

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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Sep 18, 2019 • 1h 4min
SLP107 Jeremy Welch & Jameson Lopp - Casa Wealth Security Protocol
Jeremy Welch (CEO of Casa) and Jameson Lopp (CTO of Casa) discuss the Casa Wealth Security Protocol and Casa Keymaster. They cover topics such as design principles, key risks, multi-sig setups, going seedless, privacy, and the roadmap for Casa. They also explore Bitcoin inheritance planning, the shift to a seedless model, the sovereign recovery process in the Casa wallet, and the trade-offs of multi-signature Bitcoin security.

Sep 9, 2019 • 52min
SLP106 Diogo Monica - Glacier Protocol and Anchorage
Glacier Protocol is widely regarded as one of the best ways for an individual to secure their bitcoins. Who better to join me than the Project Lead and Maintainer of Glacier Protocol? Diogo Monica, Co Founder and President of Anchorage, and Project Lead of Glacier Protocol joins me in this episode to talk about:
Diogo’s background on computer security
Glacier Protocol design decisions
Glacier Protocol overview and step through
Key features
Taking security to the next level with Anchorage for institutional clients
Diogo Monica, Glacier Protocol and Anchorage Links:
Glacier Protocol: https://glacierprotocol.org/
Anchorage: https://anchorage.com/
Diogo Monica’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/diogomonica
SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:
https://stephanlivera.com/slp-bitcoin-custody-series
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Sep 3, 2019 • 1h 6min
SLP105 Justin Moon & Stepan Snigirev - DIY Bitcoin Hardware Wallet and Multi Signature
Justin Moon (BUIDL Bootcamp) and Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance) rejoin me in this episode to talk about creating your own Bitcoin Hardware Wallet, and setting up Multi Signature with it. Justin and Stepan have been working on their respective projects relating to DIY Hardware Wallets, and multi signature. We talk about:
Why you would make your own HW Wallet
How much skill it takes and what the cost is
The security of such a set up
Compatibility with Bitcoin Core and standards
How to build trust in the software
How you can learn more and get involved
DIY bitcoin hardware website: https://diybitcoinhardware.com
Justin Moon links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_JustinMoon_
Build Bootcamp: https://buidlbootcamp.com/
Mooniversity: https://mooniversity.io/
HODL Bootcamp: https://hodlbootcamp.com/
Github: https://github.com/justinmoon
Stepan Snigirev links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stepansnigirev
CryptoAdvance: https://cryptoadvance.io/
Specter DIY hardware wallet (with shopping list): https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
Specter Desktop app: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop
SLP Hardware Wallet Interview Series:
https://stephanlivera.com/slp-hardware-wallet-interview-series/
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Aug 30, 2019 • 1h 11min
SLP104 Douglas Bakkum and Jonas Schnelli - BitBox02 by Shift Cryptosecurity
Jonas Schnelli (Bitcoin Core Developer and Maintainer and Co Founder Shift Crypto) and Douglas Bakkum (CEO, Shift Cryptosecurity) join me in this episode to talk about the BitBox02 hardware wallet product from Shift Cryptosecurity based in Switzerland. We talk about:
Why Shift Crypto was started
Prior product, BitBox01
BitBox02 and how it works
PSBT and Air gapping
Privacy
Multi Sig
Bitcoin-only
Shift Cryptosecurity Links:
Shift Cryptosecurity: https://shiftcrypto.ch/
Jonas Schnelli: https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli_
Douglas Bakkum: https://twitter.com/douglasbakkum
Shift Cryptosecurity Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiftCryptoHQ
SLP Hardware Wallet Interview Series:
https://stephanlivera.com/slp-hardware-wallet-interview-series/
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Aug 28, 2019 • 58min
SLP103 Charles Guillemet - Hardware Wallet Security and Hacking at Donjon Ledger
Charles Guillemet, Chief Security Officer of Ledger, and also leading Ledger Donjon, joins me to talk about Bitcoin hardware wallet hacking. We talk about the attacks possible, the cost of these attacks, and defence against these attacks. You won’t want to miss this episode!
Charles and Donjon Ledger links:
Charles Twitter: https://twitter.com/P3b7_
Ledger Donjon Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonjonLedger
Ledger Donjon github: https://ledger-donjon.github.io/
SLP Hardware Wallet Interview Series:
https://stephanlivera.com/slp-hardware-wallet-interview-series/
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Aug 26, 2019 • 1h 3min
SLP102 Jimmy Song & Alex Gladstein - The Little Bitcoin Book
Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, entrepreneur and developer) and Alex Gladstein (CSO of Human Rights Foundation) join me in this episode to talk about their fantastic new book, The Little Bitcoin Book. This is the perfect short book to give your precoiner friends! It has succinct explanations on why bitcoin is important. Listen to this episode to learn more about how this book came together, what the authors are hoping to achieve, and if you like it - then make sure you buy copies of the book to give to your friends and family.
Links:
The Little Bitcoin Book website: http://littlebitcoinbook.com/
The Little Bitcoin Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/Little-Bitcoin-Book-Matters-Finances-ebook/dp/B07W957N7T/
Alex Gladstein’s The Moral Case for Lightning: https://medium.com/@alexgladstein/the-moral-case-for-lightning-a-global-private-payment-network-9b232019a75b
Jimmy Song Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysong
Alex Gladstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladstein
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Aug 24, 2019 • 1h 1min
SLP101 Rodolfo Novak - Coldcard by Coinkite
Rodolfo Novak (CEO CoinKite) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the Coldcard from Coinkite. We talk about:
Why he made the Coldcard
Basic features of the Coldcard
Bitcoiner support for the Coldcard
Multi signature with Coldcard
WalletsRecovery.org
Rodolfo Novak and Coldcard links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Coinkite website: https://coinkite.com/ (CODE: LIVERA for 5% off)
Coldcard documentation: https://coldcardwallet.com/docs/
Coldcard telegram chat: https://t.me/coldcard
Wallets Recovery site: https://walletsrecovery.org/
Matt Odell (TFTC) Coldcard walkthrough video: https://youtu.be/sM2uhyROpAQ
SLP Hardware Wallet Interview Series:
https://stephanlivera.com/slp-hardware-wallet-interview-series/
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Manning Publications (code: LIVERA for 40% off): http://mng.bz/07rW
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2

Aug 19, 2019 • 1h 7min
SLP100 Pavol Rusnak (Stick) - Trezor One and Model T by SatoshiLabs
Pavol Rusnak aka Stick, CTO of SatoshiLabs (the company behind Trezor) joins me in this episode to talk about his journey creating the world’s first bitcoin hardware wallet. We talk about:
Making the world’s first bitcoin hardware wallet
SLIP39 and Shamir’s secret sharing
Multi signature support
Airgapping
Privacy
Bitcoin-only firmware
FIDO2 authentication
Pavol Rusnak and Trezor links:
Pavol’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/pavolrusnak
Trezor website: https://trezor.io/ (PROMO CODE: SLP100 for discount, valid for one week)
Trezor Twitter: https://twitter.com/trezor
Trezor Github: https://github.com/trezor
SLIP 39 github: https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips/blob/master/slip-0039.md
Trezor article: Is your passphrase strong enough?: https://blog.trezor.io/is-your-passphrase-strong-enough-d687f44c63af
Coldbit article re: BIP39 passphrase length: https://coldbit.com/can-bip-39-passphrase-be-cracked/
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Manning Publications (code: LIVERA for 40% off): http://mng.bz/07rW
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Aug 15, 2019 • 1h 17min
SLP99 Andrew Chow - Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT
Andrew Chow, Bitcoin Core developer at Blockstream joins me in this episode to talk about his work on HWI - Hardware Wallet Interface and PSBT - Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions. We discuss the benefits of PSBT and Hardware Wallet Interface in making Bitcoin’s user interface better for users who want to do multi sig or interact with hardware wallets using Bitcoin Core.
We talk:
Andrew’s background
Why PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions) is needed
HWI - Hardware Wallet Interface
Output descriptors
Derivation paths
Use of PSBT for CoinJoining and Multi-Sig
Where HWI is going from here
Andrew Chow Links and other links discussed in episode:
Andrew Chow Twitter: https://twitter.com/achow101
Andrew’s Stack Exchange account: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/48884/andrew-chow
Andrew Chow Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/achow101
Bitcoin-Core HWI github link: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI
PSBT: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/psbt.md
Stack Exchange - Pieter Wuille answer on output descriptors: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/89281
Output descriptors link: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Manning Publications (code: LIVERA for 40% off): http://mng.bz/07rW
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Aug 12, 2019 • 1h 7min
SLP98 Rusty Russell and Joe Netti - Can Lightning Network Scale to a Million Channels?
So Bitcoin’s Lightning Network exists and works today. Can it scale up to a million channels? Rusty Russell (Blockstream Elements Project, working on c-lightning and the Lightning Spec) and Joe Netti (recently interned at Blockstream) join me to talk about their work on the Million Channels Project. We talk about:
Why the Project was started
Set up
Regtest and Gossip
Routing
Optimisations needed
An update on c-lightning
Links:
Million Channel Blockstream results post: https://eng.blockstream.com/2019/06/24/letting-channels-bloom/
Million Channels Project Github: https://github.com/rustyrussell/million-channels-project
Million Channel Project proposal: https://medium.com/@rusty_lightning/proposal-the-million-channel-lightning-project-d8c34666d6d4
Rusty links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rusty_twit
Github: https://github.com/rustyrussell
Prior appearance SLP23: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/23/
Joe Netti links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeNetti
GitHub: https://github.com/nettijoe96
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Breez Tech: http://breez.technology
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me


