Stephan Livera Podcast

Stephan Livera Podcast

Stephan Livera

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. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.

Bitcoin Scaling, 'Ossification' and OP NEXT with Will Foxley | SLP637

Bitcoin Scaling, 'Ossification' and OP NEXT with Will Foxley | SLP637

Will Foxley, co-founder of BlockSpace Media and host of the Mining Pod chats with Stephan about the need for a dedicated Bitcoin media publication, the upcoming OP NEXT conference focused on scaling Bitcoin, and the importance of fostering conversations among Bitcoin developers, miners, and institutions. Will shares insights on the ossification debate within the Bitcoin community and the role of public Bitcoin miners in shaping the future of Bitcoin. The conversation also emphasizes the need for

Feb 24, • 1:00:44

Financialization of Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard | SLP636

Financialization of Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard | SLP636

Stephan and Pierre discuss the evolving landscape of Bitcoin, focusing on the dichotomy between securitization and tokenization. They explore the regulatory environment, the challenges of Bitcoin adoption, and the implications of volatility on investor behavior. The discussion also touches upon the financialization of Bitcoin and the misconceptions surrounding tokenization of real-world assets, ultimately questioning the value created through such processes.They also discuss the risks associated

Feb 18, • 1:13:19

650M+ People Reached on Lightning with Dan O'Prey and Danny Stagg | SLP635

650M+ People Reached on Lightning with Dan O'Prey and Danny Stagg | SLP635

The episode focuses on the evolving narrative of Bitcoin, emphasizing its role as a medium of exchange rather than just a store of value. Dan & Danny explore the advancements in the Lightning Network, the challenges of user adoption, and the importance of awareness in driving Bitcoin's integration into both crypto and fiat worlds. The discussion highlights the potential for Lightning to facilitate peer-to-peer transactions and the future of Bitcoin swaps with stablecoins. Dan & Danny als

Feb 14, • 51:49

The Rise of Bitcoin Banks with Nicolas Burtey | SLP634

The Rise of Bitcoin Banks with Nicolas Burtey | SLP634

Stephan and Nicolas discuss the evolution of Bitcoin banking, the role of Galoy, and the impact of regulatory changes on the Bitcoin ecosystem. They explore the differences between Bitcoin and fiat banking, the potential for local and global Bitcoin banks, and the future of Bitcoin custody and lending. The discussion also touches on the challenges posed by regulations and how recent changes may open up opportunities for banks to offer Bitcoin services. Nicolas also discusses Lana - a platform de

Feb 10, • 59:11

Bitcoin for Companies: Risks, Rewards & Real Use Cases with Mason Carter | SLP633

Bitcoin for Companies: Risks, Rewards & Real Use Cases with Mason Carter | SLP633

Mason Carter, co-founder of Acropolis, chats about the adoption of Bitcoin in corporate treasury management. Stephan & Mason discuss the challenges faced by businesses in managing their treasury, the role of Bitcoin as a potential solution, and the importance of custody and regulatory considerations.  Mason also shares insights on how companies can get started with Bitcoin, the impact of recent accounting changes, and the future of Bitcoin in banking. They then conclude the conversation wi

Feb 6, • 45:30

Myths & Realities surrounding The Federal Reserve with Julian and Peruvian Bull | SLP632

Myths & Realities surrounding The Federal Reserve with Julian and Peruvian Bull | SLP632

Julian and Peruvian Bull join Stephan to discuss the origins of the Federal Reserve - its creation in 1913 and its implications on the economy. They explore the recent awakening of public awareness regarding economic disparities exacerbated by COVID-19 and the role of central banking in these issues.  The discussion contrasts the historical significance of 1913 with the events of 1971, emphasizing the Federal Reserve's influence on monetary policy and the illusion of free markets.  They al

Jan 31, • 57:16

Emergency Keys & Inheritance with Ben Kaufman | SLP631

Emergency Keys & Inheritance with Ben Kaufman | SLP631

In this conversation, Ben Kaufman discusses the evolving relationship between Bitcoin and government, the implications of political engagement for Bitcoiners, and the advancements in self-custody technology.  He introduces Miniscript, a programming language for Bitcoin that enhances the flexibility of spending conditions, and explores innovative use cases, particularly in inheritance planning. The discussion also emphasizes the evolving landscape of Bitcoin self-custody, focusing on the securi

Jan 27, • 1:04:57

A Different Tradeoff with Bitcoin Lending? With Andrew Hohns of Newmarket Capital | SLP630

A Different Tradeoff with Bitcoin Lending? With Andrew Hohns of Newmarket Capital | SLP630

Andrew Hohns discusses the maturation of Bitcoin collateralized finance, the unique characteristics that make Bitcoin an exceptional form of collateral, and the innovative financing model of Battery Finance. In this conversation, Andrew also discusses the complexities of capital markets, the challenges posed by inflation for credit investors, and the potential of Bitcoin as a transformative tool in structured finance.  He emphasizes the importance of understanding investor needs, managing risk

Jan 25, • 1:02:39

SLP629 If You Can Drive, You Can Self Custody Bitcoin with NVK

SLP629 If You Can Drive, You Can Self Custody Bitcoin with NVK

In this episode, NVK, co-founder and CEO of CoinKite, discusses the fundamentals of Bitcoin self-custody. He covers the importance of self-custody, the different forms of Bitcoin ownership, the significance of private keys, best practices for securing Bitcoin, and tips for choosing the right hardware wallet. NVK highlights that self-custody is a high-responsibility activity and provides practical advice for managing Bitcoin securely. Stephan & NVK discuss the trade-offs associated with dif

Jan 22, • 48:40

Correcting BBC misinformation on Bitcoin with Susie Violet Ward | SLP628

Correcting BBC misinformation on Bitcoin with Susie Violet Ward | SLP628

In this episode, Susie Ward discusses her advocacy for Bitcoin in the UK, focusing on media misrepresentation and regulatory challenges. She critiques the BBC's negative coverage of Bitcoin, highlighting the importance of accurate information and the impact of misinformation on public perception.  The conversation then shifts to the FATF travel rule, exploring its implications for privacy and the ineffectiveness of traditional financial regulations in combating money laundering. Susie emphasiz

Jan 16, • 51:37

The Impact of FATF on Global Banking with OpnState | SLP627

The Impact of FATF on Global Banking with OpnState | SLP627

In this conversation, OpnState shares his journey from a disillusioned banker to a policy advisor focused on compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) laws. He discusses the complexities of financial regulations, the erosion of individual rights, and the impact of global standard-setting bodies like the FATF on national sovereignty. OpnState emphasizes the presumption of guilt in financial transactions and the challenges posed by compliance culture, while also addressing the future of self-ho

Jan 14, • 1:11:43

Bitcoin 2025 Guide: Wallets, Nodes & Merchants with BTC Sessions & K3tan | SLP626

Bitcoin 2025 Guide: Wallets, Nodes & Merchants with BTC Sessions & K3tan | SLP626

In this episode of SLP, the discussion revolves around the advancements in Bitcoin hardware and software, focusing on wallet recommendations for beginners, the trade-offs between different types of wallets, and the importance of hardware wallets for securing Bitcoin.  Ben & K3tan share their insights on when to transition from software to hardware wallets, the significance of recovery processes, and the evolving landscape of Bitcoin tools and options available to users.  They also discuss v

Jan 12, • 1:07:53

Can Bitcoin Transform Suriname’s Economy? with Maya Parbhoe | SLP625

Can Bitcoin Transform Suriname’s Economy? with Maya Parbhoe | SLP625

Maya Parbhoe, a presidential candidate from Suriname and Bitcoin advocate, shares her journey as an entrepreneur and her vision for her country. She discusses the challenges Suriname faces, including economic issues, corruption, and the lack of a capital market.  Maya emphasizes the potential of Bitcoin to transform the economy and governance in Suriname, advocating for decentralization and transparency to combat corruption. She outlines her plans for a technocratic government and the importan

Jan 2, • 57:02

Power Law and Bitcoin's Growth with Giovanni Santostasi | SLP624

Power Law and Bitcoin's Growth with Giovanni Santostasi | SLP624

In this conversation, Giovanni Santostasi shares his insight about the power law and its application to Bitcoin. Giovanni starts with his journey of discovering Bitcoin, his background in data analysis, and how he applies scientific methods to understand Bitcoin's behavior. The discussion delves into the concept of power laws, their prevalence in nature, and how they can be used to model various phenomena, including economic systems.  Giovanni critiques traditional economic models and emphasiz

Dec 23, 2024 • 1:46:35

Exploring Nostr and Primal 2.0 with Miljan SLP623

Exploring Nostr and Primal 2.0 with Miljan SLP623

In this conversation, Miljan from Primal discusses the significant updates in the Nostr protocol and the launch of Primal 2.0. The discussion covers the evolution of Nostr, the introduction of a feed marketplace that empowers users, and the diverse communities forming around the platform. Miljan highlights the new features of Primal 2.0, including long-form content capabilities, advanced search functionalities, and the ethical monetization model of Primal Premium. The conversation emphasizes t

Dec 16, 2024 • 54:50

The Evolution of Alby with Michael Bumann | SLP622

The Evolution of Alby with Michael Bumann | SLP622

Bumi & Stephan explore the evolution of Alby from a browser extension to a self-custodial Lightning wallet, Alby Hub. The conversation delves into the integration of Nostr for self-sovereign digital identity, security considerations for browser extensions, and the role of LSPs in channel management.  Bumi explains the architecture of Alby Hub, its user experience, and pricing models, emphasizing the importance of integrating Bitcoin into various applications. They also discuss the cost str

Dec 5, 2024 • 1:00:22

The Dynamics of Bitcoin's Price Growth with PlanC and Sminston | SLP621

The Dynamics of Bitcoin's Price Growth with PlanC and Sminston | SLP621

PlanC and Sminston to discuss the power law as it applies to Bitcoin. They explore the implications of power law on Bitcoin's price, volatility, and market dynamics, emphasizing its predictive capabilities and the diminishing returns over time. The conversation focuses on the technical aspects of power law, its historical accuracy, and potential factors that could disrupt its validity. The hosts also touch on the S-curve phenomenon in Bitcoin adoption and the overall health of the Bitcoin mark

Dec 2, 2024 • 1:07:06

BDP and BOSS Program with Matthew Zipkin and Stacie Waleyko SLP620

BDP and BOSS Program with Matthew Zipkin and Stacie Waleyko SLP620

Matthew Zipkin and Stacie Waleyko discuss the current state of Bitcoin open source development, the various layers of Bitcoin development, and the need for more contributors in the ecosystem. They emphasize the importance of education and innovative approaches to learning Bitcoin development, sharing success stories from their programs aimed at increasing participation in the Bitcoin community. In this conversation, Matthew and Stacie also share their insights on the various ways individuals c

Nov 28, 2024 • 49:03

Power Law, Bitcoin & MicroStrategy with Sina | SLP619

Power Law, Bitcoin & MicroStrategy with Sina | SLP619

Sina, COO and co-founder of 21st Capital, discusses the application of power law in understanding Bitcoin's growth. He explains how his empirical research led to the development of a power law model that accurately describes Bitcoin's historical price behavior. The discussion delves into the mechanisms behind this model, the reliability of its predictions, and the impact of market maturity on Bitcoin's growth trajectory.  Sina also introduces quantile models to provide a probabilistic view of

Nov 25, 2024 • 1:03:29

Debunking Climate Myths with Tom Nelson | SLP618

Debunking Climate Myths with Tom Nelson | SLP618

Tom Nelson discusses the misconceptions surrounding climate change, particularly the belief that carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary driver of climate change. He argues that this notion is a significant part of a larger narrative that has been perpetuated for decades, leading to alarmism and extreme policies.  The discussion also touches on the evolution of climate catastrophism, the implications of the net zero agenda, and the role of media and funding in shaping public perception. Nelson emp

Nov 22, 2024 • 57:12

Seasteading: A New Way to Live with Joe Quirk SLP617

Seasteading: A New Way to Live with Joe Quirk SLP617

Joe Quirk, president of the Seasteading Institute, discusses the innovative concept of seasteading, which proposes creating floating societies on the ocean as a solution to the limitations of land-based governance. Quirk shares his personal journey into the world of seasteading, drawing parallels between cruise ships, Burning Man, and the potential for self-governing communities at sea. He explores the practicalities of building seasteads, the challenges faced, and the legal frameworks necessa

Nov 19, 2024 • 1:06:01

Bitcoin Consensus with Steve Lee and Lyn Alden | SLP616

Bitcoin Consensus with Steve Lee and Lyn Alden | SLP616

Steve and Lyn delve into the complexities of Bitcoin consensus, discussing the motivations behind their project analyzing consensus risks in protocol upgrades. They explore the technical and economic aspects of Bitcoin, the evolution of its consensus mechanisms, and the various stakeholder groups involved in decision-making processes.  The discussion also highlights the importance of awareness among Bitcoin users regarding potential changes and the historical context of contentious changes in

Nov 16, 2024 • 1:15:07

Should You Move to El Salvador? With Roman Martinez SLP615

Should You Move to El Salvador? With Roman Martinez SLP615

Roman Martinez, Lexi & Stephan discuss the evolving real estate landscape in El Salvador, particularly in the context of Bitcoin adoption. They explore the motivations of various buyers, the impact of recent changes in infrastructure and regulations, and the unique challenges and opportunities present in the market. The conversation also touches on the importance of trust in real estate transactions and the varying expectations of foreign buyers regarding property quality and development. Le

Nov 14, 2024 • 1:01:25

Shaping Bitcoin's Future in UK with Freddie New SLP614

Shaping Bitcoin's Future in UK with Freddie New SLP614

In this conversation, Freddie New, general counsel at The Little Car and Head of Policy at Bitcoin Policy UK, discusses the evolution of Bitcoin regulation in the UK. He highlights the historical context of regulatory attitudes, the role of the Law Commission in recognizing Bitcoin as property, and the challenges posed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  The conversation also touches on banking access issues, the impact of fraud concerns, and the future of Bitcoin custodianship. They al

Nov 11, 2024 • 1:14:54

Bitcoin Space Denver with Eric Yakes and Tyler Stevens SLP613

Bitcoin Space Denver with Eric Yakes and Tyler Stevens SLP613

Eric Yakes & Tyler Stevens join me to discuss their efforts to build a Bitcoin-focused community in Denver through various events, educational initiatives, and sustainable financial practices.  Summary In this episode, Stephan Livera hosts Eric Yakes and Tyler Stevens to discuss the burgeoning Bitcoin community in Denver and their initiative to establish a dedicated Bitcoin space. They explore the dynamics of the local Bitcoin scene, the vision behind creating a community-driven hub, and t

Nov 6, 2024 • 45:51

PlanB Forum Lugano 2024 interviews SLP612

PlanB Forum Lugano 2024 interviews SLP612

Here are some short interviews I did while at Lugano Plan B on a range of topics, from bitcoin ossification to block size, government regulation, the latest state of wallets, and mining decentralization with: Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro  (01:01) - Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Expert (07:30) - John Carvalho, CEO at Synonym (12:51) - Sponsors (15:05) - Dennis Porter, CEO & Co-Founder Satoshi Action Fund (24:58) - Ben, Host of BTCsessions (31:54) - Sponsor (32:50) - Luke Dashjr, CTO OCEAN Mining (37:5

Oct 29, 2024 • 47:33

Bitcoin Core Projects with Fabian Jahr and Gloria Zhao SLP607

Bitcoin Core Projects with Fabian Jahr and Gloria Zhao SLP607

Fabian Jahr and Gloria Zhao rejoin me to discuss whether big projects can be done inside Bitcoin core. We delve into AssumeUTXO, ASMap, developer funding, and meritocracy in the developer community. Summary In this episode, Stephan discusses the upcoming Bitcoin Core version 28, its new features, and the ongoing development efforts with Fabian and Gloria. They delve into the pace of change within Bitcoin Core, the importance of communication and collaboration in software development, and the c

Oct 26, 2024 • 1:02:54

Avoid Bitcoin Scams with Keith Gardner SLP611

Avoid Bitcoin Scams with Keith Gardner SLP611

Summary In this conversation, Keith Gardner from Branta, discusses the importance of security in Bitcoin transactions. Keith shares his background in engineering and how he became involved in Bitcoin after recognizing the complexities and risks associated with traditional finance.  The discussion covers common phishing and address replacement attacks, the innovative solutions offered by Branta to enhance transaction security, and the future of Bitcoin in relation to mobile integration and priv

Oct 23, 2024 • 54:15

Fractional Reserve Banking, Islamic Finance & Bitcoin with Harris Irfan SLP610

Fractional Reserve Banking, Islamic Finance & Bitcoin with Harris Irfan SLP610

Harris Irfan, CEO Cordoba Capital Markets & Advisor at @OnrampMENA joins me to discuss challenges and opportunities within Islamic finance, ethics of finance in business and the intersection of Islamic finance and Bitcoin. Harris highlights building a financial system focused on real economy transactions, sharing insights on finance, custody, and Bitcoin investment.  Summary In this conversation, Harris Irfan discusses his journey from conventional finance to Islamic finance and Bitcoin. H

Oct 18, 2024 • 1:02:34

Bitcoin Mining: The Most Flexible Energy Buyer with Kenji Tateiwa SLP609

Bitcoin Mining: The Most Flexible Energy Buyer with Kenji Tateiwa SLP609

Summary In this episode, Kenji Tateiwa, CEO of Agile Energy X, discusses his extensive background in nuclear engineering and the impact of the Fukushima disaster on public perception of nuclear energy. He explains the innovative concept behind Agile Energy X, which leverages wasted renewable energy through Bitcoin mining to address curtailment and grid congestion issues in Japan. Kenji elaborates on the unique flexibility of Bitcoin mining as an energy buyer and its potential role in the futur

Oct 14, 2024 • 55:08

The Next Big Print Sends Bitcoin to $350K with Lawrence Lepard SLP608

The Next Big Print Sends Bitcoin to $350K with Lawrence Lepard SLP608

Lawrence Lepard, Managing Partner, Equity Management Associates, joins me to discuss the national debt crisis, inflation, possible price suppression of hard assets and the contrasting roles of gold and Bitcoin as sound money.  Summary In this conversation, Stephan Livera and Lawrence Lepard delve into pressing economic issues, including the national debt crisis, inflation, and the contrasting roles of gold and Bitcoin as sound money. They discuss the implications of the upcoming US election on

Oct 5, 2024 • 1:03:39

Bitcoin: The Great Absorber of Liquidity with Dr. Jeff Ross SLP606

Bitcoin: The Great Absorber of Liquidity with Dr. Jeff Ross SLP606

After a long and choppy bull-crab market, Dr. Ross notes that the bull market is here! Dr. Jeff Ross, founder, Vailshire Capital Management, joins me to discuss the ongoing sentiment in the markets, global liquidity, pitfalls and opportunities of this bull cycle, holistic living and more! Summary In this conversation, Dr. Jeff Ross discusses his transition from a bearish to a bullish outlook on Bitcoin and the broader market, emphasizing the importance of liquidity and central bank policies. He

Sep 29, 2024 • 1:11:29

Bitcoin: On the Way to $400K? with Andy Edstrom SLP605

Bitcoin: On the Way to $400K? with Andy Edstrom SLP605

Andy Edstrom, Head of Managed Wealth at Onramp Bitcoin rejoins me to discuss the govt. debt levels, retirement planning on Bitcoin, price modeling, risks of leverage yield on Bitcoin and more! Summary In this episode, Andy Edstrom returns to discuss the evolution of Bitcoin since their last conversation, touching on price modeling, the risks of leverage, and the future of Bitcoin loans. They explore the implications of government debt, the role of gold, and the potential for yield in a Bitcoin

Sep 23, 2024 • 1:15:22

Bitcoin Custody & Proof of Reserves with Alexander Leishman SLP604

Bitcoin Custody & Proof of Reserves with Alexander Leishman SLP604

With growing institutional adoption of Bitcoin through custodians, investors will demand transparency through ‘Proof of Reserves’. Alexander Leishman, CEO & CTO, River joins me to discuss more of the institutional adoption of Bitcoin, Coinbase’s hesitation towards Proof of Reserves, US Govt. debt and more. Summary In this episode of the Stephan Livera podcast, host Stephan speaks with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, about various topics surrounding Bitcoin, including the current state

Sep 19, 2024 • 57:10

The Power of Political Decentralization with Ryan McMaken SLP603

The Power of Political Decentralization with Ryan McMaken SLP603

Secession may seem like a dirty word, but it has happened many times in history and it’s worth understanding the political and economic benefits it can yield. Ryan McMaken, Executive Editor and Economist at the Mises Institute joins me to discuss his book, Breaking Away.  Summary In this conversation, Stephan and Ryan McMaken discuss the topic of secession and its advantages. They explore the historical and theoretical context of secession, highlighting the benefits of radical decentralization

Sep 13, 2024 • 1:17:25

Bitcoin Product Market Fit For Savings with Pierre Rochard SLP602

Bitcoin Product Market Fit For Savings with Pierre Rochard SLP602

My friend Pierre Rochard (VP Research at Riot Platforms) rejoins me on the show to discuss some of his latest views. Summary In this conversation, Stephan and Pierre discuss the concept of long-term savings in Bitcoin and its product-market fit. Pierre introduces a metric for measuring long-term savings by looking at the age of UTXOs (unspent transaction outputs). They also explore the idea of rebalancing and the importance of aligning financial decisions with personal goals. The conversation

Sep 11, 2024 • 1:20:11

Can Lightning Liquidity Be Solved with Liquid? With Tankred Hase SLP601

Can Lightning Liquidity Be Solved with Liquid? With Tankred Hase SLP601

Tankred Hase has experience working with various Bitcoin and Lightning companies such as Lightning Labs and Swan previously. He joins me to talk about Bitcoin, Lightning and Liquid. We discuss some of the real world challenges and trade offs that builders and developers face, as well as the likely path forward from here. Summary Tankred discusses the current state of Bitcoin, Lightning, and Liquid development. He highlights the progress made in terms of user experience and liquidity. However,

Sep 9, 2024 • 53:01

Full Reserve vs "Real Bills" with Philipp Bagus - SLP600

Full Reserve vs "Real Bills" with Philipp Bagus - SLP600

Philipp Bagus rejoins me to discuss his newest book, ‘Full Reserve Banking versus The Real Bills Doctrine’. This is his response to Juan Ramón Rallo, and in it we discuss: 🔸 The currency school and the banking school 🔸The problem of ‘double availability’  🔸Why the creation of fiduciary media is a problem 🔸The correct categorization of goods and money 🔸Full Reserve in a Bitcoin world?  🔸Milei’s work in Argentina Summary: In this conversation, Stephan interviews Dr. Philipp Bagus about the f

Aug 29, 2024 • 1:28:34

Bitcoin Hardware Security Panel - NVK, Craig Raw, Rearden, Salvatoshi, AddBTC - SLP599

Bitcoin Hardware Security Panel - NVK, Craig Raw, Rearden, Salvatoshi, AddBTC - SLP599

Bitcoin security, especially during the upcoming bull run, is extremely important. In this high powered hardware security panel episode featuring NVK, Craig Raw, Rearden, Salvatoshi, AddBTC, we discuss the key trade offs of bitcoin hardware security. 🔸What are the implications of Dark Skippy? 🔸What are some of the most common ways people lose their coins?  🔸Risks of USB in hardware wallets 🔸Standardization & inspection of wallets Summary The panel discusses the recent Dark Skippy attack

Aug 21, 2024 • 1:11:38

Getting on Zero with Sahil - SLP598

Getting on Zero with Sahil - SLP598

Sahil Chaturvedi, Designer at Foundry joins me to share his experience of getting on zero fiat and fully embracing Bitcoin as a unit of account. We discuss:  🔸#GetOnZero fiat   🔸Tools required to crossover  🔸Tax implications 🔸Weathering volatility 🔸Using intermediaries to live on a Bitcoin Standard  Summary Sahil discusses the concept of 'Get On Zero' and the reasons behind it. The conversation explores the concept of 'get on zero,' which means minimizing fiat currency holdi

Aug 18, 2024 • 56:05

Dark Skippy: A New Attack on Bitcoin Hardware Wallets? With Nick, Lloyd and Robin SLP597

Dark Skippy: A New Attack on Bitcoin Hardware Wallets? With Nick, Lloyd and Robin SLP597

Dark Skippy is a new attack that in theory, makes it much easier for a malicious person to steal your coins. Listen in to learn about some of the ins and outs here, as well as mitigation and the path forward for the industry from @utxoclub , @LLFOURN & @robin_linus .  Why air gapping is not the be all end all Dark Skippy in context with other attacks Security while signing transactions, and security while generating keys RFC6979 Deterministic nonce generation Updating PSBT to help

Aug 14, 2024 • 1:06:04

Lightning is the common language of Bitcoin with Roy from Breez SLP596

Lightning is the common language of Bitcoin with Roy from Breez SLP596

Just like how English is the international language of business, Bitcoin’s lightning network is how various layers and apps and products will ‘talk’ to each other. Roy Sheinfeld, founder and CEO of Breez (@Breez_Tech) rejoins me to talk about updates in lightning and what’s new with Breez SDK.  We discuss the various layers and ways of interacting with Bitcoin and lightning, using Liquid (@Liquid_BTC) with swaps, and Bitcoin as a medium of exchange.  Summary: In this conversation, Stephan and Ro

Aug 9, 2024 • 58:01

A New Way to Invest in Bitcoin Startups? Mike Jarmuz of Thunder Funder SLP595

A New Way to Invest in Bitcoin Startups? Mike Jarmuz of Thunder Funder SLP595

Thunder Funder is a new funding portal by Mike Jarmuz (CEO) and Rockstar Dev (CTO). This will be a new way to allow retail investors to participate in bitcoin company equity rounds. Muzz and I discuss the ins and outs of what this means, as well as what it could mean for bitcoin and open source companies.    Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:55) - Overview of Lightning Ventures & Thunder Funder (12:15) - Sponsor (13:50) - Pros and cons of investing in Bitcoin startups (19:28) - Liquidity, seco

Aug 6, 2024 • 44:38

SLP594 Antoine Poinsot on Bitcoin Core Development & Great Consensus clean up

SLP594 Antoine Poinsot on Bitcoin Core Development & Great Consensus clean up

Joining me is Antoine (@darosior), to discuss the latest developments around Liana and the growing importance of inheritance planning. We also delve into The Great Consensus clean up, important bug fixes and disclosure of Bitcoin core vulnerabilities.  Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:40) - The latest developments with Liana (02:16) - Inheritance planning with Liana (05:59) - What is The Great Consensus Clean up? (07:30) - What is the Timewarp bug? (15:51) - What would it take to fix the bug? (19

Jul 29, 2024 • 48:22

How Do You Retire on Bitcoin? With Morgen Rochard SLP593

How Do You Retire on Bitcoin? With Morgen Rochard SLP593

Can you retire on Bitcoin savings? What do the numbers look like? Morgen Rochard, Founder and Lead Financial Planner of Origin Wealth Advisers joins me to explain:  The 4% rule and how to modify it Being conservative in your planning CPI inflation being hard to predict Do you rebalance?  Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:03) - 4% rule, Bitcoin & FIRE (04:41) - HODLers vs TradFi allocation (12:34) - Why you should be conservative with Bitcoin retirement (20:16) - What if you retire

Jul 22, 2024 • 1:00:14

The Fertility Crisis and Cultural Answers to it with Daniel Hess SLP592

The Fertility Crisis and Cultural Answers to it with Daniel Hess SLP592

The global fertility crisis is on with many western and developed nations below replacement fertility. Joining me to discuss this problem is Daniel Hess (aka @MoreBirths on X).  Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro  (00:54) - How bad is the global fertility crisis? (04:50) - Implications of low birth rate for future generations (09:54) - Causes for declining global rate of fertility (11:53) - Marriages affecting birth rate (15:38) - Religion affecting birth rate (17:36) - Fertility rate in the East (21:2

Jul 19, 2024 • 1:14:53

Stable Channels with Tony Klausing (SLP591)

Stable Channels with Tony Klausing (SLP591)

Even as bitcoiners, we can’t deny that there is demand for ‘stablecoins’ or some kind of stable value feature. Tony Klausing, bitcoin and lightning developer joins me to talk about Stable Channels. This approach to stable value is self custodial, P2P, and bitcoin-native. We talk about the benefits, trade offs and who this would be suitable for.  Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro  (00:51) - Tony’s background  (03:28) - Opportunity of Stable Channels (05:46) - Fiat-backed stablecoins Vs. Crypto-backed s

Jul 15, 2024 • 1:00:42

The Bushido of Bitcoin with Aleksandar Svetski (SLP590)

The Bushido of Bitcoin with Aleksandar Svetski (SLP590)

Aleksandar Svetski (@SvetskiWrites) rejoins me to talk about his newest book, The Bushido of Bitcoin. We get into a discussion about: Anti-egalitarianism Virtues Why Bitcoiners should ‘stop being plebs’ The ascend & descend of civilisations Imbibing warrior culture in Bitcoin The masses and the remnant Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:41) - Who is ‘The Bushido of Bitcoin’ for? (11:13) - The role of legitimate hierarchy (18:14) - The cyclical nature of civilisations (22:21) - Sponsors (25

Jul 10, 2024 • 1:06:53

Abundance, Generosity, and the State with Guido Hulsmann SLP589

Abundance, Generosity, and the State with Guido Hulsmann SLP589

Jörg Guido Hülsmann is a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and he rejoins me to discuss his latest book on Abundance, Generosity and the State. Bitcoiners like to spell out a lot of the social and cultural problems in the world today, and Dr Hülsmann is one of the leading lights in showing how fiat currency and government intervention have caused negative outcomes.  We discuss the way gratuitous benefits come to us in a free market capitalist society, and the many ways government interventio

Jul 7, 2024 • 1:09:26

Why are Empty Blocks Happening with OrangeSurf from mempool.space (SLP588)

Why are Empty Blocks Happening with OrangeSurf from mempool.space (SLP588)

Why are some bitcoin blocks empty? Orange Surf from the mempool.space team joins me to explain his recent research report on this topic. We discuss: Why do empty blocks happen?  Comparing empty block rates across mining pools Firmware and config differences Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:44) - Orange Surf’s research report on empty blocks (02:02) - Block interval data sets  (06:25) - What is an empty block? (08:09) - What causes an empty block to occur? (11:35) - Nuances of a working of

Jul 3, 2024 • 49:33

Setting up Free Private Cities in South Asia with Art Finch (SLP587)

Setting up Free Private Cities in South Asia with Art Finch (SLP587)

Art Finch is a South African-American Entrepreneur. Art has experience across South Asia and is interested in setting up Free Private Cities or Charter Cities. In this episode he shares his experiences in Bhutan and shares his theories on how Bitcoin and Free Private Cities can work together.  Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:28) - Art’s background & his interest in building a Free Private City (FPC) (10:50) - The need for a Free Private City (13:11) - A look at Shenzhen as an SEZ (16:20) - E

Jul 1, 2024 • 1:03:39

Direct Held Bitcoin ETF with in kind redemption with Jeff Yew, CEO, Monochrome SLP586

Direct Held Bitcoin ETF with in kind redemption with Jeff Yew, CEO, Monochrome SLP586

While many debate the pros and cons of Bitcoin ETFs, joining us for this episode is Jeff Yew, CEO of Monochrome, doing a directly held Bitcoin ETF in Australia. We chat about the fees, the custody, the ethos, being able to contribute bitcoin or redeem bitcoin, institutional adoption and Bitcoin in Australia.  Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:53) - Monochrome’s role in bringing Bitcoin ETFs to Australia (02:48) - Timeline of different Bitcoin ETFs in Australia (03:58) - Influence of US Spot Bitc

Jun 27, 2024 • 55:58

Set Your Business Up With Bitcoin Unit of Account with Luke Thibodeau, CFO of Prospera SLP585

Set Your Business Up With Bitcoin Unit of Account with Luke Thibodeau, CFO of Prospera SLP585

You might have seen my earlier episode with Erick Brimen, CEO of Prospera, here’s the CFO of Prospera discussing the ability to use Bitcoin as a unit of account. We discuss:  Life on Roatan Setting up a business Choose your own regulatory environment ZEDE law situation Bitcoin as unit of account Leaving Canada Timestamps: Links: https://prospera.hn/ https://stephanlivera.com/episode/464/  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space

Jun 22, 2024 • 59:25

Updates on Ark with Tiero SLP584

Updates on Ark with Tiero SLP584

Tiero of Ark Labs joins me on the show to discuss the latest with Ark. We get into:  How Ark has changed since initial proposal clARK - covenant-less ARK Trade offs to make clARK happen Which covenants would help vs what is ideal for Ark Ark on Liquid  Capital requirements and costs Fiatcoins Nostr Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (01:37) - What is Ark? ELI5 version (05:42) - Tradeoffs of scaling payments (07:41) - Interchangeably using LN & Ark under the hood (10:52) - Up

Jun 18, 2024 • 1:09:05

Bitcoin Ossification Debate with Vijay Boyapati and Reardencode SLP583

Bitcoin Ossification Debate with Vijay Boyapati and Reardencode SLP583

The bitcoin ‘ossification’ debate continues with a discussion on the key considerations. What makes Bitcoin special? What improvements are necessary to retain sufficient decentralisation, if any?  Vijay Boyapati and Brandon Black (aka reardencode) rejoin me for a special episode to discuss:  What makes Bitcoin special?  Defining ‘ossification’ How many users is ‘enough’?  Unknown unknowns Addressing centralising MEV concerns Soft forks and hard forks Economic nodes and who hol

Jun 12, 2024 • 1:22:48

NVK on Bitcoin Ossification and Changes SLP582

NVK on Bitcoin Ossification and Changes SLP582

NVK of Coinkite rejoins me to talk about attitudes on Bitcoin development and consensus changes. We discuss how “ossification” is commonly thrown around as a term, but maybe there is a better term. “Extreme conservatism”? We talk: What is ossification?  What about bug fixes?  What changes would NVK be interested in?  How many people will use Bitcoin?  What the market is focused on It’s not your chain Links: X: @nvk Bitcoinsecurity.guide coinkite.com Unleashed.chat

Jun 7, 2024 • 58:19

Bitcoin Seoul 2024 Interviews with Saifedean, Jimmy Song, Laolu, Obi, glozow and Calvin SLP581

Bitcoin Seoul 2024 Interviews with Saifedean, Jimmy Song, Laolu, Obi, glozow and Calvin SLP581

I recently spoke at Bitcoin Seoul 2024 and here are some interviews with some of the speakers: Calvin Kim on utreexo Gloria Zhao on Bitcoin Core and mempool Laolu on Taproot Assets and covenants Saifedean on Central Banking and tax cattle Obi Nwosu on Fedi Jimmy Song on Bitcoin in Korea Timestamps: (00:00) - Calvin Kim on importance of Bitcoin conferences (01:51) - Simplifying Utreexo (03:31) - What is Utreexod? (04:51) - Will node providers support Utreexo? (06:38) - Gloria Zhao

Jun 4, 2024 • 1:09:25

Bitcoin and MEV with Walt Smith SLP580

Bitcoin and MEV with Walt Smith SLP580

Walt Smith of cyber.fund joins me to discuss thoughts on MEV and where it may be going on Bitcoin.  We discuss: Defining MEV 10 minute block time? Does it centralise Bitcoin? Suffering from success The approach on shitcoins and spam Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro  (02:02) - Defining MEV (06:02) - Replace-by-fee (RBF) (11:01) - Concern regarding miner centralisation  (18:56) - Growth of private mempool flow & MEV potential? (24:55) - Are mining pools transparent with fee payouts?

Jun 2, 2024 • 57:44

Silent Payments: A Bitcoin username? With Josibake and Ruben Somsen SLP579

Silent Payments: A Bitcoin username? With Josibake and Ruben Somsen SLP579

Silent Payments is a new approach to improving privacy and useability of Bitcoin. Imagine not needing to manually create new addresses? Josibake and Ruben Somsen join me to discuss some of the ins and outs of Silent Payments. We discuss: Silent Payments overview Contrast with other techniques such as BIP47  Light client support Stopping address re use Base layer privacy discussion Links: X: @josibake X: @SomsenRuben BIP: Silent Payments Tracking progress in Bitcoin Cor

May 27, 2024 • 1:17:02

Bitaxe: The Open Source Bitcoin Miner with Skot - SLP578

Bitaxe: The Open Source Bitcoin Miner with Skot - SLP578

Skot joins me to talk about his project to bring affordable, energy efficient, open source mining to home miners. We discuss: The current state of open source in bitcoin mining Bitaxe overview Why do people do this? Price and how to set one up Mining pools Decentralisation Links: X: @skot9000 Site: Bitaxe.org Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Nomadcapitalist.com/apply Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanli

May 24, 2024 • 1:05:32

Great Script Restoration with Rusty Russell SLP577

Great Script Restoration with Rusty Russell SLP577

Rusty Russell rejoins me on the show to talk about a new idea for a bitcoin soft fork that hopefully avoids some of the ‘horse trading’ dynamic that existed amongst other proposals. Listen in to learn more about the different paradigm that Rusty introduces here, so that developers can build more functionality and efficiency in, hopefully so that more people can use Bitcoin in self-custody.  Bitcoin Script background GSR overview GSR benefits  What is varops  Contrast with APO or LNH

May 22, 2024 • 58:25

Payjoin Dev Kit for Bitcoin Privacy - Dan Gould SLP576

Payjoin Dev Kit for Bitcoin Privacy - Dan Gould SLP576

Dan Gould of the PayJoin Dev Kit (sponsored by Spiral and Opensats) joins me to discuss how Bitcoin privacy could be improved with more PayJoin adoption. What’s more, it might also benefit users in consolidating their wallets or potentially even fee savings. We discuss how this could be integrated into more bitcoin wallets.  What is a PayJoin? How it helps privacy Other benefits in efficiency Downsides and trade offs Changes with the v2 PayJoin protocol PayJoin Directory Payjoin De

May 21, 2024 • 1:00:28

Core Scientific Exits Bankruptcy with Adam Sullivan SLP575

Core Scientific Exits Bankruptcy with Adam Sullivan SLP575

Adam Sullivan, CEO of Core Scientific joins me today as we chat about: Going through bankruptcy as a Bitcoin miner Debt financing Role of capital structure in mining What makes Core Scientific different? Centralisation of mining pools Fee dynamics going forward 2025 outlook on Mining Links: X: @_Adam_Sullivan1 Core Scientific: Corescientific.com Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanl

May 17, 2024 • 59:09

Bitcoin Mining and Capital Structure with Rapha Zagury SLP574

Bitcoin Mining and Capital Structure with Rapha Zagury SLP574

Rapha Zagury, CIO of Swan and Head of Swan Mining rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of topics, from Brazil’s flooding, Bitcoin Mining, Capital Structure, as well as share some insights on speaking to TradFi professionals about Bitcoin.  Links: X: @alphaazeta  Site: Swan.com Site: Nakamotoportfolio.com Nakamoto Gauntlet: The Nakamoto Portfolio Gauntlet  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @

May 14, 2024 • 1:29:06

A Shift in Bitcoin Developer Thought? with Brandon Black (aka reardencode) SLP573

A Shift in Bitcoin Developer Thought? with Brandon Black (aka reardencode) SLP573

As you may know, at the recent Bitcoin++ conference, there was a ‘meeting of the minds’ and Brandon Black aka reardencode rejoins me on the show to discuss. We talk about:  The state of various covenant proposals What has shifted now in thinking The promise of Great Script Restoration Could it have bad side effects?  Doing good engineering Links: X: @reardencode  Bitcoin++: btcplusplus.dev  Rusty’s talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSp8918HLnA Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVE

May 10, 2024 • 56:45

Bitcoiners, Don’t Sleep on Nostr! - Miljan SLP572

Bitcoiners, Don’t Sleep on Nostr! - Miljan SLP572

Miljan from Primal joins me to talk about why Bitcoiners should not sleep on Nostr. We chat: Why he’s bullish on nostr What the experience is like nowadays Network effects for creators and devs Dealing with spam and sybil Why Openness is the killer feature Links: X: @mbraticevic Site: Primal.net Miljan’s Nostr npub: npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr Miljan’s Nostr: miljan@primal.net  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

May 8, 2024 • 1:16:37

What’s happening with JPY? - Peruvian Bull SLP571

What’s happening with JPY? - Peruvian Bull SLP571

Peruvian Bull, a macro writer and commentator joins me to explain what’s happening with the Japanese economy and how it all ties in with the dollar end game. We discuss:  The impossible trinity for Japan Japanese government debt The global JPY carry trade The impact on the US financial system Links: X: @peruvian_bull Nostr: npub1xwmyzp64xx03kw9ecd7fzsj3e9dgwah6an0rdng0cc6ux4dswwjs28pyyc Newsletter: https://substack.com/@peruvianbull Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com

May 5, 2024 • 1:06:26

Then They Fight You? - Parker Lewis SLP570

Then They Fight You? - Parker Lewis SLP570

Parker Lewis of Zaprite rejoins me on the show to discuss recent updates in the space and what’s happening with Zaprite and merchant adoption.  “Then they fight you” ? Chilling Effect Zaprite Getting Bitcoin Payment Rails Ready Gradually, Then Suddenly Why hope should not be lost Links: X: @parkeralewis Site: Zaprite.com  Get Parker’s Book: thesifhouse.com  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephan

May 3, 2024 • 1:13:15

Why Bitcoin Should Not Ossify - Steve Lee SLP569

Why Bitcoin Should Not Ossify - Steve Lee SLP569

A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining  pool centralisation and what is driving it.  Links: X: @moneyball  AJ Town’s ‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned:  Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin (BIP324)  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links:

Apr 29, 2024 • 1:24:24

The System You Give Your Energy To - Jeff Booth SLP568

The System You Give Your Energy To - Jeff Booth SLP568

Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and founding partner of Ego Death Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about his bitcoin advocacy at various levels:  Speaking to politicians about bitcoin The system you give energy to “Staying and fighting” in Canada vs supporting alternatives e.g. Madeira ‘Coincidental’ attack on Bitcoin?  Links: X: @JeffBooth nostr: npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe Site: Ego Death Capital Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) Coi

Apr 26, 2024 • 1:08:39

Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567

Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567

How do you think about investing as a bitcoiner? Preston Pysh of TIP rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of related ideas:  HODL vs invest in companies Microstrategy and other public companies VC and early stage investment Realistic investment hurdle rates Technical realities as bitcoin grows Links: X: @PrestonPysh TIP: theinvestorspodcast.com nostr: npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code

Apr 23, 2024 • 1:12:37

The cost to hack bitcoin hardware wallets with Dmitry Nedospasov SLP566

The cost to hack bitcoin hardware wallets with Dmitry Nedospasov SLP566

Dmitry Nedospasov is a PhD in Chip Security, also known for his hardware wallet exploits in 2018 with the wallet.fail talk. Dmitry joins me to talk about hardware security in the world of bitcoin and how it compares with hardware chip security in other domains. We discuss: The 2018 wallet.fail talk Bitcoin compared with other industries Realistic hardware wallet attack types The cost of attacking a hardware device Backups and Shamir’s Secret Sharing Links: X: @nedos LinkedIn: Dmit

Apr 22, 2024 • 1:23:32

Great Consensus Clean up, MEVil and LN isn’t dead - Steve Lee and Matt Corallo SLP565

Great Consensus Clean up, MEVil and LN isn’t dead - Steve Lee and Matt Corallo SLP565

Steve Lee and Matt Corallo of Spiral rejoin me on the show to talk about a range of topics. Firstly we discuss the Great Consensus Clean Up which relates to fixing some long standing bugs in Bitcoin. Secondly we talk about MEV and why it’s the wrong term, instead we should be talking about MEVil and the implications for Bitcoin miner centralisation. Finally we address the rumours of Lightning Network being dead or not useful.  Links:  X: @moneyball X: @TheBlueMatt  BlueMatt's Blog: Sto

Apr 18, 2024 • 1:03:59

Going Where You’re Treated Best and Nomad Capitalist Live 2024 with Andrew Henderson SLP564

Going Where You’re Treated Best and Nomad Capitalist Live 2024 with Andrew Henderson SLP564

Andrew Henderson rejoins me to discuss his story renouncing US citizenship, and whether the price was worth it. We discuss whether you should “stay and fight” as well as considerations relevant for Bitcoiners on pursuing their options in other countries. We also discuss Nomad Capitalist Live 2024, coming in KL Malaysia. Listen in to learn and stay up to date on global tax, investing and lifestyle strategies.  Links:  X: @nomadcapitalist Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (cod

Apr 16, 2024 • 58:45

Revault, Liana, self custody and bitcoin inheritance with Kevin Loaec SLP563

Revault, Liana, self custody and bitcoin inheritance with Kevin Loaec SLP563

Kevin Loaec of wizardsardine joins me to talk about bitcoin security and vaults. We get into a discussion about:  Vaults and what’s possible today  Timelocking and using them as part of self custody Inheritance scenarios Business use cases Covenant soft forks Links: X: @KLoaec X: @Wizardsardine X: @revaultdev Site: Wizardsardine   Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscri

Apr 12, 2024 • 1:14:52

Good Design Creates Trust - Bitcoin Design with Christoph Ono and Mogashni Naidoo SLP562

Good Design Creates Trust - Bitcoin Design with Christoph Ono and Mogashni Naidoo SLP562

Have you wondered about the role design and UX plays in Bitcoin apps? Christoph and Mogashni join me from the Bitcoin Design Community to share insights on: What most people are getting wrong about design How you can leverage design principles in your bitcoin product Bitcoin specific design challenges Types of user Tools available by the Bitcoin Design community Links: Site: Bitcoin.design Site: bitcoindesignfoundation.org X: @MogashniNaidoo X: @GBKS  Sponsors: Swan.com (code

Apr 9, 2024 • 58:11

US Government Fiscal Collapse Accelerates with Peter St Onge SLP561

US Government Fiscal Collapse Accelerates with Peter St Onge SLP561

Peter St Onge rejoins me on the show to share some insight into how bad the US government fiscal situation is getting. We talk: How much debt there is and what’s next here The impact on the people Japanese interest rates rising Japanese economic impacts AI and where the jobs will come from Bitcoin outlook Links: X: @profstonge Site: Profstonge.com  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Nomadcapitalist.com Stephan Livera links: Follow

Apr 3, 2024 • 1:13:29

Tracking the new Bitcoin ETFs with Thomas Fahrer SLP560

Tracking the new Bitcoin ETFs with Thomas Fahrer SLP560

Thomas Fahrer, co-founder of Apollo joins me to talk about the Bitcoin ETFs. We talk:  Analysing the Bitcoin ETFs What further institutional adoption looks like How much capital could flow into Bitcoin The Bitcoin FOMO scenario Disagreements on the power law model MSTR and Bitcoin Links: X: @thomas_fahrer  Site: Heyapollo.com  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscribe to

Mar 30, 2024 • 1:06:51

How to Ride Through This Bitcoin Bull Cycle with Vijay Boyapati SLP559

How to Ride Through This Bitcoin Bull Cycle with Vijay Boyapati SLP559

My friend Vijay Boyapati (Author of the Bullish Case for Bitcoin, and part of the Swan team) rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLing, share his analysis on things, and offer some tips on how to HODL. We talk: What phase of the cycle we’re in HODLer psychology Does Bitcoin get captured?  Is Bitcoin for Everyone? Self custody tech GBTC and Bankruptcies Common traps and how to avoid them Links: X: @real_vijay Genesis thread https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1744454450138

Mar 26, 2024 • 1:09:51

Mi Primer Bitcoin Goes International with John Dennehy SLP558

Mi Primer Bitcoin Goes International with John Dennehy SLP558

Mi Primer Bitcoin (My First Bitcoin) has grown since I last spoke with them on the show. John from the team rejoins me to talk about how things have developed. The team has now taught over 25,000 students in El Salvador and they are now expanding internationally.  Links: X: @jdennehy_writes Site: Miprimerbitcoin.io SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano – Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links:

Mar 23, 2024 • 41:46

Swapping across Bitcoin, Lightning and Liquid with Kilian from Boltz.exchange SLP557

Swapping across Bitcoin, Lightning and Liquid with Kilian from Boltz.exchange SLP557

How do we interact with Bitcoin in a multi layer world? What cost savings and trade offs are necessary here? What even counts as a layer? Kilian from boltz.exchange joins me to talk about swapping across Bitcoin on-chain, Lightning and Liquid. We discuss: How swapping works What makes it atomic and non-custodial What counts as layer 2 Fee savings and trade offs Links: X: @kilrau Site: boltz.exchange X: @boltzhq Taproot feature blog post: Introducing Taproot Swaps: Putting the &q

Mar 15, 2024 • 58:39

The First Bitcoin Circular Economy - Arnhem City Netherlands with Patrick van der Meijde SLP556

The First Bitcoin Circular Economy - Arnhem City Netherlands with Patrick van der Meijde SLP556

Patrick van der Meijde, founder of BitKassa and co founder Arnhem Bitcoin City joins me to talk about his experience with co-founding one of the earliest Bitcoin ‘circular economy’ communities in 2014.  How he got started Taking payments pre-lightning Are there enough people spending? Resurgence in circular economies Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem City Links:  X: @PatrickvdMeijde Site: adoptingbitcoinarnhem.com Site: arnhembitcoinstad.nl  Cofounder @BitKassaNL Cofounder Arnhem Bit

Mar 13, 2024 • 38:50

Bitcoin Atlantis 2024 interviews - Alden, Lavish, Strolight, Pouliot, Roose, Todd (SLP555)

Bitcoin Atlantis 2024 interviews - Alden, Lavish, Strolight, Pouliot, Roose, Todd (SLP555)

While in Madeira for Bitcoin Atlantis, I did some interviews on a range of topics with Lyn Alden, James Lavish, Tomer Strolight, Francis Pouliot, Steven Roose and Peter Todd. We discussed: is Macro mid curve?  USG debt Using analogies to teach bitcoin librerelay MEV concerns Self custodial and scaling Links: Lyn Alden X: @LynAldenContact Site: lynalden.com  James Lavish X: @jameslavish Site: jameslavish.substack.com  Site: bitcoinopportunity.fund  Tomer Strolight X:

Mar 6, 2024 • 1:31:35

Bitcoin DLC Self Custodial Finance with Philipp Hoenisch of 10101 SLP554

Bitcoin DLC Self Custodial Finance with Philipp Hoenisch of 10101 SLP554

What applications exist for Bitcoin self custodial finance? Philipp Hoenisch, founder of 10101 (pronounced ten-ten-one) joins me on the show to talk about bitcoin trading without counterparty risk. We discuss: DLC overview and basics DLC channels and lightning 10101 walkthrough “Funding rate” Synthetic stablecoins For individuals or business? Risks and things can break down Prior Episodes: SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels SLP219 Nadav Kohen – What You Sh

Mar 2, 2024 • 1:04:54

The Future of Bitcoin Banking with Eric Yakes SLP553

The Future of Bitcoin Banking with Eric Yakes SLP553

Eric Yakes, author of The 7th Property, joins me to talk about the future of Bitcoin Banking, LN and ecash. We discuss: Chaumian mints and ecash Interaction with LN Credit markets in the future How does the system remain Full Reserve?  Regulatory roadblocks Will there be a role for passive index funds?  Links: X: @ericyakes  axiombtc.capital/bank  Site: Yakes.io Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow m

Feb 27, 2024 • 1:08:04

EIA Attack on Bitcoin Miners Brian Morgenstern SLP552

EIA Attack on Bitcoin Miners Brian Morgenstern SLP552

Brian Morgenstern, Head of Public Policy of Riot Platforms joins me to talk about the latest attack on Bitcoin miners:  Is Bitcoin mining a partisan issue?  The EIA “Survey” Falsehoods on grid stability and emissions False Emergency What to do about it Links: X: @MorgensternNJ  Thread https://twitter.com/MorgensternNJ/status/1754634147232977246 X: @TXblockchain_  Sen. Lummis declares the survey to be ‘absurd’ Joint statement by the Chamber of Digital Commerce & Texas Blo

Feb 22, 2024 • 46:55

What’s Next for Bitcoin and Mutiny Wallet with Ben Carman SLP551

What’s Next for Bitcoin and Mutiny Wallet with Ben Carman SLP551

Ben Carman of Mutiny Wallet rejoins me on the show to talk about what’s coming next for Bitcoin. We talk about scaling Bitcoin and contrast the different mindsets, discuss different soft fork proposals and directions Bitcoin could go. We also talk about what impact covenants will have and the latest with Mutiny Wallet.  Bitcoin’s biggest challenges Taxonomy of Bitcoin development culture Soft forks and covenants What ‘counts’ as a Bitcoin L2?  What are the big benefits of covenants?

Feb 19, 2024 • 1:09:04

Dispelling False Narratives About Bitcoin with Daniel Batten SLP550

Dispelling False Narratives About Bitcoin with Daniel Batten SLP550

Do the lies about Bitcoin frustrate you? Join us in this episode as we discuss the ways to dispel and debunk some of the most egregious false climate narratives on Bitcoin with Daniel Batten, Managing Partner at CH4 Capital. We discuss: The biggest bitcoin climate myths Dishonest portrayal in the media “Per transaction” fake methodology Where Cambridge CCAF is wrong Bitcoin’s PoW and ‘ideological intransigence’ ESMA submission How Bitcoiners can help Links: X: @DSBatten Articl

Feb 16, 2024 • 1:13:17

Is Everything Good For Bitcoin? with Christian Keroles SLP549

Is Everything Good For Bitcoin? with Christian Keroles SLP549

We talk about monetary maximalism, and whether everything is good for bitcoin with Christian Keroles of HRF. We discuss: Monetary maximalism: descriptive or prescriptive Bitcoin Spam  Antifragility What bitcoiners are getting wrong on personal finance How 2023 played out with “ordinals” Not being used to winning Links: X: @ck_SNARKs Site: HRF.org Site: https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/home Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Li

Feb 13, 2024 • 1:11:56

Bitcoin Oasis 2024 interviews - Zucco, Rizzo, Dashjr, Prince Philip, De La Torre SLP548

Bitcoin Oasis 2024 interviews - Zucco, Rizzo, Dashjr, Prince Philip, De La Torre SLP548

We’re trying something a little different this episode! While at Bitcoin Oasis 2024 in Dubai I captured some short interviews with some speakers at the conference. We covered a wide range of topics ranging from Bitcoin Spam, to nation state adoption and honestly grappling with bitcoin user adoption trade offs. The speakers interviewed are: Alejandro De La Torre of Demand Mining Luke Dashjr of Ocean Mining Prince Philip of Serbia, from JAN3 Pete Rizzo of Bitcoin Magazine Giacomo Zucco of

Feb 10, 2024 • 1:14:04

Big Changes in El Salvador with Mike Peterson SLP547

Big Changes in El Salvador with Mike Peterson SLP547

Mike Peterson from Bitcoin Beach El Zonte, El Salvador rejoins me on the show to give listeners some updates from El Salvador. Having a reduced crime rate and improved investment and tourism into the country has driven big changes! We talk: How things look a few years on from the Bitcoin Law Life on the ground in El Salvador How easy it is to move El Salvador $1M Citizenship Program Dealing with on chain fees Custodial vs Self Custodial and pragmatism ‘Circular Economies’ and insig

Feb 6, 2024 • 57:34

2024 Lightning Wallet Overview with Anita Posch SLP546

2024 Lightning Wallet Overview with Anita Posch SLP546

Get an overview of lightning wallets in this episode with Anita Posch. Anita walks through what she found in testing self custodial lightning wallets under conditions of poor internet connectivity. We also talk about themes that came up at the recent Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town South Africa.  On the ground insights Results of the self custodial wallet test Which LN apps came out best?  The situation with fees Where the test might not be suitable How things may change with a Liquid or Fed

Feb 2, 2024 • 1:04:53

Bitcoin Life Insurance with Zac Townsend SLP545

Bitcoin Life Insurance with Zac Townsend SLP545

What does Life Insurance look like when it’s all priced and done in Bitcoin? Zac Townsend (CEO and co-founder of Meanwhile) joins me on the show to talk about it. We discuss: Life insurance as a model Term or Whole life Bitcoin denomination Is it the next Celsius or BlockFi?  Does it work under a deflationary Private credit fund Links: X: @ztownsend  X: @meanwhilelife Site: meanwhile.bm  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space nomadc

Jan 30, 2024 • 1:11:06

Where Did Bitcoin Come From? The Genesis Book with Aaron van Wirdum (SLP544)

Where Did Bitcoin Come From? The Genesis Book with Aaron van Wirdum (SLP544)

Aaron van Wirdum rejoins me to talk about his exploration of how Bitcoin came to be. We talk about his new book, The Genesis Book. In this book, Aaron explores some of the technologies, and philosophies that led to the creation of Bitcoin. We discuss: What he learned in making this book Hayek and the Austrians Extropians Cryptography and the Cypherpunks Libertarians Precursor tech to Bitcoin Links: X: @AaronvanW Site: http://thegenesisbook.com/ Nostr #npub1art8cs66ffvnqns5zs5q

Jan 26, 2024 • 1:04:04

Bitcoin Mining Around the World with Seb Gouspillou (SLP543)

Bitcoin Mining Around the World with Seb Gouspillou (SLP543)

Sébastien Gouspillou is a French Bitcoin miner, entrepreneur, and speaker. He is the CEO of BBGS (Big Block Green Services) and he joins me to talk about Bitcoin mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oman and elsewhere around the world:  Bitcoin mining in the DRC Bitcoin mining in Oman Using various forms of energy  Working in different environments Narrative shifts in Bitcoin Mining and Proof of Work Links: X: @SebGouspillou Site: bbgsmining.com Sponsors: Swan.com (

Jan 21, 2024 • 56:38

Defending Bitcoin PoW in the EU with Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie (SLP542)

Defending Bitcoin PoW in the EU with Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie (SLP542)

It seems that the EU is constantly coming out with bad new regulations that will impact Bitcoiners and Bitcoin miners. Joining me today is Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie from the Open Dialogue Foundation - Bitcoin and human rights advocates. We talk about: EU bureaucracy and ECB threat to Bitcoin Why engage with these people at all? Attacks on Bitcoin’s Proof of Work Threat to self custody and sovereignty - AML Bitcoin as bank of last resort How you can help with testimonials

Jan 17, 2024 • 1:03:57

Covenant Use Cases & TXHASH with Steven Roose (SLP541)

Covenant Use Cases & TXHASH with Steven Roose (SLP541)

Given the recent discussion on covenants, you might be curious about what actual covenant use cases look like. Joining me today is Steven Roose to help explain covenant uses and TXHASH as well as various objections:  Case for Covenants Why TXHASH  Scope of changes Covenants.info Covenant use cases Ark Commercial viability Links: X: @stevenroose3  Site: Covenants.info TXHASH ML post: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-January/019813.html Sponsors: Swan.c

Jan 14, 2024 • 1:13:38

A New Era for Bitcoin with Tuur Demeester (SLP540)

A New Era for Bitcoin with Tuur Demeester (SLP540)

On the eve of Bitcoin ETFs being approved, is Bitcoin entering a new era? Tuur Demeester, long time bitcoin advocate, writer and speaker rejoins me on the show to discuss his thoughts: This new era for Bitcoin ETF approval and what it means Capture risks are low Psychology of a market cycle and HODLers “Hate buying” Bitcoin Bitcoin Life Insurance Why every company needs a Bitcoin strategy Future of Bitcoin use Note this show was recorded Jan 10th 2024 8pm Dubai (11am Eastern tim

Jan 11, 2024 • 1:10:05

Living in Dubai and Bitcoin Oasis with Lara Eggiman (SLP539)

Living in Dubai and Bitcoin Oasis with Lara Eggiman (SLP539)

Have you heard about Dubai but been wondering about what it’s like there? Lara Eggiman joins me to talk about Dubai, the UAE and the new bitcoin-only conference launching here, Bitcoin Oasis. We discuss: Dubai lifestyle Common misconceptions Tips for people who want to set up in Dubai Why the UAE is well placed for Bitcoin adoption Bitcoin Oasis Bitcoin Association  Links: X: @SwissAlice1  Site: Bitcoin-oasis.com  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Jan 10, 2024 • 30:51

The Real Origins of Money with Natalie Smolenski SLP538

The Real Origins of Money with Natalie Smolenski SLP538

In this conversation, Natalie Smolenski discusses the intersection of Bitcoin, anthropology, and political economy. She explores the debate on the origin of money and the clash between anthropologists and economists. Smolenski argues that money is a social technology that can take different forms based on trust and use cases. She examines the limitations of fiat currency and the importance of trust in debt settlement. Smolenski also discusses the rise of Bitcoin as a competing institution to tr

Jan 8, 2024 • 1:04:59

Are Covenants Necessary for Bitcoin? with Brandon Black (SLP537)

Are Covenants Necessary for Bitcoin? with Brandon Black (SLP537)

Not everybody understands that blockchains themselves don’t scale. And this may create some tricky implications if we want to onboard large numbers of people to Bitcoin. This is why some of the discussion nowadays is about soft forks and covenants. Brandon Black rejoins me to talk about some of his ideas on how many people can use Bitcoin with current tech, and how covenants such as CTV (Check Template Verify) could help improve this. We discuss: How many people can use Bitcoin Why not build

Dec 31, 2023 • 1:20:44

Elizabeth’s War on Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard (SLP535)

Elizabeth’s War on Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard (SLP535)

Elizabeth Warren has come out with a new anti Bitcoin bill. Joining me is VP of Research at Riot Platforms, Pierre Rochard. We talk about:  What’s in the bill Policy objectives “Unhosted wallets” FATF Ordinals Tx Fees Third school of thought on long term fees Links: X: @BitcoinPierre Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Dec 25, 2023 • 1:16:52

Michael Saylor on Bitcoin Principles (SLP536)

Michael Saylor on Bitcoin Principles (SLP536)

What are the key principles underlying Bitcoin? How should we think about changes to Bitcoin? Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman and Founder of MicroStrategy rejoins me on the show to discuss: Bitcoin Protocols Bitcoin Principles Bitcoin Dynamics Bitcoin Politics Bitcoin Philosophy Links: X: @saylor Prior Episode: SLP213 Michael Saylor – Bitcoin Dematerializes Money Prior Episode:SLP213 Michael Saylor – Bitcoin Dematerializes Money Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKit

Dec 22, 2023 • 2:50:09

Small Business for Bitcoiners with Bobby Shell (SLP534)

Small Business for Bitcoiners with Bobby Shell (SLP534)

Should Bitcoiners consider Small Business? What are some of the important considerations here? Bobby Shell of Voltage and Imprint Digital joins me on the show to talk about his experiences in SMB and why Bitcoiners should also think about it.  Why do SMB Earning more and making an impact His experiences with digital and physical businesses Why not just stack sats? The latest at Voltage Links: Twitter/X: @iBobbyShell  Linked: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-shell-iv/ Youtube: @ibob

Dec 18, 2023 • 52:26

The Great Drivechain Debate with Paul Sztorc and Peter Todd (SLP533)

The Great Drivechain Debate with Paul Sztorc and Peter Todd (SLP533)

Drivechain is a proposal from 2015 which has had a lot of community debate recently. Joining us today to debate this are Paul Sztorc (CEO of Layer Two Labs) and Peter Todd. We discuss a range of points: Drivechain and miner centralisation Whether you can delegate running a node Legal risks Fees and Blocksize limits Links: Earlier episode with Shinobi: Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? With Shinobi X: @peterktodd  Peter Todd’s post: Drivechains: A Detailed Analysis Peter’s Site

Dec 15, 2023 • 1:39:23

Bitcoin Seed Backups for Multi Sig with SeedHammer (SLP 532)

Bitcoin Seed Backups for Multi Sig with SeedHammer (SLP 532)

Now many of us are familiar with the idea of using steel backups for our bitcoin private keys, but what about in the case of multi signature? And what about using machine engraving? Dax and E from the SeedHammer project join me to talk: Why they are interested in this problem Passphrase vs multi sig Descriptor backup on steel Seed Hammer walk through Cost Attack vectors Changing standards Where the project is going next Links: X: @SeedHammer Site: Seedhammer.com Github: h

Dec 12, 2023 • 52:36

How Many People Can Use Lightning? LSP Specs with Severin Buhler (SLP531)

How Many People Can Use Lightning? LSP Specs with Severin Buhler (SLP531)

How many people can use Bitcoin and Lightning today? Severin Buhler from Synonym joins me to talk about the LSP spec as well as lightning development. We talk about how the new LSP spec will enable more wallet builders, and more user choice, as well as smoothing the process for LSPs to compete:  What is an LSP A marketplace of LSPs Competition between jurisdictions Wallet of Satoshi news How many people can use lightning?  LSP business models LSPS1 and 2 JIT Channels Asynchronou

Dec 5, 2023 • 1:02:13

Growing a Bitcoin Circular Economy with Fernando Motolese (Bitcoin Beach Brazil & Bitcoinize POS) (SLP530)

Growing a Bitcoin Circular Economy with Fernando Motolese (Bitcoin Beach Brazil & Bitcoinize POS) (SLP530)

There are various Bitcoin ‘circular economies’ but we talk with Fernando Motolese about how he started Bitcoin Beach Brazil, as well as his efforts in creating a new merchant POS terminal device, Bitcoinize. We discuss: How Bitcoin Beach Brazil started Onboarding merchants Bolt card Tech stack Tourists and Locals experience Bitcoinize device HODL vs Spend Fundraising Links: Fernando Motolese X: @MotoleseOficial  Bitcoinize site: bitcoinize.com Bitcoinize POS on X: @Bitcoin

Dec 3, 2023 • 48:44

Ciudad Morazán with Massimo Mazzone (SLP529)

Ciudad Morazán with Massimo Mazzone (SLP529)

Free Private Cities are an exciting attempt at a new model for private governance. I’ve previously spoken with leaders in this movement such as Titus Gebel and Peter Young. Today I’m speaking with the founder of Ciudad Morazan, another free private city in Honduras. This one is a little different to the others you may have heard of, as this one is more focused on ‘blue collar’ workers, families, and businesses. We talk about the free private cities model and how it is being applied differently h

Dec 1, 2023 • 1:06:20

Bitcoin Mining Decentralisation with Ocean - Bitcoin Mechanic (SLP528)

Bitcoin Mining Decentralisation with Ocean - Bitcoin Mechanic (SLP528)

Has Bitcoin’s Mining ecosystem become centralised? What can be done about it? Bitcoin Mechanic from Ocean joins me to talk: Hashers vs Miners Different pool payout methods Stratum v2 Block withholding attacks What Ocean is doing about it Fees Lightning payouts Links: X: @GrassFedBitcoin Site: ocean.xyz/event X: @ocean_mining Article: Are Mining Pools Becoming a Problem?  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links:

Nov 29, 2023 • 1:10:36

Has Business Been Exploiting Labour since 1971? with Gene Epstein (SLP527)

Has Business Been Exploiting Labour since 1971? with Gene Epstein (SLP527)

Many Bitcoiners have seen or shared around the images that show Labour Compensation (wages and other benefits) diverging from Labour Productivity since 1971, particularly from sites such as wtfhappenedin1971.com. Rejoining me today is Gene Epstein to break down why this chart is flawed! We also talk about broader issues around CPI, whether inflation is over or undercounted, and cost of living pressures that so many people are facing today. The conclusions will surprise you!We talk: Labour Comp

Nov 20, 2023 • 1:13:43

Don’t Lose Your Coins with NVK (SLP526)

Don’t Lose Your Coins with NVK (SLP526)

How do you prevent loss of your coins? What are some critical steps that are commonly missed? NVK and I discuss a recent case of a HODLer losing 25 BTC, as well as talk about updates in  Bitcoin security. Links: X: @NVK Nostr: npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 Site: Coinkite.com Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Nov 19, 2023 • 54:45

Bitcoin’s Blocksize Scarcity with Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining (SLP525)

Bitcoin’s Blocksize Scarcity with Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining (SLP525)

When you need to send a Bitcoin transaction, you need Bitcoin blockspace. But blockspace is scarce! CEO of Barefoot Mining, Bob Burnett and I chat about this, and what you can do about it.  Blockspace scarcity and explanation What you can do about it UTXO management Different types of miner Miner’s Trilemma Arguments against public company mining Mining NOT being a leverage play on Bitcoin Public vs private miners Gateway going public Core Scientific bankruptcy Mining decent

Nov 14, 2023 • 1:03:50

Natalism and Bitcoiners with Malcolm Collins (SLP524)

Natalism and Bitcoiners with Malcolm Collins (SLP524)

Is there a demographic collapse coming? What could or should be done about it? Is there any connection with Bitcoiner culture? Malcolm Collins has a background in VC and Private Equity, and he is a co-founder of The Pronatalist Foundation. He has spent a lot of time speaking about this problem and has some great insights to share: Population Projections The Urban Monoculture Pronatalist aims Childless demographics What caused this What governments have tried Where Bitcoiner culture

Nov 9, 2023 • 58:00

Entering a new Bitcoin bull cycle with Adam Back (SLP523)

Entering a new Bitcoin bull cycle with Adam Back (SLP523)

Are we entering a new Bitcoin bull cycle? Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, rejoins me on the show to talk about a variety of things:  SBF found guilty Bitcoin bull cycle Block size wars Blockstream Greenlight Blockstream BASIC note Blockstream Green Links: Site: Blockstream.com Blockstream BASIC Note X: @adam3us  Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Re

Nov 4, 2023 • 1:01:49

Dodging Knives as a Bitcoin Miner (SLP522)

Dodging Knives as a Bitcoin Miner (SLP522)

Have you wondered about the challenges of managing a large publicly listed Bitcoin mining company? Jason Les, CEO of Riot Platforms joins me to talk: His poker background Why hashrate expands even when price is down Riot’s competitive advantages Should miners use debt financing?  HODLing Bitcoin as a miner Bitcoin ETF impact?  How can miners outperform bitcoin?  Dodging knives Educating government Curtailment & Ancillary services Halving predictions Links: Site: Riotpl

Nov 2, 2023 • 1:05:56

Support Bitcoin Lightning with Greenlight with Christian Decker (SLP521)

Support Bitcoin Lightning with Greenlight with Christian Decker (SLP521)

Are you interested in building support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network into your product or service? Check out this discussion of Greenlight with Blockstream’s Christian Decker. We talk: Improvements in lightning experience over the years No. of payments, reliability Greenlight experiences Mobile nodes Comparison with other providers Shared infrastructure Core Lightning features What features will help make lightning easy Links: Site: https://blockstream.com/lightning/greenlig

Oct 20, 2023 • 1:03:05

What is BitVM? with Robin Linus and Super Testnet (SLP520)

What is BitVM? with Robin Linus and Super Testnet (SLP520)

BitVM is a new paradigm for Turing-complete bitcoin contracts. In this episode I speak with the creator, Robin Linus and another developer working on the idea, Super Testnet. We discuss: What is BitVM?  What are some of the trade offs?  What could BitVM enable?  Set up time and interactivity Can it enable sidechains or covenants?  Links: Paper: bitvm.pdf X: @robin_linus X: @super_testnet Super Testnet’s Tapleaf circuits Shinobi article on BM: The Big Deal With Bitvm: Arbitrary Com

Oct 12, 2023 • 54:34

Self Custodial Bitcoin Finance with Matthew Black of Atomic Finance (SLP519)

Self Custodial Bitcoin Finance with Matthew Black of Atomic Finance (SLP519)

Matthew Black, co-founder and CTO of Atomic Finance joins me to talk about earning yield in a self custodial way with DLCs. We get into all the questions and criticisms people might have: How does it work without being custodial? Where is the yield coming from?  HODL only Different strategies available DLC security over time The future of Bitcoin Finance Links: X: @matthewjablack Website: Atomic.Finance Sponsors: Swan.com (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool

Oct 9, 2023 • 57:26

Broken Money with Lyn Alden (SLP518)

Broken Money with Lyn Alden (SLP518)

Lyn Alden, macro analyst rejoins me on the show to talk about her new book, Broken Money. We discuss Lyn’s thoughts on: Ledger money and who controls it Different theories of money Speed of transaction vs. settlement Warfare funding under fiat Base money and Broad money GFC and the response to it Fiat standard incentives What kind of debt makes sense under a Bitcoin standard Links: X: @LynAldenContact  Site: LynAlden.com Book: Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us

Oct 1, 2023 • 1:01:33

Bitcoin Merchant Adoption: This Time is Different? with Will Cole (SLP517)

Bitcoin Merchant Adoption: This Time is Different? with Will Cole (SLP517)

Will Cole of Zaprite rejoins me to talk about:  Merchant adoption and why it’s different this time Improved custody How Zaprite works Accounting and integration How adoption will be driven this time Circular economy The lie of 2% inflation Links: X: @willcole Zaprite: https://zaprite.com/ Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Sep 29, 2023 • 59:38

Why You Should Have Zero Debt to Avoid Enslavement with Jimmy Song (SLP516)

Why You Should Have Zero Debt to Avoid Enslavement with Jimmy Song (SLP516)

Do you have debt? Are you wondering about the case for why you shouldn’t? Check out this episode with my friend and Bitcoin developer and advocate, Jimmy Song. We talk about his newest book, Fiat Ruins Everything:  Why he wrote this book Why you should have zero debt Cultural issues  Fiat morality Links: X: @jimmysong Site: https://fiatruinseverything.com/ Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Foll

Sep 22, 2023 • 59:01

HODLing through the cycles with American HODL (SLP515)

HODLing through the cycles with American HODL (SLP515)

Have you wondered what it takes to be a long-term HODLer? American HODL rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLer psychology, bitcoin culture, and what to expect going forward: Adoption waves Living on Bitcoin Overconfidence Mainstream culture Bitcoin Fixes This Jurisdictions Thoughts on next cycle Links: X: americanhodl8 Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X @stephanlivera S

Sep 21, 2023 • 1:26:59

Kids Don’t Need School with Jonathan Prescott & Adriana Prescott (SLP514)

Kids Don’t Need School with Jonathan Prescott & Adriana Prescott (SLP514)

Are you interested in spending 16,000 more hours with your children? Consider homeschooling! We discuss this and many other insights in this chat about homeschooling: Their own journey of homeschooling Escaping hivemind thinking Criticism of ‘school vouchers’ Building up your child’s agency Do you need curricula?   Modelling behaviour “Socialisation” The culture war Links: X: https://twitter.com/Homeschool_LLC Site: https://www.homeschoollife.us/ Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoi

Sep 20, 2023 • 1:08:17

Next Generation Lightning with Phoenix - Bastien Teinturier (SLP513)

Next Generation Lightning with Phoenix - Bastien Teinturier (SLP513)

The next generation of Bitcoin Lightning wallets is here with Phoenix from ACINQ. Rejoining me is CTO of ACINQ, Bastien Teinturier to talk about how the team is innovating a great self custodial experience for bitcoin and lightning users: High Fee environment New Phoenix fee structure Splicing and what it enables Dual Funding Liquidity Ads Building on a smartphone app Can ACINQ steal from users?  APO Biggest challenges Reasons to be optimistic Bastien links: Twitter: @real

Sep 17, 2023 • 1:12:33

Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? with Shinobi (SLP512)

Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? with Shinobi (SLP512)

Drivechain is a proposed soft fork that has faced a lot of criticism in the community, and Shinobi (Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine) joins me to discuss his critiques of the idea. We discuss: What is Drivechain How it works Miner centralisation Re orgs on sidechains T-shirt sales argument Stratum v2 “Miners can steal” Other soft fork ideas (e.g. APO, CTV) Multi Party Channels “First Develop with what we’ve got” Links brian_trollz on X Drivechains Introduce New Incen

Sep 14, 2023 • 1:22:30

v3 Transactions and Package Relay with glozow SLP511

v3 Transactions and Package Relay with glozow SLP511

Glozow rejoins me to talk about updates coming to Bitcoin’s transactions and mempool policy. We talk about how these will be essential to keep bitcoin use efficient and safe, especially for layer 2 protocols such as Lightning. We chat: Current state with transacting RBF and CPFP Problems right now L2 security Pinning vectors What is package relay?  What is v3 transactions?  What are ephemeral anchors?  Policy vs consensus Glozow links: Glozow on X Waiting for confirmation

Sep 12, 2023 • 1:07:38

SLP510 Is On-Chain Analytics Legit? Cointime Economics with James Check

SLP510 Is On-Chain Analytics Legit? Cointime Economics with James Check

A common question amongst bitcoin investors is whether bitcoin on-chain analytics is legitimate or whether it is snake oil. Joining me to explore this as well as talk about some new research, is James Check, Lead Analyst of Glassnode. We talk about how the field progressed, and some insights to share on analyzing the bitcoin market: History of on-chain analytics Is it snake oil?  Liveliness Impact of the ‘DCA Army’ Lost coins Vaulted supply vs active supply What does a bull market l

Sep 7, 2023 • 1:04:17

Bitcoin L2’s, LN, BTC++, Base58 - Lisa Neigut (SLP509)

Bitcoin L2’s, LN, BTC++, Base58 - Lisa Neigut (SLP509)

Lisa Neigut of base58 and btcplusplus rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin layer 2’s, where bitcoin’s lightning network is going, BTC++ and teaching Bitcoin developers at base58.We talk: Views on other L2 protocols LN technology How important is APO for LN?  BTC++ nix and reproducibility Base58 Links: niftynei base58.school https://btcplusplus.dev/  Prior and relevant episodes: SLP168 Lisa Neigut – Lightning Network Channel Accounting and Dual Funded Channels SLP

Sep 3, 2023 • 59:16

Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? with Vijay Boyapati (SLP508)

Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? with Vijay Boyapati (SLP508)

Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about his view of where things are in the economy. We chat: Recession? 18 month lag Risk on or risk off?  Bitcoin as a macro asset 4 year cycles Is an ETF good for Bitcoin? Pacific Bitcoin   Links X: @real_vijay  Prior episodes: SLP332 Vijay Boyapati – The Bearish Case for Bitcoin SLP233 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin Valuations & Cycles SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is SLP76 Vijay Boy

Aug 29, 2023 • 1:10:23

Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting with Andrew Poelstra SLP507

Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting with Andrew Poelstra SLP507

Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream) has been around Bitcoin research and development for a long time, and has a lot of insight to share on Bitcoin research in this episode. For part 2 of my discussion with Andrew we focus more on bitcoin and cryptography research that the team are working on, and what it means for the future of Bitcoin: Cryptography Bulletproofs++  MuSig2 FROST Bitcoin Scripting Miniscript Simplicity CTV and APO Covenants: are they risky for Bitc

Aug 28, 2023 • 1:06:40

A Paper Computer for Bitcoin? Codex32 with Andrew Poelstra (SLP506)

A Paper Computer for Bitcoin? Codex32 with Andrew Poelstra (SLP506)

A ‘paper computer’ for Bitcoin checksums and Shamir Secret Sharing may seem absurd, but that’s what we’re talking about in this episode! This project is a scheme to generate, encode, checksum, split and recover Bitcoin secret keys, using pencil, paper and lookup tables (alternately, volvelles). We discuss codex32 and the motivation behind it with Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream). Note this is the first of a two part episode. In this first part we discuss: Bitcoin private key

Aug 27, 2023 • 1:00:54

MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black (SLP505)

MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black (SLP505)

Brandon Black (aka Rearden Code) joins me on the show to talk about his experience implementing MuSig2 at BitGo, and also his thoughts on the future Bitcoin soft fork discussion re: APO (ANYPREVOUT), CTV (Check Template Verify), and his proposal on moving forward: MuSig2 benefits Implementing MuSig2 MPC vs Script What are APO and CTV?  Brandon’s combo proposal Upgrade hooks Links: Twitter: @reardencode Combined APO + CTV proposal MuSig2 Field report on Bitcoin Optech Sponsors

Aug 25, 2023 • 1:01:47

SLP504 Design Your Life With Jurisdictional Arbitrage - Coinsurenz

SLP504 Design Your Life With Jurisdictional Arbitrage - Coinsurenz

Have you been wondering about how to design your lifestyle overseas? Rigel (aka coinsurenz) rejoins me on the show to talk about jurisdictional arbitrage in Latin America. We talk about some of his recent moves and his experiences as a bitcoin sovereign individual:  Voice vs Exit - what about ‘staying and fighting’?  Recent residency acquisition in Paraguay How the Latam residency market has shifted Common mistakes that digital nomads make Owning vs Renting homes and storage lockers D

Aug 23, 2023 • 1:03:23

SLP503 Things Are Breaking - Lawrence Lepard

SLP503 Things Are Breaking - Lawrence Lepard

Lawrence Lepard of Equity Management Associates rejoins me to talk about all the things that are breaking:  Cost of living crisis Are we going into recession and what timing?  Boomer hate US government debt Policy responses Social responses The waiting game Site: Site: Ema2.com   Twitter: @LawrenceLepard Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Base58  Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Sub

Aug 20, 2023 • 55:38

SLP502 Validating Lightning Signer - Ken Sedgwick

SLP502 Validating Lightning Signer - Ken Sedgwick

How can lightning users secure themselves even further? Just like how hardware wallets and secure elements can help secure your cold storage coins, Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a project aiming to help improve the way lightning security works. In this conversation with project co-founder Ken Sedgwick, we chat: Why VLS is needed How VLS works Implementing part of the lightning state machine What rules are covered?  What lightning implementations are supported?  The impact of li

Aug 17, 2023 • 56:42

SLP501 RGB Walkthrough with Maxim Orlovsky

SLP501 RGB Walkthrough with Maxim Orlovsky

Dr Maxim Orlovsky joins me on the show to walk through RGB, a smart contract layer for Bitcoin. We talk through: Some of the history of RGB Client side validation as a concept RGB ecosystem What it can be used for - tokens, bitcoin finance MyCitadel wallet What’s next for RGB Links: Site: RGB Twitter: @dr_orlovsky Personal site: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky Github: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Ba

Aug 15, 2023 • 1:13:26

SLP500 Finding the Winners with Andrew Henderson

SLP500 Finding the Winners with Andrew Henderson

Andrew Henderson, Founder of Nomad Capitalist rejoins me on the show to talk: Home country bias Looking beyond headlines  Evolution in citizenship Global minimum tax and ‘the international community’ CBDC Nomad Capitalist Live Links: Twitter: @nomadcapitalist  Site: Nomadcapitalist.com Sponsors:  Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Base58  Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Aug 12, 2023 • 52:50

SLP499 Earning Bitcoin & Remote Working - Jonathan Chester, Bitwage

SLP499 Earning Bitcoin & Remote Working - Jonathan Chester, Bitwage

Jonathan Chester, Founder/CEO of Bitwage joins me to talk about his experience setting up the company and enabling more people to earn Bitcoin: The story of growing Bitwage The market size for payroll Exploring Lightning payouts  Remote working as a trend HODLing as the use Links: Twitter: @Bitwage Site: Bitwage  Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscrib

Aug 7, 2023 • 51:14

SLP498 BowTiedMara - Bitcoin and Geoarbitrage in Argentina

SLP498 BowTiedMara - Bitcoin and Geoarbitrage in Argentina

Mara joins me to talk about his adventures in Argentina, and his thoughts on: Geo arbitrage Rules in theory, rules in practice FX in Argentina Bitcoin use in Argentina Argentina’s property market Where things are going with CBDCs Mara links: Twitter: @BowTiedMara Substack: BowTiedMara - Geoarbitrage & Mobility Assets Sovspot: Live & Work from anywhere Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera: F

Aug 4, 2023 • 59:31

SLP497 Olivier Roland KYC and AML are Destroying the World

SLP497 Olivier Roland KYC and AML are Destroying the World

Author, digital nomad and web entrepreneur Olivier Roland joins me to talk about his issues with AML and his very interesting views on where the world is going in the age of remote working and internet communications. The problem with KYC / AML FATCA Taxes and the Sovereign Individual thesis Digital Nomadism disrupting nation states Links: Twitter: @DisruptiveHoriz Site: Disruptive Horizons Relevant prior episodes: SLP318 Ronald Pol - The Ineffectiveness of AML SLP424 Simon Le

Aug 2, 2023 • 1:12:00

SLP496 Bitcoin Is Not for Everyone with Fernando Nikolic

SLP496 Bitcoin Is Not for Everyone with Fernando Nikolic

Fernando Nikolic, Director of Marketing and Comms at Blockstream joins me on the show to talk about the slightly controversial idea that Bitcoin is Not for Everyone! We get into: His background and why he believes bitcoin is not for everyone Who is it really for?  What about savings technology? Is there a role for bitcoin evangelists?  Teaser on what’s coming with Blockstream Green How to move forward Links: Twitter: @basedlayer  Links: To Drive Meaningful Adoption, We Should Ac

Jul 29, 2023 • 1:04:52

SLP495 Joe Carlasare - Bitcoin ETF? Lawsuits and Bitcoin

SLP495 Joe Carlasare - Bitcoin ETF? Lawsuits and Bitcoin

Joe Carlasare (Partner at Amundsen Davis LLC) and Bitcoiner joins me to share his legal expertise and opinions on: Why you shouldn’t expect the Bitcoin spot ETF soon The SEC Ripple decision SEC Binance and Coinbase Bitcoin and stablecoins Macro thoughts Links: Twitter: @JoeCarlasare Site: Amundsen Davis Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Jul 26, 2023 • 1:03:38

SLP494 Hannah Frankman - Intro to Homeschooling

SLP494 Hannah Frankman - Intro to Homeschooling

Hannah Frankman of Rebel Educator joins me to talk about homeschooling and the problems of Public School: Failures of public schooling vs homeschooling Infantilization of people nowadays Homeschooling vs unschooling Social skills of homeschooled kids  Single income trade offs Results of homeschooling Links: Twitter: @rebelEducator Twitter: @HannahFrankman Youtube: @thehannahfrankmanpodcast Podcast (Spotify): The Hannah Frankman Podcast Article: How to Homeschool/UnSchool y

Jul 24, 2023 • 1:04:12

SLP493 Hashprice Derivatives with Matthew Williams

SLP493 Hashprice Derivatives with Matthew Williams

Matthew Williams, Head of Derivatives at Luxor Mining joins me to talk about Bitcoin Mining hashprice derivatives and what they will do for bitcoin miners:  Getting into bitcoin mining What is hashprice? How hashprice shifts over time What is a non-deliverable forward?  Who should use an NDF? Professionalising bitcoin mining Link: Site: Luxor Technologies  Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space

Jul 20, 2023 • 47:51

SLP492 eSIMs for Privacy and Convenience - silent.link

SLP492 eSIMs for Privacy and Convenience - silent.link

Have you considered using eSIMs instead of your typical telco mobile phone SIM? Silent.link joins me to talk about:  How the online eSIM service works and costs Privacy and security with phones How carriers have you pwned zero-day exploits Convenience and traveling with an eSIM Experiences using Bitcoin and Lightning Links: Twitter: @silentlink1 Site: Anonymous eSIM Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.s

Jul 18, 2023 • 48:47

SLP491 The Crossover Between Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy with Nuclear Bitcoiner

SLP491 The Crossover Between Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy with Nuclear Bitcoiner

Ryan MacLeod (Nuclear Bitcoiner) joins me to talk about Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy. We talk:  Is nuclear energy too costly? What are SMRs? Small Modular Reactors Nuclear waste and safety concerns How Nuclear energy crosses over with Bitcoin mining Reduced costs and increased accessibility Links: Twitter: @NuclearBitcoinr Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space

Jul 12, 2023 • 1:00:29

SLP490 Dusty - What is Splicing and why will it improve LN?

SLP490 Dusty - What is Splicing and why will it improve LN?

Dusty Daemon joins me to talk about splicing on Bitcoin’s lightning network. We talk about: What is splicing?  Splicing’s potential privacy benefits Potential to undermine surveillance heuristics Splicing’s efficiency gains Splicing as one tool in the toolkit Walkthrough of how it works Site: Site: Lightning Splicing Twitter: @dusty_daemon Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space Stephan Livera links:

Jul 10, 2023 • 57:07

SLP489 Graham Krizek - Will every company be a lightning company?

SLP489 Graham Krizek - Will every company be a lightning company?

Will every company be a lightning company? Graham Krizek CEO of Voltage rejoins me on the show to talk about this idea as well as what’s happening in bitcoin and lightning:  Being near the printer Why big companies do financial services What lightning does differently What use cases are there and who’s looking at them? Products at Voltage Thoughts on LDK by Spiral Links: Article: Every Company Will Be A Lightning Company Article: SURGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR VOLTAGE USERS Twitter:

Jul 6, 2023 • 53:49

SLP488 Future Visions of Lightning, Greenlight & Breez SDK with Christian Decker and Roy Sheinfeld

SLP488 Future Visions of Lightning, Greenlight & Breez SDK with Christian Decker and Roy Sheinfeld

Christian Decker (Blockstream) and Roy Sheinfeld (Breez) rejoin me on the show to talk about:  What has improved about Lightning over time Lightning in a high fee environment What Greenlight is  What Breez SDK is Is anything changing on the existing Breez app? Core-lightning contrasted with other implementations Lightning protocol improvements Links: Twitter: @Snyke Twitter: @therealkingonly Site: Your personal Core Lightning node, without the technical fuss. Site: Breez S

Jun 21, 2023 • 1:41:59

SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon

SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon

Digiconomist (Alex de Vries) and Ben Gagnon (Chief Mining Officer, Bitfarms) join me on the show to debate Bitcoin Mining energy. We talk through: Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions Where do the models break down?  Media referring to scary numbers in the bull cycle Transactions per second metrics Links: Twitter: @DigiEconomist Twitter: @hashoveride Digiconomist energy consumption index: Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index CBECI (Cambridge) referred to: Bitcoin network po

Jun 15, 2023 • 1:16:11

SLP486 Bitcoin Estate Planning with Peter Dunworth

SLP486 Bitcoin Estate Planning with Peter Dunworth

Peter Dunworth is a financial adviser for high net worth individuals and families. He joins me to talk about what most people are getting wrong on bitcoin estate planning and inheritance. We discuss: Why bother with all this?  Legal, asset protection and tax benefits Possession vs Title of coins Collaborative custody Practical components Miniscript and technical advances Valuation framework for Bitcoin and why inheritance matters Links: Site: https://www.thebitcoinadviser.com/co

Jun 14, 2023 • 1:00:18

SLP485 What is Inflation? with Jonathan Newman

SLP485 What is Inflation? with Jonathan Newman

Jonathan Newman, Associate Professor of Economics and Mises Fellow joins me to chat: Contrasting definitions of inflation How did Mises define inflation? How did Rothbard define inflation?  Where and how does fractional reserve come into it?  Cantillon effect and the Mises effect Costless production of money Links: Paper: What Is Inflation? Clarifying and Justifying Rothbard’s Definition  Twitter: @NewmanJ_R  Twitter: @KrisMoustHansen  Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com

Jun 13, 2023 • 54:05

SLP484 Robin Linus ZeroSync: Speeding up Bitcoin Initial Block Download (IBD)

SLP484 Robin Linus ZeroSync: Speeding up Bitcoin Initial Block Download (IBD)

Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin. We discuss: What ZKPs are and what they can be used for Speeding up IBD Contrasting ZeroSync with utreexo and assumeutxo UTXO set commitment Blockstream satellite What’s being verified?  Different types of nodes Links: Site: zerosync.org Twitter: @ZeroSync_  Twitter: @robin_linus Sponsors Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.sp

Jun 5, 2023 • 45:01

SLP483 Lightning in a High Fee Environment with Niftynei, D++ & Nate

SLP483 Lightning in a High Fee Environment with Niftynei, D++ & Nate

What happens under a high fee environment on the lightning network? We had one recently and so I asked Niftynei (Lisa of Base58), D++, and Nate (Voltage Head of Support & Education) to join me to talk about it: Lightning implementations handling the fee spike Force closes in lightning Bitcoin performed just fine Anchor outputs Mitigation techniques  Setting fee rates Links: plebnet telegram: https://t.me/plebnet Plebnet wiki: https://plebnet.wiki/wiki/Main_Page  base58: ht

Jun 2, 2023 • 1:19:35

SLP482 Burak - Ark: A new L2 protocol for Bitcoin

SLP482 Burak - Ark: A new L2 protocol for Bitcoin

Burak (Bitcoin researcher/developer) joins me to talk about Ark, a new protocol for Bitcoin scaling and privacy. We chat about: Downsides of LN High level overview  ASPs, vTXOs Vapourware? Other criticisms Interactive vs non-interactive versions Covenants and what they’d mean for Bitcoin Links: Site: arkpill.me Twitter: @brqgoo   Telegram: https://t.me/ark_network_community Relevant prior episode: SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify? Sponsors Swan Bit

May 29, 2023 • 1:21:04

SLP481 Can There Be a Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians? with Kemal (pretyflaco)

SLP481 Can There Be a Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians? with Kemal (pretyflaco)

Kemal of Galoy Money joins me to chat about his Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians. We debate the trade offs and points such as: Remnant vs ‘Big Tent’ Why not write down 12 words? “Mis-selling” Bitcoin Shotgun KYC, and FRB ‘paper bitcoin' risk Jurisdictions and regulation Financial hierarchy of needs Links: Twitter: @_pretyflaco   Blog: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-custodians/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space

May 25, 2023 • 1:00:27

SLP480 The Bitcoin Handbook - Anil Patel

SLP480 The Bitcoin Handbook - Anil Patel

The Bitcoin Handbook is a new visual and simplified explainer of Bitcoin concepts by Anil. Anil has been making awesome graphics and explanatory content about Bitcoin and he joins me on the show to chat: Meeting people where they are  Different ways of explaining bitcoin concepts Why property should not be your piggybank Property Bubbles and investing around the world The intransigent minority Where to get the book Links: The Bitcoin Handbook on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0tyJRvf Ch

May 21, 2023 • 51:39

SLP479 Defending Open Source with Jess Jonas of Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

SLP479 Defending Open Source with Jess Jonas of Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

Jess Jonas, Chief Legal Officer of the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund joins me to chat: Overview the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund - supported by Jack Dorsey, Alex Morcos, Martin White What's the threat with the Tulip Trading Case?  What are the open source licensing implications for developers?  Secondary case and Bitcoin copyright claims Site: Site: Bitcoindefense.org Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space

May 16, 2023 • 41:06

SLP478 Debunking Digiconomist on Bitcoin Mining with Ben Gagnon

SLP478 Debunking Digiconomist on Bitcoin Mining with Ben Gagnon

Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss: Key flaws in methodology and assumptions Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining Links: Site: bitfarms.com Twitter: @hashoveride   Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science Behind Digiconomist Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116 Relevant

May 14, 2023 • 54:22

SLP477 Decentralising Bitcoin Transaction Selection using SRI with Pavlenex and Fi3

SLP477 Decentralising Bitcoin Transaction Selection using SRI with Pavlenex and Fi3

You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentralising Bitcoin transaction selection. Listen and learn about how Stratum v2 Reference Implementation can help: Overview of Stratum v2 benefits Encryption, efficiency, censor resistance Are changes needed to Bitcoin Core?  Different actors in mining: Pools, Miners, Hardware Device firmware and translation proxy How you can help or contribute

May 10, 2023 • 43:18

SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multisig? with Nick Farrow

SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multisig? with Nick Farrow

Nick Farrow joins me to talk about new developments coming in Bitcoin multi-signature security: FROST and what it is  Privacy benefits Downsides of FROST e.g interactivity, complexity ROAST - what it is How hardware and software might have to change to adapt The future of multi sig Links: Site: utxo.club Twitter: @utxoclub  FROST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/852.pdf ROAST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/550.pdf Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

May 3, 2023 • 59:18

SLP475 Why Every Portfolio Should Contain Bitcoin with Rapha Zagury

SLP475 Why Every Portfolio Should Contain Bitcoin with Rapha Zagury

Rapha Zagury CIO and Head of Research at Swan joins me to talk:  Financial modelling flaws in the fiat financial world Putting things in terms that other people understand Open source research Nakamoto Portfolio Schrodinger Model Lump sum vs DCA Bitcoin vs altcoin Links: Twitter: @alphaazeta  Site: NakamotoPortfolio.com Blog: Why Bitcoin is the Ultimate Asset for your IRA  Nakamoto Portfolio thread: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta/status/1640005261099139073  Bitcoin vs al

Apr 28, 2023 • 1:19:28

SLP474 Challenges of Operating Lightning Nodes & Torq with Henrik Skogstrøm

SLP474 Challenges of Operating Lightning Nodes & Torq with Henrik Skogstrøm

Henrik Skogstrøm, Founder and CEO of LN Capital joins me to talk about the lightning network: Managing large lightning nodes Key challenges Monitoring Notifications Tools required Privacy vs reliability New tech Links: Twitter: @ohskogstrom  Twitter: @LN_Capital  Site: https://ln.capital/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space MicroStrategy Bitcoin and Lightning for Corporations event May 3-4, 2023 (code LIVERA): https://www.microstrategy.com

Apr 26, 2023 • 54:48

SLP473 Why Bitcoiners Must Focus on Bottom Up Adoption with Matthew Mezinskis

SLP473 Why Bitcoiners Must Focus on Bottom Up Adoption with Matthew Mezinskis

Matthew Mezinskis of Porkopolis / Crypto Voices joins me on the show to help explain the structure of the fiat fractional reserve system. Listen to this episode to get an understanding of the different monetary metrics and more:  Monetary metrics, monetary base and more Fractional reserve in the fiat system Eurodollars and ‘crypto’ eurodollars How the bitcoin system may evolve in future Why focusing on bottom up is key Links: Twitter: @crypto_voices Site: Porkopolis.io Sponsors:

Apr 18, 2023 • 58:43

SLP472 BTC Prague and Bitcoin in Europe Matyas Kuchar

SLP472 BTC Prague and Bitcoin in Europe Matyas Kuchar

Matyas Kuchar joins me to talk about the Czech Bitcoiner scene and what’s coming up with BTC Prague:  Notable and early bitcoin companies in Prague Organising Bitcoin conferences What to expect with BTC Prague Links: Twitter: @Matyas44Cook Site: BTCPrague.com (use code LIVERA) Twitter: @BtcPrague  Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space

Apr 16, 2023 • 42:42

SLP471 Bitcoin & Cryptosovereignty with Erik Cason

SLP471 Bitcoin & Cryptosovereignty with Erik Cason

Erik Cason joins me on the show to talk about his journey as a Bitcoiner, from working at Coinbase to leaving and now writing and speaking about Bitcoin:  Digital Panopticon and defunding three letter agencies Making Money vs Caring for money Can Bitcoin be corrupted?  Cryptosovereignty and political power Links: Twitter: @Erikcason Site: Cryptosovereignty.org Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space

Apr 13, 2023 • 55:02

SLP470 Correcting NYT Disinformation on Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard

SLP470 Correcting NYT Disinformation on Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard

Pierre Rochard (VP of Research at Riot Platforms) rejoins me on the show to correct the NYT’s recent disinformation article on Bitcoin. We discuss: Fundamental problems with the degrowth world view Factual errors in the article Demand response Bitcoin mining has zero emissions How Bitcoiners should respond Links: NYT article screenshots by Pierre Archive.is link to the NYT article Twitter: @BitcoinPierre Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space

Apr 11, 2023 • 51:03

SLP469 Is the World Really Dedollarising? with Peter St Onge

SLP469 Is the World Really Dedollarising? with Peter St Onge

Peter St Onge rejoins me to talk about whether the world is really dedollarising. What kind of timeframe are we talking about here? We also talk through some recent developments from an austrian economics perspective:  Dedollarisation Cantillon Effects Fictional Reserve Banking systems Did the market really ‘choose’ FRB?  How Bitcoin is really what most people think of as money Twitter: @profstonge  Substack: Stonge.Substack.com YT: https://www.youtube.com/@profstonge Swan B

Apr 5, 2023 • 1:02:10

SLP468 LNURL, Lightning Box, Blixt, Soft Forks with Hampus Sjoberg

SLP468 LNURL, Lightning Box, Blixt, Soft Forks with Hampus Sjoberg

Hampus Sjoberg, creator of Blixt Wallet joins me to talk about lightning technology and crafting a non-custodial experience while dealing with the trade offs of custodial lightning.  LNURL - what is it and where is it useful? Comparison with bolt12 Blixt wallet and its tradeoffs Lightning Box for offline payments Bitcoin soft forks - why they should be considered Links: Twitter: @hampus_S Site: Blixt Wallet  nostr: npub1v4v57fu60zvc9d2uq23cey4fnwvxlzga9q2vta2n6xalu03rs57s0 Prio

Mar 21, 2023 • 1:02:21

SLP467 An Unsustainable Fiscal Path with James Lavish

SLP467 An Unsustainable Fiscal Path with James Lavish

James Lavish (Author of the Informationist and Managing Partner of Bitcoin Opportunity Fund) rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest: Shocking US government debt stats Silicon Valley Bank bailout and what it portends Using Bitcoin to stay operational in banking crisis Bitcoin Opportunity Fund Links: Twitter: @jameslavish Newsletter:  https://jameslavish.substack.com/ BOF: The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund Thread: https://twitter.com/jameslavish/status/1636104435171737602 Spo

Mar 18, 2023 • 1:18:19

SLP466 The Time Value of Truth with Benjamin Carlson

SLP466 The Time Value of Truth with Benjamin Carlson

Ben Carlson, journalist and former editor at The Atlantic joins me on the show to chat about: How the media operates and the model has shifted over time Getting to the truth in this new age How stories get covered up Future of media Uncovering interesting videos Links: Twitter: @bfcarlson Site: bfcarlson.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on

Mar 17, 2023 • 1:05:35

SLP465 What is utreexo? with Calvin Kim

SLP465 What is utreexo? with Calvin Kim

Calvin Kim (BitMEX & HRF grantee) joins me to talk about utreexo: utreexo and the UTXO set comparison with other ideas e.g. assumevalid and assumeUTXO utreexo proofs Types of utreexo nodes - Bridge + Compact State nodes How it might look in practice Running your own electrum server Privacy benefits Links: Twitter: @kcalvinalvinn utreexo Github: https://github.com/utreexo/utreexo Overview at MIT DCI https://dci.mit.edu/utreexo Blog post: Out of Order Block Validation wi

Mar 13, 2023 • 1:02:33

SLP464 Can Free Private Cities Make the World Dramatically Richer? with Erick Brimen CEO of Prospera

SLP464 Can Free Private Cities Make the World Dramatically Richer? with Erick Brimen CEO of Prospera

Erick Brimen of Prospera joins me to talk about: Creating $100-200T more wealth globally The market for living together Historical examples Governance, Government, & The State ZEDE law and uncertainty Working with Galoy Money Accepting Bitcoin & AmityAge on the island Links: Site: https://prospera.hn/news Twitter: @erickbrimen Other episodes: SLP417 Titus Gebel – Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty SLP161 Titus Gebel – Bitcoin Citadels as Free Priva

Mar 8, 2023 • 1:17:49

SLP463 Bitcoin Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT & eltoo with Greg Sanders (Instagibbs)

SLP463 Bitcoin Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT & eltoo with Greg Sanders (Instagibbs)

Greg Sanders of Blockstream joins me to talk about Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT and eltoo. We discuss a range of questions: What is Transaction Pinning? How does mempoolfullrbf help? Transaction Pinning vectors and possible fixes v3 transaction relay Overview of ANYPREVOUT Improvements with eltoo LN Penalty contrasted with LN Symmetry Scaling Bitcoin longer term Relevant episodes: SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks SLP298 Rusty Russell – Ligh

Mar 5, 2023 • 1:02:21

SLP462 Bitcoin Multi-signature with Craig Raw

SLP462 Bitcoin Multi-signature with Craig Raw

Craig Raw of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me to chat: Bitcoin multi signature security Passphrases contrasted with multi-sig NFC support What’s the difference between seed, passphrase, PIN & app password? Stages of HODLing BSMS BIP329 Import and export of transactions BIP47 support Links: Twitter: @craigraw Site: SparrowWallet.com nostr: #npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2 BIP329 Relevant episodes: SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK

Feb 26, 2023 • 56:52

SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with Matt Corallo

SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with Matt Corallo

Matt Corallo of Spiral Bitcoin rejoins me to chat about the purpose of Bitcoin and developments in the space: Bitcoin contrasted with stablecoins Bitcoin’s specialty Future problems vs today problems Canadian Trucker Bitcoin Donations and adversarial environments Cultural aspects What does it take to have Bitcoin Soft forks again? LDK Links: Twitter: @TheBlueMatt Spiral: Spiral.xyz LDK: Lightningdevkit.org Async payment post Prior episodes: SLP257 Matt Corallo –

Feb 22, 2023 • 1:27:16

SLP460 Bitcoin and the Dollar as Strange Bedfellows with Mark Goodwin

SLP460 Bitcoin and the Dollar as Strange Bedfellows with Mark Goodwin

Mark Goodwin is the Editorial Director for Print at Bitcoin Magazine. He joins me to chat about the dynamics of Bitcoin and the Dollar: Warring factions in the govt Monetary dominance Protocol risks created by stablecoins? Bitcoin still surviving and thriving Links: Store: https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/ Twitter: @markgoodw_in Article: Bitcoinmagazine.com Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/stablecoin-monster-cbdc-red-herring Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.spa

Feb 18, 2023 • 1:02:25

SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK

SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK

NVK (of Coinkite.com) rejoins me to chat about the latest in bitcoin security: New device Q1 with QR New Coldcard firmware Combining security techniques Bitcoin Gardening, not Ossification OP_VAULT Nostr Links: Q1: https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1 NVK's Nostr npub: npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 Previous Episodes: SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses? SLP344 NVK – Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard – Bitcoin Hardware In

Feb 14, 2023 • 1:08:58

SLP458 AI and the Economy with Peter St Onge

SLP458 AI and the Economy with Peter St Onge

Peter St Onge rejoins me on the show to talk about AI and what it means from an economic perspective. Many believe that all the jobs will disappear or there will be massive economic chaos. We discuss: AI and what jobs it will take What new jobs will be created? What about UBI? Implications for choosing a career ChatGPT and political bias Existential risks Trillion dollar coins Links: Twitter: @profstonge Substack: HyperBitcoinization | stonge.substack.com YouTube: @Profitsof

Feb 12, 2023 • 1:21:58

SLP457 Bitcoin as International Money with Bill Hill & Malcolm Weed

SLP457 Bitcoin as International Money with Bill Hill & Malcolm Weed

Bill Hill from Pouch (Bitcoin Island Philippines) and Malcolm Weed from Neutronpay join me to talk about Bitcoin as international money and the scene in Asia. Bill and Malcolm share some insights into Bitcoin and lightning on the ground, and remittance corridors. We also talk about their upcoming events, Lightningcon in Da Nang and Bitcoin Island Retreat coming up at the end of March. We chat: Merchant adoption Bitcoin remittances Bitcoin and lightning companies collaborating Knowledge ab

Feb 8, 2023 • 52:09

SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?

SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?

Casey Rodarmor joins me to chat about Ordinals and Inscriptions. Now we get into the pros and cons of this, and whether it is bad for Bitcoin. We chat: What Ordinals and Inscriptions are The ‘bull’ case for Ordinals and Inscriptions Do they spam the bitcoin blockchain? Witness data on the input side, not output side Is it harder to validate? Can it even be stopped? Marginal consumption of block space Links: Twitter: @rodarmor Site: Ordinals.com Podcast: https://hellpodcast.m

Feb 2, 2023 • 54:31

SLP455 Anant Tapadia - Single Sig or Multi Sig?

SLP455 Anant Tapadia - Single Sig or Multi Sig?

Anant of BitHyve (Hexa, Keeper) rejoins me on the show to chat about the question of securing your Bitcoin in single signature or multi signature. We also talk through best practices. Topics covered: Single sig or multi sig Costs of multi sig Detailed walkthrough of multi sig set up Practical tips to keep it simple Keeper and features Miniscript and Musig2 Bitcoin4india Links: Twitter: @anant_tap Twitter: @bitcoinKeeper_ Site: Bitcoinkeeper.app Relevant prior episodes SL

Feb 1, 2023 • 1:07:13

SLP454 Dante Cook Bitcoin as the Shipping Container of Money

SLP454 Dante Cook Bitcoin as the Shipping Container of Money

Dante Cook of Swan Business joins me on the show to chat about: Athletes and Bitcoin Proof of Work Shipping Containers and Bitcoin The need for entrepreneurs The old system fighting the new Bitcoin for businesses Links: Twitter: @Dante_Cook1 Email: Dante@swan.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantecook/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter

Jan 28, 2023 • 1:00:59

SLP453 Luke Gromen - Soft Landing or Hard Landing?

SLP453 Luke Gromen - Soft Landing or Hard Landing?

Luke Gromen of Forest For The Trees rejoins me on the show to talk about his macro views: Soft landing vs hard landing Government debt levels US Interest rates and “chicken-pivot” Commodities and dedollarisation Outlook for Bitcoin Links: Twitter: @LukeGromen Site: https://fftt-llc.com/ Prior episode: SLP247 Luke Gromen – Does Bitcoin Recreate The Hunger Games? Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.co

Jan 26, 2023 • 51:02

SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables - with Antoine Poinsot & Salvatore Ingala

SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables - with Antoine Poinsot & Salvatore Ingala

Antoine Poinsot of Revault/WizardSardine and Salvatore Ingala of Ledger join me to explain: What is Bitcoin Miniscript? How does it help enable new uses of bitcoin? Inheritance, timelocking and business use Security Complexity Liana and Ledger Software and hardware Next steps from here Links: Twitter: @darosior Twitter: @salvatoshi Blog: https://blog.ledger.com/miniscript-is-coming/ WizardSardine: A team of bitcoiners with a passion for security Liana: Announcing

Jan 23, 2023 • 57:55

SLP451 Dissecting cRyPtO Scams and Outlook for 2023 with Brad Mills

SLP451 Dissecting cRyPtO Scams and Outlook for 2023 with Brad Mills

Brad Mills (Bitcoin HODLer and VC investor) joins me to dissect cRyPtO scams from the last cycle. What lessons are there to be learned about the dynamics? Listen in to hear some post mortem commentary, as well as some views on what’s coming. We discuss: cRyPtO ponzi dynamics How the cycles line up Fake decentralisation Liquid staking Yield chasing Bitcoin fundamentals Links: Twitter: @bradmillscan Site: Bradmills.ca Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital

Jan 19, 2023 • 1:14:48

SLP450 Bitcoin Developer Education Overview with Josibake

SLP450 Bitcoin Developer Education Overview with Josibake

Josibake (bitcoin core developer) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Developer Education and why it’s much improved nowadays! We discuss a range of topics: Why is it important? What are the main bottlenecks? What career opportunities are there? Chaincode labs seminars Qala Bitcoin Dev Philosophy book Onboarding to bitcoin core What he’d like to see in Bitcoin Links: Twitter: @josibake Chaincode Labs Seminars Onboarding to Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Development Philosop

Jan 18, 2023 • 1:10:18

SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault - A New Way to HODL?

SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault - A New Way to HODL?

James O’Beirne (Bitcoin Core developer) rejoins me on the show to chat about OP_Vault. We discuss: The history of the Vault idea Precomputed vaults vs General covenants What does a good vault look like? How OP_Vault works Who it’s for What next with OP_Vault Links: Paper: Vaults and Covenants Twitter: @jamesob Mailing list discussion: [bitcoin-dev] OP_VAULT: a new vault proposal Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/jamesob/status/1612482957406801922 Prior episodes: SLP339

Jan 14, 2023 • 56:32

SLP448 Texas Slim & Jacob Wolki - Bitcoin & Australian Beef Initiative

SLP448 Texas Slim & Jacob Wolki - Bitcoin & Australian Beef Initiative

Texas Slim and Jacob Wolki join me on the show to chat about what people are getting wrong with their nutrition nowadays, and how the beef initiative is helping. We chat: Nutrition today and what’s gone wrong The Beef Initiative Regenerative Agriculture and the difference in product Using Bitcoin w/IBEX, OpenNode, BTCPay Inaugural Australian Beef Initiative Summit Feb 12th Links: Event link: Australian Beef Initiative- Sunday 12th Twitter: @JakeWolki Twitter: @modernTman

Jan 6, 2023 • 50:47

SLP447 K3tan 2022 Year in Review

SLP447 K3tan 2022 Year in Review

K3tan of Ministry of Nodes rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent survey and review the year in Bitcoin. We discuss: Practical tips on using Bitcoin Which Bitcoin projects/software/hardware came out on top and why Self sovereignty and adoption Lightning Fedimint, Cashu What to expect for the next year Links: Twitter: @_k3tan Twitter: https://twitter.com/_k3tan/status/1600068204185153536 Site: https://ministryofnodes.com.au/ Prior episodes: SLP315 k3tan – Networkin

Dec 29, 2022 • 59:01

SLP446 Alex Gladstein The Scourge of “Structural Adjustment”

SLP446 Alex Gladstein The Scourge of “Structural Adjustment”

Alex Gladstein of HRF rejoins me on the show to chat about: Attending Africa Bitcoin Conference How the World Bank and IMF keep poorer countries in a debt trap The ‘strings’ attached to debt Odious debt Cash crops How does this resolve? Will Bitcoin help fix this? Links: Twitter: @gladstein Article: Structural Adjustment: How the Imf and World Bank Repress Poor Countries and Funnel Their Resources to Rich Ones HRF grants: HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Awards $325,000 in New G

Dec 23, 2022 • 1:15:36

SLP445 Dhruv Bansal - Surviving and Innovating In Bitcoin Bear Markets

SLP445 Dhruv Bansal - Surviving and Innovating In Bitcoin Bear Markets

Dhruv Bansal, co-founder and CSO of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about: The bear cycle and what happened Leverage and the role of credit Bitcoin and financial planning Inheritance Planning Multisig & Taproot Nostr Bitcoin and computer security Links: Twitter: @dhruvbansal Site: Unchained.com Prior episodes: SLP221 Joe Kelly And Dhruv Bansal – Should Your Business Hold Bitcoin? Unchained Business Accounts SLP113 Dhruv Bansal – Bitcoin Multisig &amp

Dec 22, 2022 • 1:14:05

SLP444 Mike Jarmuz - Is Bitcoin VC Fiat?

SLP444 Mike Jarmuz - Is Bitcoin VC Fiat?

Muzz from Lightning Ventures joins me to chat: The world of Bitcoin VC Is it fiat? Investing in companies Thinking long term Problems with chainalysis Bitcoiner Jobs Should you evangelise bitcoin? Tips for founders Links: Site: ltng.ventures Twitter: @MikeJarmuz Sponsors: BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA) Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlive

Dec 21, 2022 • 1:13:03

SLP443 Conza - Clearing up Bitcoin Misconceptions

SLP443 Conza - Clearing up Bitcoin Misconceptions

Conza (austro-libertarian writer and organiser of Mises Seminar Australia) joins me on the show to talk about praxeology, and common bitcoin misconceptions. We chat: Praxeology basics Why it’s not ‘mere preference’ Why accuracy is important Classifying bitcoin vs IOUs Inaccurate analogies about energy, time, violence/weapon Links: Twitter: @Conza Site: mises.org.au Site: conza.tumblr.com Saifedean Conza episode :134. Praxeology in One Lesson with Conza Sponsors: BTCPrague.

Dec 18, 2022 • 1:34:29

SLP442 Joe Burnett Bitcoin Long Term Security and why ETH is doomed

SLP442 Joe Burnett Bitcoin Long Term Security and why ETH is doomed

Joe Burnett of Blockware joins me to chat about why Bitcoin’s security is probably fine in the long term. We chat about the typical arguments for and against here, as well as the surprising idea of ‘finality, not security’. Bitcoin long term security arguments Finality, not security Bitcoin’s scaling cycle Why ETH is more or less doomed Bull and bear markets of bitcoin are a feature Links: Twitter: @IIICapital Blockware/Riot Mining Report: Bitcoin Transaction Fees Thread: https:

Dec 15, 2022 • 1:00:11

SLP441 Hermann (Bitcoin Ekasi) - Actually Banking the Unbanked

SLP441 Hermann (Bitcoin Ekasi) - Actually Banking the Unbanked

Hermann from Bitcoin Ekasi joins me to chat about his journey banking the unbanked: Being inspired by bitcoinbeach Conditions in the town in Mossel Bay, South Africa Shops taking bitcoin payment Dealing with volatility Why maximalism is practical Using services like Bitrefill Bitcoin education centre - built with bitcoin / Paxful Links: Site: BitcoinEkasi.com Twitter: @BitcoinEkasi Twitter: @vryfokkenou Article: Bitcoin Ekasi: The Township One Year Later Thre

Dec 14, 2022 • 1:00:43

SLP440 Bitcoin Bush Bash: a different model for bitcoin confs with WizardofAus

SLP440 Bitcoin Bush Bash: a different model for bitcoin confs with WizardofAus

WizardofAus joins me on the show to chat about the Bush Bash: an alternate model for Bitcoin conferences. To be clear it’s not ‘better’, just different. Wiz and I chat: How he got into organizing bitcoin meetups Bush Bash origins Attendee feedback The commitment filter Structuring the weekend No sponsors needed? Tips on replicating the model Links: Twitter: @BTCSchellingPt Site: bitcoinbushbash.info Twitter: @bitcoinbushbash Article: Gather Your Tribe - Citadel 21 Mentio

Dec 12, 2022 • 54:07

SLP439 Federico Tenga - What is RGB for Bitcoin? & Iris wallet

SLP439 Federico Tenga - What is RGB for Bitcoin? & Iris wallet

Federico Tenga of Bitfinex joins me to chat about RGB, what it is and what it enables using bitcoin: What is RGB? Enabling stablecoins, collectibles and other assets How does it work? Issuing new assets, transferring and deletion Does it create an MEV situation for Bitcoin? Iris Wallet Links: Twitter: @FedericoTenga Iris Wallet Github: @iris_wallet RGB FAQ: rgbfaq.com Article: RGB Magic: Client-Side Contracts on Bitcoin Sponsors: BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA) Swan Bitcoi

Dec 8, 2022 • 1:04:27

SLP438 Lawrence Nahum - RBF, Green, Jade, BuildonL2

SLP438 Lawrence Nahum - RBF, Green, Jade, BuildonL2

Lawrence Nahum of Blockstream joins me to chat about: RBF and mempoolfullrbf 0 conf arguments Blockstream Green Jade and bitcoin security BuildonL2 Links: Twitter: @LarryBitcoin Site: Blockstream.com Build on L2: https://www.buildonl2.com/ Sponsors: BTCPrague.com (code LIVERA) Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Blockstream.com

Dec 7, 2022 • 1:02:50

SLP437 Jordan Schachtel - Making Sense of Clown World

SLP437 Jordan Schachtel - Making Sense of Clown World

Jordan Schachtel, independent journalist and writer joins me to chat about the problems in media today, and how we’re in a clown world. We discuss: Media bias and narratives SBF and the FTX house of cards Was it a government op? Critical factors for hyperbitcoinisation Is the system beyond hope? Links: Twitter: @JordanSchachtel Substack: The Dossier - Substack Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Blockstre

Dec 3, 2022 • 59:55

SLP436 Juraj Bednar Bitcoin as Parallel Economy

SLP436 Juraj Bednar Bitcoin as Parallel Economy

Juraj Bednar (Author, speaker, co-founder of Paralelni Polis) joins me on the show to chat about: Cypherpunk and libertarian thought Building out the Bitcoin parallel economy Vekslaks and p2p Tips for onboarding bitcoin and lightning users Lightning wallet comparison Links: Twitter: @jurbed Book: Hack Yourself! Site: Juraj Bednar Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Blockstream.com Stephan Livera links: Fo

Nov 30, 2022 • 1:21:52

SLP435 Bitcoin Times Austrian Edition with Svetski

SLP435 Bitcoin Times Austrian Edition with Svetski

Svetski (Founder of The Bitcoin Times) rejoins me on the show to chat about what he’s working on lately: The Bitcoin Times as a new annual bitcoin publication How and why he got into Austrian economics How bitcoin changes our time preference Explaining Bitcoin Playing the long game with bitcoin adoption Links: Twitter: @SvetskiWrites Twitter: @TimelessBitcoin Site: Bitcointimes.com.au Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(cod

Nov 28, 2022 • 1:03:34

SLP434 Adopting Bitcoin '22 & Should you Escape to El Salvador? with Jeremy

SLP434 Adopting Bitcoin '22 & Should you Escape to El Salvador? with Jeremy

Jeremy of Escape to El Salvador joins me on the show to talk about his insights on the ground in El Salvador. We discuss: Why and how some bitcoiners and expats are moving to El Salvador Thoughts on the recent Adopting Bitcoin conference Creature comforts in El Salvador Living on Bitcoin in El Salvador Getting residency or setting up a business Tips for anyone visiting El Salvador Links: Twitter: @ElSalvadorVisas Website: EscapetoElSalvador.org Jeremy’s Adopting Bitcoin talk

Nov 24, 2022 • 1:02:07

SLP433 v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin Core (BIP324) with Pieter Wuille Dhruv and Tim Ruffing

SLP433 v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin Core (BIP324) with Pieter Wuille Dhruv and Tim Ruffing

Dhruv, Pieter Wuille and Tim Ruffing join me on the show to talk about their project to bring encryption to Bitcoin Core. We discuss: What the current state of things is Packet inspection and making bitcoin slightly more private The new proposal for encryption Impact on nodes Feedback wanted Links: BIP324: Enable v2 P2P encrypted transport #24545 https://github.com/dhruv/bips/blob/bip324/bip-0324.mediawiki Site: Bip324.com Twitter: @dhruv Twitter: @pwuille Twitter: @real_o

Nov 12, 2022 • 1:00:52

SLP432 James Lavish The Great Debt Spiral

SLP432 James Lavish The Great Debt Spiral

James Lavish (author of The Informationist, prior fund manager and macro commentator) joins me on the show to chat about the great debt spiral and how Bitcoin is a big part of the answer. We discuss: Recent central bank rate hikes - Fed and BoE hike 75 basis points Financial zombies Zombie countries and G7 Why the EU is doomed UK Debt problems How Bitcoin Fixes This Links: Twitter: @jameslavish Newsletter: https://jameslavish.substack.com/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.sp

Nov 5, 2022 • 1:01:41

SLP431 Austin Mitchell Bitcoin for Energy Markets with Synota

SLP431 Austin Mitchell Bitcoin for Energy Markets with Synota

Austin Mitchell of Synota joins me to chat about how bitcoin and the lightning network could be integrated with energy markets and the energy life cycle. We chat: Financial inefficiencies in energy markets How Bitcoin and Lightning fix this Automation and integration possible Walking through the energy lifecycle Bitcoin miners paying for their energy with bitcoin Links: Twitter: @aisaacsmitchell Site: Synota.io Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code L

Nov 4, 2022 • 52:04

SLP430 Zero fee routing - Post Mortem on ZFR node

SLP430 Zero fee routing - Post Mortem on ZFR node

Zero fee routing rejoins me on the show to do a post mortem on shutting down his LN node project (for now). It was one of the most connected lightning nodes in the network with about 100 BTC capacity, and over 1000 channels. We chat: Why he’s shutting it down How profitable it was Lessons learned Why he’s still bullish on the lightning network and bitcoin Security considerations Would he ever restart the project? Splicing Peerswap Collaborative channel opens Hosted channels L

Nov 3, 2022 • 57:07

SLP429 Anant Tapadia Bitcoin In India, Keeper, b4i conference

SLP429 Anant Tapadia Bitcoin In India, Keeper, b4i conference

Anant Tapadia of BitHyve (the team behind Hexa Wallet and Keeper) joins me on the show to talk about what’s going on in India, and the efforts to spread good bitcoin education there as a community. We chat: Bitcoin scene in India Regulation in India Meetup groups p2p trading Keeper and multi signature b4i conference - aims Links: Twitter: @anant_tap Conference site: https://www.conference.bitcoin4india.org/ Keeper: Bitcoinkeeper.app Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.s

Oct 31, 2022 • 58:16

SLP428 Stack hodler - Bitcoin & Four Macro Factors to Watch

SLP428 Stack hodler - Bitcoin & Four Macro Factors to Watch

Stack rejoins me on the show to chat about Bitcoin and the four macro factors to watch: Contrasting different views on macro Four factors to watch Is the world done with US Treasuries? What’s the US Fed doing? What about the UK market? Deflationary collapse Links: Twitter: @stackhodler Site: Pro.stackmacro.com Prior episode: SLP397 Stack Hodler – Money Printing Around the World Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIV

Oct 27, 2022 • 56:35

SLP427 Cory Klippsten The Race to Avoid The War

SLP427 Cory Klippsten The Race to Avoid The War

Cory Klippsten rejoins me on the show to chat about: The Race to Avoid The War Examples of countries experiencing high inflation Obstacles and hurdles on the way Could the cycles have been avoided? How to contribute if you’re not a developer Pacific Bitcoin Links: Twitter: @coryklippsten Pacific Bitcoin: PacificBitcoin.com (code LIVERA) Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Blockstream.com

Oct 26, 2022 • 57:47

SLP426 Morgen Rochard Why You Want to Live in a Bitcoin World

SLP426 Morgen Rochard Why You Want to Live in a Bitcoin World

Morgen Rochard of Origin WA joins the show to chat about the world of financial planning and more: Bitcoin allocation percentages Monetary uncertainty “Making your money work for you” Why you want to live in a Bitcoin world Negative real yield Living within your means Links: Origin Wealth Advisors: Originwa.com Twitter: @MorgenRochard Book: Personal Finance QuickStart Guide Bitcoin for Advisors podcast Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Unchained Capi

Oct 25, 2022 • 58:15

SLP426 Morgen Rochard Why You Want to Live in a Bitcoin World

SLP426 Morgen Rochard Why You Want to Live in a Bitcoin World

Morgen Rochard of Origin WA joins the show to chat about the world of financial planning and more: Bitcoin allocation percentages Monetary uncertainty “Making your money work for you” Why you want to live in a Bitcoin world Negative real yield Living within your means Links: Origin Wealth Advisors: Originwa.com Twitter: @MorgenRochard Book: Personal Finance QuickStart Guide Bitcoin for Advisors podcast Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Unchained Capi

Oct 24, 2022 • 58:43

SLP425 Johns Beharry & Ed - Bolt.fun -  Legends of Lightning

SLP425 Johns Beharry & Ed - Bolt.fun - Legends of Lightning

Johns Beharry and Ed of the Bolt.fun project join me to chat about this new online bitcoin and lightning meta-hackathon and how you can get involved. How it got started Prizes and Tracks How teams will be judged Guide Makers Growing the bitcoin developer + designer community Links: Site: https://bolt.fun/ Johns Twitter: @johnsBeharry Ed Twitter: @zapp_ed Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

Oct 22, 2022 • 43:53

SLP424 Simon Lelieveldt The Problem With FATF and AML Laws

SLP424 Simon Lelieveldt The Problem With FATF and AML Laws

Simon Lelieveldt, a business engineer with extensive experience in banking, central banking and acting as supervisor joins me on the show. We’re chatting about: The problem of FATF Who are they? How did this organisation form? What impacts they’re having on the world Tricks they use to take advantage of crises How to push back Links: Twitter: @finhstamsterdam Thread: https://twitter.com/finhstamsterdam/status/1309875813806936064 FATF evaluation thread https://twitter.com/finhs

Oct 18, 2022 • 1:05:02

SLP423 Paolo Ardoino - What’s Going on with Bitcoin in Lugano?

SLP423 Paolo Ardoino - What’s Going on with Bitcoin in Lugano?

Paolo Ardoino (CTO Bitfinex & Tether) rejoins me on the show to chat about just what’s happening Lugano: Funding for the project Helping merchants accepting Bitcoin, USDT, Luga Why do this from the top down? Why not bottom up only? Hub & Incubator Updates on Keet Plan B Forum Links: Twitter: @paoloardoino Lugano site: https://planb.lugano.ch/planb-forum/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)

Oct 16, 2022 • 52:05

SLP422 John Haar Choosing Bitcoin & Austrian Econ over 13 years in TradFi

SLP422 John Haar Choosing Bitcoin & Austrian Econ over 13 years in TradFi

John Haar from Swan Private joins me on the show to chat about his journey working inside the TradFi machine and coming to see Bitcoin as the answer: Being a goldbug Reading and learning at mises.org Methodological differences with mainstream economics Full Reserve and Fractional Reserve thoughts Will we see Bitcoin decorrelation? Inflation Links: Article: How Legacy Finance Perceives Bitcoin Twitter: @john_at_swan Prior episodes: SLP402 Pierre Rochard – Bitcoin Obsoletes Frac

Oct 12, 2022 • 1:03:56

SLP421 Vivek Ramaswamy - The Antidote to Corporate Woke-ism

SLP421 Vivek Ramaswamy - The Antidote to Corporate Woke-ism

Vivek Ramaswamy of Strive Asset Management joins me on the show to chat about: His book Woke, Inc. How executives pursue Woke-ism as a deflection strategy What investors can do about it Activist investing Fighting fire with water How it plays into Bitcoin’s world Links: Twitter: @VivekGRamaswamy Site: Strive.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @st

Oct 10, 2022 • 54:17

SLP420 BTCMap - Mapping Bitcoin Merchants

SLP420 BTCMap - Mapping Bitcoin Merchants

Nathan and Secondl1ght of the BTCMap FOSS project join me to chat about tagging local bitcoin merchants and how you can get involved. FOSS and data Past attempts at tagging Open systems and walled gardens BTCMap project and how you can contribute Tagging locations Links: Site: BTCMap.org Twitter: @BTCMapDotOrg Github: https://github.com/teambtcmap Nathan: @nathan_day Secondl1ght twitter: @secondl1ght Secondlight site: secondl1ght.site Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mem

Oct 6, 2022 • 37:14

SLP419 Matthew McClintock- UHNW Bitcoin Strategies

SLP419 Matthew McClintock- UHNW Bitcoin Strategies

Matthew McClintock of Bespoke Services joins me on the show to chat about his family office and private trust company for UHNW American clients. We chat: What level of wealth qualifies here? What are the concerns of Bitcoin-affluent families? What kind of structures can they use? Benefits of these structures Trade offs of the approach How the Sovereign Individual thesis may play out Should UHNW Americans consider staying out of these structures? What’s needed from a technology and

Oct 5, 2022 • 1:02:58

SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses?

SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses?

NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about how Tapsigner, a Bitcoin NFC Hardware card may be the next big iteration in UX for the masses given it’s price and ease of use. We chat: Low cost hardware devices Tapsigner features and use Bitcoin and NFC support w/Nunchuk SatsCard - the new OPENDIME BlockClock Micro shipping BitcoinTreasuries.Net Bitcoin.Review - NVK’s new podcast Links: Twitter: @NVK Site: Tapsigner.com Site: Coinkite.com (code LIVERA) Site: BitcoinTr

Oct 4, 2022 • 59:08

SLP417 Titus Gebel - Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty

SLP417 Titus Gebel - Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty

Titus Gebel, author of Free Private Cities, and CEO of Tipolis rejoins me on the show to talk about updates with Free Cities, and why we need to create parallel structures for liberty: Name change Free Cities projects Elements of a Free City Making it work for the long term Liberty In Our Lifetime Conference Links: Twitter: @titusgebel Site: free-cities.org Site: free-communities.org Site: lifetimeliberty.com (code LIVERA for discount) Prior episode: SLP161 Titus Gebel – Bit

Sep 30, 2022 • 53:26

SLP416 Per Bylund - How To Think About Economics

SLP416 Per Bylund - How To Think About Economics

Per Bylund, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute rejoins me on the show to talk about his new intro book on economics, “How to Think About Economics”. This is a great new ‘first book’ on economics, especially in the Austrian tradition. We discuss: How this book project came about Austrian methodology Comparison with other books Rationing vs Production Educating family and friends on Austrian econ Links: Twitter: @PerBylund Book: How to Think about the Economy: A Primer Prior epi

Sep 26, 2022 • 46:32

SLP415 Prince Philip - Bitcoin, Monarchy, Nation State Adoption

SLP415 Prince Philip - Bitcoin, Monarchy, Nation State Adoption

Prince Philip of Serbia joins me on the show to chat about his journey of learning about Bitcoin: Bitcoin, Economics and Finance Joining Jan3 Bottom up adoption and Top down adoption What kinds of state level adoption help? Dealing with typical Bitcoin FUD lines Links: Twitter: @PrincFilip1 Site: Jan3.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Bitbo Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @ste

Sep 21, 2022 • 57:39

SLP414 Matt Hill RaspiFUD or fact? Bitcoin nodes and security

SLP414 Matt Hill RaspiFUD or fact? Bitcoin nodes and security

Matt Hill of Start9 rejoins me on the show to chat about the recent show on Bitcoin nodes with K3tan. We chat: What’s the actual risk with Raspberry Pi’s? Where do they hit their bottleneck? What about more performant nodes? What about DIY? EmbassyOS and new EmbassyPro device Should you separate bitcoin and non-bitcoin applications? Links: Twitter: @_MattHill_ Site: Start9.com Prior episode referenced: SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad Prior episode with Ma

Sep 16, 2022 • 56:49

SLP413 Jevi - It’s Time for Bitcoin Self Custody

SLP413 Jevi - It’s Time for Bitcoin Self Custody

Jevi of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to talk about the “crypto collapse” earlier this year, and why this is the time to learn about bitcoin self custody. We chat: Coming into the space Fiat and yield chasing mindset Why so many new bitcoin investors are reluctant to self custody Why now is the time Removing single points of failure Unchained’s new Trading Desk product Links: Twitter: @jevidon Site: Unchained.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Bitbo Brai

Sep 15, 2022 • 56:16

SLP412 Moritz of Alby - Making Lightning On the Web Easy

SLP412 Moritz of Alby - Making Lightning On the Web Easy

Alby is an exciting project that allows us to easily interact with lightning on the web. Moritz from the team joins me to talk about: How Alby started Influence from joule Lighting paywall plugin for WordPress Interoperability using lightning Lightning address, LNURL, WebLN Privacy and security Links: Site: GetAlby.com Twitter: @getAlby Telegram group: https://t.me/getAlby Telegram: https://t.me/MoritzKam Alby API blog post: Introducing the Alby Wallet API - a new way to p

Sep 12, 2022 • 55:01

SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad

SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad

My longtime friend, K3tan rejoins me on the show to chat about various things but importantly, we chat about why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes are bad. We chat: Reliability & Performance of Raspberry Pi’s vs other options What you can use instead Cost Bitcoin node packages Electrum server comparison HDD & SSD requirements Separating bitcoin from non-bitcoin apps Self-hosting Links: Twitter: @_k3tan Ministry of Nodes Nodebox guide: Ubuntu Node Box Guide 2022 Edition Mi

Sep 9, 2022 • 51:47

 SLP410 Pete Rizzo Principles of Bitcoin Maximalism

SLP410 Pete Rizzo Principles of Bitcoin Maximalism

Pete Rizzo of Bitcoin Magazine rejoins me to chat about what bitcoin maximalists actually believe. We chat: What maximalists actually believe and do “Crypto minimalism” What to do in cases of technical infeasibility Commitment to slow change and enfranchising users Links: Twitter: @pete_rizzo_ Article: How To Be A Bitcoin Maximalist Site: BitcoinMagazine.com Prior episode: SLP392 Pete Rizzo Is Bitcoin Maximalism Still Needed? Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Bitbo

Sep 3, 2022 • 59:25

SLP409 Steven Lubka - What’s the True Meaning of Inflation?

SLP409 Steven Lubka - What’s the True Meaning of Inflation?

Steven Lubka, Managing Director of Swan Private joins me on the show to chat: How to think about inflation What scenarios we can get high CPI Whether Bitcoin is still an inflation hedge Orange pilling HNW Macro and Bitcoin cycles Links: Twitter: @DzambhalaHODL Article: Bitcoin and the True Meaning of Inflation Site: SwanPrivate.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera link

Aug 23, 2022 • 1:03:26

SLP408 Jeff Booth Bitcoin’s Signal in the Noise

SLP408 Jeff Booth Bitcoin’s Signal in the Noise

Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to chat: His latest article, Finding Signal in a Noisy World Prior biases and his experiences with technology disruption Why Bitcoin adoption will be more bottom up Investing in the space with Ego Death Capital Helping people zoom out and see the bigger picture Links: Twitter: @JeffBooth Article: Finding Signal In A Noisy World Ego Death Capital SLP334 Jeff Booth – Escape The System & 2021 Ye

Aug 19, 2022 • 56:13

SLP407 Ben Arc LNbits: Account System & Extensions for your Lightning Node

SLP407 Ben Arc LNbits: Account System & Extensions for your Lightning Node

Ben Arc, Bitcoin hardware maker and founder of LNbits joins me to chat: Getting into bitcoin hardware hacking and making How the LN Bits project came about The functionality possible with extensions POS Lightning payment splitting boltz.exchange for loop outs Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/arcbtc LN Bits twitter: https://twitter.com/lnbits Site: https://lnbits.com/ Github: https://github.com/arcbtc LNPoS: https://github.com/arcbtc/LNPoS LNBits Telegram: https:

Aug 18, 2022 • 1:02:52

SLP406 Adi Shankara Bitcoin Needs Technologists & Summer of Bitcoin

SLP406 Adi Shankara Bitcoin Needs Technologists & Summer of Bitcoin

Adi Shankara (founder of Summer of Bitcoin) joins me on the show to chat about: How he got into Bitcoin from a tech background The Bitcoin scene in India How the RBI actually gets Bitcoin (and doesn’t like it) Why Bitcoin Needs Technologists Summer of Bitcoin How the program works How you can support the program Links: Twitter: @adibitcoin Site: Summerofbitcoin.org Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.c

Aug 15, 2022 • 45:49

SLP405 Paolo Ardoino Bitcoin Lightning, Tether & Keet

SLP405 Paolo Ardoino Bitcoin Lightning, Tether & Keet

Paolo Ardoino (CTO of Bitfinex & Tether, CSO Holepunch) joins me on the show to chat about a wide range of topics: Lightning security Lightning adoption Tether reserves - Does Tether Pump Bitcoin? Tether creation/redemption process Tether audits and attestations Stablecoins and centralisation Keet & Holepunch Links: Twitter: @paoloardoino Site: Bitfinex.com Site: Tether.to/en/ Site: Keet.io Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Braiins.com Voltage Unchai

Aug 12, 2022 • 1:25:14

SLP404 Gloria Zhao - What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?

SLP404 Gloria Zhao - What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?

Gloria Zhao, Bitcoin core contributor and maintainer, rejoins me on the show to chat about what bitcoin core maintainers do. We discuss: What do Bitcoin Core maintainers do? How does Bitcoin Core development work? How much ‘power’ do maintainers have? Mempools - what are they and why do we need them? Interaction with L2 protocols Mempool package relay RBF Links: Twitter: @glozow Package Relay Proposal Site mentioned: Bitcoin Core PR Review Club Github: glozow Brink: @bit

Aug 10, 2022 • 1:15:06

SLP403 Alex B - Bitcoin Security Long Term & ETH Centralisation

SLP403 Alex B - Bitcoin Security Long Term & ETH Centralisation

Alex B rejoins me on the show to chat about bitcoin security over the longer term and updates on his ETH centralisation thesis. We discuss: Bitcoin’s long term security and blockspace market How miner fees shifted over time in Bitcoin and why Tail emission arguments are dumb Which nodes matter? Lido and ETH centralisation Will efforts to fix it work? Links: Twitter: @bergealex4 SLP303 Ethereum's Path To Centralisation With Alex B Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Brai

Aug 5, 2022 • 1:15:50

SLP402 Pierre Rochard - Bitcoin Obsoletes Fractional Reserve Banking

SLP402 Pierre Rochard - Bitcoin Obsoletes Fractional Reserve Banking

Pierre Rochard rejoins me on the show to talk about Full Reserve, Fractional Reserve, and how Bitcoin obsolete Fractional Reserve Banking: Full vs Fractional Reserve Fiduciary media Is the current system full or fractional reserve? Various historical or current examples from the bitcoin economy How would businesses work under a bitcoin full reserve system Links: Twitter: @BitcoinPierre Related article: In Defense of Bitcoin Full Reserve: Not Anti-credit, but Anti-fiduciary Media

Aug 3, 2022 • 1:08:08

SLP401 Greg Foss - Sell Bonds, Buy Bitcoin

SLP401 Greg Foss - Sell Bonds, Buy Bitcoin

Greg Foss, Bond market veteran investor, and bitcoin/macro commentator rejoins me on the show to talk about the situation with global debt, bond markets and why Bitcoin is cheap protection. We chat: US Fed Japanese debt markets The 60:40 stocks and bonds allocation and what changes Sell Bonds, Buy Bitcoin Scenarios for how this plays out Looking Glass Education Links: Twitter: @FossGregfoss Site: Lookingglasseducation.com Prior episode: SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You

Aug 2, 2022 • 1:01:01

SLP400 Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing - Half Signature Aggregation: What is it and how does it help scale Bitcoin?

SLP400 Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing - Half Signature Aggregation: What is it and how does it help scale Bitcoin?

Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing, bitcoin researchers and contributors at Blockstream rejoin me on the show, this time to chat about half signature aggregation. This is a scaling technique that can help scale Bitcoin and enable more transactions inside a block or help with L2 protocols. We discuss: How this idea came to be What is half aggregation vs ‘full aggregation’? What kind of savings are possible? What are the downsides? How would this work in practice? Is a soft fork required? N

Aug 1, 2022 • 58:37

SLP399 Christian Keroles (CK of Bitcoin Magazine) - Bitcoin is Good for Europe

SLP399 Christian Keroles (CK of Bitcoin Magazine) - Bitcoin is Good for Europe

Christian Keroles (aka CK), GM of Bitcoin Magazine joins me on the show to talk about the problems Europe is facing, and why Bitcoin is good for Europe: The problems Europe is facing Anti bitcoin laws and regulations AMLD5 FATF and Travel Rule MiCA and Proof of Work Why Bitcoin is good for Europe Bitcoin Conference in Amsterdam What Bitcoiners can do about it Links: Twitter: @ck_SNARKs Bitcoin Amsterdam:Bitcoin is making history in Europe - October 12-14,2022 Site: B

Jul 28, 2022 • 54:42

SLP398 Ansel Lindner - Is it Inflation or Deflation?

SLP398 Ansel Lindner - Is it Inflation or Deflation?

Ansel Lindner, Bitcoin podcaster and writer of BitcoinAndMarkets.com joins me on the show to talk about his framework for assessing: Inflation or Deflation? The money stock Credit cycles over time What bitcoin does for the world Could inflation and fractional reserve happen again on top of bitcoin? Links: Twitter: @AnselLindner Site: Bitcoinandmarkets.com Sponsors Swan Bitcoin Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera

Jul 26, 2022 • 55:17

SLP397 Stack Hodler - Money Printing Around the World

SLP397 Stack Hodler - Money Printing Around the World

Stack Hodler, twitter anon investor joins me to chat: Fiat currencies & #Bitcoin JPY and Japanese bond market Why you shouldn’t #GetOnZero Credit Cycles Mortgage Boycotts BRICS Links: Twitter: @stackhodler Sponsors Swan Bitcoin Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Jul 23, 2022 • 55:48

SLP396 Allen Farrington Austrians, Capital & DeFi Yield

SLP396 Allen Farrington Austrians, Capital & DeFi Yield

Allen Farrington (author and professional investor) joins me on the show to talk about Austrian economics, Capital & DeFi Yield: Austrian economics and Bitcoin Where does the 2% inflation target come from? The world Bitcoin will enable Altcoin DeFi yield: where does it come from? Bitcoin price and market depth Links: Twitter: @allenf32 Bitcoin is Venice book Only The Strong Survive Mentioned Mises.org article: The Origins of the 2 Percent Inflation Target Bob Murphy’s ar

Jul 21, 2022 • 1:03:51

SLP395 John Tamny - Inflation & Optimism

SLP395 John Tamny - Inflation & Optimism

John Tamny of FreedomWorks and Editor at Real Clear Markets joins me on the show to chat about his alternative take on inflation, fractional reserve banking, as well as why we should be optimistic about things going forward: Defining inflation Debate on Austrian economics & FRB Is monetary stability possible? 2 years of Hysteria Optimism for the future Links: Twitter: @johntamny Site: Freedomworks.org Site: Realclearmarkets.com Sponsors Swan Bitcoin Braiins.com Volta

Jul 18, 2022 • 59:57

SLP394 Beautyon - Bitcoin is Not Money: EU Attack on Bitcoin

SLP394 Beautyon - Bitcoin is Not Money: EU Attack on Bitcoin

Beautyon (Akin) rejoins me on the show to talk about the EU attack on Bitcoin and the confusing way people speak/learn about Bitcoin. We chat: Misleading terminology (unhosted wallets) Bitcoin as text & speech, not money The map is not the terrain What bitcoin builders can do What happens to countries who refuse Bitcoin Links: Twitter: @Beautyon_ Bitcoin Mag article: The European Union’s Attack On Bitcoin Is An English And Math Comprehension Problem Site: azte.co Related e

Jul 13, 2022 • 56:49

SLP393 Ben Pile - Pushing Back on the Green Agenda

SLP393 Ben Pile - Pushing Back on the Green Agenda

Ben Pile of Climate Resistance joins me to chat about the problem of the Green agenda. We discuss: How this Green movement is funded ESG meeting with reality Are these outcomes intentional? Hypocrisy of green warriors Links: Twitter: @clim8resistance Site: Climate-resistance.org YouTube: Climate Resistance Sponsors Swan Bitcoin Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on T

Jul 12, 2022 • 52:27

SLP392 Pete Rizzo - Is Bitcoin Maximalism Still Needed?

SLP392 Pete Rizzo - Is Bitcoin Maximalism Still Needed?

Pete Rizzo, Editor at Bitcoin Magazine and Editor-at-large at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Maximalism. There has been some discussion recently on the role of the ‘toxic’ Maximalists, and Pete has clarified some thinking on this in his recent article and discussion on this topic. We talk: What is Bitcoin Maximalism What do maximalists believe? Social and cultural arguments Technical aspects Is it still needed? Links: Twitter: @pete_rizzo_ Rizzo’s Forbes Artic

Jul 11, 2022 • 1:00:44

SLP391 Ben Carman - Bitcoin Privacy, Surveillance & LN Vortex

SLP391 Ben Carman - Bitcoin Privacy, Surveillance & LN Vortex

Ben Carman (Bitcoin core contributor, working at The Bitcoin Company, co-organizer Austin BitDevs) joins me on the show to talk about the world of Bitcoin Privacy, the implications of surveillance on us all today, some of his ideas on improving Bitcoin Privacy, LN Vortex, P2P and the Austin BitDevs scene. Links: Twitter: @benthecarman LN Vortex: Protocol Documentation Austin BitDevs: Austin Bitcoin Developers The Bitcoin Company Bitcoin Optech #204 Sponsors Swan Bitcoin Braiins.co

Jul 7, 2022 • 1:01:15

SLP390 Dan McArdle - Which Bitcoin Narratives Are Dead?

SLP390 Dan McArdle - Which Bitcoin Narratives Are Dead?

Dan McArdle joins me on the show to chat about his experiences as a long time Bitcoiner and ways to think through what’s going on now. We chat: Is the “4 year HODLer” stat dead? Insights from prior cycles and drawdowns FUD cycles Casebitcoin.com and CAGR stats How to think about bear markets Links: Twitter: @robustus Site: casebitcoin.com Inflation thread Sponsors Swan Bitcoin Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan

Jul 4, 2022 • 48:09

SLP389 Daniel Frumkin & Jaran Mellerud - Bitcoin Mining Market Analysis

SLP389 Daniel Frumkin & Jaran Mellerud - Bitcoin Mining Market Analysis

Daniel Frumkin of Braiins and Jaran Mellerud of Arcane Research join me on the show to talk about the latest in the world of Bitcoin Mining. As the price has fallen recently, we’ve seen some miners come under pressure. We chat: Overview Which public miners are in trouble? Operating cash flows Bitcoin miner treasury management strategy Why we’re likely to see acquisitions Impacts for home and retail miners Were there bull market errors? Future forecasting and conservatism Links:

Jul 1, 2022 • 57:04

SLP388 Meron Estefanos Bitcoin, Human Rights & Refugees

SLP388 Meron Estefanos Bitcoin, Human Rights & Refugees

Meron Estefanos, activist and journalist joins me to talk about her story of helping over 20k refugees, helping to stop human traffickers, and how she’s using and teaching Bitcoin these days. We chat: Her story of helping refugees Life for Eritreans Being an activist and radio journalist How she teaches Bitcoin (BlueWallet and Muun) HRF Oslo Freedom Forum Links: Twitter: @meronina Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

Jun 29, 2022 • 51:12

SLP387 Tuur Demeester - How Does The Panic of 1907 Relate to Bitcoin?

SLP387 Tuur Demeester - How Does The Panic of 1907 Relate to Bitcoin?

Tuur Demeester, long time author/analyst and former fund manager in the Bitcoin space rejoins me to chat about his views on the markets and where Bitcoin is going: Macro views on interest rates Deleveraging moments Trying to make money in Bitcoin terms The Panic of 1907 and “Crypto” Contagion How Bitcoin differs Full Reserve Banking models contrasted with Fractional Reserve Banking Whether this bitcoin bear market will last long Links: Twitter: @TuurDemeester Thread: https://t

Jun 27, 2022 • 1:01:26

SLP386 Roy Sheinfeld - The Utility Of Bitcoin & Lightning

SLP386 Roy Sheinfeld - The Utility Of Bitcoin & Lightning

Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about various topics: How lightning network is growing and maturing Breez Merchant Point of Sale Breez and Greenlight LN Protocol development Asynchronous payments Splicing Links: Twitter: @Breez_tech Site: breez.technology Mentioned: Laolu Summary of Recent LN Meeting SLP378 Christian Decker – Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVER

Jun 22, 2022 • 1:01:05

SLP385 Nicolas Burtey - Central African Republic & Bitcoin Legal Tender

SLP385 Nicolas Burtey - Central African Republic & Bitcoin Legal Tender

Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent trip to Central African Republic and their new bitcoin legal tender push. We chat: The situation in the country today Hurdles to adoption Internet, Electricity and Smartphone penetration What makes sense for bitcoin adoption in CAR? Comparison with El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law Galoy Money El Salvador hosting central bankers and finance ministers Links: Twitter: @nicolasburtey Site: galoy.io Prior episo

Jun 20, 2022 • 55:43

SLP384 zerofeerouting - Zero Fee Routing on Lightning Network

SLP384 zerofeerouting - Zero Fee Routing on Lightning Network

Zerofeerouting, runner of the 3rd most connected Lightning node with an innovative business model joins me on the show to chat about lightning: Starting a routing node The Zero Fee Routing business model Why has nobody else done it yet? Where fees are going on LN and who will pay them Operational aspects of running a big node Lightning protocol improvements LND and CLN Links: Twitter: @zerofeerouting Site: Zerofeerouting.com Episodes mentioned: SLP378 Christian Decke

Jun 18, 2022 • 59:55

SLP383 Alex Epstein - Fossil Future and Better Energy Conversations

SLP383 Alex Epstein - Fossil Future and Better Energy Conversations

Alex Epstein, energy expert and author rejoins me on the show to talk about his newest book coming out, Fossil Future. We chat: Updates to his thinking since the Moral Case for Fossil Fuels in 2014 Problems with our ‘knowledge system’ today Fossil Fuels benefit deniers “Climate Mastery” What the Bitcoin community is getting right and wrong on energy How free market energy advocates should be approaching their discussions Links: Twitter: @AlexEpstein Site: FossilFuture.com Spons

May 24, 2022 • 1:17:52

SLP382 Gary Leland - Bitcoin & The American Dream, BitBlockBoom 2022

SLP382 Gary Leland - Bitcoin & The American Dream, BitBlockBoom 2022

Gary Leland, entrepreneur, author & founder of BitBlockBoom rejoins me to talk about orange pilling people, whether they are everyday individuals, or state senators. We chat: Doing a booksprint on ‘Bitcoin and the American Dream’ Orange pilling people by teaching them to DCA Speaking to a state senate to get them to buy Bitcoin What to expect with BitBlockBoom 2022 Links: Twitter: @GaryLeland Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-American-Dream-Technology-Transcending/dp/B09P7RL7

May 23, 2022 • 48:19

SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano - Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador

SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano - Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador

John and Gloriana from the “My First Bitcoin” project join me to talk about their journey in running Bitcoin education for Salvadoran high school students. We chat about: How the project got started Phases of the project What the students learn Hurdles for learning Where the project may go in future Links: Site: MiPrimerBitcoin.io Twitter: @MyfirstBitcoin_ Twitter: @jdennehy_writes Twitter: @Glori1995 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchai

May 21, 2022 • 44:39

SLP380 Jeff Deist & Stephan Livera chat Economic Freedom Around the World

SLP380 Jeff Deist & Stephan Livera chat Economic Freedom Around the World

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 Mises Institute: https://mises.org/ Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises

May 19, 2022 • 42:04

SLP379 Gigi - Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin

SLP379 Gigi - Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin

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 Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(co

May 17, 2022 • 1:12:15

SLP378 Christian Decker - Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT

SLP378 Christian Decker - Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT

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 Attacks SLP59 Christian Decker – Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories Sp

May 15, 2022 • 1:09:43

SLP377 Jimmy Song - Frequent Flyer Miles: The Original Altcoins & Thoughts on CTV

SLP377 Jimmy Song - Frequent Flyer Miles: The Original Altcoins & Thoughts on CTV

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 Links: Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Airline Miles Are The Original Altcoins Article: Bitc

May 11, 2022 • 59:46

SLP376 Evan Kaloudis - Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet

SLP376 Evan Kaloudis - Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet

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 blinding Payment reliability Links: Twitter: @evankaloudis Site: Zeusln.app Zeus

May 10, 2022 • 57:19

SLP375 Laolu (Roasbeef) - What is Taro? Stablecoins on Lightning, LN Growth & CTV

SLP375 Laolu (Roasbeef) - What is Taro? Stablecoins on Lightning, LN Growth & CTV

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 Benefits of Taro approach What it would look like in practice Lightning Network development gener

May 9, 2022 • 1:24:47

SLP374 Adam O (DenverBitcoin) - Combating the ESG Mafia

SLP374 Adam O (DenverBitcoin) - Combating the ESG Mafia

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.ca Article: DENVER’S DERIVATIVE — HOW TO GAUGE THE PRICE OF A BITCOIN ASIC Recent

May 6, 2022 • 1:33:44

SLP373 Sam Callahan - The IMF Versus Your Freedoms

SLP373 Sam Callahan - The IMF Versus Your Freedoms

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: @samcallah Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1517170892979142657 Relevant

May 4, 2022 • 47:43

SLP372 Sergej Kotliar - Bitcoin For Convenience & Bill Paying

SLP372 Sergej Kotliar - Bitcoin For Convenience & Bill Paying

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 Tax laws Convenience of living the Bitcoin life Links: Twitter: @ziggamon Si

May 2, 2022 • 54:20

SLP371 Max Keiser - Investing For Hyperbitcoinisation With El Zonte Capital

SLP371 Max Keiser - Investing For Hyperbitcoinisation With El Zonte Capital

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: @maxkeiser Twitter: @ElZonteCapital Twitter: @stacyherbert Email: hello@elz

Apr 30, 2022 • 55:05

SLP370 Alex Thorn - Why Are Bitcoin Fees Low? 

SLP370 Alex Thorn - Why Are Bitcoin Fees Low? 

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 Links: Twitter: @intangiblecoins Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/intangiblecoi

Apr 29, 2022 • 52:28

SLP369 Daniel Frumkin - Calculating Bitcoin Mining Profitability

SLP369 Daniel Frumkin - Calculating Bitcoin Mining Profitability

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.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Steph

Apr 27, 2022 • 1:02:09

SLP368 BitcoinQNA - Bitcoin Seed Tool

SLP368 BitcoinQNA - Bitcoin Seed Tool

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/seed Twitter: @BitcoinQ_A Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.

Apr 26, 2022 • 52:57

SLP367 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Network Comes to Kraken

SLP367 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Network Comes to Kraken

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: Twitter: @pierre_rochard Prior episodes: SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammo

Apr 21, 2022 • 54:54

SLP366 Nate (BeefOrBacon) - How To Run Your Lightning Node

SLP366 Nate (BeefOrBacon) - How To Run Your Lightning Node

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 use Should you use swap providers? What kind of fees do you earn? How do you backup y

Apr 19, 2022 • 1:00:13

SLP365 Anita Posch - Bitcoin For Fairness in Zimbabwe and Zambia

SLP365 Anita Posch - Bitcoin For Fairness in Zimbabwe and Zambia

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unchained

Apr 15, 2022 • 44:21

SLP364 Max Hillebrand ZKSnacks Blacklisting Coins

SLP364 Max Hillebrand ZKSnacks Blacklisting Coins

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 surveillance firms and working with them Is there a regulatory capture angle here? Address re

Apr 3, 2022 • 1:25:08

SLP363 Seth For Privacy - Bitcoin & Fungibility Discussion

SLP363 Seth For Privacy - Bitcoin & Fungibility Discussion

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: @sethforprivacy Site: https://sethforprivacy.com/ Pieter Wuille StackExchange answer

Mar 30, 2022 • 1:12:13

SLP362 John Carvalho - Slashpay: Bitcoin Payment Negotiation

SLP362 John Carvalho - Slashpay: Bitcoin Payment Negotiation

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 use a blockchain Putting tether USD on lightning Synonym Links: Slashpay Twitter thre

Mar 28, 2022 • 1:07:16

SLP361 Rene Pickhardt - Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network

SLP361 Rene Pickhardt - Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network

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 Rene links: Twitter: @renepickhardt Rene’s Patreon: Rene Pickhardt - Patreon.com S

Mar 26, 2022 • 1:04:23

SLP360 Giacomo Zucco Bitcoin - Can Bitcoin be both Hard Money & Dark Money?

SLP360 Giacomo Zucco Bitcoin - Can Bitcoin be both Hard Money & Dark Money?

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: @giacomozucco Bitcoin Culture Talk @ Unconfiscatable 2022: Unconfiscatable 2022 - Giacomozucco

Mar 24, 2022 • 1:30:37

SLP359 Abubakar Nur Khalil - Bitcoin in Africa, Qala, B Trust, Recursive Capital

SLP359 Abubakar Nur Khalil - Bitcoin in Africa, Qala, B Trust, Recursive Capital

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: @ihate1999 B Trust: @btrustteam Recursive Capital: @RcrsvCapital Sponsors: Swan

Mar 23, 2022 • 1:03:14

SLP358 Lili - Bitcoin Privacy for Beginners

SLP358 Lili - Bitcoin Privacy for Beginners

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 Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) S

Mar 22, 2022 • 55:17

SLP357 Lawrence Lepard The Burning House of Fiat

SLP357 Lawrence Lepard The Burning House of Fiat

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: Twitter: @LawrenceLepard Site: Ema2.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend

Mar 21, 2022 • 1:03:38

SLP356 Bitcoin: An Upgrade to 700 Year Old Accounting Tech

SLP356 Bitcoin: An Upgrade to 700 Year Old Accounting Tech

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 forward Links: Twitter: @DarinFeinstein Site: CoreScientific.com Twitter: @Core_Sc

Mar 19, 2022 • 1:20:36

SLP355 Julie Landrum - Payments Infrastructure for the Bitcoin Standard

SLP355 Julie Landrum - Payments Infrastructure for the Bitcoin Standard

Julie Landrum of OpenNode joins me to talk about what they’re building to help people onboard to Bitcoin & the lightning network as a payment standard. OpenNode first got its name as a merchant payment processor but we chat about how the company has grown and evolved over the years. We chat: Bitcoin infrastructure services for merchants, bitcoin companies Dealing with the cyclical nature of Bitcoin Spend, HODL, earn? Chargeback risk Dealing with regulatory requirements El Salvador

Mar 16, 2022 • 1:02:18

SLP354 Josef Tetek - Why is Bitcoin HODLing rational?

SLP354 Josef Tetek - Why is Bitcoin HODLing rational?

Josef Tetek of Trezor (and contributor at Bitcoin Magazine) joins me on the show to talk about: The liberty movement in Europe The connection between Austrian economics and bitcoin Fractional and full reserve visions of bitcoin’s future Why HODLing is rational Nakamoto-Gresham’s law and how most get Gresham’s law wrong Links: Twitter: @SatsJoseph Article: What is Nakamoto-Gresham’s Law and How does it pertain to Bitcoin? Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining

Mar 13, 2022 • 49:35

SLP353 John Cantrell - Sensei: A new lightning node client based on BDK + LDK

SLP353 John Cantrell - Sensei: A new lightning node client based on BDK + LDK

John Cantrell of L2 Technology and Spiral BTC grantee rejoins me on the show to talk about his latest work in making Bitcoin and the lightning network more accessible for the many. Sensei can be thought of as an LND or c-lightning but for LDK. We chat: John’s journey since cracking Alistair Milne’s 12 word seed How sensei works Trade offs How the child node concept works What does it look like if 7.7B+ people onboarded to the lightning network? Links: LN Thread Twitter: @JohnCantr

Mar 8, 2022 • 52:44

SLP352 Matt Hill - EmbassyOS & Making Self Sovereignty Tech Cheaper Than The Alternatives

SLP352 Matt Hill - EmbassyOS & Making Self Sovereignty Tech Cheaper Than The Alternatives

Matt Hill of Start9 Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about where the world is at, and a surprising argument that might actually be true. Sovereign Tech may be adopted, not merely because of privacy, but because of being lower cost. We chat: Canada Truckers and the broader fight for freedom Is it a question of tools or winning hearts and minds? What’s new and coming in EmbassyOS v0.3.0? Why cost will be the driver Making it easy to use and saying goodbye to command line Community dr

Feb 25, 2022 • 1:09:07

SLP351 Jeff Vandrew - Bitcoin for the very long term

SLP351 Jeff Vandrew - Bitcoin for the very long term

Jeff Vandrew of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to share his thoughts on Bitcoin for the very long term. Where is it going, and how should you think about using the retirement system to potentially stack more sats? We chat: Where is Bitcoin going over the long term? What happens if more states make Bitcoin legal tender? How big is the market for retirement savings What about just stacking sats outside retirement accounts? Roth vs Traditional IRAs McNulty case and whether it sto

Feb 21, 2022 • 1:08:03

SLP350 Benny Peiser - The Net Zero Agenda Will Crash

SLP350 Benny Peiser - The Net Zero Agenda Will Crash

Benny Peiser of Net Zero Watch joins me on the show to talk about ‘net zero’ and the inaccuracy in the presentation of arguments on renewables. We discuss: What is ‘net zero’ Accurate treatment of costs and benefits How much of it is regulation or market choice ESG box ticking The impact on everyday people ‘Greenwashing’ by some countries Why it will crash Links: Twitter: @netzerowatch Site: netzerowatch.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiin

Feb 18, 2022 • 58:16

SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels

SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels

Chris Stewart Founder and CEO of Suredbits joins me on the show to talk about the latest with Bitcoin DLCs. You might have heard my earlier show with Nadav Kohen but in this one we chat: ‘Maximalism’ and tech ‘Policing activity’ Block space market over time Where DLCs are at today Lightning DLCs vs on-chain DLCs Doing stablechannels Practical and commercial applications Umbrel app Links: Twitter: @Chris_Stewart_5 Site: suredbits.com Suredbits Stablechannel blog post Sure

Feb 14, 2022 • 1:10:24

SLP348 Nick Hansen Luxor - Bitcoin Mining Narratives & Hash Rate Derivatives

SLP348 Nick Hansen Luxor - Bitcoin Mining Narratives & Hash Rate Derivatives

Nick Hansen, CEO and Founder of Luxor Technology joins me to talk about the bitcoin mining scene, the narrative around bitcoin mining energy use and Proof of Work, Demand Response, ‘ESG’, China ban, Intel coming into the mining game, and hash rate derivatives. Links: Twitter: @hash_bender Site: luxor.tech Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website F

Feb 11, 2022 • 55:11

SLP347 Kyle Murphy Building Pleb Lab: Bitcoin accelerator, community hub

SLP347 Kyle Murphy Building Pleb Lab: Bitcoin accelerator, community hub

Kyle Murphy of Pleb Lab and Austin Bitcoin Club joins me on the show to talk about the Austin Bitcoin scene and his role in growing it. We also get into what Pleb Lab is and the bitcoin entrepreneurship in Austin, Texas. This is a great show to get a sense of the community in Austin as well as thoughts on how Bitcoin’s ecosystem grows. Links: Twitter: @The_bitcoin_bum Site: PlebLab.com Site: Austin Bitcoin Club Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unc

Feb 7, 2022 • 49:13

SLP346 Nicolas Burtey - Synthetic USD & Bitcoin Banking

SLP346 Nicolas Burtey - Synthetic USD & Bitcoin Banking

Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show for a fascinating discussion about doing synthetic USD as a building block to bringing it to the Bitcoin Beach wallet. We talk about: The latest with Galoy Bitcoin Banking 4 ways of doing synthetic USD value Why is it necessary? How to fund it? Risks Links: Twitter: @NicolasBurtey Twitter: GaloyMoney Site: Galoy.io Github: GitHub - GaloyMoney/galoy: bitcoin banking infrastructure Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend

Feb 4, 2022 • 57:09

SLP345 Danny Brewster - Bitcoin Needs Builders

SLP345 Danny Brewster - Bitcoin Needs Builders

Danny Brewster, Founder & CEO of FastBitcoins joins me on the show to chat: Dealing with regulation as a bitcoin business Products and services for bitcoiners Expanding into new markets around the world Challenges and rewards of being bitcoin only Bitcoin builders and why we need them Links: Twitter: @BTCDanny Site: FastBitcoins.com FastBitcoins Twitter: @FastBitcoins Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)

Feb 2, 2022 • 51:16

SLP344 NVK - Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard - Bitcoin Hardware Innovation

SLP344 NVK - Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard - Bitcoin Hardware Innovation

NVK, co founder and CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest and exciting developments in the world of Bitcoin hardware security. CoinKite are pushing forward with NFC as a way of making hardware wallet UX easy but also keeping the hardware accessible from a cost point of view We chat: What’s changing with Coldcard Mk4 Memory, SE, processor NFC for bitcoin transactions Tapsigner Satscard Business models for open source Low cost devices Operating without lapt

Jan 30, 2022 • 1:01:37

SLP343 r0ckstar dev & Pavlenex - Career Opportunities in Bitcoin Open Source

SLP343 r0ckstar dev & Pavlenex - Career Opportunities in Bitcoin Open Source

R0ckstar dev & Pavlenex of BTCPay Server and other projects (Strike, Bitcoin Smiles, Bitcoin Design) rejoin me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Open Source community ethos, and how it can lead to career opportunities. We chat: BTCPay 4 years on Open Source for hiring Bitcoinerjobs.com How open source projects mature How to grow the project How to move on from a project R0ckstar’s big announcement What’s coming with BTCPay Server Links: Twitter: @r0ckstardev Twitter: @p

Jan 26, 2022 • 57:32

SLP342 Heavily Armed Clown - Should Bitcoiners Get on Zero Fiat?

SLP342 Heavily Armed Clown - Should Bitcoiners Get on Zero Fiat?

Heavily Armed Clown (aka HAC) joins me on the show to talk about this idea of #GetOnZero. We chat: The case for #GetOnZeroFiat Issues with it Dealing with CGT Mindset shifts Emergency fund Inflation rates What scenarios you still need to hold fiat Links: Twitter: @heavilyarmedc Site: Bitcoinechochamber.com Site: WTFHappenedIn1971.com Stephan’s article discussed: Is It Time For Bitcoiners To Get On "Zero Fiat"? Not Yet. Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass

Jan 24, 2022 • 53:35

SLP341 Zelko & Din - Ronin Dojo & Tanto

SLP341 Zelko & Din - Ronin Dojo & Tanto

Zelko and Din join me to talk about updates with the Ronin Dojo project for Samourai Wallet users. We chat: Where the project started FOSS project ethos Thoughts on VC funding Privacy wallets Bitcoin node project evolution FOSS business & project Tanto Hardware Supporting Specter and Sparrow Links: Twitter: @RoninDojoNode Site: RoninDojo Din: @Din_J76 Zelko: @BTCxZelko Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unchained Capital (cod

Jan 22, 2022 • 56:02

SLP340 Peter Young - El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities

SLP340 Peter Young - El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities

Peter Young of the Free Private City Foundation joins me on the show to talk about some of his experiences on the ground and some updates with Free Private Cities. We chat: El Salvador on the ground Bitcoin and Lightning in the real world What it really costs to do merchant processing Free Private Cities Honduras ZEDEs Liberty In Our Lifetime Links: Twitter: @petermiyoung Site: Free Private Cities Foundation Conference: Liberty In Our Lifetime Conference Relevant episodes:

Jan 20, 2022 • 1:05:47

SLP339 Jeremy Rubin - What is Check Template Verify?

SLP339 Jeremy Rubin - What is Check Template Verify?

Jeremy Rubin, bitcoin core contributor joins me on the show to talk about Check Template Verify (CTV) - his soft fork proposal to bring new functionality to Bitcoin. We discuss: How the idea started High level goals with Bitcoin How CTV might bring new functionality Congestion control use case Vaults and protecting coins Contrasting CTV with APO ANYPREVOUT Commercial use of CTV Links: BIP: CHECK TEMPLATE VERIFY Site: utxos.org Twitter: @JeremyRubin Advent Calendar blog ser

Jan 17, 2022 • 1:26:23

SLP338 Mauricio Di Bartolomeo - Bitcoin Home Loans & Stablecoins

SLP338 Mauricio Di Bartolomeo - Bitcoin Home Loans & Stablecoins

Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co Founder and CSO of Ledn joins me on the show to talk: Why use bitcoin backed loans? Fiat loan rates vs bitcoin loan rates Opportunities and risks New products and structures for home loans Dealing with margin calls and liquidation Stablecoins: are they essential? Where is the market going on this? Links: Twitter: @cryptonomista Site: Ledn.io Other episodes: SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish Or Bearish For Bitcoin? SLP291 Caitlin Long – Stabl

Jan 13, 2022 • 1:08:14

SLP337 Salvatore Ingala - Ledger’s New Bitcoin App: PSBT, Taproot, Descriptors, Multi-Sig

SLP337 Salvatore Ingala - Ledger’s New Bitcoin App: PSBT, Taproot, Descriptors, Multi-Sig

Salvatore Ingala of Ledger joins me to talk about a big revamp of the Ledger Bitcoin app which brings support for a whole host of new features. We chat about: How the app shifted from v1 to v2 PSBT Taproot support Descriptors Merkle Trees Improved multi-signature and scripting support Links: Twitter: @salvatoshi Blog post: Bitcoin 2.0.0 App For Ledger Other relevant episodes: SLP99 Andrew Chow - Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT SLP292 Andrew Chow Output

Jan 11, 2022 • 54:32

SLP336 Sam Callahan - The Problem with the BIS

SLP336 Sam Callahan - The Problem with the BIS

Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin joins me on the show to talk about the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). We chat about: Formation, and shady history Why it’s not accountable Their plans for social control CBDCs Loss of privacy War on Cash What can be done? Links: Twitter: @samcallah Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1473815145545551873 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (cod

Jan 7, 2022 • 50:58

SLP335 Don Stuart - Venture Capital and Bitcoin

SLP335 Don Stuart - Venture Capital and Bitcoin

Now there’s been some discussion about the impact of Venture Capitalists on the world of Bitcoin and ‘Crypto’. Don Stuart, startup investor & organizer of Kansas City Bitcoin meetup, joins me on the show to chat: What Venture Capital is Venture Capital model Vesting and incentives for VCs How they make money Bitcoin vs ‘Crypto’ VC Size of rounds raised Are Bitcoiners anti VC? In what cases does VC not make sense? Don links: Twitter: @kc_hodl Article: Venture Capital And

Jan 4, 2022 • 57:10

SLP334 Jeff Booth - Escape The System & 2021 Year In Review

SLP334 Jeff Booth - Escape The System & 2021 Year In Review

Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and speaker joins me to chat about the year 2021 in review for Bitcoiners. Some themes we discuss: Where the narrative is going with Bitcoin Fiat denomination vs Bitcoin denomination How politicians and regulators are seeing it Community building Bitcoin wallets and services Bitcoin tech Dealing with fear Links: Twitter: @JeffBooth Site: The Price of Tomorrow - And the Era of Abundance Prior episodes: SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our D

Dec 25, 2021 • 1:03:16

SLP333 Cory Klippsten - Building for Bitcoiners

SLP333 Cory Klippsten - Building for Bitcoiners

Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of things: “Crypto” advocacy as compared to Bitcoin advocacy Being an investor in the space & Bitcoiner Ventures Turkey inflation Avoiding trading Bitcoiner Jobs Swan Gifts Links: Twitter: @coryklippsten The Daily Bitcoiner: cory.substack.com Bitcoiner Jobs: bitcoinerjobs.co Bitcoiner Ventures: bitcoinerventures.com Article: The World Bitcoin Will Build Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Le

Dec 22, 2021 • 1:08:52

SLP332 Vijay Boyapati - The Bearish Case for Bitcoin

SLP332 Vijay Boyapati - The Bearish Case for Bitcoin

Vijay Boyapati, author and regular guest rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent book launch as well as a few ideas that specifically came from the book. We also chat about some of his more ‘bearish’ ideas on Bitcoin and that Bitcoin is not inevitable. Credentialism and fiat The book and response Stages of money Custodial risk Rehypothecation Concerted state attack on Bitcoin Bitcoin is not inevitable Links: Twitter: @real_vijay The Bullish Case for Bitcoin Book Spons

Dec 20, 2021 • 1:22:26

SLP331 Eric Sirion - MiniMint, Federated Mints for Bitcoin scaling and privacy

SLP331 Eric Sirion - MiniMint, Federated Mints for Bitcoin scaling and privacy

Chaumian e-cash is a predecessor idea to Bitcoin. Listen in to Stephan and Eric Sirion (elsirion) discuss the idea of federated mints and this particular idea of MiniMint. Eric’s research is being sponsored by Blockstream. This idea may offer even more privacy and scalability for Bitcoin users, but with some custodial and trust trade offs. How it works Custodial trade offs and who should use it How lightning works Deposits, withdrawals and internal transfers Community custody Links:

Dec 16, 2021 • 1:02:42

SLP330 Laserhodl - Opting out of ‘The Great Reset’ with Bitcoin

SLP330 Laserhodl - Opting out of ‘The Great Reset’ with Bitcoin

What’s really going on with all the Hysteria? Is it a cabal or some confluence of interests? Laserhodl joins me to talk about what’s going on, and how to opt out. The Great Reset CBDCs / control coins Social credit systems Freedom tech Opting out of the commie tech stack #GetOnZero - and my slight disagreement Links: Twitter: @laserhodl Relevant episodes: SLP265 Diverter – Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends SLP315 k3tan – Networking For B

Dec 15, 2021 • 1:28:58

SLP329 Samson Mow - Bitcoin Bonds For Bitcoin City Breakdown & Liquid, AMP

SLP329 Samson Mow - Bitcoin Bonds For Bitcoin City Breakdown & Liquid, AMP

Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to breakdown Bitcoin Bonds. We chat: Structure of Bitcoin bonds Why not HODL bitcoin? Who is the target market for these? Operationally how it would work Liquid AMP Benefits, opportunities and risks Reaction by bitcoiners to the announcement What Bitcoin City could become Links: Twitter: @Excellion Site: Blockstream.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIV

Dec 13, 2021 • 1:01:32

SLP328 The Rise of Bitcoin Nomadism with CoinsureNZ

SLP328 The Rise of Bitcoin Nomadism with CoinsureNZ

CoinsureNZ rejoins me on the show to chat about the new rising trend of Bitcoin Nomads. We talk about the benefits of this approach in achieving more sovereignty for yourself, whether that is financial or in your ability to carry on living life in the age of Hysteria. We discuss: Benefits and why do it? How to get started Resources you need Is it only for single people? Getting set up in a new location Where to go Downsides and costs of this lifestyle Links: Twitter: @coinsureNZ

Dec 9, 2021 • 1:04:36

SLP327 Mike Germano - Going Against Fiat Media & Bitcoin Magazine Print Edition

SLP327 Mike Germano - Going Against Fiat Media & Bitcoin Magazine Print Edition

Mike Germano of Bitcoin Magazine (and previously of Vice) joins me to talk about his latest efforts with Bitcoin Magazine Print edition and to share his thoughts on media in today’s age. We chat: Why do a print magazine now Is Bitcoin media overly US biased? Why Fiat Media is getting Bitcoin wrong Technical precision and accuracy in stories Links: Twitter: @mikegermano Site: BitcoinMagazine.com Other episodes: SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law on the Ground With Aaron Van Wirdum

Dec 6, 2021 • 1:03:15

SLP326 Dylan Leclair Using Fiat Debt For Bitcoin Stacking

SLP326 Dylan Leclair Using Fiat Debt For Bitcoin Stacking

Dylan Leclair of Bitcoin Magazine and UTXO Management joins me to talk about the fiat debt system, as well as why and how some people use the system against itself. We get into: The current situation on the fiat standard Why consider using debt to stack Bitcoin The advantages of using this approach Costs and risks Avoiding Liquidation Bitcoin mining using fiat loans Trends and where this is all going Links: Twitter: @DylanLeClair_ The Deep Dive: The Deep Dive by Bitcoin Magazi

Dec 2, 2021 • 1:09:43

SLP325 PlanB - Is the S2F model still on track? What about the supercycle and floor model?

SLP325 PlanB - Is the S2F model still on track? What about the supercycle and floor model?

Plan B (pseudonymous quant) rejoins me on the show to talk about how the S2F model is going and whether it will be a problem if Bitcoin does not hit $100k by the end of 2021. In this conversation we get into: Spelling out the different types of models PlanB uses and talks about Failure conditions for the model The Floor model Are we going to supercycle? When does the S2F model fully break down? Links: Twitter: @100trillionUSD Site: PlanBTC.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hod

Nov 29, 2021 • 1:07:35

SLP324 Scaling Bitcoin off chain with Matt Corallo, Alex Bosworth, Lisa Neigut and Graham Krizek

SLP324 Scaling Bitcoin off chain with Matt Corallo, Alex Bosworth, Lisa Neigut and Graham Krizek

This is a Tabconf 2021 panel discussion that I moderated with well known Lightning contributors and builders. Some of the topics we got into: Building out infrastructure General thoughts about scaling off chain Lightning dual funded or v2 channels Stress testing the network Lightning routing as professional specialisation Lightning ‘growing up’ and maturing Links: Matt Corallo TheBlueMatt Lisa Neigut (niftynei) Alex Bosworth Graham Krizek Tabconf.com Prior episodes: SL

Nov 26, 2021 • 1:06:11

SLP323 Graham Krizek - Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage

SLP323 Graham Krizek - Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage

Graham Krizek is Founder and CEO of Voltage, a Bitcoin and Lightning node company. If you’re interested in why you would have someone else host your node, check out this episode where we talk: Getting into Lightning Using a cloud node Setting up as a merchant with BTCPay Easy deployment Cost of running Flow and sidecar channels Getting inbound liquidity Links: Site: https://voltage.cloud/ Twitter: @gkrizek Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.

Nov 25, 2021 • 1:03:23

SLP322 Perth Heat - The Baseball Team on a Bitcoin Standard

SLP322 Perth Heat - The Baseball Team on a Bitcoin Standard

Steve Nelkovski (CEO) and Patrick (Chief Bitcoin Officer) of Perth Heat, join me to talk about being the first sports team to go on a full Bitcoin standard. That includes players, staff, merchandise, tickets, sponsorship, and holding Bitcoin on the balance sheet. We chat: The journey of going on a bitcoin standard Having a Chief Bitcoin Officer Handling payment The benefits of being on a Bitcoin standard How it will change sport Links: Site: perthheat.com.au Twitter: @PerthHeat

Nov 18, 2021 • 58:32

SLP321 On chain scaling with Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra, Andrew Chow & Murch

SLP321 On chain scaling with Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra, Andrew Chow & Murch

This is a Tabconf 2021 panel discussion that I moderated with some of the top research and development minds in Bitcoin today. Pieter Wuille is at Chaincode Labs, Andrew Poelstra is Director of Research at Blockstream, Murch is at Chaincode Labs, and Andrew Chow is working at Blockstream on Bitcoin Core. In this panel we spoke about: Main constraints of on chain scaling Assumevalid and assumeutxo Taproot and MuSig2 Transaction space saving Cross input signatures What it would look lik

Nov 15, 2021 • 49:38

SLP320 Statechains and Mercury Wallet: A New Privacy Technique?

SLP320 Statechains and Mercury Wallet: A New Privacy Technique?

Nicholas Gregory of CommerceBlock (creator of Mercury Wallet) joins me to talk about statechains and the recent launch of Mercury Wallet. We talk about statechains, what they mean for bitcoin scaling and/or privacy, as well as practical implications of using Mercury Wallet. We chat: Statechains Scaling Privacy implications Tor use Trust implications with statechain operators Mercury Wallet Fees Infrastructure Statechain Torch Links: Site: MercuryWallet.com Linked In: Nicho

Nov 11, 2021 • 50:07

SLP319 T-Bast Lightning Protocol Privacy Exploration

SLP319 T-Bast Lightning Protocol Privacy Exploration

What can be done to improve Lightning network privacy? T-bast (Bastien Teinturier) of ACINQ joins me to talk about this. There are both on chain privacy and off chain privacy implications of Bitcoin and the lightning network and we get into a range of discussion on: On chain privacy Taproot and MuSig2 Off chain privacy Route blinding Payment decorrelation Trampoline routing ACINQ Phoenix Links: Twitter: @realtbast Site: acinq.co Other relevant episodes: SLP142 Pierre-Mar

Nov 6, 2021 • 1:12:14

SLP318 Ronald Pol - The ineffectiveness of AML

SLP318 Ronald Pol - The ineffectiveness of AML

Dr Ronald Pol, former lawyer and researcher joins me to talk about how and why AML laws are ineffective and simply cost taxpayers, customers an incredible amount. We chat: The environment of AML laws FATF and how they create these laws Breathtaking costs Effectiveness around 0.1% KYC benefits some criminals Links: EffectiveAML.org Twitter: @ronaldpol LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronpol/ Research paper: Anti-money laundering: The world’s least effective policy experime

Nov 1, 2021 • 1:04:51

SLP317 Tomer Strolight - Why Learn About Bitcoin?

SLP317 Tomer Strolight - Why Learn About Bitcoin?

Tomer Strolight, author in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about his writing and why Bitcoin is so different to what you’ve seen before. This episode is specially created for beginners and people trying to learn more about Bitcoin. We chat: How physics protects your Bitcoin Bitcoin is more than just money Why is Bitcoin so complicated? Bitcoin and stopping theft Tomer links: Free Book: Why Bitcoin Twitter: @TomerStrolight Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mini

Oct 30, 2021 • 1:09:23

SLP316 Why Libertarians Should Focus On Bitcoin - with Vake & Wolf von Laer

SLP316 Why Libertarians Should Focus On Bitcoin - with Vake & Wolf von Laer

Long time bitcoiner Vake, and CEO of Students for Liberty Wolf von Laer join me on the show to talk about liberty, and why libertarians should focus on Bitcoin as their top priority: Connections between bitcoin and liberty Why some libertarians haven’t focused on Bitcoin What they could be doing Why libertarians should prioritise the Bitcoin strategy for liberty above others Guest links: Vake: @vakeraj Wolf von Laer: @wolfvonlaer Students For Liberty: Studentsforliberty.org Spons

Oct 27, 2021 • 1:01:16

SLP315 k3tan - Networking For Bitcoiners

SLP315 k3tan - Networking For Bitcoiners

Have you been wanting to learn more about networking in how it relates to running your node? k3tan, my long-time friend and co-founder of Ministry of Nodes joins me to discuss: Basic tips on networking and IP Securing your home network with practical tips Using your bitcoin node and wallet Tor and VPN Home box nodes vs VPS What kind of equipment you should use to run your bitcoin node - Raspis vs desktop PC Links: Twitter: @_k3tan Site: ministryofnodes.com.au Guide: Ubuntu Nod

Oct 26, 2021 • 57:54

SLP314 Dustin Trammell - The Second Node On The Bitcoin Network?

SLP314 Dustin Trammell - The Second Node On The Bitcoin Network?

Dustin Trammell, information security professional and early Bitcoin user joins me on the show to talk: Being early in Bitcoin and the culture in those days Talking with Satoshi Early stories The hopes for a sound money future Investing in Bitcoin companies Bitcoin’s multiple layers Dustin Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/druidian/status/1447866520093315072 Blog post: https://blog.dustintrammell.com/i-am-not-satoshi/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Minin

Oct 23, 2021 • 54:35

SLP313 Gigi - USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time

SLP313 Gigi - USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time

Gigi, author, developer and speaker in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about why Bitcoin is Time, and why the USD is going down to 1 sat. We chat: The pieces that had to be pulled together for Bitcoin to work Tokens are timeless, ledgers are not Why USD is going to 1 sat UX and how it will be solved over time Operating in the bitcoin space as a nym Gigi links: Bitcoin is Time: https://dergigi.com/2021/01/14/bitcoin-is-time/ On Bitcoin’s UX: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/on-bitcoi

Oct 18, 2021 • 1:03:49

SLP312 Mark Moss - Energy Crisis, Cycles & Bitcoin

SLP312 Mark Moss - Energy Crisis, Cycles & Bitcoin

Mark Moss, entrepreneur, investor, and host of The Mark Moss show on YouTube and iHeartRadio joins me on the show to talk about the recent energy crisis. We talk about what’s causing it, and the cycles impacting our world today. We also talk about dealing with it and responding to it. Mark Moss links: Twitter: @1MarkMoss YouTube: The Mark Moss Show - Youtube Event: Market Disruptors Live Miami Nov 12-14 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital (code L

Oct 12, 2021 • 53:35

SLP311 Bitcoin: Only The Strong Survive - with Big Al

SLP311 Bitcoin: Only The Strong Survive - with Big Al

Big Al, pseudonymous co-author of the “Only The Strong Survive” article joins me on the show to talk about various critiques of non-Bitcoin ‘Crypto’ projects. In this explosive discussion, we talk about the key things you need to know on Bitcoin as contrasted with ‘Crypto’ and DeFi. We chat: What truly sets Bitcoin apart DeFi not being decentralised, and not finance Everything fights for liquidity The problem with utility tokens Dishonest TVL metrics and massive leverage in ‘defi’ Link

Oct 8, 2021 • 56:56

SLP310 Should We Stop Using Software Wallets? Bitcoin Software Security With Charles Guillemet

SLP310 Should We Stop Using Software Wallets? Bitcoin Software Security With Charles Guillemet

Charles Guillemet, CTO of Ledger rejoins me on the show to talk about the risks present with Bitcoin software wallets. Don’t miss this episode for security discussion on why you shouldn't be keeping large amounts of bitcoin on software wallets and why hardware is becoming more and more necessary to protect bitcoin from theft. We chat: Exploits using Pegasus Key aspects of Bitcoin security Extracting secrets using malware from desktop wallets and phone wallets Desktops, phones, hardware se

Oct 6, 2021 • 59:45

SLP309 Easy CoinJoin Use For Desktop Is Here With Sparrow Wallet with Craig Raw

SLP309 Easy CoinJoin Use For Desktop Is Here With Sparrow Wallet with Craig Raw

Craig Raw, founder of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest: easy coinjoin for the desktop is now here with whirlpool being integrated into Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet might well make coinjoin much more accessible to users interested in bitcoin privacy. Craig and I chat: Latest updates How Whirlpool in Sparrow works STONEWALL privacy preserving spends in Sparrow Implications of having multiple whirlpool clients Electrum server back ends for Sparrow Wallet b

Oct 4, 2021 • 54:55

SLP308 Philip Glazman - Scaling Exchanges With Lightning And Lightning User Profiles

SLP308 Philip Glazman - Scaling Exchanges With Lightning And Lightning User Profiles

Philip Glazman of River, a bitcoin only exchange in the US joins me on the show to talk about the process of using lightning as an exchange. We talk about: Experiences with lightning over the years User profiles and how customers use lightning with River Customer education Swap services Lightning and Liquid comparison Technical overview Links: Twitter: @philipglazman Article: Scaling Lightning Network at River - River.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Min

Oct 1, 2021 • 58:31

SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss

SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss

Jestopher and Tony of the Amboss website and project join me on the show to talk about the journey of becoming a lightning routing node operator, tips and resources. We chat: Routing on lightning Selecting channel partners Channel management Tooling available to help routing nodes Calculating fees and rebalancing LN communities growing Links: Jestopher: @Jestopher_BTC Tony: @tonyioi Site: Amboss Space - Lightning Network Explorer Other resources: What Makes a Good Routing

Sep 28, 2021 • 58:31

SLP306 Guy Swann - What Makes Bitcoin A Breakthrough (Newcoiner episode)

SLP306 Guy Swann - What Makes Bitcoin A Breakthrough (Newcoiner episode)

Guy Swann of the Bitcoin Audible podcast joins me for a special show for Bitcoin and Crypto beginners. We talk about why Bitcoin is unique and why you should avoid shitcoin gambling. We discuss: Common questions for people new to ‘crypto’ “Won’t Shitcoins pump harder than Bitcoin?” Comparison of Bitcoin and shitcoins The problem with utility tokens Shitcoins are LARPing decentralisation Shitcoin waterfall “Doesn’t Bitcoin waste energy?” Links: Twitter: @TheGuySwann BitcoinAudi

Sep 24, 2021 • 1:12:18

SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground with Aaron van Wirdum

SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground with Aaron van Wirdum

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law went live on 7th September, what was it really like? What did the protesters have to say about it? Aaron van Wirdum, Bitcoin Journalist at Bitcoin Magazine joins me to give us an ‘on the ground’ take on things. We chat: Protesters and are they really protesting about Bitcoin or Bukele? Chivo Wallet - teething issues The truth about bitcoin remittances Positives on the experience so far Bitcoin Meetup Bitcoin Core v22 Bitcoin 2022 Links: Twitter: @Aaronvan

Sep 20, 2021 • 1:12:34

SLP304 Is The Bitcoin Infinity Meme Wrong? With Knut Svanholm

SLP304 Is The Bitcoin Infinity Meme Wrong? With Knut Svanholm

Knut Svanholm, Bitcoin writer joins me on the show to chat about why you are not prepared for hyperbitcoinisation, and various concepts such as adoption, what it might look like, and the infinity meme. Is the infinity meme wrong? I believe it is, but listen in to Knut and I discussing it! Links: Twitter: @knutsvanholm Article: You Are Not Prepared - Citadel 21 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CypherSafe (code LIVERA) CoinKite.c

Sep 14, 2021 • 1:02:10

SLP303 Ethereum’s Path to Centralisation with Alex B

SLP303 Ethereum’s Path to Centralisation with Alex B

Alex B joins me on the show to talk about why Ethereum is predictably on a path to centralisation. How does Bitcoin contrast in terms of decentralisation and long term possibilities? We chat: MEV Can MEV be stopped? MEV and staking derivatives interaction Ethereum as the Myspace Ethereum cannot be ultra sound money Problems with utility tokens Alex links: Twitter: @bergealex4 Twitter Thread: Holy **** is Ethereum broken. Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Le

Aug 31, 2021 • 1:35:20

SLP302 SeedSigner - Bitcoin multi sig security under $50

SLP302 SeedSigner - Bitcoin multi sig security under $50

SeedSigner, pseudonymous creator of the SeedSigner project joins me to talk about his work creating a low cost, accessible, DIY style hardware device that can be part of your multi sig quorum with wallets/coordinators like Specter Desktop, Sparrow Wallet, Blue Wallet. This product was actually inspired by an earlier episode with Michael Flaxman. We chat: Inspiration for the project Low cost Accessibility Technical skill required QR codes Support Being a project vs product Links:

Aug 23, 2021 • 1:06:01

SLP301 Bitcoin Mining Pools Decentralised? A Discussion with Pavel Moravec of SlushPool & Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool

SLP301 Bitcoin Mining Pools Decentralised? A Discussion with Pavel Moravec of SlushPool & Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool

How should Bitcoin mining be structured? Pavel Moravec of SlushPool (Braiins) and Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool join me to chat. We discuss: Why pools exist How to structure mining pools Trade offs around decentralisation of pools Coinbase payouts vs other ways Lightning payouts Scalability for mining pools Stratum v2 Links: Pavel Moravec: @mor_pav Braiins Twitter: @braiins_systems Braiins site: Braiins.com | Bitcoin Mining Company Laurentia Pool Twitter: @laurentiapool S

Aug 18, 2021 • 1:24:46

SLP300 Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance

SLP300 Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance

Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, cryptographer and privacy advocate, inventor of Hashcash and cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper rejoins me on the show. We chat: Regulatory environment for Bitcoin vs building ‘Crypto wars’ in the 90s Proof of Work Bitcoin privacy Confidential Transactions in Liquid and for Bitcoin Trade offs involved Blockstream satellite base station Bitcoin development Previous episode: SLP 42 Adam Back, CEO Of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoi

Aug 13, 2021 • 1:12:27

SLP299 Adam O - Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas

SLP299 Adam O - Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas

Adam O of Upstream Data joins me to talk about the massive opportunity for energy producers and Bitcoin mining. We chat about: The opportunity for Oil & Gas with Bitcoin Optionality The necessity of fossil fuels ESG Bitcoin Mining Council Bitcoin lobbying Adam links: Twitter: @denverbitcoin Site: Upstream Data Prior/relevant episode: SLP284 Steve Barbour – Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capi

Aug 12, 2021 • 1:19:59

SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?

SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?

Offers might be the next big idea for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Rusty Russell of Blockstream, working on the lightning spec and on c-lightning rejoins me to chat: Current invoices today vs Offers New use cases enabled e.g. static QR donation Refunds Recurring payments ‘Speaking lightning’ Offers vs LN URL What’s next Links: Twitter: @Rusty_twit Site: Bolt12.org Site: Blockstream.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital (cod

Aug 9, 2021 • 1:13:47

SLP297 Ergo - Chain Surveil Yourself!

SLP297 Ergo - Chain Surveil Yourself!

Have you wondered about Bitcoin privacy or chain surveillance and how it’s done? Or how to defend against it? This is the episode for you, as Ergo of OXT Research (Part of Samourai Wallet) rejoins me on the show to talk: Background on bitcoin transactions How Bitcoin surveillance works Peel chains and wallet clustering How to counter it in practice Ergo links: Twitter: @ErgoBTC Telegram: @ErgoBTC Guide: Understanding Bitcoin Privacy with OXT — Part 1/4 Sponsors: Swan Bit

Aug 5, 2021 • 1:17:41

SLP296 Saifedean Ammous - The Biggest Fiat Malinvestment

SLP296 Saifedean Ammous - The Biggest Fiat Malinvestment

Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas: What bitcoin really replaces Thinking about inflationary costs infinity/21M - is it wrong? Cultural impacts of fiat money Malinvestments and where the biggest ones lie The hyperbitcoinized world Saifedean Links: Twitter: @saifedean Site: Saifedean.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mini

Aug 3, 2021 • 1:26:25

SLP295 John Lee Quigley Why Bitcoin Mining Is Shifting to North America

SLP295 John Lee Quigley Why Bitcoin Mining Is Shifting to North America

Historically, Bitcoin Mining as an industry was dominated by China. John Lee Quigley (formerly of Compass Mining, and now independently consulting and writing) rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent report on the state of Bitcoin mining. We talk about the various factors going into this generational shift. Listen to this episode to understand some of the dynamics, gleaned from John’s in depth research and interviews on the subject. We chat: Historical reasons for China’s dominanc

Jul 27, 2021 • 55:37

SLP294 Lyn Alden - Inflation, Debt, and Energy Markets

SLP294 Lyn Alden - Inflation, Debt, and Energy Markets

Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy rejoins me on the show to talk about macro updates and Bitcoin. We chat: CPI rises to 5.4% and inflation Govt debt and the likely govt responses Why and how they keep the party going Oil & Gas Bull case Energy and the need for baseload power Stablecoins & why Bitcoin is different People are sleeping on the Lightning Network Links: Twitter: @LynAldenContact Article: The Case for a Longer-Term Oil and Gas Bull Market

Jul 22, 2021 • 1:10:03

SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You Can’t Ignore

SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You Can’t Ignore

Greg Foss, a 3 decade veteran of fixed income securities specialising in HY (High Yield) joins me to talk about debt, bonds, government debt and why Bitcoin is the answer. Primer on debt instruments Interest rates and bond bull market over decades Craziness of debt markets Interaction between debt and equity Could govt repudiate the debt? Could we outgrow it? Why Bitcoin is the best asymmetric trade Links: Twitter: @FossGregfoss Paper: https://t.co/OK4dDj27Io?amp=1 Sponsors:

Jul 19, 2021 • 1:08:29

SLP292 Andrew Chow Output Script Descriptors for Bitcoin

SLP292 Andrew Chow Output Script Descriptors for Bitcoin

Andrew Chow, Bitcoin Core contributor and creator of the PSBT standard rejoins me on the show to talk about the creation of a series of BIPs (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) for Output Script Descriptors. We break down and explore the key concepts to make it accessible for bitcoiners. Seeds BIP39 vs Electrum seeds vs aezeed Derivation paths How Output Script Descriptors improve things New functionality Backups and recovery Lightning Miniscript Advanced scripting Links: Twitte

Jul 16, 2021 • 1:02:32

SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed

SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed

Caitlin Long of Avanti rejoins me on the show to talk about the coming regulatory crackdown. We discuss: The growth in stablecoins How there’s so much stablecoin volume off a low base Coming regulatory crackdown Getting direct access to the Fed Compliance in the industry Improving the on ramps for Bitcoin Links: Twitter: @CaitlinLong_ Site: Avantibank.com Site: Caitlin-Long.com Linkedin Caitlin Long Other episodes: SLP198 Caitlin Long - What Are Austrian Economists

Jul 15, 2021 • 1:16:52

SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer

SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer

NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about practical tips on setting up and securing your Bitcoin as well as backups. We chat: Set up tips for newcoiners Desktop wallets to use Passphrases SeedXOR Multi sig Storing backups Estate planning and inheritance Links: Twitter: Twitter.com/NVK Site: Coinkite.com Site: Walletsrecovery.org Site: Coldcard User Documentation Site: bitcoinsecurity.guide Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchaine

Jul 12, 2021 • 1:18:13

SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users

SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users

Laolu Osuntokun aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Lightning Network can scale to a billion users someday. We chat: Updates on the lightning network generally ANYPREVOUT and eltoo CTV Check Template Verify Multi party channels Lnd updates Thoughts on Bitcoin’s path forward What’s coming next from Lightning Labs Laolu links: Twitter: @roasbeef Site: Lightning.engineering Previous episodes: SLP207 Roasbeef - Lightni

Jul 6, 2021 • 1:30:40

SLP288 Hass McCook - Why You Must Set Up A Bitcoin DCA Plan

SLP288 Hass McCook - Why You Must Set Up A Bitcoin DCA Plan

Hass McCook aka FriarHass rejoins me on the show to talk about why you should set up a Dollar Cost Averaging Plan. We chat: Lump sum for you, DCA for us! Is DCA more important than everything else? Even development? Growing the DCA Army to hasten hyperbitcoinisation CAGR - statistics and dishonesty? DCA vs circular economy / agorism? Practical tips Links: Twitter: @FriarHass Bitcoin Magazine articles by Hass: Bitcoin Magazine: Hass McCook Article: The True Believer’s Han

Jul 1, 2021 • 56:32

SLP287 Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin - Hoffline wallets & Lightning adoption

SLP287 Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin - Hoffline wallets & Lightning adoption

Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin of CoinCorner join me to talk about: Starting CoinCorner A new type of wallet - Hoffline Security considerations Lightning adoption Bitcoin Core contribution Links: Twitter: @CoincornerDanny Twitter: @CoincornerZakk Tweet thread: Introducing “Hoffline” Site: CoinCorner.com Article: Bitcoin Core Development on Windows — A Step by Step Guide Article: Bitcoin Core Development on MacOS — A Step by Step Guide Episodes mentioned: SLP231 Stepan Snig

Jun 28, 2021 • 58:54

SLP286 Hector Rosekrans - Bitcoin & Inheritance

SLP286 Hector Rosekrans - Bitcoin & Inheritance

Hector Rosekrans of Casa joins me on the show to talk about securing your Bitcoin and how early we are in terms of Bitcoin inheritance. We chat: Securing your bitcoin Self custody vs custodial solutions How early bitcoin inheritance is Casa covenant Hardware wallets Multi sig and inheritance setups - will they standardise? Links: Twitter: @hectorr159 Site: Keys.casa Relevant episodes: SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users Sponsors: Sw

Jun 24, 2021 • 58:02

SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat “Extend and Pretend”

SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat “Extend and Pretend”

Jeff Booth, technology entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to talk about: Bitcoin 2021 conference experience Fiat system extending itself MicroStrategy Bitcoin buying Macro investors Surveillance coins (CBDC) and what they would mean Supercycle thoughts Jeff Booth links: Twitter: @jeffbooth Site: Thepriceoftomorrow.com Previous episode: SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass

Jun 17, 2021 • 53:06

SLP284 Steve Barbour - Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis

SLP284 Steve Barbour - Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis

Steve Barbour of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about: Fiat Maxis Bitcoin Mining Council Wind and Solar as unreliables Why arguing about renewable usage isn’t the right long term approach What Bitcoiners should do about it Upstream Data Hash Hut Links: Twitter: @SGBarbour Site: UpstreamData.ca Prior episode: SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, With Steve Barbour Of Upstream Data Mentioned: Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution

Jun 14, 2021 • 54:56

SLP283 Alex Gladstein Bitcoin: Who’s For Freedom, and Who’s Not?

SLP283 Alex Gladstein Bitcoin: Who’s For Freedom, and Who’s Not?

Alex Gladstein CSO of HRF rejoins me on the show to talk about the recent El Salvador Bitcoin legal tender news. We break down the good, the bad and what could go wrong. Overview the news Historical moment for Bitcoin and the world It could have been so much worse Merchant adoption and lightning HRF grant Links: Twitter: @gladstein Site: HRF.org Article: Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of The Petrodollar Article: Can Government Stop Bitcoin? Prior episodes: SLP220 Is Bitcoin D

Jun 10, 2021 • 57:48

SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use

SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use

Where are some Bitcoiners going wrong in their thinking and arguments about energy? Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and energy policy commentator joins me to talk about energy use, and why we’re not thinking about it clearly. We chat: The benefits of energy and fossil fuels More energy use is good! Renewables are really just unreliables Reframing the conversation Links: Twitter: @AlexEpstein Site: Energytalkingpoints.com Site: Industrialprogress.com Spons

Jun 4, 2021 • 1:03:36

SLP281 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin Is For Everyone, Swan Bitcoin $1B run rate, Bitcoiner Ventures, Elon’s mistakes

SLP281 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin Is For Everyone, Swan Bitcoin $1B run rate, Bitcoiner Ventures, Elon’s mistakes

Cory Klippsten, CEO and Founder of Swan Bitcoin joins me to talk about various topics: Working in the bitcoin space Teaching newcoiners Growing the auto-stacking movement The latest with Bitcoin Ventures Elon Musk’s mistakes Links: Site: Swanbitcoin.com Site: Bitcoinerventures.com Inventing Bitcoin (free book): swanbitcoin.com/freebook Twitter: @coryklippsten Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CypherSafe (code LIVER

Jun 2, 2021 • 57:32

SLP280 BTCxZelko & Pavel - Reclaim Your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo

SLP280 BTCxZelko & Pavel - Reclaim Your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo

If you want the best privacy possible in Bitcoin, you want to use Samourai Wallet. And for the best way to use it, you need to use your own node. Zelko and Pavel join me to talk about the latest with Ronin Dojo, an easy way to do just that. We chat: What it is Who its for Recent upgrades on the UI Thoughts on hardware wallets Other services and features offered Best practice tips on privacy Open source licensing Getting support Links: Site: Ronindojo.io Zelko: @BTCxZelko&nbs

May 31, 2021 • 1:04:59

SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey - Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador

SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey - Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador

Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey join me to talk about their project showing how a whole town could go bitcoin and lightning native. Listen to this interview talking about how thousands of people are going lightning native to benefit from international remittance and creating bitcoin tourism. Stages of development Building a Citadel by the sea Lightning practicalities Teaching Bitcoin Rebuilding the Bitcoin for payments narrative Links: Site: BitcoinBeach.com Twitter: @Bitcoinb

May 28, 2021 • 55:51

SLP278 Matt Odell & Ben Price - OpenSats: Bitcoin & Open Source Initiative

SLP278 Matt Odell & Ben Price - OpenSats: Bitcoin & Open Source Initiative

OpenSats is a new initiative for the bitcoiners to contribute to, to support Bitcoin and open source development and projects. Matt Odell and Ben Price join me to chat about the structure, why they’re creating a new organization, and why Bitcoin development funding shouldn’t merely be a popularity contest. Links: Site: OpenSats.org Twitter: @Matt_odell Twitter: @abitcoinperson (Ben Price) Other relevant episodes: SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA) SL

May 26, 2021 • 1:05:57

SLP277 Alejandro De La Torre - Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Mining Pools

SLP277 Alejandro De La Torre - Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Mining Pools

Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool joins me on the show to chat about his efforts in helping to coordinate Bitcoin Upgrades: Taproot Activation Learnings from 2017 SegWit UASF or MASF (Miner Activated Soft Fork) UASF within MASF Distribution of network hashrate Future Soft Fork upgrades Alejandro links: Twitter: @bitentrepreneur Site: Taprootactivation.com Poolin: Poolin.com Relevant episodes: SLP260 Luke Dashjr - How Bitcoin UASF

May 24, 2021 • 54:00

SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD and Facts

SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD and Facts

Anthony Ronning, Bitcoin Lightning developer joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Lightning Privacy. We separate FUD from fact and give it a fair hearing to give you some insight into where the privacy leakages are today, how you can be more private, and where it’s all going in the future. We chat: Basic overview of LN Different user types and wallets Lightning nodes Receiver privacy Mitigations and future tech Practical tips for users today Anthony links: Twitter: @cycryptr

May 20, 2021 • 1:11:01

SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signalling For Taproot

SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signalling For Taproot

Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat: Whether it is difficult to signal as a miner The dynamics with different mining pools signaling Miners and Pools, how does it work Braiins OS and mining firmware What future upgrades might look like Pavel links: Twitter: @mor_pav Article: Everything You Need To Know About Taproot Signaling By Bitcoin Miners Site: Braiins.com Relevant episodes: SLP128 Jan Čapek

May 13, 2021 • 56:44

SLP274 William Clemente III - Bitcoin’s Great Consolidation

SLP274 William Clemente III - Bitcoin’s Great Consolidation

William Clemente III joins me to talk about analyzing Bitcoin on-chain and why we’re still in the middle of this cycle. We chat: Getting into on-chain analytics Is this time different? Supercycle or not Analyzing what different cohorts are doing What does a market top look like? MVRV, NUPL, SOPR Futures and contango trade William links: Twitter: @WClementeIII Website: Substack Other relevant episodes: SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch SLP190 Rafael Schultz

May 11, 2021 • 57:24

SLP273 Andy Edstrom - Bitcoin and Leverage: Don’t Get Rekt

SLP273 Andy Edstrom - Bitcoin and Leverage: Don’t Get Rekt

Andy Edstrom rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, leverage, and not getting Rekt! We chat: What’s changed in the market in recent years Why use leverage Risks and costs with leverage Supercycle or not SWR and FIRE crossovers with collateralization Bitcoin side hustles or jobs Andrew Edstom links: Twitter: @edstromandrew Article: Don't Get Rekt Site: AndyEdstrom.com Prior episode: SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For The Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin

May 7, 2021 • 1:04:39

SLP272 Peter St Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs

SLP272 Peter St Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs

Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat: Bitcoin energy costs Fiat standard costs Costs of recession Deflationary growth Keynesian ‘sticky wages’ UBI and MMT Will robots take our jobs? Peter St Onge links: Twitter: @profstonge Article: Critics Claim Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Environment. They're Wrong. Substack: CryptoEconomy S

May 3, 2021 • 1:13:55

SLP271 Pete Rizzo When Satoshi Disappeared

SLP271 Pete Rizzo When Satoshi Disappeared

Pete Rizzo, editor at Bitcoin Magazine and editor in chief for Kraken joins me on the show to talk about his latest piece, ‘The Last Days of Satoshi’. We talk about various ideas: What Satoshi’s image was in the early community How things changed as Bitcoin got bigger Mistakes and bugs early in Bitcoin’s life How that colours our view going forward Bitcoin, Wikileaks, and the CIA Pete links: Twitter: @pete_rizzo Article: The Last Days Of Satoshi: What Happened When Bitcoin's Creat

Apr 28, 2021 • 1:02:49

SLP270 Bob Murphy What Does A Hard Money Bitcoin World Look Like?

SLP270 Bob Murphy What Does A Hard Money Bitcoin World Look Like?

Bob Murphy, Austrian economist and libertarian theorist joins me on the show to talk about his views on Bitcoin and Austrian economics. We chat: Bitcoin’s evolution in stages Bitcoin and non monetary use What bitcoiners are getting wrong about Austrian economics Money is not a measuring rod What it would look like under a Bitcoin world Bob Murphy links: Twitter: @BobMurphyEcon Site: BobMurphyShow.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital

Apr 21, 2021 • 1:07:53

SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open

SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open

Jack Mallers of Strike rejoins me on the show to talk about what he’s working on and how Bitcoin wins. We chat: Visiting El Salvador and financial access Bitcoin remittance market Why fiat fintech can’t compete Bitcoin and Lightning as an open network Strike expansion Jack Mallers links: Twitter: @jackmallers Strike: @ln_strike Site: Strike.me Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CypherSafe (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com

Apr 19, 2021 • 1:05:31

SLP268 Peter Todd - Should Signal Have Used Bitcoin Instead?

SLP268 Peter Todd - Should Signal Have Used Bitcoin Instead?

Peter Todd, Bitcoin expert and cryptocurrency consultant joins me on the show to talk about Signal’s recent decision to use MobileCoin rather than Bitcoin. Is Signal selling out? We talk about why MobileCoin is centralised, why it was a bad choice, and why they should have used Bitcoin and Lightning instead. We also talk about directions with private messaging going forward. Peter Todd links: Twitter:@peterktodd Mastodon Website: PeterTodd.org Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend C

Apr 15, 2021 • 1:09:18

SLP267 Joe Burnett How Big Is The Market For Bitcoin?

SLP267 Joe Burnett How Big Is The Market For Bitcoin?

Joe Burnett of Mimesis Capital joins me to talk about just how big the market for Bitcoin could really be. Hint: It might be bigger than just the market for gold. We talk through valuation in a post hyperbitcoinization world, and we also explore the Bitcoin Contango trade. Joe Burnett Links: Twitter: @IIICapital Site: mimesiscapital.com Article: Valuing Companies Post-Hyperbitcoinization Article: A Deep Dive Into Bitcoin's Contango Other relevant episodes: SLP191 Jeff Booth – Bitcoin

Apr 12, 2021 • 54:44

SLP266 Croesus_BTC - Bitcoin: Stake Your Claim Before Everyone Else

SLP266 Croesus_BTC - Bitcoin: Stake Your Claim Before Everyone Else

Croesus_BTC joins me to talk about why the yuppie elite do not like Bitcoin, making simplified bitcoin content, adoption and cycles, speculative attacks on fiat, and staking your claim on your ‘fair share’ of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this one! Croesus_BTC links: Twitter: @Croesus_BTC Article: Asset DNA: Explaining Bitcoin's Speculative Attack On The Dollar Article: Why The Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin Article: Bitcoin And The American West Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass

Apr 9, 2021 • 1:02:19

SLP265 Diverter - Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends

SLP265 Diverter - Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends

Diverter joins me on the show to talk about our modern world of surveillance and reliance on third parties. We chat about learning to be a ‘digital sherpa’ for your family and friends. Dealing with “I don’t have anything to hide” Password managers Nextcloud Yunohost Self hosting Bitcoin Diverter links: Twitter: @Diverter_noKYC Article: Becoming Uncle Jim Article: Uncle Jim’s Cloud Article: Searching for Uncle Jim Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining

Apr 6, 2021 • 57:25

SLP264 Roy Sheinfeld Podcasting 2.0 & Lightning with Breez

SLP264 Roy Sheinfeld Podcasting 2.0 & Lightning with Breez

Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest with Breez and how Lightning Network is enabling a whole new world of possibilities. We chat: Breez updates Merchant adoption of Breez Lightning network podcasting Taking payments offline Cloud backups Lightning development Roy Sheinfeld links: Twitter: @Breez_Tech Website: breez.technology Podcasts on Breez: Streaming Sats for Streaming Ideas Introducing Lightning Rod Relevant episodes: SLP94 Roy She

Apr 1, 2021 • 1:04:05

SLP263 Parker Lewis - The Greatest Trick Central Banks Ever Pulled

SLP263 Parker Lewis - The Greatest Trick Central Banks Ever Pulled

Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about the environment central banks have created, what that has done to money and our ability to save. We chat: Fiat financialisation of the economy Inflation and Deflation properly considered Bitcoin’s growth amongst institutions today Multi sig with Unchained Loans with Unchained Living off your Bitcoin using collateralised loans Parker Lewis links: Twitter: @parkeralewis Site: Unchained.com Articles: Bitcoin L

Mar 29, 2021 • 1:28:40

SLP262 Craig Raw Bitcoin Multi Sig With Sparrow Wallet

SLP262 Craig Raw Bitcoin Multi Sig With Sparrow Wallet

Craig Raw joins me on the show to talk about his relatively new project, Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet allows you to easily set up a single sig or multi sig wallet, air gapped or with USB, supporting the most popular hardware wallets. We talk: Why Sparrow Progression steps for new bitcoiners QR codes Taproot Applications vs browser apps Being Uncle Jim Tor built in Electrum server vs Bitcoin core use Funding and sustainability Craig links: Twitter: @craigraw Site: sparrow

Mar 24, 2021 • 1:10:20

SLP261 Dominic Frisby - Bitcoin vs Daylight Robbery (Taxation)

SLP261 Dominic Frisby - Bitcoin vs Daylight Robbery (Taxation)

Dominic Frisby, comedian, author, financial writer and libertarian joins me on the show to talk about his latest book, Daylight Robbery. We chat: How taxes have impacted society Low taxes for more prosperous societies Bitcoin Citadels and patronage Bitcoin’s impact on taxes Bitcoin Nomads Surveillance and Platforms Dominic links: Twitter: @DominicFrisby Book: Daylight Robbery Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CompassMining.io Hodl Hodl Lend

Mar 22, 2021 • 1:22:15

SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks

SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks

Luke Dashjr, long time Bitcoin Core contributor joins me on the show to discuss his views on how UASF went down in 2017. We talk through the various trade offs and points around Taproot activation and why he believes that LOT = True maximally reduces the risks. We chat: Luke’s background BIP91, BIP148 Miner signalling Chainsplits Average user and code review Speedy Trial Small blocks Luke links: Twitter: @LukeDashjr Mastodon: @LukeDashjr Email: luke@dashjr.org Relevant prio

Mar 17, 2021 • 58:26

SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining

SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining

Whit Gibbs of Compass Mining joins me on the show to talk about his background in mining, and how the mining market is developing. We chat: Hitting ROI on a mining machine Current prices and costs How to do it Learning by doing and making mistakes Mining equipment Mining facilities Hashrate distribution around the world Recent raise Links: Twitter: @BitcoinBroski Site: Compassmining.io Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital (code LIV

Mar 15, 2021 • 53:30

SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch

SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch

Rafael Schultze-Kraft CTO of Glassnode rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin on chain metrics and how there is a very bullish set up right now. We chat: Overview of how Glassnode’s analysis works Liquid supply vs illiquid supply Number of coins on exchanges dropping and what this means Difference in structure of bitcoin demand this time vs 2017 Why its not true that “2% of accounts control 95% of bitcoin” Links: Twitter: @n3ocortex Twitter: @glassnode Site: Glassnode.com

Mar 11, 2021 • 1:17:06

SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken

SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken

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

Mar 4, 2021 • 1:19:40

SLP256 David Bailey Bitcoin 2021 and Bull Markets

SLP256 David Bailey Bitcoin 2021 and Bull Markets

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 Bitcoi

Mar 2, 2021 • 1:03:44

SLP255 Gleb Naumenko: The Label, Bitcoin Dev & Consulting

SLP255 Gleb Naumenko: The Label, Bitcoin Dev & Consulting

Gleb 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 LI

Feb 26, 2021 • 59:20

SLP254 Dario Sneidermanis Muun Wallet: Bitcoin & Lightning All In One

SLP254 Dario Sneidermanis Muun Wallet: Bitcoin & Lightning All In One

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)

Feb 23, 2021 • 1:18:12

SLP253 Samson Mow Blockstream Jade, Liquid & Bitcoin Mining

SLP253 Samson Mow Blockstream Jade, Liquid & Bitcoin Mining

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

Feb 19, 2021 • 58:29

SLP252 NVK Bitcoin Hardware Wallets vs Air Gapped Computers

SLP252 NVK Bitcoin Hardware Wallets vs Air Gapped Computers

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

Feb 17, 2021 • 1:02:33

SLP251 Dan Held HODL Mindset & Bitcoin Finances

SLP251 Dan Held HODL Mindset & Bitcoin Finances

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 C

Feb 12, 2021 • 1:00:04

SLP250 Andrew Henderson - Nomad Capitalism for Bitcoiners

SLP250 Andrew Henderson - Nomad Capitalism for Bitcoiners

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 Vi

Feb 8, 2021 • 51:42

SLP249 Bitcoin Patents & Open Crypto Alliance with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant

SLP249 Bitcoin Patents & Open Crypto Alliance with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant

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 – In

Feb 5, 2021 • 43:48

SLP248 Godfrey Bloom - What Will Government Do To Bitcoin

SLP248 Godfrey Bloom - What Will Government Do To Bitcoin

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 Explorin

Feb 2, 2021 • 1:06:17

SLP247 Luke Gromen - Does Bitcoin Recreate The Hunger Games?

SLP247 Luke Gromen - Does Bitcoin Recreate The Hunger Games?

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

Jan 29, 2021 • 55:12

SLP246 Mandrik - Earning Bitcoin Will Change Your Life

SLP246 Mandrik - Earning Bitcoin Will Change Your Life

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 Liv

Jan 25, 2021 • 1:06:04

SLP245 Mempool.space - helping Bitcoin migrate to a multi-layer ecosystem

SLP245 Mempool.space - helping Bitcoin migrate to a multi-layer ecosystem

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: Mem

Jan 21, 2021 • 59:08

SLP244 Nik Bhatia - Bitcoin: The Safest Layer

SLP244 Nik Bhatia - Bitcoin: The Safest Layer

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

Jan 18, 2021 • 1:03:09

SLP243 PlanB Demand For Bitcoin Will Skyrocket

SLP243 PlanB Demand For Bitcoin Will Skyrocket

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: SL

Jan 15, 2021 • 59:30

SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict

SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict

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 Cor

Jan 13, 2021 • 1:22:00

SLP241 Bunnie - Precursor: Open Source Hardware Development Platform (Feat. Nicolas Dorier as guest host)

SLP241 Bunnie - Precursor: Open Source Hardware Development Platform (Feat. Nicolas Dorier as guest host)

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 w

Jan 8, 2021 • 1:01:43

SLP240 Jimmy Song & Robert Breedlove - Thank God For Bitcoin

SLP240 Jimmy Song & Robert Breedlove - Thank God For Bitcoin

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 (

Jan 5, 2021 • 59:03

SLP239 Jake Chervinsky - Pushing Back on FinCEN non-custodial Bitcoin Regulation

SLP239 Jake Chervinsky - Pushing Back on FinCEN non-custodial Bitcoin Regulation

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

Dec 23, 2020 • 1:06:08

SLP238 Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter - Passport by Foundation Devices: Air Gapped Hardware Wallet

SLP238 Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter - Passport by Foundation Devices: Air Gapped Hardware Wallet

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

Dec 21, 2020 • 1:03:42

SLP237 Saifedean Ammous - Fiat Standard & Fiat Propaganda

SLP237 Saifedean Ammous - Fiat Standard & Fiat Propaganda

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 S

Dec 15, 2020 • 1:05:14

SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish or Bearish For Bitcoin?

SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish or Bearish For Bitcoin?

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 Has

Dec 11, 2020 • 1:13:47

SLP235 Niall Ferguson Bitcoin & Monetary Revolution

SLP235 Niall Ferguson Bitcoin & Monetary Revolution

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: niallf

Dec 7, 2020 • 1:00:02

SLP234 Ron Paul Bitcoin, Liberty & Freedom in Money

SLP234 Ron Paul Bitcoin, Liberty & Freedom in Money

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

Dec 5, 2020 • 34:22

SLP233 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin Valuations & Cycles

SLP233 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin Valuations & Cycles

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 Boyapat

Dec 4, 2020 • 1:00:42

SLP232 Lyn Alden - Bitcoin as Emerging Store of Value

SLP232 Lyn Alden - Bitcoin as Emerging Store of Value

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

Dec 2, 2020 • 57:28

SLP231 Stepan Snigirev Build Your Own Hardware Wallet with Specter DIY

SLP231 Stepan Snigirev Build Your Own Hardware Wallet with Specter DIY

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 De

Nov 30, 2020 • 1:10:38

SLP230 Is Lightning The Future Of Bitcoin Transactions? Udi Wertheimer and Eric Wall Discuss

SLP230 Is Lightning The Future Of Bitcoin Transactions? Udi Wertheimer and Eric Wall Discuss

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 w

Nov 27, 2020 • 1:15:26

SLP229 John Newbery - Brink: Bitcoin Development

SLP229 John Newbery - Brink: Bitcoin Development

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 & Hos

Nov 24, 2020 • 1:19:03

SLP228 OKCoin’s Bitcoin Developer Grant Program with Hong Fang

SLP228 OKCoin’s Bitcoin Developer Grant Program with Hong Fang

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

Nov 20, 2020 • 1:04:04

SLP227 Will Bitcoin & Dissident Tech Splinter Governments? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler Debate

SLP227 Will Bitcoin & Dissident Tech Splinter Governments? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler Debate

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 l

Nov 16, 2020 • 1:17:45

SLP226 Max Keidun Can Bitcoin Do DeFi and Lending? Hodl Hodl Lend

SLP226 Max Keidun Can Bitcoin Do DeFi and Lending? Hodl Hodl Lend

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 Bit

Nov 13, 2020 • 55:52

SLP225 Embassy: Sovereign Personal Computing, Privacy, Bitcoin & Lightning with Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland

SLP225 Embassy: Sovereign Personal Computing, Privacy, Bitcoin & Lightning with Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland

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

Nov 9, 2020 • 1:02:30

SLP224 NVK - What Do Most People Get Wrong About Bitcoin Security? Blockclock Mini & Bitcoin Treasuries

SLP224 NVK - What Do Most People Get Wrong About Bitcoin Security? Blockclock Mini & Bitcoin Treasuries

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 bitco

Nov 6, 2020 • 1:12:25

SLP223 Preston Pysh Bitcoin's Final Cycle?

SLP223 Preston Pysh Bitcoin's Final Cycle?

Preston Pysh of We Study Billionaires joins me on the show to talk about what Bitcoin’s final cycle might look like. How would we know if we’re going through the final cycle? How likely is it? Will corporates buying bitcoin be weak hands or strong hands? What about governments trying to shut Bitcoin down? Preston Pysh‘s Links: Twitter: @PrestonPysh We Study Billionaires Prior episodes: SLP109 Preston Pysh – How To Think About Bitcoin as an Investor SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numer

Nov 2, 2020 • 1:03:43

SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?

SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?

Confused about what MuSig2 is? As Bitcoin’s Schnorr Taproot soft fork has now been merged into Bitcoin Core (but not yet activated), it’s worthwhile understanding what some of the new multisignature schemes are for using Taproot. Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing, cryptographers working at Blockstream join me on the show to talk about their latest, MuSig2. Jonas Nick‘s Links: Twitter: @n1ckler Tim Ruffing‘s Links: Twitter: @real_or_random Links: MuSig2 paper: Simple Two-Round Schnorr Multi-Sig

Oct 27, 2020 • 1:11:37

SLP221 Joe Kelly And Dhruv Bansal - Should Your Business Hold Bitcoin? Unchained Business Accounts

SLP221 Joe Kelly And Dhruv Bansal - Should Your Business Hold Bitcoin? Unchained Business Accounts

What are the considerations for your business in holding bitcoin? Should you self custody with multi signature for improved security and control? Joe Kelly and Dhruv Bansal, CEO and CSO of Unchained Capital join me to chat. We talk: What business owners have to consider How to custody bitcoin Unchained Capital’s solution Coldcard Financialisation of computer networks Challenges of being a bitcoin company founder Joe and Dhruv Links: Twitter: @josephkelly Twitter: @dhru

Oct 21, 2020 • 1:02:34

SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean and Alex Gladstein

SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean and Alex Gladstein

Is Bitcoin a democracy? Or is it more like a natural order? What about democracy in general, does that protect human rights and enable human flourishing? Saifedean and Alex Gladstein debate the question of whether democracy promotes human flourishing. This was moderated by Stephan Livera, initially on Saifedean’s online seminar. Saifedean's Links: Twitter: @saifedean Saifedean.com Alex Gladstein's Links: Twitter: @gladstein Hrf.org Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LI

Oct 18, 2020 • 1:05:50

SLP219 Nadav Kohen - What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs

SLP219 Nadav Kohen - What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs

What are Discreet Log Contracts? Are they just for degenerate gamblers or is there a business use here? Nadav Kohen of Suredbits joins me to talk about what they are, why they’re useful and how they work. Why Use DLCs over multisig? Trust and Privacy Funding and Contract Execution Transactions Oracles and associated problems Lightning DLCs DLC Spec Nadav‘s Links: Twitter: @nadav_kohen Suredbits Suredbits Blog Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVER

Oct 15, 2020 • 1:08:20

SLP218 Philip Haslam & Russ Lamberti - Debt Culture & When Money Destroys Nations

SLP218 Philip Haslam & Russ Lamberti - Debt Culture & When Money Destroys Nations

Philip Haslam and Russ Lamberti join me to talk about their book on Zimbabwe and hyperinflation, When Money Destroys Nations. We chat about: Where hyperinflation has happened before The culture of debt & entitlement Print and spend vs loan and spend The stages or ‘gorge moments’ Financial repression Liquidity obfuscation How might future hyperinflation episodes play out Links: Website: whenmoneydestroys.com Book: When Money Destroys Nations Russell Lamberti: @RussL

Oct 9, 2020 • 1:20:09

SLP217 Exploring Bitcoin With Godfrey Bloom

SLP217 Exploring Bitcoin With Godfrey Bloom

Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk. Godfrey is a self proclaimed goldbug, and in this conversation we explore Bitcoin and his recent discussion on it. We chat about: Bitcoin’s use as reserve asset Some similarities and differences between Bitcoin and Gold Central Banking Welfare Statism Links: Twitter: @Goddersbloom Website: godfreybloom.uk Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) Knox Custody Stephan

Oct 7, 2020 • 1:26:58

SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club

SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club

Why is Bitcoin so exciting? How does Silicon Valley culture influence it? Gloria Zhao, bitcoin core contributor joins me to talk: Silicon Valley culture influences Teaching blockchain, then getting more into Bitcoin Being mentored by Bitcoin core developers Bitcoin PR Review club Map of the Bitcoin Network Gloria 's Links: Twitter: @glozow Github: Glozow Article: Map of the Bitcoin network Relevant episodes: SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution Sponsors: Swan Bit

Oct 2, 2020 • 1:04:54

SLP215 Michael Flaxman - 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig

SLP215 Michael Flaxman - 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig

After terrifying everyone with his prior SLP appearance re: hardware wallet security, Michael Flaxman rejoins me on the show to talk about his new multisig guide to help users secure their coins without any single point of failure. We cover: What’s improved in the space since last year Why you need to eliminate SPOFs (Single Points of Failure) Comparison of current hardware wallets Multi sig services vs DIY Using Specter Using Coldcard & Cobo Seedpicker Tips on maintaining the

Sep 28, 2020 • 2:33:53

SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr - Where Are All The Bitcoins?

SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr - Where Are All The Bitcoins?

Why does auditing Bitcoin matter? Why won’t the supply ever actually reach 21 million? Pierre Rochard of Kraken and Fabian Jahr (Bitcoin Core contributor) join me on the show to talk. Bitcoin supply Auditing Gettxoutset Bitcoin Core coin stats index More in depth bitcoin accounting Links: Fabian Jahr github: @fjahr Fabian Jahr: @fjahr Article: https://fjahr.com/posts/where-are-the-coins/ Pierre Rochard: @pierre_rochard Article: https://www.pierrerochard.com/auditing-bitcoin-

Sep 25, 2020 • 1:01:17

SLP213 Michael Saylor - Bitcoin Dematerializes Money

SLP213 Michael Saylor - Bitcoin Dematerializes Money

Why did MicroStrategy buy $425 million of Bitcoin and adopt it as Primary Treasury Reserve Asset? How did the team learn about Bitcoin? What is driving people to learn about Bitcoin in this high inflation environment? Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy joins me to discuss. Links: Twitter: @michael_saylor Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) Knox Custody Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Sep 21, 2020 • 1:00:00

SLP212 Alex Daskalov Can Bitcoin In Custody Be Insured?

SLP212 Alex Daskalov Can Bitcoin In Custody Be Insured?

Bitcoin custody insurance has been hotly debated in the industry, with concerns around the volatility, its feasibility, and whether it makes sense. What's Knox doing differently? Alex Daskalov, CEO of Knox Custody joins me to discuss these questions. Alex links: Alex Twitter: @daskalov Knox Custody: @knoxcustody Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) Knox Custody Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the p

Sep 20, 2020 • 1:05:22

SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)

SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)

What grants have Square Crypto given? How can Bitcoin design be improved? How can Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Patents be protected for the community and permissionless innovation to continue apace? Steve Lee of Square Crypto joins me to talk about some of the latest. Links: Steve twitter: @moneyball COPA Thread: https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1304087270736236544 Bitcoin Design: https://medium.com/@squarecrypto/bringing-together-the-bitcoin-design-community-b89e5fbe080f Prior episode:

Sep 15, 2020 • 1:33:39

SLP210 Sergej Kotliar How To Watch Bitcoin’s Mempool, Lightning Adoption & Privacy

SLP210 Sergej Kotliar How To Watch Bitcoin’s Mempool, Lightning Adoption & Privacy

How do you watch Bitcoin’s mempool? What tools should we use? What are the implications longer term for a blockspace market? Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill joins me to talk about this and more: Mempool watching and what tools are needed Blockspace market longer term Lightning adoption Bitcoin Privacy and ‘bad actors’ COVID and Bitcoiners Sergej links: Twitter: @ziggamon Bitrefill: Bitrefill.com Prior episodes: SLP85 Sergej Kotliar – Building Bitcoin’s circular economy SLP2

Sep 11, 2020 • 1:33:29

SLP209 Samourai Wallet - Bitcoin Culture & New Privacy Features

SLP209 Samourai Wallet - Bitcoin Culture & New Privacy Features

Is Bitcoin user culture going the wrong way? Or are these general cultural things? What should be the approach around avoiding KYC? What new features are coming to Samourai Wallet? Samourai Wallet joins me to discuss. Samourai Wallet links: Site: samouraiwallet.com Twitter: @samouraiwallet Prior episodes: SLP150 Samourai Wallet – Make Every Bitcoin Spend a Coinjoin Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) Knox Custody Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website

Sep 8, 2020 • 1:27:20

SLP208 Peter Schiff Bitcoin or Gold?

SLP208 Peter Schiff Bitcoin or Gold?

Does money need a non-monetary use? Will the government return to a gold standard? Are we doomed to repeat the same cycle of fiat money? Peter Schiff, CEO Euro Pacific Capital, chairman of Schiff Gold, and host of Schiff Radio joins me to discuss. Peter links: Twitter: @PeterSchiff Schiff Radio: schiffradio.com Euro Pac: europac.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) Knox Custody CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and we

Sep 4, 2020 • 1:25:41

SLP207 Roasbeef - Lightning Labs lnd Goes Wumbo

SLP207 Roasbeef - Lightning Labs lnd Goes Wumbo

What’s the latest with the Lightning Network? What will it mean when channels go large sized with wumbo? How is the network and ecosystem growing? Laolu (roasbeef) CTO of Lightning Labs joins me to talk. Links: Twitter: @roasbeef Lnd 0.11 post Lightning labs: Lightning.engineering Lightning Labs twitter: @lightning Prior episode: SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) Knox Custody CypherSafe (Code: LI

Sep 2, 2020 • 1:22:24

SLP206 Luke Childs - How To Recover Bitcoins & Umbrel

SLP206 Luke Childs - How To Recover Bitcoins & Umbrel

Have you wondered how to recover bitcoins from a seed? Maybe your friend doesn’t remember which wallet they used? In this episode with Luke Childs, we talk about how to recover them into Electrum with his newly written tool. We also talk about Umbrel, a new node package promising very easy set up. We also chat about security, development and bitcoin coding. Links: Twitter: @lukechilds Github: https://github.com/sponsors/lukechilds#sponsors Site: https://lukechilds.co/ Umbrel: https://getu

Aug 31, 2020 • 1:08:19

SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman

SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman

Are you looking for an easy bitcoin multi signature wallet that doesn’t require an electrum server? Or perhaps one with support for different bitcoin hardware wallets and a different interface? Check out Specter-Desktop! Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance) and Ben Kaufman (Specter Desktop contributor) join me to talk about the project. Features UX Multi signature standards HWI and HWW support Design decisions Looking for contributors Links: @StepanSnigirev @_BenKaufman @Crypt

Aug 28, 2020 • 1:04:41

SLP204 Robert Breedlove Bitcoin vs Slave Money

SLP204 Robert Breedlove Bitcoin vs Slave Money

What’s the relation between fiat money and slavery? How did easy money and government suppression of honest money lead to this outcome? What’s the story with aggry beads and panos? How does Bitcoin change this? Robert Breedlove (CEO & CIO Parallax Digital) joins me to talk about these questions. Links: Twitter: @breedlove22 Article: Masters and Slaves of Money Parallax Digital: ParallaxDigital.io Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and web

Aug 25, 2020 • 1:02:12

SLP203 Raoul Pal - Bitcoin and Macro Collide

SLP203 Raoul Pal - Bitcoin and Macro Collide

Raoul Pal of Real Vision rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Macro are colliding. We talk about the incredible risk:reward opportunity of bitcoin, DCA long term, Bitcoin as better collateral, and more. Raoul Pal Links: Twitter: @RaoulGMI RealVision Prior Episodes: SLP93 Raoul Pal – Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twit

Aug 21, 2020 • 49:41

SLP202 Jeff Yew - Bitcoin in Australia

SLP202 Jeff Yew - Bitcoin in Australia

What are some of the stories from Bitcoin’s Brisbane scene in Australia? Jeff Yew joins me to chat about his experiences from the Brisbane scene, and teaching newcoiners about bitcoin. We also chat about the Binance Australia launch. Jeff links: Twitter: @Vnumeris Binance AU Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital (code: LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Aug 20, 2020 • 46:27

SLP201 Bitcoin Local Trader Comes to BlueWallet with Nuno & Igor

SLP201 Bitcoin Local Trader Comes to BlueWallet with Nuno & Igor

Want to buy bitcoin w/o KYC and non custodial all in one app? BlueWallet has recently launched this feature. Igor and Nuno from the BlueWallet team join me to talk about their work and the many features available in BlueWallet. Creating BlueWallet Partnering with Hodl Hodl UX Lightning Custodial Watch only wallets and hardware wallet support BlueWallet links: BlueWallet.io @BlueWalletio Nuno: @nvcoelho Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA f

Aug 17, 2020 • 55:37

SLP200 Christian Decker - ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

SLP200 Christian Decker - ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

What’s ANYPREVOUT? How does MPP work in practice and what are the considerations? What about some of these LN attacks, what are the mitigations and do they limit LN’s effectiveness? How is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network likely to grow out in the future? Christian Decker links: Twitter: @snyke ANYPREVOUT: BIP118 MPP Blog: All Paths Lead to Your Destination github cdecker Relevant prior episodes: SLP134 Rusty Russell Lightning Multi Part Payments SLP59 Christian Decker Bitcoin Lightning

Aug 13, 2020 • 1:58:53

SLP199 Electrum Wallet 4 with Thomas V & Ghost43

SLP199 Electrum Wallet 4 with Thomas V & Ghost43

Electrum Wallet is one of the longest standing Bitcoin wallets, and well known for supporting hardware wallets, multi signature - and now lightning! We talk about a range of things: Lightning HWW support Multi sig Electrum Server model Backup seeds Links: Electrum.org Twitter: @ElectrumWallet Electrum github Prior episode: SLP125 Thomas Voegtlin – Electrum Wallet: Bitcoin seeds, PSBT, Multi sig, Lightning Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links:

Aug 9, 2020 • 1:22:55

SLP198 Caitlin Long - What Are Austrian Economists Missing About Money And Banking?

SLP198 Caitlin Long - What Are Austrian Economists Missing About Money And Banking?

Caitlin Long of Avanti Financial Group joins me to talk about Bitcoin, banking, rehypothecation and what Austrian Economists are missing. How much additional money is being created in the shadow banking system? What about ‘moneyness’? We also discuss Caitlin’s IMF working paper, and the recent OCC Interpretive Letter 1170. Caitlin Long links: Twitter: @CaitlinLong_ Avanti: AvantiBank.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount) Stephan Livera li

Aug 5, 2020 • 1:19:30

SLP197 Stephen Cole How to Run Your Local Bitcoin Meetup

SLP197 Stephen Cole How to Run Your Local Bitcoin Meetup

How do we grow Bitcoin’s community of self custodying HODLers? With Bitcoin Meetups! How do you organise and run one? What topics do you present? How do you get a venue? How do you keep people engaged? Stephen Cole of the OC Bitcoin Meetup joins me to discuss. Stephen Cole links: Twitter: @sthenc OCBTN Meetup OCBTN twitter: @OCBTN Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA) Fund Bitcoin Open Source development: www.bitcoindevlist.com S

Jul 31, 2020 • 52:31

SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured? With Matt Odell, Alex Gladstein & Rafael Yakobi

SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured? With Matt Odell, Alex Gladstein & Rafael Yakobi

Does government regulation of AML (Anti Money Laundering) represent a new way for governments to capture Bitcoin? FATF (Financial Action Task Force) is driving stricter regulations, and it now appears that large Bitcoin businesses are looking for ways to collaborate with the “Travel Rule”. What are the implications of this for Bitcoin privacy? Will Bitcoin be captured by governments, or will Bitcoin capture governments? Links: Matt Odell of TFTC/RHR (MattOdell.com

Jul 28, 2020 • 1:02:59

SLP195 nix-bitcoin: A Security Focused Bitcoin Node

SLP195 nix-bitcoin: A Security Focused Bitcoin Node

Nix-Bitcoin is a designed to be a more secure Bitcoin node, based on NixOS. Pseudonymous developer, nixbitcoindev joins me to explain more about why and how. What are the benefits of reproducibility? What else can be done from a security perspective to secure your bitcoin node? Will it be easy to use or only for technical people? Nix-Bitcoin links: Nix-bitcoin github Nix bitcoin twitter Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Fol

Jul 26, 2020 • 1:03:06

SLP194 RaspiBlitz with Rootzoll and Openoms

SLP194 RaspiBlitz with Rootzoll and Openoms

Wondered how to set up your own bitcoin + lightning node? Raspiblitz is a project offering a DIY node (or you can buy a premade one), with an LCD screen. Rootzoll and openoms join me to discuss. Raspiblitz links: Rootzoll: @rootzoll Openoms: @openoms Raspiblitz Raspiblitz guide Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Sub

Jul 23, 2020 • 1:06:50

SLP193 Gary Leland - Bitcoin For Boomers & BitBlockBoom

SLP193 Gary Leland - Bitcoin For Boomers & BitBlockBoom

How do you teach Bitcoin to your Boomer relatives and friends? What are some of the common sticking points? Should you explain it as Digital Gold? Gary Leland, Hall of Fame podcaster, entrepreneur, and conference organizer of Bit Block Boom joins me to discuss! Gary links: Twitter: @GaryLeland BitBlockBoom: bitblockboom.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe t

Jul 15, 2020 • 42:42

SLP192 Alyse Killeen – Investing In Bitcoin Companies

SLP192 Alyse Killeen – Investing In Bitcoin Companies

If you’re fundamentally bullish on Bitcoin, how do you invest in Bitcoin companies? What kind of strategies can be employed, what are some common errors in the space? How do you pick good teams and companies? Alyse Killeen founding Managing Partner of Stillmark VC, advisor to Mantis (venture firm) and advisor and sits on the board of well known Bitcoin companies such as Blockstream and Casa. Alyse links: Twitter: @alysekilleen Website: alysekilleen.com Sponsors:

Jul 14, 2020 • 58:44

SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future

SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future

The world is undergoing pressures that are inflationary, but also deflationary forces. Which one will win out? What is driving humanity’s progress forward? Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur and author joins me to discuss our deflationary future. Jeff Booth: Twitter: @JeffBooth Book: thepriceoftomorrow.com Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA) CypherSafe (use code: LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website

Jul 10, 2020 • 49:37

SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?

SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?

How many Bitcoins are being HODLed? Bitcoin’s nature allows some level of investigation and analysis, and it’s possible to see how many coins are moving. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, CTO of Glassnode joins me on the show to discuss some of the insights he’s been sharing. Rafael links: Twitter: @n3ocortex Website: glassnode.com Thread Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website F

Jul 8, 2020 • 41:33

SLP189 Ragnar Lifthrasir Should You Spend Bitcoin Now?

SLP189 Ragnar Lifthrasir Should You Spend Bitcoin Now?

There’s a lot of heated discussion about Bitcoin HODLing vs Spending, the circular economy, and what actions build on Bitcoin’s censorship resistance. Ragnar Lifthrasir of Guns N Bitcoin joins me for a discussion on this topic. Ragnar links: Twitter: @ragnarly Site: Gunsnbitcoin.com Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Su

Jul 5, 2020 • 38:47

SLP188 Dan Held – Does Bitcoin Need Marketing?

SLP188 Dan Held – Does Bitcoin Need Marketing?

Does Bitcoin Need Marketing and marketers? Does it need influencers? What kinds of strategies are appropriate across different channels? Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken joins me to discuss. Dan Held links: Twitter: @danheld Article: Bitcoin’s Marketing Team Website: danheld.com Relevant prior episodes: SLP34 Dan Held – Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation SLP81 Dan Held – Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin

Jul 1, 2020 • 45:04

SLP187 John Cantrell - Bruteforcing Bitcoin Seeds

SLP187 John Cantrell - Bruteforcing Bitcoin Seeds

John Cantrell, Bitcoin developer joins me to talk about how he cracked Alistair Milne’s social media bitcoin challenge. With the first 8 words of the seed, John was able to crack a 12 word seed using a cluster of GPU’s. John is also the creator of Juggernaut, a lightning messaging app. John links: Twitter: @JohnCantrell97 Article: How I checked over 1 trillion mnemonics in 30 hours to win a bitcoin Juggernaut: getjuggernaut.com Sponsors: Swan Unchained Capital

Jun 30, 2020 • 45:07

SLP186 Joseph Salerno – Bitcoin and How Money Arises

SLP186 Joseph Salerno – Bitcoin and How Money Arises

Dr Joseph Salerno, Academic VP of Mises Institute joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin, monetary velocity, how money emerges on the market and more. Joseph Salerno links: Twitter: @jtsale Mises Institute: mises.org Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital code: LIVERA Relevant prior episodes: SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann – Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute SLP169

Jun 29, 2020 • 59:59

SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is

SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is

Many people are confused about Bitcoin. Is it for transactional payments, or should we view it as something closer to Digital Gold or savings? Regular guest Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about this. We also talk: Common errors in conceiving of Bitcoin Risks with custodial and KYC Updated thoughts on prior article re: Credit Deflation CHAZ Vijay links: Twitter: @real_vijay Article: Bullish Case for Bitcoin Recent twitter thread Prior episodes:

Jun 24, 2020 • 59:14

SLP184 Alessandro Cecere – Bitcoin Nodes in Venezuela

SLP184 Alessandro Cecere – Bitcoin Nodes in Venezuela

Alessandro Cecere (aka el Sultan Bitcoin), CEO of Coinspree joins me to talk about his experiences growing up in Venezuela, and his passion for spreading bitcoin. Alessandro Cecere links: Twitter: @elsultanBitcoin Coinspree: coinspree.com Relevant prior episodes: SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Coinfloor Cyphersafe.io Stephan Livera

Jun 23, 2020 • 1:10:15

SLP183 Dennis Wohlfarth & Clinton Donnelly – Bitcoin Tax Strategies

SLP183 Dennis Wohlfarth & Clinton Donnelly – Bitcoin Tax Strategies

Dennis Wohlfarth of Accointing & Clinton Donnelly of Donnelly Tax Law join me to talk about Bitcoin tax treatment, and strategies to minimise tax. We chat about: Current tax treatment Capital Gains Tax Record keeping Tax strategies locally Tax strategies for those willing to go overseas International competition Links: Accointing: www.accointing.com (ref link – 10% discount) Donnelly Tax Law: Donnellytaxlaw.com Accointing Twitter: @accointing Dennis Twitter:

Jun 18, 2020 • 58:21

SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users

SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users

Nick Neuman and Jameson Lopp, CEO and CTO of Casa join me to talk about updates at Casa, the world of multi signature, hardware wallets, personal security and personal data in the age of increasing statism. Nick and Jameson links: Nick Twitter: @Nneuman Jameson Twitter: @lopp Casa: keys.casa Prior episodes: SLP26 – Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa SLP107 Jeremy Welch & Jameson Lopp – Casa Wealth Sec

Jun 16, 2020 • 59:41

SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire

SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire

Preston Pysh, co founder of The Investor’s Podcast network rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, inflation, bonds, and investing in a bitcoinised world. Preston Pysh links: Twitter: @PrestonPysh The Investor’s Podcast: Theinvestorspodcast.com Prior SLP appearance: SLP109 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon

Jun 12, 2020 • 1:15:46

SLP180 Eric (iamTheCharacter) Bitcoin as Protest and Macro Solution

SLP180 Eric (iamTheCharacter) Bitcoin as Protest and Macro Solution

Eric eloquently spoke about Bitcoin as a macro solution on a live news broadcast from a protest near LA City Hall. I invited Eric on to discuss his views and his macro solution. We talk about his interest in Bitcoin, his RaspiBlitz node, his excitement for the lightning network, and bitcoin as a social movement. Eric links: Twitter: @iamTheCharacter Music: http://bit.ly/sospotify IG: @hiphopphilosophymovie Clip: https://twitter.com/nlebowitz1/status/1268002667042934786 New clip: https:/

Jun 10, 2020 • 47:30

SLP179 Ergo - Unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins: Tumblers, Wasabi, JoinMarket

SLP179 Ergo - Unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins: Tumblers, Wasabi, JoinMarket

Ergo of OXT Research (Samourai Wallet team) joins me to talk about his latest research into the Lazarus group, and also unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins - whether they are through custodial tumblers, Wasabi or JoinMarket. Ergo links: Twitter: @ergoBTC OXT Research The North Korean Connection Toxic Recall Attack - Unwinding JoinMarket Case Study Prior/relevant episodes: SLP130 Ergo Tracking PlusToken Scammers with White Hat Bitcoin Chain Analysis SLP149 Waxwing Is Con

Jun 8, 2020 • 1:21:57

SLP178 6102 Bitcoin

SLP178 6102 Bitcoin

6102 Bitcoin is a pseudonymous bitcoiner known for his contributions with various Bitcoin resources and how to sites, and infographics. He joins me for a discussion about bitcoin privacy, why he does this under a pseudonym, contributing in the Bitcoin space, Blockstream’s Liquid network and more. 6102 Bitcoin links: Twitter: @6102bitcoin Website: 6102bitcoin.com Bitcoin-intro.com Bitcoin-only.com Btcprivacy.org Bitcoin taint infographic Sven article Stop Calling for a Free Market in

Jun 4, 2020 • 1:16:00

SLP177 Murch – Bitcoin Coin Selection

SLP177 Murch – Bitcoin Coin Selection

Murch joins me to talk about his work on Coin Selection, managing large wallets! We’ll talk about fees, selecting coins, the blockspace market, how you can think about optimising your wallet. Murch: Twitter: @murchandamus Bitcoin Stack Exchange: Murch Branch and Bound paper and coin selection strategies: Murch’s masters thesis Relevant episodes: SLP118 Mike Belshe, CEO BitGo Sponsors: Kraken Coinfloor.co.uk SwanBitcoin.com/livera Unchained Capital Stephan Li

May 28, 2020 • 1:15:50

SLP176 Parker Lewis & Buck Perley – Caravan Multisig Bitcoin Wallet

SLP176 Parker Lewis & Buck Perley – Caravan Multisig Bitcoin Wallet

Parker Lewis and Buck Perley of Unchained Capital join me on the show to talk about updates on the Caravan open source project, making multi sig accessible and easy for the masses. Previously it was single address only, and now it works as a wallet! We’ll chat: Why use Caravan What the new updates are Hardware wallet testing xPubs and multi sig Bitcoiner Ventures raise Parker Lewis & Buck Perley links: Unchained blog: Gearing up the Caravan Parker Lewis Twitt

May 22, 2020 • 1:27:31

SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World

SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World

Matt Ahlborg of UsefulTulips.org joins me on the show to talk about bitcoin use in South America, and Africa. Matt Ahlborg is a researcher and data scientist looking into the use of Bitcoin around the world. Matt Ahlborg links: Twitter: @MattAhlborg Website: usefultulips.org Article: Latin American Bitcoin Trading Follows the Heartbeat of Venezuela Article: Paxful is the Most Important Bitcoin Company You Aren’t Paying Attention to Related episode: SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin As A

May 20, 2020 • 59:13

SLP174 Matt Ridley - Bitcoin & How Innovation Works

SLP174 Matt Ridley - Bitcoin & How Innovation Works

Matt Ridley is a writer, biologist & Rational Optimist. He joins me to talk about his views on science, economics, innovation and how they apply to Bitcoin. Matt Ridley Links: Website: mattridley.co.uk Twitter @mattwridley Book: How Innovation Works Sponsors: Kraken Coinfloor.co.uk SwanBitcoin.com Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

May 18, 2020 • 56:22

SLP173 Bitstein – Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Literature Review

SLP173 Bitstein – Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Literature Review

Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein, President of the Nakamoto Institute and co-host of Noded Bitcoin Podcast rejoins me on the show to talk about some Bitcoin literature. Bitstein links: Twitter @bitstein Nakamoto Institute website Noded Literature: The Cyphernomicon Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities Secure Property Titles with Owner Authority Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks Politics vs Technology Previous episodes: SLP111 Bitstein – Satoshi Nakamo

May 16, 2020 • 1:22:13

SLP172 Nicolas Dorier & Kukks – P2EP Comes To BTCPay Server

SLP172 Nicolas Dorier & Kukks – P2EP Comes To BTCPay Server

Nicolas Dorier and Mr Kukks rejoin me on the show to talk about updates with BTCPay Server, such as P2EP (Pay to End point), which will assist bitcoin accepting merchants to PayJoin with customers, adding to the privacy on Bitcoin. Links: Nicolas Dorier: https://twitter.com/nicolasdorier MrKukks: https://twitter.com/mrkukks BTCPay blog: https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-1-0-4-0/ BTCPay twitter: https://twitter.com/btcpayserver BTCPay PayJoin guide: https://gi

May 10, 2020 • 1:07:44

SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset

SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset

PlanB (pseudonymous Bitcoin quant) & Saifedean (Bitcoin economist) rejoin me to talk about PlanB’s latest work on S2FX, and some of the debates being had on S2F modelling as well as addressing some of the criticism. We will also talk about Bitcoin as it goes through phase transitions, and the implications on the Bitcoin industry, and the rest of society. PlanB Links: PlanB Twitter: @100trillionUSD Article: Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Cross Asset Model Saifedean Li

May 5, 2020 • 1:36:19

SLP170 Yuri de Gaia - Bitcoin’s Two Economies & Citadels

SLP170 Yuri de Gaia - Bitcoin’s Two Economies & Citadels

Yuri de Gaia, Partner at L2B Global (Reserve Bitcoin OTC, Liquiditi, Moontower) joins me to talk about Bitcoin’s two economies: the regulated compliant world, and the defiant crypto-anarchist world. How they will grow Do they support each other Citadels, Monarchy, and Anarcho-capitalism OTC Trading Liquid Moontower Yuri Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Y_deGaia Personal blog: https://degaia.co/ L2B Global (company) https://l2b.global Bitcoin Reserve (HNWI brokerage) https:

May 4, 2020 • 1:05:57

SLP169 Jeff Deist - Bitcoin & Acting Locally

SLP169 Jeff Deist - Bitcoin & Acting Locally

Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, Central Banking, Corona virus, libertarianism and acting locally: Mises Institute and Bitcoin Hypocritical fund managers UBI and MMT becoming popular Smaller is better Better, not perfect Jeff Deist links: Twitter: @jeffdeist Mises: www.mises.org Human Action Podcast: HA Podcast Prior appearance: SLP45 Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and

Apr 27, 2020 • 1:13:21

SLP168 Lisa Neigut - Lightning Network Channel Accounting and Dual Funded Channels

SLP168 Lisa Neigut - Lightning Network Channel Accounting and Dual Funded Channels

Lisa Neigut of Blockstream joins me to talk about Lightning Network Channels, c-lightning, and Dual Funded Channels. We discuss: How she got into Lightning development How Lightning Channels work How they could be accounted for in c-lightning Dual Funding of Channels PoDLE Hardware wallet funding of lightning channels Lisa Neigut links: Twitter: @niftynei C-lightning thread: https://twitter.com/clightningcomit/status/1212810910731063297 C-lightning github: https://github.com/E

Apr 24, 2020 • 1:11:47

SLP167 Chris Belcher - What’s The Problem With Bitcoin Surveillance?

SLP167 Chris Belcher - What’s The Problem With Bitcoin Surveillance?

Chris Belcher rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Surveillance companies, and what risks they present to Bitcoin. We also talk about JoinMarket fidelity bonds. Chain surveillance techniques Downsides for Bitcoin What to do about it “Just Use Monero” is insufficient PayJoin & P2EP Fidelity Bonds - how they work Benefits and costs Chris Belcher Links: Joinmarket donation page: https://bitcoinprivacy.me/joinmarket-donations Fidelity bond doc: https://gist.github.com/

Apr 21, 2020 • 1:16:54

SLP166 Max Keidun - P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl

SLP166 Max Keidun - P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl

Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl rejoins me on the show to talk about some exciting updates with Hodl Hodl: UX/UI update to Hodl Hodl website interface How the platform protects against scammers Local Trader feature in BlueWallet Stacking Bitcoins p2p, No KYC, directly into your Coldcard Baltic Honeybadger 2020 Update Max Keidun & Hodl Hodl links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/keidunm Website: https://hodlhodl.com/ (Code:LIVERA) Hodl Hodl twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlhodl Pr

Apr 15, 2020 • 1:02:32

SLP165 Rafael Yakobi - Should Coinjoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?

SLP165 Rafael Yakobi - Should Coinjoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?

Rafael Yakobi, Managing Attorney at The Crypto Lawyers joins me to talk about privacy in Bitcoin and the law. We talk about: Financial surveillance laws Obligations on bitcoin companies How it works in practice Blockchain surveillance companies Links: Twitter: @CACryptoLawyer The Crypto Lawyers: www.thecryptolawyers.com Bitcoin Magazine article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-fungibility-mixing-and-the-legal-limits-on-maintaining-privacy Other links: Bitcoin wiki

Apr 11, 2020 • 1:08:36

SLP164 Gleb Naumenko - erlay Bitcoin transaction relay

SLP164 Gleb Naumenko - erlay Bitcoin transaction relay

Gleb Naumenko of Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about erlay. We talk about: How he got into bitcoin development Transaction relay in Bitcoin Attacks at the network level Erlay Costs and Benefits Bitcoin and lightning development more broadly Gleb Naumenko: Twitter: @tomatodread Github account: https://github.com/naumenkogs BIP330: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0330.mediawiki Erlay Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.10518.pdf Sponsor links:

Apr 7, 2020 • 58:35

SLP163 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin’s Intransigent Minority, Swan Bitcoin & Bitcoiner Ventures

SLP163 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin’s Intransigent Minority, Swan Bitcoin & Bitcoiner Ventures

Cory Klippsten, CEO and Co-founder of Swan Bitcoin, GP of Bitcoiner Ventures joins me on the show to talk about: Taleb’s thought and applying it to Bitcoin The Intransigent Minority Swan Bitcoin Cheapest Auto DCA in the US Bitcoiner Ventures and what it’s about, and how to get involved Cory Klippsten links: Twitter: @coryklippsten Swan Bitcoin: SwanBitcoin.com Bitcoiner Ventures AngelList Syndicate: https://angel.co/i/v7pGo Bitcoiner Ventures: BitcoinerVentures.com Art

Apr 3, 2020 • 59:49

SLP162 Matt D’Souza - Bitcoin Halving Analysis: Bullish for Competitive Miners

SLP162 Matt D’Souza - Bitcoin Halving Analysis: Bullish for Competitive Miners

Matt D’Souza CEO of Blockware Solutions joins me to talk about his team’s recent research piece on Bitcoin Halving and analysis from a mining perspective. In this conversation, we chat: Market participant profiles Miner electricity distribution Shut off and breakeven cost Mining Rigs Scenario Analysis Why some miners operate at a loss Difficulty adjustment dynamics Why Efficient miners welcome the halving Matt D’Souza links: Twitter: @mjdsouza2 Research: 2020 Halving Analysi

Apr 1, 2020 • 56:24

SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities

SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities

Titus Gebel joins me to talk about Free Private Cities and how they relate to Bitcoin Citadels, a way for Bitcoin people to peacefully set up Bitcoin friendly cities. We talk: The problem with democracy and standard political activism Legal system Fee for service Benefits of lower cost and more certainty Dealing with poverty and pandemics How to get there Titus links: Twitter: @titusgebel Free Private Cities website: freeprivatecities.com Free Private Cities book: https://www.

Mar 27, 2020 • 1:11:36

SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect Your Bitcoin Privacy With Ronin Dojo

SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect Your Bitcoin Privacy With Ronin Dojo

BTCxZelko, Samourai Wallet community member co-founded the Ronin Dojo project, an easy to use Raspberry Pi / Odroid install script and UI to run your own Samourai Wallet Dojo. It’s an easy, cost effective way to run your own node backing your Samourai Wallet, which enables you to use Bitcoin over Tor, with coinjoining and best in class privacy features. Zelko and I talk: How he learned command line How he got into Bitcoin privacy techniques Recommended hardware for Ronin Dojo How to insta

Mar 25, 2020 • 1:09:51

SLP159 Phil Bonello - Bitcoin Sovereign Individual Investment Thesis

SLP159 Phil Bonello - Bitcoin Sovereign Individual Investment Thesis

Phil Bonello joins me to talk about the book, The Sovereign Individual, and how it relates to a Bitcoin investment thesis. We talk: The Sovereign Individual book Black Magic of Compound Interest and Jurisdiction shopping What the book got wrong Investment theses around the book relating to: Media Education Remote Work Bitcoin businesses Censorship and Privacy Phil Bonello links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilJBonello Sovereign Individual Investment thesis: https://philj

Mar 20, 2020 • 50:22

SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does a Bitcoin Price Crash Impact Bitcoin Miners?

SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does a Bitcoin Price Crash Impact Bitcoin Miners?

John Lee Quigley of MinerUpdate and Adaptive Analysis joins me in this episode to talk about the impacts of bitcoin price drop on Bitcoin mining. We talk about: What the key costs are for miners Who are the key players in bitcoin mining Miner trends Geographic dispersion Vertical integration Energy use John Lee Quigley Links: Twitter: @JohnLeeQuigley MinerUpdate: https://www.minerupdate.com/ Adaptive Analysis: https://adaptiveanalysis.io/ Sample: MinerMovements #7 - Matthew

Mar 18, 2020 • 55:50

SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For the Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin

SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For the Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin

Andy Edstrom, CFA CFP and author of “Why Buy Bitcoin” joins me to talk about: Learning about austrian economics after getting into Bitcoin Investor mindset Fiat Money Debt Problem and Bad Options for how we get out of it Why Buy Bitcoin book Andy Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/edstromandrew Website: www.andyedstrom.com Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XG2J3S9 Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera link

Mar 13, 2020 • 1:10:32

SLP156 Carlos Roldan - Satoshi's Games and Lightnite

SLP156 Carlos Roldan - Satoshi's Games and Lightnite

Carlos Roldan, CEO & Co founder of Satoshi’s Games, joins me to talk about why he’s excited about Lightning powered gaming. We talk: Why he got into Lightning Bitcoin enabled gaming Making it multi platform and beautiful Lessons learned with Satoshi’s Place Schedule going forward with Lightnite Where you can get Lightnite Carlos Links: Lightnite: https://lightnite.io/ref=slp Twitter: @whiteyhat Satoshi’s Games: https://satoshis.games/ Satoshi’s Games Twitter: @SatoshisGa

Mar 10, 2020 • 48:36

SLP155 Clark Moody - Bitcoin Dashboard & the 1000 Year Bull Run

SLP155 Clark Moody - Bitcoin Dashboard & the 1000 Year Bull Run

Clark Moody, Bitcoin OG and entrepreneur joins me to talk about his dashboard, which is a fantastic resource for learning about bitcoin and monitoring bitcoin statistics. This is a great episode to learn about useful concepts in Bitcoin and Lightning. We talk about: Clark’s history in bitcoin Why he started the dashboard Blockchain stats Node stats Mining economics S2F Output types Future directions Clark Moody links: Twitter: @clarkmoody Dashboard: https://bitcoin.clarkmood

Mar 6, 2020 • 1:05:10

SLP154 Nick @BTConometrics - Quantitative Bitcoin Analysis & S2F Cointegration Strengthens

SLP154 Nick @BTConometrics - Quantitative Bitcoin Analysis & S2F Cointegration Strengthens

Nick joins me to talk about how he tried to disprove PlanB’s Stock to flow model, but ended up finding out that it holds up. We also talk about cointegration, what that means, and some of Nick’s statistical work. We talk about: Professional background Background to S2F Cointegration and what it means Engle-Granger test Mean Reversion indicator Shitcoins riding Bitcoin’s coat tails Nick links: Twitter: @Btconometrics Website: https://btconometrics.com/ Article: https://medium.c

Mar 3, 2020 • 50:06

SLP153 Philipp Bagus - What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation

SLP153 Philipp Bagus - What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation

Philipp Bagus, Professor Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - joins me to talk about why deflation is not what you typically hear in the mainstream financial press. In this conversation we talk about: The real causes of deflation Why deflation is not necessarily what causes recessions Distinctions between growth deflation, and bank credit deflation Contrasting life under a fiat money standard with a hard money standard Real world examples Philipp Bagus links:

Feb 28, 2020 • 1:01:39

SLP152 NVK - CK-BUNKER and Bitcoin Backups

SLP152 NVK - CK-BUNKER and Bitcoin Backups

NVK (Coinkite) joins me to talk about a new project, CK-BUNKER, a DIY co-signer. We talk about what this is, how it could be used by bitcoin businesses or service providers. Separately, we also talk about backing up your bitcoins and making sure they’re safe for the years to come. We talk: CK-BUNKER How to use it Coldcard and secure elements Opendime Bitcoin Backups Stablecoins NVK links: Twitter: @nvk CK-BUNKER: https://ckbunker.com/ Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ (use code:

Feb 25, 2020 • 1:32:37

SLP151 Obi - Coinfloor Going Bitcoin Only & Bitcoin Audits (aka Proof of Reserves)

SLP151 Obi - Coinfloor Going Bitcoin Only & Bitcoin Audits (aka Proof of Reserves)

Obi Nwosu, CEO and Co-founder of Coinfloor joins me in this episode to talk about his approach to the space. We talk about: Going Bitcoin Only and when an exchange should delist cryptocurrencies Proof of Reserves & Proof of Solvency Educating users of the exchange about Bitcoin Supporting grass roots bitcoin meet ups, conferences, organisations Advancing Bitcoin Obi links: Twitter: @obi Coinfloor: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/ Coinfloor Bitcoin Audits: https://coinfloor.co.u

Feb 21, 2020 • 1:03:37

SLP150 Samourai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin

SLP150 Samourai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin

The co-founder of Samourai Wallet, rejoins me in this episode to talk about the current state of bitcoin privacy techniques, and some exciting updates coming soon to Samourai Wallet. We talk: Creeping KYC and has bitcoin social culture regressed? Does taint exist? Coin selection algorithms. STONEWALL, and Solomon Stowaway / PayJoin Wallet fingerprinting and whether it’s an issue Mobile mixing Dojo and Ronin Dojo Thoughts on Lightning and Liquid Samourai Wallet links: Website:

Feb 18, 2020 • 1:53:56

SLP149 Waxwing - Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER

SLP149 Waxwing - Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER

Adam Gibson (aka Waxwing), Bitcoin privacy advocate, and contributor to JoinMarket joins me to discuss his thoughts on the state of privacy in Bitcoin. We talk about: Why consumerism mentality may stop people from using privacy techniques Why blockchain analysis companies are probably over rated Schnorr Taproot and cross input signature aggregation CoinJoinXT SNICKER JoinMarket PayJoin Adam Gibson links: Mastodon: @waxwing Twitter: @waxwing__ Github: AdamISZ Blog: JoinMark

Feb 15, 2020 • 2:11:48

SLP148 Petek @RadarRayne - Bridging Art and Bitcoin with Stock to Flow

SLP148 Petek @RadarRayne - Bridging Art and Bitcoin with Stock to Flow

Petek (@RadarRayne) joins me to talk about coming into Bitcoin as an artist, and creating Bitcoin art. We also chat about her experience working with PlanB on stock to flow inspired art pieces, her thoughts on women in bitcoin, and how some ideas were just ripe for being created! Petek Links: Twitter: @RadarRayne Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the pod

Feb 10, 2020 • 56:19

SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous - Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up

SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous - Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up

Pierre Rochard (Kraken, Noded Podcast, Nakamoto Institute) and Saifedean Ammous (Bitcoin economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard) join me to talk about Bitcoin as Savings Technology and Number Go Up technology. This point is often misunderstood, so listen in for discussion on: Cash balance Savings technology Number Go Up Stock to flow Lightning and Bitcoin developments Pierre Rochard Links: Twitter: @pierre_rochard Kraken Careers: Kraken Careers Kraken: Kraken.com Nakamot

Feb 7, 2020 • 53:17

SLP146 Will Cole - Bitcoin Native Financial Services

SLP146 Will Cole - Bitcoin Native Financial Services

Will Cole, CPO of Unchained Capital joins me to talk about: Learning about bitcoin and austrian economics Bitcoin meet ups and the shifts over time Getting ready for a bull run Bitcoin and allodial title Wyoming Blockchain taskforce Unchained Capital vaults and loans Bitcoin as collateral Will Cole links: Twitter: @Willcole Unchained Capital: Unchained-capital.com Unchained Capital twitter: @unchainedcap Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSa

Feb 3, 2020 • 1:04:12

SLP145 Rahim Taghizadegan - The Zero Interest Rate Trap and social consequences of fiat

SLP145 Rahim Taghizadegan - The Zero Interest Rate Trap and social consequences of fiat

Rahim Taghizadegan, Austrian economist and author, joins me in this episode to talk about the problems with central banking, and social consequences of fiat money. If you enjoyed earlier episodes on Austrian economics, you’ll really enjoy this one! We talk: Why central banking is a problem What governments are enabled to do Capital structure of production Social consequences of fiat money How to escape the Zero Interest Rate Trap Rahim Links: Twitter: @scholarium_at Book: https://

Jan 31, 2020 • 1:03:06

SLP144 Steve Lee - Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development

SLP144 Steve Lee - Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development

Steve Lee joins me in the first official Square Crypto podcast appearance! We talk about how he got into Bitcoin, and Square Crypto’s focus on supporting Bitcoin and Lightning open source development. We talk about: The Square Crypto team and their focus Lightning Development Kit BTCPayServer Zman Supporting bitcoin development UI and UX issues with bitcoin today Links: Steve Lee Twitter: @moneyball Square Crypto: @sqcrypto Square Crypto blog post Sponsor links: Kraken U

Jan 26, 2020 • 1:01:40

SLP143 Eduardo Gomez - Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela

SLP143 Eduardo Gomez - Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela

Eduardo Gomez, head of customer support at Purse.io joins me to talk about some interesting developments in Venezuela and bitcoin being used to transfer value across borders. We talk about: Eduardo’s background Bitcoin as source of truth Petro Stablecoins What’s needed in terms of tooling and education Bitcoin in Argentina Eduardo links: Twitter: @codiox Purse: purse.io Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links:

Jan 21, 2020 • 1:24:48

SLP142 Pierre-Marie Padiou - ACINQ & Phoenix Wallet: easiest non-custodial lightning wallet yet?

SLP142 Pierre-Marie Padiou - ACINQ & Phoenix Wallet: easiest non-custodial lightning wallet yet?

Pierre-Marie Padiou is CEO and co-founder of ACINQ, building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. We talk about how ACINQ got founded and their very impressive new Lightning wallet, Phoenix. Phoenix represents a step forward in non-custodial Lightning wallet user experience and we talk about the tradeoffs that go into making this a reality. This episode is a must listen so you know how to best demonstrate Lightning for Bitcoin Lightning newbies or family/friends. ACINQ links: Twitter: @acinq_co AC

Jan 18, 2020 • 1:25:46

SLP141 American HODL - HODLer stories and Bitcoin Citadels

SLP141 American HODL - HODLer stories and Bitcoin Citadels

American HODL of Bitcoin Twitter joins me to tell us his stories of Bitcoin HODLing, how he built up his conviction in Bitcoin HODLing, and where we’re going with this: Modern society and the impact of fiat money HODLer stories Spend and replace vs HODL Bitcoin Baby steps Bitcoin Citadels - will they be real? Links: Twitter: @american_hodl Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow

Jan 14, 2020 • 1:13:56

SLP140 Gigi - Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons

SLP140 Gigi - Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons

Gigi, Bitcoin author and curator of bitcoin-resources.com joins me to talk about some of his recent articles and the recent launch of his 21 Lessons book. We talk about: The gravitational pull of bitcoin Key resources from bitcoin-resources.com 21 Lessons learned along the way Gigi links: Twitter: @dergigi 21 Lessons: 21lessons.com 21 Lessons - Amazon book: Amazon Bitcoin-Resources: Bitcoin-resources.com Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe G

Jan 10, 2020 • 1:01:43

SLP139 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Mastering Lightning & Using BTCPayServer

SLP139 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Mastering Lightning & Using BTCPayServer

Andreas M. Antonopoulos, world renowned bitcoin speaker & author rejoins me on the show today to talk about some of his latest projects and efforts in Bitcoin. We talk about: Mastering Lightning - new book coming Process on learning Lightning Network Challenges in LN today Using BTCPayServer to be a merchant Using RTL myNode Andreas links: Twittter: @aantonop Website: aantonop.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/aantonop Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital Cyp

Jan 6, 2020 • 1:07:10

SLP138 Matt Odell - Should Bitcoiners Coinjoin?

SLP138 Matt Odell - Should Bitcoiners Coinjoin?

Matt Odell, co-host of TFTC/RHR joins me in this episode to talk about coinjoin techniques and bitcoin privacy. We discuss: What sparked off the recent discussion on coinjoin Binance SG flagging a customer for using coinjoin What’s at stake Is there a tension between ‘white market KYC compliant’ bitcoin and ‘grey market agorism’ bitcoin? Action steps to take Matt Odell links: Twitter: @matt_odell TFTC/RHR: TFTC.io Ronin Dojo: Ronin Dojo Github Sponsor links: Kraken Uncha

Jan 1, 2020 • 1:03:04

SLP137 AJ Towns - Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs

SLP137 AJ Towns - Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs

AJ Towns, bitcoin core contributor @ Xapo joins me to talk about his recent work advancing the Schnorr, Taproot, and Tapscript BIPs. We talk about: What are Schnorr signatures? What is MuSig? What is Taproot, and what is Tapscript? Script changes Schnorr Review Club Benefits for Bitcoin and Lightning Upgrade path Activation AJ Towns links: Twitter: @ajtowns Github: @ajtowns Schnorr Taproot Review club and resources link: Taproot Review Github Schnorr BIP Taproot BIP Ta

Dec 27, 2019 • 1:32:03

SLP136 Alex Leishman - Bitcoin Socratic Seminars & River Financial

SLP136 Alex Leishman - Bitcoin Socratic Seminars & River Financial

Alex Leishman, organizer of SF Bitcoin Devs and CEO of River, joins me in this episode to talk about his journey in Bitcoin and Austrian Economics, as well as talk about how to moderate and run a successful Bitcoin Socratic Seminar meet up. Listen in and get some tips on how you can run or participate in Bitcoin meet ups in your city! We talk: Ground rules What discussion takes place at a Bitcoin Socratic Seminar How the rest of the world can copy this model River FInancial Alex Leishman

Dec 23, 2019 • 1:01:54

SLP135 Suheb - Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL

SLP135 Suheb - Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL

Suheb, co-founder of RTL joins me in this episode to talk about tips on managing your Lightning Node with RTL. We talk: How Suheb got into Lightning His experience with the Lightning Torch Different personas for RTL - Node Operator, Merchant Channel Management Interface What’s coming next with RTL Suheb and RTL links: Twitter: @Suheb__ RTL: @RTL_app RTL Github: RTL Github Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera li

Dec 20, 2019 • 1:00:18

SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments

SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments

Rusty Russell from Blockstream rejoins me in this episode to talk about a very exciting development in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: Multi Part Payments. This is a new feature that will be implemented into the Lightning Network specification, and will be included in the new c-lightning 0.8.0 release. We talk about: Development work ongoing Multi Part Payments and how they change Lightning Network Payment Secrets Privacy on Lightning Network Outlook for Lightning Network in 2020 Rusty Ru

Dec 16, 2019 • 1:03:16

SLP133 Trace Mayer - Proof of Keys, and Bitcoin’s Battle on Two Fronts

SLP133 Trace Mayer - Proof of Keys, and Bitcoin’s Battle on Two Fronts

Trace Mayer, world renowned Bitcoin investor, writer and speaker rejoins me on the podcast to talk about Proof of Keys, an annual event for Bitcoiners to withdraw bitcoins from any third parties to keys they hold. In this episode we talk about: Proof of Keys Tools and best practices The battle for scarcity, and the battle for privacy Mises’ book, Bureaucracy Trace Mayer links: Twitter: @TraceMayer Proof of Keys: ProofOfKeys.com Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast: Bitcoin.kn Sponsor links:

Dec 13, 2019 • 1:03:17

SLP132 Christian Moss (Mandelduck) - Bitcoin Lightning gaming with Zebedee

SLP132 Christian Moss (Mandelduck) - Bitcoin Lightning gaming with Zebedee

Christian joins me in this episode to talk about his experiences building on lightning network, and his venture along Andre Neves and Simon Cowell with Zebedee, lightning powered games. We talk: How Chris got into Bitcoin app development Does Lightning belong in games? Zebedee approach to lightning game development Thoughts on Lightning Network more generally, and LNURL Links: Christian Moss Twitter: @MandelDuck Zebedee website: Zebedee.io Zebedee Article: Does Bitcoin in Gaming M

Dec 11, 2019 • 1:04:45

SLP131 Parker Lewis - Bitcoin is Intuitive

SLP131 Parker Lewis - Bitcoin is Intuitive

Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital joins me in this episode to talk about a range of things: How he went from global macro hedge fund to bitcoiner What the Fed gets wrong A Hayekian appreciation for bitcoin His blog series, Gradually, Then Suddenly Bitcoin becoming intuitive Unchained Capital Caravan - open source & free multi sig Links: Parker Lewis Twitter @Parkeralewis Unchained Capital Website Unchained Capital Twitter Unchained Capital Y

Dec 9, 2019 • 1:17:16

SLP130 ErgoBTC - Tracking PlusToken Scammers with White Hat Bitcoin Chain Analysis

SLP130 ErgoBTC - Tracking PlusToken Scammers with White Hat Bitcoin Chain Analysis

ErgoBTC, a pseudonymous bitcoin ‘white hat’ privacy analyst joins me in this episode to talk about his journey tracking PlusToken scammers in their attempts to mix and dump 200k BTC. This is a must listen episode for bitcoiners to understand how your privacy can be impinged, and we also talk about tools and techniques for assessing and defending your own bitcoin privacy. We talk: How he got into bitcoin privacy analysis PlusToken scammers - what is the scale of it, and what did they do wrong

Dec 4, 2019 • 1:23:23

SLP129 Pascal Gauthier - Ledger, Bitcoin Security, and what to expect for 2020

SLP129 Pascal Gauthier - Ledger, Bitcoin Security, and what to expect for 2020

Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger joins me in this episode to talk about Ledger Hardware Wallet devices. We talk: Pascal’s background in bitcoin Ledger device overview Privacy while using Ledger Multi signature Bitcoin-only devices? Future directions with Ledger devices Pascal and Ledger links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ledger Website: https://www.ledger.com Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show not

Dec 2, 2019 • 55:56

SLP128 Jan Čapek - Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol

SLP128 Jan Čapek - Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol

Jan Čapek, co-CEO of Braiins and working at Slush Pool joins me to talk about this an upgrade to a Bitcoin Mining protocol, Stratum. Stratum V2 is the next generation protocol for pooled mining. It focuses on making data transfers more efficient, reducing physical infrastructure requirements for mining operations, and increasing security. In this conversation we get into some detail about: How Jan got into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Mining How the original Stratum protocol came about What is new a

Nov 27, 2019 • 1:08:33

SLP127 Ben Perrin (BTCSessions) - Bitcoin beginner onboarding strategies

SLP127 Ben Perrin (BTCSessions) - Bitcoin beginner onboarding strategies

Ben Perrin, host of BTCSessions YouTube channel joins me to talk about his experiences educating new Bitcoiners. Listen to this episode to get some tips on how you can spread bitcoin knowledge in a thoughtful way. We talk: How Ben got into Bitcoin and doing a YouTube channel Taking insights from his prior career as a teacher Helping beginners avoid common errors Bitcoin tools and wallets Running a bitcoin node and comparing node products Update from Bull Bitcoin and 21x Ben Perrin li

Nov 25, 2019 • 1:05:57

SLP126 Ben Askren

SLP126 Ben Askren

Ben Askren, a recently retired pro Mixed Martial Artist and former Olympic Wrestler joins me to talk about how he got into Bitcoin and is now spreading the word about Bitcoin to his following! We talk: How he got into Bitcoin Common misconceptions Why we run full nodes in Bitcoin What’s next for him with Bitcoin Ben Askren Links: Ben Askren Twitter Funky Crypto Podcast Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital Bitcoin Outlet use code: LIVERA for 21% off GiveBitcoin Stephan

Nov 19, 2019 • 50:18

SLP125 Thomas Voegtlin - Electrum Wallet: Bitcoin seeds, PSBT, Multi sig, Lightning

SLP125 Thomas Voegtlin - Electrum Wallet: Bitcoin seeds, PSBT, Multi sig, Lightning

Thomas Voegtlin, Founder of Electrum Wallet joins me to talk about how and why he started Electrum Wallet, one of the longest standing Bitcoin wallets (2011). In this interview we discuss a range of topics around the Electrum Server model, Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions, Bitcoin seed formats (BIP39), Multi signature, Hardware wallets and the recent announcement of Lightning in Electrum. Links: Electrum website Electrum Twitter @ElectrumWallet Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capit

Nov 16, 2019 • 1:14:30

SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution

SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution

Jon Atack joins me to talk about his experience with open source software development, and to talk about the process of Bitcoin Core development and code review. We talk: Becoming a Bitcoin Core contributor How to best contribute Communication channels for development Priorities in Bitcoin development Funding for development Jon Atack Links: Twitter: @jonatack (https://twitter.com/jonatack) Github: @jonatack (https://github.com/jonatack) Bitcoin Core PR Review Club: https:

Nov 12, 2019 • 1:01:46

SLP123 Allen Piscitello - Sidechains & Blockstream Liquid

SLP123 Allen Piscitello - Sidechains & Blockstream Liquid

Allen Piscitello, VP Product of Blockstream joins me to talk about Blockstream Liquid as a new model for inter exchange settlement, and the possibility of building out new financial infrastructure in a way different from the legacy financial system. We talk: Tradeoffs and differences between approaches of Lightning, Statechains, and Liquid How pegging Bitcoin in and out of Liquid works Features that Liquid’s blockchain has e.g. Confidential Transactions and Confidential Assets How Liquid

Nov 8, 2019 • 56:12

SLP122 PlanB - Responses to the S2F model

SLP122 PlanB - Responses to the S2F model

PlanB (Pseudonymous Bitcoin Quant) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the response to his seminal work, Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity. There have been some responses to his Stock to Flow (S2F) modelling work, so we talk: The response to his articles and translations What cointegration is and why it matters Responses to PlanB’s modelling work Cash and carry trade Where to from here PlanB Links: Twitter: @100trillionUSD Medium Article: Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Sc

Nov 4, 2019 • 59:52

SLP121 Yan Pritzker - Intro to Bitcoin Mining (Beginner episode)

SLP121 Yan Pritzker - Intro to Bitcoin Mining (Beginner episode)

Yan Pritzker, Bitcoin Author and previously CTO of Reverb joins me in this episode to talk about Bitcoin Mining, his book Inventing Bitcoin and give Bitcoin beginners an intro to Bitcoin Mining. We talk about: Whether a beginner should do Bitcoin Mining or use cloud mining How bitcoin mining works How the network stops cheaters Bitcoin mining attacks Common errors in thinking about Bitcoin Yan Pritzker Links: Yan Pritzker Twitter @skwp Inventing Bitcoin website Sponsor links:

Oct 31, 2019 • 58:29

SLP120 Jack Mallers - Lightning & Identity, Olympus and Zap

SLP120 Jack Mallers - Lightning & Identity, Olympus and Zap

Jack Mallers of Zap joins me to talk about the recent exploration of Lightning Network and Identity, as well as talking about his new service, Olympus, and Zap wallet development. This interview was recorded one day before the Lightning Conference in Berlin, Germany October 2019. Topics: Use of Lightning Node pub key as identity Complications with above The exposure that any Lightning business has to chain fees Future directions in Zap wallet development Jack Mallers; Twitter: @JackMa

Oct 28, 2019 • 1:05:01

SLP119 Alex Bosworth - Submarine Swaps, Loop, Hyperloop

SLP119 Alex Bosworth - Submarine Swaps, Loop, Hyperloop

Alex Bosworth, Lightning Infrastructure Lead at Lightning Labs joins me to talk about what he’s working on: Submarine swaps, Lightning Loop and Hyperloop. We chat about the possibilities being enabled for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. We talk: Submarine swaps and Loop Practical applications for Merchants, Exchanges, Users Routing on the lightning network Fees on the Lightning Network What people should be doing with Lightning Network Alex Bosworth Links: Alex Bosworth Twitter Light

Oct 24, 2019 • 1:03:28

SLP118 Mike Belshe - BitGo Bitcoin Custody

SLP118 Mike Belshe - BitGo Bitcoin Custody

Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo joins me to talk about his journey with Bitcoin and the challenges BitGo faces in being the world’s largest Bitcoin custodian. We talk about: Coming into Bitcoin How secure storage evolved in Bitcoin over time Technological and Procedural techniques used today to enhance security Insurance Contentious forks The risk of government Future of Bitcoin Custody Mike Belshe links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikebelshe BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com SLP Bitc

Oct 18, 2019 • 1:00:01

SLP117 Pura Vida - Learning about Bitcoin Privacy

SLP117 Pura Vida - Learning about Bitcoin Privacy

Pura Vida of the Lightning Hood team joins me to share his perspectives and journey in learning about bitcoin privacy and putting it into practice with tools such as Samourai Wallet and Nodl. We talk about: His journey of learning Bitcoin Privacy How to manage your Bitcoin UTXO set Coinjoining Why Post Mix is underrated Other privacy tips Pura Vida links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pura_Vlda Twitter: https://twitter.com/lightning_hood Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken

Oct 13, 2019 • 1:08:20

SLP116 Taylor Helsper - Easy Bitcoin Nodes with myNode

SLP116 Taylor Helsper - Easy Bitcoin Nodes with myNode

Taylor joins me to talk about his project myNode which may be one of the easiest, cheapest and feature rich methods to run your own full node and connect to your own hardware wallet. We talk through the process, and some of the challenges that newbies face today, in setting up their own bitcoin full node. Taylor Helsper myNode Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mynodebtc myNode website: http://mynodebtc.com/ myNode telegram: https://t.me/mynode_btc Sponsor links: Kraken: http://w

Oct 11, 2019 • 57:31

SLP115 Trace Mayer - Bitcoin as Ultimate Collateral

SLP115 Trace Mayer - Bitcoin as Ultimate Collateral

Trace Mayer, renowned Bitcoin investor, writer and speaker joins me in this episode to talk about a range of topics on jurisdictional competition in relation to Bitcoin, how best to learn, shifting perceptions on Bitcoin, whether there are any threats to Bitcoin, and this concept of Bitcoin as the ultimate collateral. Trace Mayer links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceMayer Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast: https://www.bitcoin.kn/ Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcas

Oct 9, 2019 • 1:05:14

SLP114 Gene Epstein - Moderating Bitcoin Debates

SLP114 Gene Epstein - Moderating Bitcoin Debates

Gene Epstein, Director of the Soho forum joins me to talk about his experiences in moderating debates in Bitcoin and Austrian Economics. We talk about some of the key points that Bitcoiners should consider from Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard, and we also talk about the debate between Erik Voorhees and Peter Schiff, and the debate between George Selgin and Saifedean Ammous. Links: SoHo Forum: https://www.thesohoforum.org/ Gene Epstein twitter:https://twitter.com/GeneSohoForum Sponsor li

Oct 7, 2019 • 1:18:48

SLP113 Dhruv Bansal - Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital

SLP113 Dhruv Bansal - Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital

Dhruv Bansal, Co-Founder and CSO of Unchained Capital rejoins me in this episode to talk about some bitcoin open source contributions Unchained Capital are making, as well as Unchained Capital products and services. Learn more about multi signature, Shamir’s secret sharing, and how Unchained are applying Bitcoin to financial services. We talk: Multisig Vaults Open sourced multisig software Hermit - Shamir’s Secret Sharing Links: Dhruv Bansal: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal Unchained

Oct 4, 2019 • 1:15:22

SLP112 - Wiz and m52go - Bisq: Decentralised Bitcoin Trading

SLP112 - Wiz and m52go - Bisq: Decentralised Bitcoin Trading

Wiz and m52go join me in this episode to talk about Bisq, a decentralised open source project that serves to enable zero KYC decentralised Bitcoin exchange around the world. We talk: How Bisq is decentralised Structure of Bisq How Bisq is developed Localising it for Japan and how this can be done for other countries BSQ token Links: Bisq Network: https://bisq.network, https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq, https://twitter.com/bisq_network, https://bisq.network/slack-invite Off-chai

Oct 1, 2019 • 1:02:51

SLP111 Bitstein - Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Crash Course

SLP111 Bitstein - Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Crash Course

My friend Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein rejoins me in this episode to talk about why he founded the Nakamoto Institute. We also talk through some of the highlights from the SNI Crash Course, which is a must read series of articles to improve your Bitcoin knowledge and understanding. Michael shares some incredible insight on Austrian economics, the cargo cultism of altcoins, and more. Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitstein Crash Course: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/crash-course/ Lite

Sep 29, 2019 • 1:06:06

SLP110 Neil Woodfine - Cerberus Protocol for Business Bitcoin Storage

SLP110 Neil Woodfine - Cerberus Protocol for Business Bitcoin Storage

Neil Woodfine of Clavestone rejoins me in this episode to talk about the Cerberus Protocol. Cerberus is a protocol designed to be simple for businesses to use Bitcoin multi signature and self custody their bitcoins. We talk about: Why Cerberus Protocol Risks that bitcoin businesses face with bitcoin storage Balancing security with ease of use Walkthrough of the key steps in Cerberus Protocol Plan for future development Clavestone Links: Neil Woodfine twitter: https://twitter.com/n

Sep 26, 2019 • 51:25

SLP109 Preston Pysh - How To Think About Bitcoin as an Investor

SLP109 Preston Pysh - How To Think About Bitcoin as an Investor

Preston Pysh, co-host of The Investor’s Podcast (a globally ranked Investment podcast), joins me to talk about his thoughts on investing in Bitcoin. We talk about the category errors and pitfalls that an investor must be wary of when conceiving of the Bitcoin investment thesis. We discuss: Category errors 80 years of conditioning Investment career risk Psychology and emotions, and how you can manage yours Trace Mayer and the Mayer Multiple Preston Pysh Links: Preston’s Twitter: http

Sep 24, 2019 • 1:01:18

SLP108 Bryan Bishop - Bitcoin Vaults & Custody

SLP108 Bryan Bishop - Bitcoin Vaults & Custody

Bryan Bishop (Bitcoin developer & consultant) joins me in this episode to talk about his experiences with Bitcoin Custody from working at LedgerX and in other settings. We talk about: Bitcoin Custody & Vaults Shamir’s Secret Sharing Bitcoin Hardware Smart Custody Transcripts of Bitcoin Conferences/Podcasts The Bitcoin alert key saga Transhumanism Bryan links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kanzure Personal Website: https://heybryan.org/ Transcripts: http://diyhpl.us/wi

Sep 22, 2019 • 1:26:35

SLP107 Jeremy Welch & Jameson Lopp - Casa Wealth Security Protocol

SLP107 Jeremy Welch & Jameson Lopp - Casa Wealth Security Protocol

Jeremy Welch (CEO Casa) and Jameson Lopp (CTO Casa) re join me in this episode to talk about Casa Wealth Security Protocol and Casa Keymaster. We talk about various points related to securing your Bitcoin: Design Principles and Decisions Key risks Casa Keymaster and Basic Multi Sig set up Multi sig, multi location, multi device Going seedless Privacy Roadmap Casa, Jeremy and Jameson links: Casa Wealth Security Protocol: https://keys.casa/wealth-security-protocol/ Casa Twitter:

Sep 18, 2019 • 1:04:21

SLP106 Diogo Monica - Glacier Protocol and Anchorage

SLP106 Diogo Monica - Glacier Protocol and Anchorage

Glacier Protocol is widely regarded as one of the best ways for an individual to secure their bitcoins. Who better to join me than the Project Lead and Maintainer of Glacier Protocol? Diogo Monica, Co Founder and President of Anchorage, and Project Lead of Glacier Protocol joins me in this episode to talk about: Diogo’s background on computer security Glacier Protocol design decisions Glacier Protocol overview and step through Key features Taking security to the next level with Anchorag

Sep 9, 2019 • 51:35

SLP105 Justin Moon & Stepan Snigirev - DIY Bitcoin Hardware Wallet and Multi Signature

SLP105 Justin Moon & Stepan Snigirev - DIY Bitcoin Hardware Wallet and Multi Signature

Justin Moon (BUIDL Bootcamp) and Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance) rejoin me in this episode to talk about creating your own Bitcoin Hardware Wallet, and setting up Multi Signature with it. Justin and Stepan have been working on their respective projects relating to DIY Hardware Wallets, and multi signature. We talk about: Why you would make your own HW Wallet How much skill it takes and what the cost is The security of such a set up Compatibility with Bitcoin Core and standards How

Sep 3, 2019 • 1:06:05

SLP104 Douglas Bakkum and Jonas Schnelli - BitBox02 by Shift Cryptosecurity

SLP104 Douglas Bakkum and Jonas Schnelli - BitBox02 by Shift Cryptosecurity

Jonas Schnelli (Bitcoin Core Developer and Maintainer and Co Founder Shift Crypto) and Douglas Bakkum (CEO, Shift Cryptosecurity) join me in this episode to talk about the BitBox02 hardware wallet product from Shift Cryptosecurity based in Switzerland. We talk about: Why Shift Crypto was started Prior product, BitBox01 BitBox02 and how it works PSBT and Air gapping Privacy Multi Sig Bitcoin-only Shift Cryptosecurity Links: Shift Cryptosecurity: https://shiftcrypto.ch/ Jonas Sc

Aug 30, 2019 • 1:11:17

SLP103 Charles Guillemet - Hardware Wallet Security and Hacking at Donjon Ledger

SLP103 Charles Guillemet - Hardware Wallet Security and Hacking at Donjon Ledger

Charles Guillemet, Chief Security Officer of Ledger, and also leading Ledger Donjon, joins me to talk about Bitcoin hardware wallet hacking. We talk about the attacks possible, the cost of these attacks, and defence against these attacks. You won’t want to miss this episode! Charles and Donjon Ledger links: Charles Twitter: https://twitter.com/P3b7_ Ledger Donjon Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonjonLedger Ledger Donjon github: https://ledger-donjon.github.io/ SLP Hardware Wallet Interview

Aug 28, 2019 • 58:03

SLP102 Jimmy Song & Alex Gladstein - The Little Bitcoin Book

SLP102 Jimmy Song & Alex Gladstein - The Little Bitcoin Book

Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, entrepreneur and developer) and Alex Gladstein (CSO of Human Rights Foundation) join me in this episode to talk about their fantastic new book, The Little Bitcoin Book. This is the perfect short book to give your precoiner friends! It has succinct explanations on why bitcoin is important. Listen to this episode to learn more about how this book came together, what the authors are hoping to achieve, and if you like it - then make sure you buy copies of the book to gi

Aug 26, 2019 • 1:02:58

SLP101 Rodolfo Novak - Coldcard by Coinkite

SLP101 Rodolfo Novak - Coldcard by Coinkite

Rodolfo Novak (CEO CoinKite) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the Coldcard from Coinkite. We talk about: Why he made the Coldcard Basic features of the Coldcard Bitcoiner support for the Coldcard Multi signature with Coldcard WalletsRecovery.org Rodolfo Novak and Coldcard links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk Coinkite website: https://coinkite.com/ (CODE: LIVERA for 5% off) Coldcard documentation: https://coldcardwallet.com/docs/ Coldcard telegram chat: https:/

Aug 24, 2019 • 1:01:16

SLP100 Pavol Rusnak (Stick) - Trezor One and Model T by SatoshiLabs

SLP100 Pavol Rusnak (Stick) - Trezor One and Model T by SatoshiLabs

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: Making the world’s first bitcoin hardware wallet SLIP39 and Shamir’s secret sharing Multi signature support Airgapping Privacy Bitcoin-only firmware FIDO2 authentication Pavol Rusnak and Trezor links: Pavol’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/pavolrusnak Trezor website: https://trezor.io/ (

Aug 19, 2019 • 1:06:51

SLP99 Andrew Chow - Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT

SLP99 Andrew Chow - Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT

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: Andrew’s background Why PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions) is needed HWI - Hardware Wallet In

Aug 15, 2019 • 1:17:11

SLP98 Rusty Russell and Joe Netti - Can Lightning Network Scale to a Million Channels?

SLP98 Rusty Russell and Joe Netti - Can Lightning Network Scale to a Million Channels?

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: Why the Project was started Set up Regtest and Gossip Routing Optimisations needed An update on c-lightning Links: Million Channel Blockstream results post: https:

Aug 12, 2019 • 1:07:01

SLP97 Michael Flaxman - Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks

SLP97 Michael Flaxman - Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks

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: The current state of hardware wallets

Aug 8, 2019 • 1:53:09

SLP96 Max Hillebrand - Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies

SLP96 Max Hillebrand - Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies

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: Why you should not leave your bitcoins on an exchange How to think about Hardware Wallets Recommended practices with Hardware wallets and self custody Next steps for learning Max Hillebrand links Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax World Crypto Net: https://www.youtube.com/user/Wor

Aug 6, 2019 • 1:01:59

SLP95 Aleks Svetski - Clashing Visions

SLP95 Aleks Svetski - Clashing Visions

Aleks Svetski (CEO and co-founder Amber) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the clash of visions: Trading or HODLing Buying with a lump sum or DCA - Dollar Cost Averaging Mindsets around DCA Libra vs USD vs Bitcoin Belief systems Aleks and Amber links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alekssvetski Amber: https://amber.app Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Unchained Capital: https://www.unch

Aug 4, 2019 • 53:16

SLP94 Roy Sheinfeld - Lightning Network Services for the Masses

SLP94 Roy Sheinfeld - Lightning Network Services for the Masses

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: Roy’s background in Bitcoin Why he’s excited about Lightning Network and what problems it can solve How the Lightning Network will evolve with Lightning Service Providers What he’s doing with Breez Tech and the Breez app Neutrino filtering Roy Sheinfeld links: Breez Tech Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breez_Tech Breez Technology: https://

Jul 31, 2019 • 1:02:50

SLP93 Raoul Pal - Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin

SLP93 Raoul Pal - Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin

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: Raoul twitter: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI Realvision link: http://realvision.com/free Raoul tweet thread: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI/status/11478

Jul 29, 2019 • 59:06

SLP92 Britt Kelly - BTCPayServer documentation, translation & Newbie tips

SLP92 Britt Kelly - BTCPayServer documentation, translation & Newbie tips

Britt Kelly joins me for the fourth and final episode in the BTCPayServer interview series. Britt and I chat about: Getting into Bitcoin and BTCPayServer What you can learn by contributing Documentation of BTCPay Translation of BTCPay Tips for newbies Reflections on being a female in Bitcoin and open source Britt Kelly links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/britttttkelly Britt Kelly Donation page: https://btcps0.com/apps/2CCRTE84cnbSyEsJVvDxsqq9uUJV/pos SLP BTCPa

Jul 25, 2019 • 53:24

SLP91 Kukks - BTCPayServer architecture and BTC transmuter

SLP91 Kukks - BTCPayServer architecture and BTC transmuter

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: BTCPayServer Architecture BTC Transmuter (taking BTC and converting into fiat for the merchant) Contributing to BTCPaySer

Jul 21, 2019 • 45:41

SLP90 Pavlenex - BTCPayServer for Merchants

SLP90 Pavlenex - BTCPayServer for Merchants

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: How BTCPayServer helps a merchant accept Bitcoin Creating BTCPayServer Guides Cost of running BTCPayServer BTCPayServer misconceptions BTCPayServer with Lightning Network BTCPayServer Merchant Directory See the other interviews in the series: https://stephanlivera.com

Jul 18, 2019 • 1:01:05

SLP89 Rockstar Dev - BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and Rockstarism

SLP89 Rockstar Dev - BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and Rockstarism

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: Open source vs closed source development BTCPayServer and the community BTCPayServer benefits Tor crowdfunding Rockstarism philosophy Experiences with hyperinflation Rockstar and BTCPayServer links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/r0ckstardev BTCPayServer: https://btcpayserver.org/

Jul 15, 2019 • 53:58

SLP88 Conner Brown - Bitcoin is Money, not Payments

SLP88 Conner Brown - Bitcoin is Money, not Payments

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: How he came to learn about Bitcoin His journey coming from the Bcash world view to the Bitcoiner view Common pitfalls in learning or reasoning about Bitcoin Dealing with Ripplecoin shills Conner Brown links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_ Article - Bitcoin has no intrinsic value: https://medium.c

Jul 14, 2019 • 57:45

SLP87 Per Bylund - The Problem of Production

SLP87 Per Bylund - The Problem of Production

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: What was wrong with the theory of the firm before Firms as islands of productivity Capital Theory What happens to firms over time Per Bylund links: Per Bylund Twitter:https://twitter.com/PerBylund The Problem of Producti

Jul 10, 2019 • 54:18

SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?

SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?

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! Response to the first episode Stock to flow multiple Front running the hal

Jul 5, 2019 • 1:21:25

SLP85 Sergej Kotliar - Building Bitcoin’s Circular Economy

SLP85 Sergej Kotliar - Building Bitcoin’s Circular Economy

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: “SoV first” vs building the bitcoin circular economy Bitcoin Twitter is not representative of B

Jul 2, 2019 • 1:04:09

SLP84 Stepan Snigirev - Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets

SLP84 Stepan Snigirev - Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets

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: What Bitcoin’s security relies on Why the Quantum Computing threat against Bitcoin is overblown How long until it might be a realistic consideration Challenges faced by Bitcoin Hardware wallets t

Jun 30, 2019 • 1:03:09

SLP83 Conner Fromknecht - Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers in depth

SLP83 Conner Fromknecht - Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers in depth

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: How Lightning Network’s punishment model works without watchtowers Where watchtowers come in and how they work Why watchtowers can’t steal your bitcoins Scalability of watchtowers Privacy Funding and operation model LND v0.7 features Conner Fro

Jun 24, 2019 • 1:00:17

SLP82 Alena Vranova - Data privacy in a digital age

SLP82 Alena Vranova - Data privacy in a digital age

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: Privacy horrors around the world #MyDataMyLife campaign What individuals can do to protect their privacy How businesses can change their practices Casa and their approach to customer data Alena Vranova links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alenasatoshi Casa: https://keys.casa/ Sp

Jun 21, 2019 • 55:46

SLP81 Dan Held - Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine

SLP81 Dan Held - Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine

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. Basic statement of the concern The modelling behind why Dan believes Bitcoin’s security is fine The increasing ‘weight’ of a bitcoin transaction How bitcoin usage will evolve in the future Value of Bitcoin conference reflections e.g. is

Jun 20, 2019 • 58:05

SLP80 Richard Myers - Bitcoin Incentivised Mesh Networking with Lot49

SLP80 Richard Myers - Bitcoin Incentivised Mesh Networking with Lot49

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: What the problem is with the current set up of the internet and current mesh networking What the Lot49 proposal is How it works Risks and challenges to be faced What happens next Richard Myers Links: Richard Myers twitter: https://twitter.com/remyers_ Global Mesh Labs twitter:

Jun 17, 2019 • 57:14

SLP79 Misir Mahmudov - Bitcoin, Inequality & Morals

SLP79 Misir Mahmudov - Bitcoin, Inequality & Morals

Misir Mahmudov (Bitcoin writer and working Operations at Adaptive Capital) joins me in this episode to talk: How he learned about Bitcoin and Austrian Economics Recommendations for listeners who want to learn more His thesis on the closure of the gold window and impacts on inequality Bitcoin and Morals The role of Satoshi Misir links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/misir_mahmudov Medium: https://medium.com/@misir_mahmudov Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/

Jun 15, 2019 • 58:18

SLP78 Samourai Wallet - Welcome to the Dojo

SLP78 Samourai Wallet - Welcome to the Dojo

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): Getting funding from Cypherpunk Holdings Release of Dojo software - open sourcing Samourai Wallet server backend Collaboration with the nodl team for official Dojo Hardware Whirlpool (Coinjoin) mixing Other features and what to look out for - Stonewallx2, Stowaway, Ricochet Samourai Wallet Links: Samourai

Jun 10, 2019 • 1:00:58

SLP77 Kalle Rosenbaum - Grokking Bitcoin: it’s not just for developers

SLP77 Kalle Rosenbaum - Grokking Bitcoin: it’s not just for developers

Kalle Rosenbaum (author, developer and bitcoin consultant) joins me in this episode to discuss his new book, Grokking Bitcoin. We talk: The process of writing this book David Harding’s foreword Some cryptography basics Different Bitcoin transaction types How nodes communicate Bitcoin upgrades, and bitcoin forks Kalle Rosenbaum links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum (40% DISCOUNT CODE: podsliv19) Grokking Bitcoin book: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitc

Jun 7, 2019 • 47:41

SLP76 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0

SLP76 Vijay Boyapati - Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0

Vijay Boyapati, Bitcoin economic commentator, joins me to talk about: Monetary stages of evolution Merchant adoption of Bitcoin to receive payment - is it 2013 all over again? Facebook Crypto Horizontal “Crypto” vs Vertical Bitcoin businesses Why Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0 Vijay links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/ Bitcoin ‘Horizontal vs vertical’ thread: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1128893146807488512 Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https:

Jun 3, 2019 • 54:59

SLP75 Giacomo Zucco - There is only one Bitcoin (Newbie episode)

SLP75 Giacomo Zucco - There is only one Bitcoin (Newbie episode)

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: Forks of Bitcoin Semantics and word games Traps to avoid Giacomo link: Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera Tallycoin for Bitc

May 31, 2019 • 1:08:33

SLP74 Wiz - Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners

SLP74 Wiz - Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners

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: Importance of self sovereignty for Bitcoiners How to set up your own ISP VPNs Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner browser extension Wiz’s work with Hive.one and setting up his projects, “Bitcoin Wizards”, and “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner” How this can help mi

May 28, 2019 • 1:00:18

SLP73 Tamas Blummer - Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science

SLP73 Tamas Blummer - Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science

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: Rust-Bitcoin projects Threats to bitcoin: Soft fork threats and protocol ossification Incentivised re-orgs of Bitcoin’s blockchain Central Bank Digital Currencies and Negative Interest rates Bitcoin data science Liveliness measure Work with Adamant Capital Tamas Blummer links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamasB

May 23, 2019 • 58:00

SLP72 Eric Voskuil - Fractional or Full Reserve Banking? and Jurisdictional Arbitrage

SLP72 Eric Voskuil - Fractional or Full Reserve Banking? and Jurisdictional Arbitrage

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: Twitter: https://twitter.com/evoskuil Cryptoeconomics pages: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Cryptoeconomics Libbitcoin: https://libbitcoin.org/ Stephan Livera links

May 20, 2019 • 1:07:15

SLP71 Stephan Livera - Intro to Bitcoin Austrian thought

SLP71 Stephan Livera - Intro to Bitcoin Austrian thought

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: How money arises on the market as most saleable good Why Bitcoin isn't a scam 'Intrinsic value' Blockchains and social scalability Bitcoin and Austrian thinkers worth listening to and reading Make sure you share this episode with your friends who

May 15, 2019 • 58:01

SLP70 Matt Odell - Putting Bitcoin into practice for noobs

SLP70 Matt Odell - Putting Bitcoin into practice for noobs

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: Challenges in educating noobs Common pitfalls and scams Approaches to take going forward How to avoid scams to come in the future Matt Odell links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/matt_odell TFTC podcast: http://tftc.io/ Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera&nbsp

May 6, 2019 • 1:03:13

SLP69 Saifedean Ammous - How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios

SLP69 Saifedean Ammous - How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios

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: How governments could try to kill Bitcoin Why fiat money hyperinflation is not that likely Why we can’t simply disregard gold Thoughts on stock to flow modelling Research Bulletins going forward Saifedean links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/saifedean Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saifedean/ Research bulletin

Apr 29, 2019 • 1:01:47

SLP68 Joost Jager - Lightning Loop Out/In, and Lightning Network Criticisms

SLP68 Joost Jager - Lightning Loop Out/In, and Lightning Network Criticisms

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 re

Apr 20, 2019 • 53:04

SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) - Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques

SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) - Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques

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:

Apr 15, 2019 • 1:01:57

SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin

SLP66 James O’Beirne - The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin

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/ Discusse

Apr 10, 2019 • 57:45

SLP65 Nik Bhatia: Bitcoin Lightning Reference Rate and Node Accrual Rate

SLP65 Nik Bhatia: Bitcoin Lightning Reference Rate and Node Accrual Rate

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

Apr 4, 2019 • 56:50

SLP64 Tuur Demeester - What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework

SLP64 Tuur Demeester - What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework

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

Mar 30, 2019 • 59:38

SLP63 LightningK0ala - Bitcoin and Lightning enabled online gaming

SLP63 LightningK0ala - Bitcoin and Lightning enabled online gaming

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/

Mar 28, 2019 • 51:11

SLP62 Rodolfo Novak - Keeping Bitcoin Cypherpunk

SLP62 Rodolfo Novak - Keeping Bitcoin Cypherpunk

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 li

Mar 27, 2019 • 59:01

SLP61 David Bailey - Refocusing on Bitcoin

SLP61 David Bailey - Refocusing on Bitcoin

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

Mar 23, 2019 • 58:01

SLP60 Askuwheteau & Ketominer of nodl - Plug and Play Bitcoin Lightning Nodes

SLP60 Askuwheteau & Ketominer of nodl - Plug and Play Bitcoin Lightning Nodes

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:

Mar 19, 2019 • 1:01:37

SLP59 Christian Decker - Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories

SLP59 Christian Decker - Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories

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

Mar 14, 2019 • 1:02:03

SLP58 Chris Belcher - Defending Bitcoin Privacy

SLP58 Chris Belcher - Defending Bitcoin Privacy

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

Mar 11, 2019 • 58:13

SLP57 Alex Adelman, Founder of Lolli - How Newbies Can Earn Bitcoin

SLP57 Alex Adelman, Founder of Lolli - How Newbies Can Earn Bitcoin

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

Mar 9, 2019 • 55:34

Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger

Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger

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 twitt

Mar 2, 2019 • 56:47

SLP55 Shinobi (Brian_Trollz)

SLP55 Shinobi (Brian_Trollz)

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

Feb 25, 2019 • 57:14

SLP54 Justin Camarena of Bitrefill - Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management

SLP54 Justin Camarena of Bitrefill - Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management

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: h

Feb 21, 2019 • 49:40

SLP53 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - On Bitcoin Maximalism

SLP53 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - On Bitcoin Maximalism

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/u

Feb 18, 2019 • 1:04:44

SLP52 Jack Dorsey & Elizabeth Stark - Bitcoin: Native Currency of the Internet

SLP52 Jack Dorsey & Elizabeth Stark - Bitcoin: Native Currency of the Internet

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 Twitt

Feb 11, 2019 • 52:08

SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann - Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin

SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann - Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin

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

Feb 5, 2019 • 54:47

SLP50 Rui Gomes & João Almeida of OpenNode - Helping merchants take Bitcoin Lightning Payments

SLP50 Rui Gomes & João Almeida of OpenNode - Helping merchants take Bitcoin Lightning Payments

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

Feb 2, 2019 • 49:07

SLP49 Marty Bent - Bitcoin content creation and curation, and 'mainstream' Economics

SLP49 Marty Bent - Bitcoin content creation and curation, and 'mainstream' Economics

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://t

Jan 24, 2019 • 48:34

SLP48 Nicolas Dorier and BTCPayServer - self hosted Bitcoin and Lightning payments

SLP48 Nicolas Dorier and BTCPayServer - self hosted Bitcoin and Lightning payments

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 confi

Jan 20, 2019 • 50:56

SLP47 Giacomo Zucco - Custodial LN, Altcoins, Financialisation, Attacks on Bitcoin

SLP47 Giacomo Zucco - Custodial LN, Altcoins, Financialisation, Attacks on Bitcoin

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 Bit

Jan 15, 2019 • 1:15:10

SLP46 Sjors Provoost - Bitcoin Core Dev, Hardware Wallet Support, Fungibility

SLP46 Sjors Provoost - Bitcoin Core Dev, Hardware Wallet Support, Fungibility

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 t

Jan 8, 2019 • 1:03:35

SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute

SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute

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

Jan 4, 2019 • 43:28

SLP44 Aleks Svetski, CEO of Amber - Blind Excesses, Crypto, Bitcoin

SLP44 Aleks Svetski, CEO of Amber - Blind Excesses, Crypto, Bitcoin

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

Jan 3, 2019 • 1:02:29

SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa

SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa

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 Bi

Dec 29, 2018 • 53:52

SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy

SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy

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 - P

Dec 17, 2018 • 1:04:13

SLP41 Dhruv Bansal of Unchained Capital - Bitcoin Dust in the Machine, and Bitcoin Financial Service

SLP41 Dhruv Bansal of Unchained Capital - Bitcoin Dust in the Machine, and Bitcoin Financial Service

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 Se

Dec 17, 2018 • 1:05:44

SLP40 Vijay Boyapati - Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation

SLP40 Vijay Boyapati - Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation

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.c

Dec 16, 2018 • 49:11

SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs

SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs

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: ht

Dec 11, 2018 • 56:45

SLP38 Per Bylund - The size of firms

SLP38 Per Bylund - The size of firms

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 ar

Dec 8, 2018 • 50:39

SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit

SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit

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

Dec 4, 2018 • 57:34

SLP36 Justin Moon - Teaching Bitcoin HODLers to code @ BUIDL Bootcamp

SLP36 Justin Moon - Teaching Bitcoin HODLers to code @ BUIDL Bootcamp

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

Nov 29, 2018 • 59:36

SLP35 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency

SLP35 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency

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 Residenc

Nov 24, 2018 • 1:06:12

SLP34 Dan Held - Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation

SLP34 Dan Held - Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation

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.

Nov 17, 2018 • 50:46

SLP33 Kara Haas - Bitcoin & Crypto Audit and Accounting

SLP33 Kara Haas - Bitcoin & Crypto Audit and Accounting

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.

Nov 10, 2018 • 52:14

SLP32 Rigel (CoinsureNZ), Relaying Bitcoin transactions with TxTenna for censorship resistance

SLP32 Rigel (CoinsureNZ), Relaying Bitcoin transactions with TxTenna for censorship resistance

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).

Nov 4, 2018 • 37:42

SLP31 Bitcoin & Crypto eating the world, with Patri Friedman

SLP31 Bitcoin & Crypto eating the world, with Patri Friedman

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.

Oct 31, 2018 • 52:49

SLP30 Bitcoin-backed loans and financial services, with Zac Prince of BlockFi

SLP30 Bitcoin-backed loans and financial services, with Zac Prince of BlockFi

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.

Oct 29, 2018 • 54:16

SLP29 - Samourai Wallet, Bitcoin privacy software that Silicon Valley would never build

SLP29 - Samourai Wallet, Bitcoin privacy software that Silicon Valley would never build

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.

Oct 25, 2018 • 1:08:58

SLP28 - Cyphernode Bitcoin API, with Francis Pouliot and Etienne Larrivee of Satoshi Portal

SLP28 - Cyphernode Bitcoin API, with Francis Pouliot and Etienne Larrivee of Satoshi Portal

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.

Oct 22, 2018 • 58:40

SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, with Steve Barbour of Upstream Data

SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, with Steve Barbour of Upstream Data

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.

Oct 20, 2018 • 1:02:47

SLP26 - Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa

SLP26 - Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa

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.

Oct 13, 2018 • 48:10

SLP25 - Taking Bitcoin Lightning Payment, and 'earner adoption', with Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill

SLP25 - Taking Bitcoin Lightning Payment, and 'earner adoption', with Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill

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.

Oct 2, 2018 • 52:52

SLP24 - Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet & Bitcoin Privacy, with Adam Ficsor (nopara73)

SLP24 - Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet & Bitcoin Privacy, with Adam Ficsor (nopara73)

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

Sep 27, 2018 • 53:26

SLP23 - Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and Lightning Development, with Rusty Russell of Blockstream

SLP23 - Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and Lightning Development, with Rusty Russell of Blockstream

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.

Sep 20, 2018 • 1:09:15

SLP22 - Unnecessary crypto-tokens and Bitcoin/Lightning development, with Udi Wertheimer

SLP22 - Unnecessary crypto-tokens and Bitcoin/Lightning development, with Udi Wertheimer

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.

Sep 17, 2018 • 57:48

SLP21 - Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Educator, Developer and Entrepreneur

SLP21 - Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Educator, Developer and Entrepreneur

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'.

Sep 15, 2018 • 52:20

SLP20 - Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream

SLP20 - Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream

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

Sep 9, 2018 • 49:42

SLP19 - The Bitcoin Ecosystem, with Vortex (Jeffrey)

SLP19 - The Bitcoin Ecosystem, with Vortex (Jeffrey)

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.

Sep 8, 2018 • 53:26

SLP18 - Pioneering Bitcoin/Lightning Payments in Australia, with Daniel Alexiuc (CEO Living Room of Satoshi)

SLP18 - Pioneering Bitcoin/Lightning Payments in Australia, with Daniel Alexiuc (CEO Living Room of Satoshi)

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.

Sep 3, 2018 • 29:38

SLP17 - Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati

SLP17 - Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati

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.

Sep 1, 2018 • 59:52

SLP16 - Keeping Bitcoin Simple, with Beautyon (Akin Fernandez)

SLP16 - Keeping Bitcoin Simple, with Beautyon (Akin Fernandez)

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.

Aug 29, 2018 • 56:58

SLP15 - Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella

SLP15 - Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella

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

Aug 17, 2018 • 58:54

SLP14 - Lightning Hack Day, with Jeff Gallas of Fulmo

SLP14 - Lightning Hack Day, with Jeff Gallas of Fulmo

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.

Aug 17, 2018 • 42:07

SLP13 - Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset, with Fernando Ulrich, Austrian Economist

SLP13 - Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset, with Fernando Ulrich, Austrian Economist

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.

Aug 16, 2018 • 50:25

SLP12 - Bitcoin Mining and Energy, with Hass McCook

SLP12 - Bitcoin Mining and Energy, with Hass McCook

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.

Aug 14, 2018 • 1:01:42

SLP11 - Bitcoin's Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard

SLP11 - Bitcoin's Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard

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

Aug 12, 2018 • 1:21:12

SLP10 - Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu

SLP10 - Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu

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.

Aug 11, 2018 • 52:33

SLP9 - Lightning UX and Routing, with Bryan Vu

SLP9 - Lightning UX and Routing, with Bryan Vu

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.

Aug 11, 2018 • 58:12

SLP8 - Bitcoin Monetary Evolution, with Murad Mahmudov

SLP8 - Bitcoin Monetary Evolution, with Murad Mahmudov

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.

Aug 9, 2018 • 52:51

SLP7 - Earning Interest on Bitcoin's Lightning Network, with Nik Bhatia

SLP7 - Earning Interest on Bitcoin's Lightning Network, with Nik Bhatia

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.

Aug 4, 2018 • 48:18

SLP6 - Fiat Money as 'fad diet', with Bitstein

SLP6 - Fiat Money as 'fad diet', with Bitstein

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

Aug 3, 2018 • 1:05:39

SLP5 - Bitcoin in Beijing and common errors in 'Crypto', with Neil Woodfine

SLP5 - Bitcoin in Beijing and common errors in 'Crypto', with Neil Woodfine

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

Aug 2, 2018 • 55:41

SLP4 - Why Bitcoin and not the others, with JW Weatherman

SLP4 - Why Bitcoin and not the others, with JW Weatherman

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

Jul 29, 2018 • 1:08:52

SLP3 - Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard

SLP3 - Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard

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.

Jul 29, 2018 • 50:09

SLP2 - How Bitcoin "mentally captures" people with Vijay Boyapati

SLP2 - How Bitcoin "mentally captures" people with Vijay Boyapati

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

Jul 28, 2018 • 1:00:42

SLP1 - Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist

SLP1 - Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist

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.

Jul 23, 2018 • 1:19:23

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