Stephan Livera Podcast

Matthew Black, co-founder and CTO of Atomic Finance, talks about self custodial Bitcoin finance with DLCs. They discuss how it works without being custodial, where the yield comes from, HODL-only strategy, DLC security over time, and the future of Bitcoin Finance.

Lyn Alden, macro analyst and author of Broken Money, joins Stephan to discuss ledger money, different theories of money, warfare funding under fiat, the GFC and its response, base money and broad money, the incentives of the fiat standard, and the type of debt that makes sense under a Bitcoin standard.

Will Cole, Co-founder of Zaprite, discusses merchant adoption, improved custody, accounting and integration, circular economy, and the lie of 2% inflation in Bitcoin adoption. They explore the importance of expanding Bitcoin adoption, self-sovereign options, and simplified payment solutions. They also highlight the challenges of integrating Bitcoin payments and the impact of inflation on adoption.

Bitcoin developer and advocate Jimmy Song discusses his newest book, 'Fiat Ruins Everything,' and why you should have zero debt to avoid enslavement. They explore the negative effects of debt, the consequences of taking out loans, and the cultural impacts of fiat currency. They also discuss practical risks, moral arguments, and real-world examples of the impact of monetary expansion. The podcast provides insights into the importance of adopting Bitcoin and focuses on financial independence and saving in Bitcoin.

Bitcoin enthusiast American HODL discusses HODLer psychology, bitcoin culture, and future expectations. Topics include adoption waves, living on Bitcoin, overconfidence, mainstream culture, Bitcoin fixes this, jurisdictions, and thoughts on the next cycle.

Jonathan Prescott and Adriana Prescott, homeschooling advocates, share insights on homeschooling. They discuss their own journey and escaping hivemind thinking. They criticize 'school vouchers' and emphasize building a child's agency. They question the need for curricula and highlight the importance of modeling behavior. The podcast explores socialization, the culture war, and the role of the state and family in society.

CTO of ACINQ, Bastien Teinturier, joins the podcast to discuss the next generation Lightning experience for Bitcoin and Lightning users, including the Phoenix splicing update, fee structure, dual funding, liquidity ads, securing coins, running a secure Lightning node, and the challenges of creating non-custodial Lightning wallets with a good user experience.

Shinobi, Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine, joins Stephan Livera to discuss the criticisms of Drivechain. They cover topics such as miner centralisation, re orgs on sidechains, Stratum v2, and other soft fork ideas. They also explore multi party channels and the importance of developing with what we've got.

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 - blog series on Bitcoin Optech v3 and Package RBF Bitcoin Core Review club Bitcoin Optech v3 transaction relay  Glozow slides for BTC++ talk: v3 and ephemeral anchors Prior episodes: SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do? SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

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 look like on chain? Where are we now?  Links: James Check on X Glassnode cointime economics paper https://get.glassnode.com/cointime-economics/ Ark https://ark-invest.com/white-papers/cointime-economics Previous episodes: SLP73 Tamas Blummer – Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed? Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast