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Publisher |: Stephan Livera

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Bitcoin,; Business,; Cryptocurrency,; Interview,; Investing,; Technology

Categories Via RSS |: Technology

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.

People |: Stephan Livera (@stephanlivera)
Country Of Origin |: Australia
Produced In |: Sydney, New South Wales
Premiere Date |: 2018-07-23
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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570 Available Episodes (570 Total) / Average duration: 01:03:36

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570 Available Episodes (570 Total)Average duration: 01:03:36

Apr 29, 2024

01:24:24

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 26, 2024

01:08:39

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
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Site: Ego Death Capital

Sponsors:

Stephan Livera links:

Apr 23, 2024

01:12:37

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
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Sponsors:

Stephan Livera links:

Apr 22, 2024

01:23:32

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: Dmitry Nedospasov
Site: K eylabs.io
Telegram: https://t.me/nedos
wallet.fail talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OBIGslgGM
Recoverylabs.io

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

Apr 18, 2024

01:03:59

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: Stop Calling It MEV
BIP Proposal: The Great Consensus Cleanup
Delving post on Great Consensus Clean up Revival
Steve’s X thread on GCC: https://twitter.com/moneyball/status/1760839436617875485

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

Apr 16, 2024

00:58:45

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:

Stephan Livera links:

Apr 12, 2024

01:14:52

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:

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Revault
08:07 - Liana
14:48 - Overview of Liana and Supported Hardware Wallets
25:17 - Managing Time Locks in Liana: Rotating Coins and Duration
29:47 - Coinkite.com
30:47 - Swan.com
32:09 - Mempool.space
33:10 - Self-Custody with Liana
37:26 - Understanding Revault and Liana
44:56 - Exploring Decaying and Expanding Multi-Signature
49:15 - RBF and CPFP in Liana Transactions
56:07 - Transaction Size in Liana
01:00:42 - The Debate on Covenants
01:05:37 - Enhancing Organization Security with Cosigners
01:09:30 - The Future of Self-Custody

Apr 09, 2024

00:58:11

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:

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
03:31 - The Importance of Design in Bitcoin Applications
10:10 - The Bitcoin Design Community
12:34 - Common Mistakes in Bitcoin App Design
20:10 - Mempool.space
20:56 - Coinkite.com
25:14 - Embracing Creativity and Unique Design in Bitcoin
29:28 - Introduction to User Experience Design in Bitcoin
33:34 - Working with Bitcoin Apps and Projects
38:56 - Swan.com
39:14 - Simplifying the User Experience in Bitcoin
43:26 - Designing for Complexity in Bitcoin
45:09 - Navigating Competing Standards in Bitcoin Design
46:29 - The Value of UX Research in Bitcoin
49:48 - Practical Advice for Builders and Developers in Bitcoin Design
54:57 - Find Out More
56:40 - Closing Thoughts

Apr 03, 2024

01:13:29

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: P rofs t o nge .com

Sponsors:

Stephan Livera links:

Mar 30, 2024

01:06:51

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:

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
03:02 - The Significance of Bitcoin ETFs
13:33 - Rebalancing and Volatility
21:19 - Grayscale's Declining Bitcoin Holdings
25:41 - Swan.com
27:00 - Mempool.space
27:45 - Coinkite.com
33:35 - Possible Motivations for Grayscale's Actions
34:03 - Successful ETF Launch and Consistent Demand
37:23 - Bitcoin Price Rise and Demand - Supply Dynamics
39:44 - Volatility and Orderly Transition
41:07 - Bitcoin's Historical Price Patterns
44:05 - Flaws in Power Law Model
45:05 - Bitcoin's Potential to Replace Traditional Assets
46:41 - Flaws in Power Law Model and Fiat Currencies
50:11 - Importance of Fundamental Analysis
51:38 - Bitcoin's Bullish Case and Fundamental Properties
58:51 - Closing Thoughts

Apr 29 | 01:24:24

Why Bitcoin Should Not Ossify - Steve Lee SLP569

Apr 26 | 01:08:39

The System You Give Your Energy To - Jeff Booth SLP568

Apr 23 | 01:12:37

Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567

Apr 22 | 01:23:32

The cost to hack bitcoin hardware wallets with Dmitry Nedospasov SLP566

Apr 18 | 01:03:59

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

Apr 16 | 00:58:45

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

Apr 12 | 01:14:52

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

Apr 09 | 00:58:11

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

Apr 03 | 01:13:29

US Government Fiscal Collapse Accelerates with Peter St Onge SLP561

Mar 30 | 01:06:51

Tracking the new Bitcoin ETFs with Thomas Fahrer SLP560

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