Claim OwnershipStephan Livera Podcast
Subscribed: 931Played: 52,100
Subscribe
© Stephan Livera
Description
Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. This is one of the leading podcasts in the space, and listening to this show is one of the fastest ways to learn and get up to speed on Bitcoin.
257 Episodes
Reverse
Matt Corallo of Square Crypto, and long time bitcoin developer (now more focused on lightning) joins me on the show to talk about Taproot Activation, as well as review some of the history and nuance of prior soft forks in Bitcoin. We discuss:
What is a fork
What are the benefits of Taproot
How the events of 2017 played out
Dynamics of soft forks
Taproot activation paths
Flag day vs forced signalling UASF style
LDK - Lightning Dev Kit
Links:
Twitter: @thebluematt
Lightning Dev Kit: LightningDevKit.org
Taproot links:
Article: Understanding LOT=true or LOT=false by Aaron van Wirdum
Article: Taproot Activation and the LOT Debate by Ben Kaufman
Site: TaprootActivation.com (Mining Pool consensus effort by Alejandro from Poolin)
Mailing list post: Summary of Taproot activation meeting on IRC 2/2/2021 by Michael Folkson
Relevant prior episodes:
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (including Bitcoin Magazine) rejoins me on the show to chat about the latest: Bitcoin 2021 is coming and it’ll be huge! We chat:
Bitcoin 2021 and the guests
The feeling of live conferences
Bitcoin Magazine content
Bitcoin’s growth in recent years
Bitcoin culture
David Bailey links:
Twitter: @DavidFBailey
Bitcoin 2021 conference
Bitcoin Magazine
UTXO Management
Prior episode:
SLP61 David Bailey – Refocusing on Bitcoin
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
1Gleb Naumenko, Bitcoin developer rejoins me to talk about his latest venture, The Label. We chat about:
Bitcoin development and consulting
Protocol development
Cross layer considerations
Bitcoin & Lightning attacks
Time Dilation attacks
CoinPool
Links:
Twitter: @ffstls
Site: The Label
Previous episode:
SLP164 Gleb Naumenko – erlay Bitcoin transaction relay
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Dario Sneidermanis, Founder of Muun Wallet joins me to talk about the advanced technological approach taken by his team. We chat about:
Muun as a single unified bitcoin + lightning balance
A different approach with mnemonics and backups
Lightning and channel management
Splicing
Use in Argentina and elsewhere around the world
Links:
Twitter: @esneider
Twitter: @muunwallet
Site: Muun.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to chat about what’s going on with the new Jade hardware wallet, updates on Liquid & Bitcoin Mining:
Jade hardware wallet
Blockstream Green
Why use Liquid vs Lightning
Blockstream Mining
Mining industry generally
Samson links:
Twitter @Excellion
Site: Blockstream.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
NVK, CEO of CoinKite joins me on the show to talk about hardware wallets, air gapped computers and all kinds of useful security questions. This episode will help you learn about the kinds of attacks possible against air gapped computers and hardware wallets, as well as bring some nuance and balance to the conversation about how people should use Bitcoin. We chat:
Locking down security
Attacks possible against air gapped computers
Multi sig vulnerabilities and standards
Helping newcoiners in the space
Balancing tradeoffs
NVK links:
Twitter: @nvk
Site: CoinKite.com (use code LIVERA)
BitcoinSecurity.Guide
Airgapcomputer.com
Other links:
Coinkite Coldcard vuln disclosure blog post
The Missing Multisig Standard
Bitcoin Secure Multisig Setup
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Dan Held rejoins me on the show to chat about HODL mindsets vs spending and mistakes made along the way. You’ll find a lot of value in this episode whether you are a new bitcoiner or an experienced hand. We chat:
HODL Mindset
Mistakes of spending and trading
Using Bitcoin collateralised loans
Property market for Bitcoiners
Where we’re going
Dan Held links:
Twitter: @danheld
Newsletter: danheld.substack.com
Youtube: Dan Held YouTube
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Saylor Academy Bitcoin For Everybody Course:
Saylor Academy Bitcoin For Everybody Course
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Andrew Henderson of Nomad Capitalist joins me on the show to talk about the benefits of nomad capitalism, using overseas residences and citizenships to obtain legal tax savings and increased freedom. We chat:
Huge tax savings possible
Risks and costs
Considerations for Bitcoiners
Being a nomad with a family
Jurisdictional competition
Adapting to a globally changing game
Andrew Henderson links:
Twitter: @nomadcapitalist
Portugal Golden Visa
Citizenship By Investment
Golden Visa EU residence programs
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant join me to chat about Open Crypto Alliance.
We talk:
Why IP laws are anti-liberty and anti-progress
How progress has been delayed by improper concepts of property rights
How Patent laws could hinder the Bitcoin industry
The asymmetry of attack vs defense here
How to stop overly broad patents
How to support OCA
Guest links:
Site: https://www.opencryptoalliance.org/
Stephan twitter: @NSKinsella
Jed twitter: @JediGrant
Prior episodes:
SLP15 – Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella
SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
lend.Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Compass Mining
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk about what governments will do to Bitcoin. We discuss:
Commonalities and differences with gold
What he’s learned since first buying Bitcoin
How governments may attempt to control Bitcoin
How some people will use Bitcoin in spite of control
Govt bans vs regulation
Building a movement
Godfrey Bloom's Links:
Twitter: @Goddersbloom
Website: godfreybloom.uk
Prior episode:
SLP217 Exploring Bitcoin With Godfrey Bloom
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Compass Mining
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Luke Gromen, founder of FFTT (Forest for the Trees) joins me to talk about his views on Bitcoin. We chat:
Bitcoin as store of value, medium of exchange bifurcated
Does Bitcoin recreate the Hunger Games?
Bitcoin as Smoke Alarm
US Govt debt
Why rates can’t rise?
Luke Gromen links:
Twitter: @LukeGromen
Site: FFT-LLC.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Have you wondered whether you should work in the Bitcoin industry or otherwise earn Bitcoin? Listen to this episode where Mandrik, OG Bitcoiner from 2011 joins me to share his stories of earlier days in Bitcoin. We chat:
Libertarians and Bitcoin
Early wallets
Working at Bitcoin companies in those days
Why earning will change your life
Links:
Twitter: @Mandrik
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Wiz and Simon of the mempool.space project join me to talk about how Bitcoin is evolving over time into a multi layered system. Mempool.space is a block visualizer and explorer that helps users target their fee levels and more. We chat:
How the mempool.space project started
The evolution of fees and bitcoin’s block space market
Mempool.space v2 launch
How fees might shift over time
Techniques for dealing with bitcoin confirmation
Future plans with mempool.space
Links:
Website: Mempool.space
Twitter: @mempoolspace
Twitter: Wiz: @wiz
Twitter: Simon: @softsimon_
Prior episodes:
SLP74 Wiz – Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners
SLP112 – Wiz and m52go – Bisq: Decentralised Bitcoin Trading
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Nik Bhatia, CFA, author and university lecturer (previously worked as a bond trader and at OpenNode) joins me to talk about Bitcoin and its role in a layered money world. We talk about the concept of money operating in layers and what this might look like going into the future. We also chat about the idea that Bitcoin could be the safest layer to operate at.
Nik Bhatia links:
Twitter: @timevalueofbtc
Book: Layered Money
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Bitcoin price has been rising and some argue that it is tracking along with the S2F model! Others argue that this is statistically invalid. PlanB, pseudonymous analyst and creator of the S2F and S2FX models rejoins me on the show to talk:
S2F and S2FX vs recent market action
Critiques and spurious correlations
Comparison with past cycles
PlanB’s thoughts on whether this is the final cycle
Macro factors - Tether and others
Negative rates
Cash and carry trade
Previous episodes:
SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) – Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques
SLP86 PlanB – Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
SLP122 PlanB – Responses to the S2F model
SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Jonas Schnelli, one of the Bitcoin Core maintainers joins me to talk about Bitcoin development, contribution, funding and the ecosystem of Bitcoin. We get into:
How contribution happens
How to deal with conflict as a maintainer
What rough consensus means
Taproot
Privacy
Lightning
Mining
Outlook for next 5 years
Jonas links:
Twitter: @jonasschnelli
Website: bitcoin.jonasschnelli.ch/
Github: github.com/jonasschnelli
Prior episodes:
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP229 John Newbery – Brink: Bitcoin DevelopmentJohn Newbery
SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution
SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)
SLP144 Steve Lee – Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
In the Bitcoin world, we say “Don’t Trust, Verify”. But do we do this with our hardware and hardware wallets? Andrew “bunnie” Huang is a hacker and open hardware activist, holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering. He joins me and Nicolas Dorier (as guest co host) to talk about his new project and how it could be used in the Bitcoin world, potentially as a fully open source bitcoin hardware wallet.
Links:
Website: Precursor.dev
Twitter: @bunniestudios
Twitter: @nicolasdorier
Prior episodes with Nicolas:
SLP48 Nicolas Dorier and BTCPayServer – self hosted Bitcoin and Lightning payments
SLP172 Nicolas Dorier & Kukks – P2EP Comes To BTCPay Server
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Jimmy Song and Robert Breedlove join me to talk about a new book they co-authored (with other authors) on Bitcoin and how it fixes fiat money. This new book is inspired by The Ethics of Money Production and Honest Money, which blends an austrian analysis of fiat money and fractional reserve banking, with a christian perspective.
Links:
Book: Thank God For Bitcoin
Jimmy Song: @jimmysong
Robert Breedlove: @breedlove22
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Jake Chervinsky, GC of Compound Finance joins me on the show to talk about Steven Mnuchin’s proposed new regulations for US Bitcoin companies and how to push back:
What the new regulation would do
Terminology ‘unhosted’ and self-hosted
Compliance burden and chilling effect
Can the regulations be pushed back?
Non-US customers of US businesses
FATF and how to push back
Jake's link:
Twitter: @jchervinsky
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
The market for high quality hardware wallets is becoming more competitive with new entrants over time. Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter of Foundation Devices join me to talk about their new upcoming product, Passport. Passport is fully air gapped (QR or microSD), PSBT, and designed with an open source mindset. We chat:
Zach and Ken’s history with Obelisk prior to Foundation
Overview of Passport
Features
Approach with software
QR air gapping
Seed Generation
Firmware updates
Pricing and Timing
Guest links:
Website: https://foundationdevices.com/ (code LIVERA for discount)
Twitter: @zachherbert
Twitter: @KenOfFoundation
Twitter: @FOUNDATIONdvcs
Relevant episodes:
SLP97 Michael Flaxman – Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks
SLP215 Michael Flaxman – 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig
SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States
That dashboard is amazing!
I love the strategies he uses to explain. I think I was overwhelming the people who I tried to explain how to get started to.
all I'm thinking all day is " Flex our monitoring muscles to weed out the bad actors" any one counted ??!
Great guests! Is the interviewer a 🤖?