Stephan Livera Podcast

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 SLP256 David Bailey Bitcoin 2021 and Bull Markets SLP61 David Bailey - Refocusing on Bitcoin 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 Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Magazine Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin Magazine UTXO Management: UTXO Management 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 Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com 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

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: SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, And Playing Chicken SLP119 Alex Bosworth - Submarine Swaps, Lightning Loop, Hyperloop SLP168 Lisa Neigut - Lightning Network Channel Accounting And Dual Funded Channels SLP323 Graham Krizek - Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage SLP321 On-Chain Scaling With Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Polestra, Andrew Chow & Murch 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 Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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.com 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

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 Twitter: @stevennelkovski Bitcoin Mag Article: Australian Baseball Club First To Operate On A Bitcoin Standard Integrates Lightning - Bitcoin Magazine 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 Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 like in practice Links: TabConf site: tabconf.com Pieter Wuille: @pwuille Andrew Poelstra: Andrew Poelstra | LinkedIn Murch:@murchandamus Andrew Chow: @achow101 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 Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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: Nicholas Gregory Twitter: @gregory_nico Article: Mercury CoinSwaps Article: New Mercury Milestone 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 Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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-Marie Padiou - Acinq & Phoenix Wallet: Easiest Non-custodial Lightning Wallet Yet? SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / Bolt12: The Next Big Thing In Lightning SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD And Facts 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 Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 experiment Other relevant episodes: SLP165 Rafael Yakobi - Should Coinjoin Users Be Flagged? Is Privacy Illegal? SLP239 Jake Chervinsky - Pushing Back On Fincen Non-Custodial Bitcoin Regulation SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured (Odell, Gladstein, Yakobi) Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CypherSafe (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera