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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.
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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:
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1Jonas 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
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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
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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
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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
Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard rejoins me on the show to talk about his upcoming book, The Fiat Standard. We chat about how the fiat standard started, and the propaganda that they use to maintain it.
Saifedean links:
Site: Saifedean.com
Twitter: @saifedean
Previous episodes:
SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean and Alex Gladstein
SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset
SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
SLP69 Saifedean Ammous – How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios
SLP1 – Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist
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
Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures, author and podcaster in the space joins me to talk about stablecoins.
What are stablecoins?
Who uses them?
What kind of volumes are we talking about?
What kind of platform risks are involved?
Are they bullish or bearish for Bitcoin?
STABLE act
Outlook for stablecoins going forward
Nic Carter links:
Twitter: @nic__carter
Castle Island Ventures
Relevant episodes:
SLP10 – Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu
SLP219 Nadav Kohen – What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He’s also author of 15 books, including The Ascent of Money. Niall and I chat:
Bitcoin as a store of value
The pandemic and impacts on how we use money
Debt around the world and in history
What’s in our financial future
Niall Ferguson links:
Twitter: @nfergus
Website: niallferguson.com
Article: Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Ron Paul, libertarian former congressman and presidential candidate, joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Libertarianism and Freedom in Money.
Ron Paul Links:
Twitter: @ronpaul
Site: RonPaulLibertyReport.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about where we’re at in the cycle. We talk through:
Possible valuations for bitcoin
Common misunderstandings
Errors people make in bull runs
Why Bitcoin is not tulips
Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome
Vijay links:
Twitter: @Real_vijay
Bullish case for bitcoin
Prior episodes:
SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘mentally captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy joins me to talk about how Bitcoin is emerging as a new store of value. We discuss misconceptions on bitcoin, the impact of the constant low key influx of new capital, gold vs bitcoin, concentration of bitcoin, and the broader macro environment we find ourselves in.
Lyn Alden links:
Lynalden.com
Twitter: @Lynaldencontact
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
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Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance), and renowned hardware wallet maker rejoins me on the show to talk about Specter DIY and Specter Desktop updates. We chat:
Why make your own
Security model vs other HWWs
Airgapping with QR
Use in multi sig setups
Specter Desktop updates
Links:
Specter DIY github: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
Specter store: https://specter.solutions/shop/specter-shield/
Stepan Twitter: @StepanSnigirev
Prior episodes:
SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
We’re all bullish on bitcoin, but will transactions take place on Lightning Network or other layers and tech? Udi and Eric join me on the show to discuss.
Monetary demand for bitcoin
How much payment demand is there?
Privacy, custody and other trade offs
Stablecoin payment demand
Platform risks of ETH
Links:
Udi Wertheimer: HaveFunStayingPoor.com
Eric Wall: @ercwl
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
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John Newbery joins me to talk about his new bitcoin research and development center, Brink. John is a regular Bitcoin Core contributor, works on Bitcoin Optech, started PR Review Club, and mentors new bitcoin core developers. In this show we talk:
Why Brink
Priorities for development
Mentoring new developers
Bitcoin development culture
John Newbery links:
Twitter: @Jfnewbery
Site: Brink.dev
Other episodes mentioned:
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
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Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin joins me to talk about:
Her pathway to learning about Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s current status in the market
Funding Bitcoin development
Focus and priorities for development
Identifying talent
Links:
Hong Fang: @hfangca
Developer grants: https://developergrant.okcoin.com/
Relevant episodes:
SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Bitcoin Magazine
Hodl Hodl
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
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Will Bitcoin enable the Sovereign Individual thesis to play out? Or will the state successfully find some counter to retain the level of taxation, surveillance and control that they currently enjoy? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler join me on the show to debate.
Links:
Twitter: @breedlove22
Parallax Digital: Parallax Digital
Twitter: @lawlerpalooza
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Knox Custody
Bitcoin Black Friday
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
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What is DeFi? Should it be a thing in Bitcoin or is that just an altcoin gambling thing? Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl joins me to talk about Bitcoin DeFi and Hodl Hodl’s new product, Lend. We talk:
Bitcoin DeFi
Hodl Hodl Lend
Opening up a whole new lending market
Risks
Costs
How it might develop
Max Keidun links:
Twitter: @keidunm
Hodl Hodl
Prior episodes:
SLP56 Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger
SLP166 Max Keidun – P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
Bitcoin Black Friday
Stephan Livera links:
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You’re probably familiar with Bitcoin node packages, so what’s different here with Embassy and EmbassyOS? Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland of Start9 Labs join me to talk about shifting to a more personally sovereign paradigm, and what kinds of technology and hardware can take us there. We talk about:
What EmbassyOS is
What’s different vs bitcoin node packages
Integrating Lightning into EmbassyOS
Private messaging
Set up
Where we’re going
Links:
Start9 Labs
Matt Hill: @MattHill
Aiden McClelland: @_dr_bonez
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Hodl Hodl Lend
Bitcoin Black Friday
Stephan Livera links:
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What are some common errors that people make when learning how to self custody? Should you use multi signature? Where does NVK agree / disagree with Michael Flaxman? NVK, CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to discuss this and more.
Bitcoin multi signature
Bitcoin backups and walletsrecovery.org
Bitcoin security
Blockclock Mini
BitcoinTreasuries.org
Nvk's Links:
Twitter: @NVK
Site: coinkite.com (use code LIVERA for discount)
bitcoinsecurity.guide
Walletsrecovery.org
bitcointreasuries.org
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
Knox Custody
Cyphersafe (code LIVERA)
Bitcoin Magazine
Stephan Livera links:
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Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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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 🤖?