Stephan Livera Podcast

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 about the lightning network Bitcoin communities locally Links: Twitter: @BitcoinIslandPH Site: https://pouch.ph/retreat2023 Site: https://lightningcon.org/ BitcoinBeachVN: @BitcoinBeachVN Site: Neutronpay.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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.money/ BitMEX post: https://blog.bitmex.com/dapps-or-only-bitcoin-transactions-the-2014-debate/ Andrew Poelstra’s commentary: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-January/021372.html Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Cory's blog post for Swan: Bitcoiners, it's winning time Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com

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 SLP429 – Anant Tapadia Bitcoin In India, Keeper, b4i conference SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer SLP215 Michael Flaxman – 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Liana BIP for wallet policies: [New BIP] Wallet Policies #1389  Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera Miniscript resources: github.com/LedgerHQ/app-bitcoin-new: the Ledger Nano application for bitcoin bitcoin.sipa.be/miniscript: the miniscript website and playground miniscript.fun: a graphical playground for miniscript bitcoinops.org/en/topics/miniscript: more links and additional information on miniscript en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script: Script reference

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 (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Philosophy Prior episodes: SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club SLP359 Abubakar Nur Khalil – Bitcoin in Africa, Qala, B Trust, Recursive Capital SLP229 John Newbery – Brink: Bitcoin Development SLP406 Adi Shankara Bitcoin Needs Technologists & Summer of Bitcoin Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify? SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do? SLP83 Conner Fromknecht – Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers in depth SLP66 James O’Beirne – The truth about ‘power’ in Bitcoin Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Jake’s Site: Wolkifarm.com.au Slim’s Site: Beefinitiative.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera