

Stephan Livera Podcast
Stephan Livera
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.
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Mar 13, 2020 • 1h 11min
SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For the Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin
Andy Edstrom, CFA CFP and author of “Why Buy Bitcoin” joins me to talk about:
Learning about austrian economics after getting into Bitcoin
Investor mindset
Fiat Money Debt Problem and Bad Options for how we get out of it
Why Buy Bitcoin book
Andy Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/edstromandrew
Website: www.andyedstrom.com
Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XG2J3S9
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
SwanBitcoin
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Mar 10, 2020 • 49min
SLP156 Carlos Roldan - Satoshi's Games and Lightnite
Carlos Roldan, CEO & Co founder of Satoshi’s Games, joins me to talk about why he’s excited about Lightning powered gaming.
We talk:
Why he got into Lightning
Bitcoin enabled gaming
Making it multi platform and beautiful
Lessons learned with Satoshi’s Place
Schedule going forward with Lightnite
Where you can get Lightnite
Carlos Links:
Lightnite: https://lightnite.io/ref=slp
Twitter: @whiteyhat
Satoshi’s Games: https://satoshis.games/
Satoshi’s Games Twitter: @SatoshisGames
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
SwanBitcoin
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Mar 6, 2020 • 1h 5min
SLP155 Clark Moody - Bitcoin Dashboard & the 1000 Year Bull Run
Clark Moody, Bitcoin OG and entrepreneur joins me to talk about his dashboard, which is a fantastic resource for learning about bitcoin and monitoring bitcoin statistics. This is a great episode to learn about useful concepts in Bitcoin and Lightning. We talk about:
Clark’s history in bitcoin
Why he started the dashboard
Blockchain stats
Node stats
Mining economics
S2F
Output types
Future directions
Clark Moody links:
Twitter: @clarkmoody
Dashboard: https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
SwanBitcoin
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Mar 3, 2020 • 50min
SLP154 Nick @BTConometrics - Quantitative Bitcoin Analysis & S2F Cointegration Strengthens
Nick joins me to talk about how he tried to disprove PlanB’s Stock to flow model, but ended up finding out that it holds up. We also talk about cointegration, what that means, and some of Nick’s statistical work. We talk about:
Professional background
Background to S2F
Cointegration and what it means
Engle-Granger test
Mean Reversion indicator
Shitcoins riding Bitcoin’s coat tails
Nick links:
Twitter: @Btconometrics
Website: https://btconometrics.com/
Article: https://medium.com/swlh/falsifying-stock-to-flow-as-a-model-of-bitcoin-value-b2d9e61f68af
Related episodes:
SLP67
SLP86
SLP122
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
SwanBitcoin
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Feb 28, 2020 • 1h 2min
SLP153 Philipp Bagus - What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation
Philipp Bagus, Professor Department of Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - joins me to talk about why deflation is not what you typically hear in the mainstream financial press. In this conversation we talk about:
The real causes of deflation
Why deflation is not necessarily what causes recessions
Distinctions between growth deflation, and bank credit deflation
Contrasting life under a fiat money standard with a hard money standard
Real world examples
Philipp Bagus links:
Website: http://philippbagus.com/
Twitter: @PhilippBagus
Book: In Defense of Deflation
Mises Profile: Philipp Bagus
Other episodes you may like:
SLP51 Guido Hulsmann
SLP45 Jeff Deist
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Feb 25, 2020 • 1h 33min
SLP152 NVK - CK-BUNKER and Bitcoin Backups
NVK (Coinkite) joins me to talk about a new project, CK-BUNKER, a DIY co-signer. We talk about what this is, how it could be used by bitcoin businesses or service providers. Separately, we also talk about backing up your bitcoins and making sure they’re safe for the years to come. We talk:
CK-BUNKER
How to use it
Coldcard and secure elements
Opendime
Bitcoin Backups
Stablecoins
NVK links:
Twitter: @nvk
CK-BUNKER: https://ckbunker.com/
Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/ (use code: LIVERA for discount)
TG: https://t.me/coldcard
NVK prior appearances:
SLP62
SLP101
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Feb 21, 2020 • 1h 4min
SLP151 Obi - Coinfloor Going Bitcoin Only & Bitcoin Audits (aka Proof of Reserves)
Obi Nwosu, CEO and Co-founder of Coinfloor joins me in this episode to talk about his approach to the space. We talk about:
Going Bitcoin Only and when an exchange should delist cryptocurrencies
Proof of Reserves & Proof of Solvency
Educating users of the exchange about Bitcoin
Supporting grass roots bitcoin meet ups, conferences, organisations
Advancing Bitcoin
Obi links:
Twitter: @obi
Coinfloor: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/
Coinfloor Bitcoin Audits: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/proof/
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Feb 18, 2020 • 1h 54min
SLP150 Samourai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin
The co-founder of Samourai Wallet, rejoins me in this episode to talk about the current state of bitcoin privacy techniques, and some exciting updates coming soon to Samourai Wallet. We talk:
Creeping KYC and has bitcoin social culture regressed?
Does taint exist?
Coin selection algorithms. STONEWALL, and Solomon
Stowaway / PayJoin
Wallet fingerprinting and whether it’s an issue
Mobile mixing
Dojo and Ronin Dojo
Thoughts on Lightning and Liquid
Samourai Wallet links:
Website: Samouraiwallet.com
Twitter: @SamouraiWallet
SW Telegram: https://t.me/SamouraiWallet
SW Whirlpool Trollbox Telegram: https://t.me/whirlpool_trollbox
SW Dojo room: https://t.me/samourai_dojo
Ronin Dojo: https://t.me/RoninDojoUI
Relevant Prior interviews:
SLP29 with SW
SLP78 with SW
SLP117 with Pura Vida
SLP130 with Ergo
SLP138 with Matt Odell
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Feb 15, 2020 • 2h 12min
SLP149 Waxwing - Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER
Adam Gibson (aka Waxwing), Bitcoin privacy advocate, and contributor to JoinMarket joins me to discuss his thoughts on the state of privacy in Bitcoin. We talk about:
Why consumerism mentality may stop people from using privacy techniques
Why blockchain analysis companies are probably over rated
Schnorr Taproot and cross input signature aggregation
CoinJoinXT
SNICKER
JoinMarket
PayJoin
Adam Gibson links:
Mastodon: @waxwing
Twitter: @waxwing__
Github: AdamISZ
Blog: JoinMarket.me/blog
JoinMarket:JoinMarket.me
Github: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver
IRC: #joinmarket on freenode
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Feb 10, 2020 • 56min
SLP148 Petek @RadarRayne - Bridging Art and Bitcoin with Stock to Flow
Petek (@RadarRayne) joins me to talk about coming into Bitcoin as an artist, and creating Bitcoin art. We also chat about her experience working with PlanB on stock to flow inspired art pieces, her thoughts on women in bitcoin, and how some ideas were just ripe for being created!
Petek Links:
Twitter: @RadarRayne
Sponsor links:
Kraken
Unchained Capital
CypherWheel by CypherSafe
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera


