Stephan Livera Podcast

Mi Primer Bitcoin has expanded globally, teaching over 25,000 students in El Salvador. Topics include Bitcoin education in public schools, collaboration with the Ministry of Education, challenges of mass education, and empowerment through Bitcoin education.

Discussion on swapping Bitcoin across on-chain, Lightning, and Liquid layers, covering atomic and non-custodial swaps, fee savings, trust models of Liquid, regulatory risks, transaction limits, and integration with other services. Guests share insights on enhancing wallet functionality, scalability of Liquid, operating in a high-fee environment, and pragmatic approaches to Bitcoin adoption.

Exploring the early days of Bitcoin circular economy in Arnhem City with founder Patrick van der Meijde, discussing challenges, merchant adoption, tax regulations, and transition to Lightning Network for faster payments.

Bitcoin enthusiasts delve into macroeconomics, analogies in bitcoin, MEV concerns, and self custodial options while exploring the potential of Bitcoin as generational wealth. Interviews with experts discuss debt, sound money qualities, and industry trends, offering insights on scaling and layer twos.

Explore Bitcoin self-custodial finance with DLCs, lightning channels, and 10101 app. Learn about synthetic stablecoins, risks, and trade sizing. Discover the future of stablecoin concepts and high interest rates. Dive into security with hardware wallets and the complex world of non-custodial trading. Discuss the evolution of the 10101 app and the technical education needed for self-custodial finance.

Author Eric Yakes discusses the future of Bitcoin Banking, LN, and ecash. Topics include Chaumian mints, LN interaction, credit markets, Full Reserve system, regulatory roadblocks, and passive index funds. Exploring the evolving landscape of Bitcoin banking, regulatory challenges, multiple mints in wallet apps, and future visions of Bitcoin.

Explore the political divide on Bitcoin mining, the controversial EIA survey, and the false emergency data collection. Learn about sponsors in the Bitcoin space and the government's actions affecting miners' rights. Discover the risks of disclosing sensitive operational data and the importance of industry pushback and legal challenges.

Discussing Bitcoin's scaling challenges and development culture, exploring soft forks and covenants. What qualifies as Bitcoin L2, benefits of covenants, Mutiny Wallet updates. Delving into Fedimint support, synthetic USD, and blockchain spam. Navigation of Bitcoin adoption hurdles and solutions.

Daniel Batten, Managing Partner at CH4 Capital, and the host debunk false narratives surrounding Bitcoin. They discuss Bitcoin's environmental impact, challenging biased perspectives and outdated studies. They emphasize the importance of correcting false narratives, engaging with doubters, and challenging journalists. The dishonesty in analyzing the per transaction metric is highlighted, along with the potential of Bitcoin mining to utilize methane gas and stranded renewable energy.

Christian Keroles from HRF discusses monetary maximalism and bitcoin. They talk about the different perspectives on monetary maximalism, the nuisance level of spam in bitcoin, what bitcoiners are getting wrong on personal finance, the fallout of bitcoin developments, the debate on filtering in bitcoin, the emergence of the runes protocol, and bitcoin's winning streak.