world today Links:...

Darin Feinstein, Founder of Core Scientific (Bitcoin Mining) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin as an upgrade on some very old accounting technology and what it could mean for our future. We get into: Learning about Bitcoin Bitcoin mining narratives - FUD and facts Bitcoin’s importance for liberty Challenges to Bitcoin fungibility Bitcoin for human rights EU Proof of Work ban? The path for...