Stephan Livera Podcast

Pierre Rochard (Kraken, Noded Podcast, Nakamoto Institute) and Saifedean Ammous (Bitcoin economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard) join me to talk about Bitcoin as Savings Technology and Number Go Up technology. This point is often misunderstood, so listen in for discussion on: Cash balance Savings technology Number Go Up Stock to flow Lightning and Bitcoin developments Pierre Rochard Links: Twitter: @pierre_rochard Kraken Careers: Kraken Careers Kraken: Kraken.com Nakamoto Institute: Nakamotoinstitute.org Noded Podcast: Noded.org Saifedean Ammous Links: Twitter: @saifedean Site: https://saifedean.com/ 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

Will Cole, CPO of Unchained Capital joins me to talk about: Learning about bitcoin and austrian economics Bitcoin meet ups and the shifts over time Getting ready for a bull run Bitcoin and allodial title Wyoming Blockchain taskforce Unchained Capital vaults and loans Bitcoin as collateral Will Cole links: Twitter: @Willcole Unchained Capital: Unchained-capital.com Unchained Capital twitter: @unchainedcap 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

Rahim Taghizadegan, Austrian economist and author, joins me in this episode to talk about the problems with central banking, and social consequences of fiat money. If you enjoyed earlier episodes on Austrian economics, you’ll really enjoy this one! We talk: Why central banking is a problem What governments are enabled to do Capital structure of production Social consequences of fiat money How to escape the Zero Interest Rate Trap Rahim Links: Twitter: @scholarium_at Book: https://www.incrementum.li/en/book-the-zero-interest-rate-trap/ Website: scholarium.at Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin / SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Steve Lee joins me in the first official Square Crypto podcast appearance! We talk about how he got into Bitcoin, and Square Crypto’s focus on supporting Bitcoin and Lightning open source development. We talk about: The Square Crypto team and their focus Lightning Development Kit BTCPayServer Zman Supporting bitcoin development UI and UX issues with bitcoin today Links: Steve Lee Twitter: @moneyball Square Crypto: @sqcrypto Square Crypto blog post Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin / SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Eduardo Gomez, head of customer support at Purse.io joins me to talk about some interesting developments in Venezuela and bitcoin being used to transfer value across borders. We talk about: Eduardo’s background Bitcoin as source of truth Petro Stablecoins What’s needed in terms of tooling and education Bitcoin in Argentina Eduardo links: Twitter: @codiox Purse: purse.io Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Pierre-Marie Padiou is CEO and co-founder of ACINQ, building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. We talk about how ACINQ got founded and their very impressive new Lightning wallet, Phoenix. Phoenix represents a step forward in non-custodial Lightning wallet user experience and we talk about the tradeoffs that go into making this a reality. This episode is a must listen so you know how to best demonstrate Lightning for Bitcoin Lightning newbies or family/friends. ACINQ links: Twitter: @acinq_co ACINQ Website: https://acinq.co/ Phoenix Website: https://phoenix.acinq.co/ Github: https://github.com/ACINQ/ Telegram: https://t.me/phoenix_wallet Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

American HODL of Bitcoin Twitter joins me to tell us his stories of Bitcoin HODLing, how he built up his conviction in Bitcoin HODLing, and where we’re going with this: Modern society and the impact of fiat money HODLer stories Spend and replace vs HODL Bitcoin Baby steps Bitcoin Citadels - will they be real? Links: Twitter: @american_hodl Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Gigi, Bitcoin author and curator of bitcoin-resources.com joins me to talk about some of his recent articles and the recent launch of his 21 Lessons book. We talk about: The gravitational pull of bitcoin Key resources from bitcoin-resources.com 21 Lessons learned along the way Gigi links: Twitter: @dergigi 21 Lessons: 21lessons.com 21 Lessons - Amazon book: Amazon Bitcoin-Resources: Bitcoin-resources.com Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

Andreas M. Antonopoulos, world renowned bitcoin speaker & author, talks about his latest projects including his upcoming book on Mastering Lightning. He discusses the challenges in the Lightning Network, the use of BTCPayServer, and the benefits of using RTL and myNode. They also touch on the importance of fee optimization, challenges in the Lightning Network, setting up and managing BTC PayServer, transformative experiences in South America, and the value of Bitcoin in the future.

Matt Odell, co-host of TFTC/RHR joins me in this episode to talk about coinjoin techniques and bitcoin privacy. We discuss: What sparked off the recent discussion on coinjoin Binance SG flagging a customer for using coinjoin What’s at stake Is there a tension between ‘white market KYC compliant’ bitcoin and ‘grey market agorism’ bitcoin? Action steps to take Matt Odell links: Twitter: @matt_odell TFTC/RHR: TFTC.io Ronin Dojo: Ronin Dojo Github Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe GiveBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast