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Fabian Jahr and Gloria Zhao rejoin me to discuss whether big projects can be done inside Bitcoin core. We delve into AssumeUTXO, ASMap, developer funding, and meritocracy in the developer community.

Summary

In this episode, Stephan discusses the upcoming Bitcoin Core version 28, its new features, and the ongoing development efforts with Fabian and Gloria. They delve into the pace of change within Bitcoin Core, the importance of communication and collaboration in software development, and the challenges faced by developers in getting projects approved. The conversation also covers the AssumeUTXO project, its implications for node operation, and the significance of funding and competing implementations in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The episode concludes with insights into future projects and the collaborative nature of Bitcoin development.

Takeaways

Bitcoin Core version 28 introduces exciting new features.
The development process involves both small bug fixes and significant changes.
Communication and collaboration are essential for project success.
AssumeUTXO allows for quicker node synchronization.
The decentralized nature of Bitcoin development presents unique challenges.
Funding can influence project focus but should not dictate it.
Competing implementations can complicate backward compatibility.
Iterative development is crucial for large projects.
Engaging the community early can lead to better outcomes.
Future projects like ASMap and Cluster Mempool are on the horizon.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:32) - What to expect from Bitcoin Core V28.0?

(05:10) - What should be the pace of change for Bitcoin Core?

(11:15) - How does one decide which is a worthwhile project to work on?

(14:15) - Why did it take so long for AssumeUTXO to go live?

(20:38) - AssumeUTXO explained

(22:04) - Sponsors

(25:40) - BtcpayServer ‘s Fast Sync

(27:36) - Developer funding landscape in Bitcoin; Working on FOSS

(31:27) - What are the effects of having various implementations of Bitcoin Core?

(35:05) - What does it take to successfully merge a PR?

(37:31) - What is the ASMap project?

(48:34) - Sponsor

(49:58) - Importance of soft skills & meritocracy in Bitcoin’s developer community

(1:00:13) - Upcoming projects; Closing thoughts

Previous Episodes:

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SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?: https://youtu.be/PQWy_UR9PzY
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club: https://youtu.be/O-Q-SmuXjS4
SLP404 Gloria Zhao - What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?: https://youtu.be/a61lUwlOF80
v3 Transactions and Package Relay with Glozow (SLP511): https://youtu.be/H1o7TgTCMjk

Links:

Bitcoin Core v28.0: https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/
ASMap: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/asmap-creation-process/548
AssumeUTXO tracking: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/29616
https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/assumeutxo/
TRUC / v3 topic: https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/version-3-transaction-relay/
Package relay topic: https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/package-relay/
Package relay tracking: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27463
https://brink.dev
Testnet 4 PR: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29775
BIP94: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1601
CISA website: https://cisaresearch.org
CISA fellowship: https://x.com/ck_SNARKs/status/1817928417184203162

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After a long and choppy bull-crab market, Dr. Ross notes that the bull market is here!

Dr. Jeff Ross, founder, Vailshire Capital Management, joins me to discuss the ongoing sentiment in the markets, global liquidity, pitfalls and opportunities of this bull cycle, holistic living and more!

Summary

In this conversation, Dr. Jeff Ross discusses his transition from a bearish to a bullish outlook on Bitcoin and the broader market, emphasizing the importance of liquidity and central bank policies. He explains how liquidity flows impact asset prices, particularly Bitcoin, and outlines his predictions for economic growth and market behavior in the coming years. The discussion also touches on wealth inequality, the role of Bitcoin in addressing economic disparities, and strategies for investors, including the controversial 8% withdrawal rate for Bitcoin holders.

Takeaways

Liquidity is the key driver of asset prices.
The transition from bear to bull markets is influenced by liquidity flows.
Central banks play a significant role in market dynamics.
Bitcoin is seen as a solution to wealth inequality.
The US dollar remains the strongest currency despite global challenges.
High liquidity environments lead to increased risk-taking behavior.
Investors should consider Bitcoin as a significant part of their portfolio.
Timing the market can be beneficial for fund managers but not for regular investors.
The 8% withdrawal rate is reasonable for Bitcoin holders.
Future economic growth may surprise - to the upside.

Timestamps:

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:48) - Why is Dr. Jeff bullish?; Shift from bull-crab to bull

(03:29) - The significance of M2 Money Supply & Global Liquidity

(07:44) - Will the Fed rate cut increase asset prices?

(10:38) - Liquidity into 2025?

(16:09) - Recession fear overblown?

(22:05) - Ever-increasing US Govt. debt and currency collapse across the world

(30:07) - “Easy money begets stupid & risky behavior”

(37:35) - Detachment of Bitcoin halving cycles from other major cycles

(40:10) - Bhutan on a Bitcoin stacking spree; Changing world-order

(44:01) - How do Gold & Bitcoin perform in a high liquidity environment?

(47:23) - Asset allocation wrt Bitcoin for Institutional investors

(53:23) - $475K Bitcoin target in play?

(57:12) - Caution to take during a bull cycle

(1:00:47) - Financial independence & 8% Withdrawal Rate?

(1:07:24) - Closing thoughts

Links:

drjeff@nostrplebs.com
https://primal.net/p/npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l

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Andy Edstrom, Head of Managed Wealth at Onramp Bitcoin rejoins me to discuss the govt. debt levels, retirement planning on Bitcoin, price modeling, risks of leverage yield on Bitcoin and more!

Summary

In this episode, Andy Edstrom returns to discuss the evolution of Bitcoin since their last conversation, touching on price modeling, the risks of leverage, and the future of Bitcoin loans. They explore the implications of government debt, the role of gold, and the potential for yield in a Bitcoin standard. The conversation emphasizes the importance of understanding market dynamics and preparing for various economic scenarios.

Takeaways

Bitcoin's evolution has led to increased participation and conversation on the world stage.
Price modeling in Bitcoin is fraught with challenges and often fails to predict future movements.
Leverage in Bitcoin can lead to significant losses, as seen in past market downturns.
The future of Bitcoin loans is uncertain, with a need for better credit analysis and terms.
Retirement planning in a Bitcoin world requires careful consideration of inflation and spending habits.
Government debt is at an all-time high, raising concerns about future economic stability.
Gold still plays a role in the financial landscape, but Bitcoin is seen as the future.
Yield may still exist under a Bitcoin standard, but it will differ from current fiat systems.
The importance of maintaining on-ramps and off-ramps for Bitcoin in the future cannot be overstated.
Expect wild times ahead as economic conditions continue to evolve.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:14) - How has Bitcoin changed since 2019?

(04:12) - How significant are Bitcoin Price Models?

(11:28) - Preparing for all possible scenarios when Bitcoin price appreciates

(14:27) - Should you time the market?; Volatility, Retirement and Tax events to consider.

(22:01) - How has the market for leverage on Bitcoin evolved? (27:45) - Sponsors

(30:40) - The case for loans with Bitcoin as a collateral

(38:04) - Retirement planning and achieving FIRE with Bitcoin?

(43:20) - Bitcoin on its way to $400K?

(50:14) - The instability of the growing US Govt. Debt - what happens next?

(55:25) - Sponsors

(57:47) - The Haves and the Have Nots; Overvaluation of property markets

(1:01:57) - What does yield look like on a Bitcoin Standard?

(1:13:22) - Closing thoughts

Links:

https://x.com/edstromandrew
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Andy-Edstrom/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AAndy+Edstrom
https://x.com/OnrampBitcoin/status/1836029421922263074

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With growing institutional adoption of Bitcoin through custodians, investors will demand transparency through ‘Proof of Reserves’. Alexander Leishman, CEO & CTO, River joins me to discuss more of the institutional adoption of Bitcoin, Coinbase’s hesitation towards Proof of Reserves, US Govt. debt and more.

Summary

In this episode of the Stephan Livera podcast, host Stephan speaks with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, about various topics surrounding Bitcoin, including the current state of exchanges like Coinbase, the importance of proof of reserves, and the growing adoption of Bitcoin among businesses. They discuss the implications of stablecoins, the comparison between Bitcoin and gold, and the future of Bitcoin technology. Alex emphasizes the need for transparency in the industry and the importance of maintaining a solid foundation for Bitcoin's development.

Takeaways

Coinbase likely has the coins they claim, but proof is needed.
Proof of reserves should include liabilities for full transparency.
Bitcoin adoption is growing among businesses of all sizes.
Stablecoins serve as a necessary tool for many users.
The future of Bitcoin as a store of value is promising.
Gold's historical significance may not hold against Bitcoin's advantages.
Self-custody remains a challenge for many Bitcoin users.
Bitcoin technology is evolving, focusing on reliability and security.
The political landscape may influence Bitcoin's regulatory environment.
Community education is crucial for fostering trust in custodians.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:34) - Does Coinbase hold all the Bitcoin they claim to?

(02:33) - What happens when liabilities are more than assets?

(06:44) - @River ‘s Proof of Reserves - Explained

(10:32) - How does Proof of Reserves mitigate the risk of ‘Paper Bitcoin’?

(12:07) - Sponsors

(14:22) - Why Proof of Reserves could be difficult to implement for Coinbase?

(17:56) - Why Business Bitcoin adoption grew by 30% in 1 year

(21:30) - The increasing US Govt. debt & the role of Bitcoin

(23:08) - Gold vs Bitcoin

(26:32) - Risks of centralization of Bitcoin custody through ETFs

(30:45) - Sponsor

(34:15) - Bitcoin’s role in commerce - Store of Value of Medium of Exchange?

(38:00) - Does Bitcoin need an upgrade?

(41:24) - Are stablecoins a hindrance to Bitcoin adoption?

(47:20) - US Presidential election affecting Bitcoin

(52:56) - Way forward with Bitcoin Development

(56:45) - Closing thoughts

Links:

https://x.com/Leishman
https://x.com/River/status/1831374555530830304
https://x.com/Leishman/status/1836406012405772568

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Secession may seem like a dirty word, but it has happened many times in history and it’s worth understanding the political and economic benefits it can yield. Ryan McMaken, Executive Editor and Economist at the Mises Institute joins me to discuss his book, Breaking Away.

Summary

In this conversation, Stephan and Ryan McMaken discuss the topic of secession and its advantages. They explore the historical and theoretical context of secession, highlighting the benefits of radical decentralization and the success of small, economically prosperous states.

They also examine the conditions that enable breakaway states, including economic factors, military power, and ethnic or nationalistic identity. The conversation emphasizes the need for people to come to terms with the reality that the federal government cannot offer long-term economic prosperity and that unity does not necessarily mean shared values or interests.

The conversation explores the challenges and potential solutions related to secession and breakaway movements. It discusses the negotiation process for exiting a larger government entity, the impact on national debt and pension obligations, and the historical examples of successful secession.

The conversation also touches on the Brexit movement and the potential for secession movements in the United States. It emphasizes the importance of developing competing elites at the state level and gradually asserting more local control over policies and resources.

Takeaways

Radical decentralization and the success of small, economically prosperous states are key advantages of secession.
Breakaway states often emerge when the benefits of political unity no longer outweigh the benefits of separation.
Conditions that enable secession include economic factors, military power, and ethnic or nationalistic identity.
The federal government cannot guarantee long-term economic prosperity, and unity does not necessarily mean shared values or interests. Secession and breakaway movements require careful negotiation, especially regarding national debt and pension obligations.
Historical examples show that debt write-downs and negotiations are common in secession processes.
Brexit can be seen as a failure or a missed opportunity, depending on one's perspective.
Competing elites at the state level can challenge the entrenched interests of the federal government.
Gradual steps, such as asserting control over border policy and creating state-level institutions, can pave the way for secession.
Developing local revenue sources is crucial to reduce reliance on federal funds and assert more autonomy.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:00) - What is Secession and why care about it?(05:25) - Why has the number of countries tripled since WW2?(09:00) - Why be Pro-secession?

(14:45) - Pros & Cons of a ‘Large’ State; Political Decentralization

(19:28) - Sponsors

(21:45) - Advantages of smaller countries

(27:30) - Conditions that enable the pathway to Secession

(33:11) - Sponsors

(41:07) - Dealing with Government Debt & obligations in a Secession

(46:23) - Was Brexit a failure?

(56:28) - Secession in the USA: A distant dream?

(1:02:42) - Elites vs. Counter-elites

(1:06:58) - Secession movements in the USA

(1:15:39) - Closing thoughts

Links:

https://mises.org/profile/ryan-mcmaken
https://mises.org/library/book/breaking-away-case-secession-radical-decentralization-and-smaller-polities
https://x.com/ryanmcmaken

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My friend Pierre Rochard (VP Research at Riot Platforms) rejoins me on the show to discuss some of his latest views.

Summary

In this conversation, Stephan and Pierre discuss the concept of long-term savings in Bitcoin and its product-market fit. Pierre introduces a metric for measuring long-term savings by looking at the age of UTXOs (unspent transaction outputs). They also explore the idea of rebalancing and the importance of aligning financial decisions with personal goals. The conversation then shifts to the challenges of running a profitable business in a Bitcoin standard and the role of passive index equity investing in a hyper Bitcoinized world. Further, Pierre and Stephan discuss the implications of individuals and governments holding Bitcoin. They explore the idea of investing time in Bitcoin rather than just money, and how businesses can leverage Bitcoin without large capital investments. They also touch on the moral implications of educating others about Bitcoin and the potential cultural changes that may occur on a Bitcoin standard. The conversation concludes with a discussion on government adoption of Bitcoin and the impact it may have on society.

Takeaways

Bitcoin has found product-market fit in the area of long-term savings, as evidenced by the increasing number of UTXOs that have not moved in more than a year.
The age of Bitcoin UTXOs can provide insights into the behavior of hodlers and the overall health of the Bitcoin network.
Rebalancing should be driven by personal goals and values, rather than trying to time the market or follow others' advice.
In a Bitcoin standard, it may be challenging for businesses to outperform Bitcoin in terms of returns, but there may still be a role for active investing and supporting entrepreneurial ventures.
Passive index equity investing may become less prevalent in a hyper Bitcoinized world, as individuals prioritize holding Bitcoin and investing in businesses they are actively involved in. Investing time in Bitcoin can be just as valuable as investing money.
Businesses can leverage Bitcoin without large capital investments.
Educating others about Bitcoin is important, but it's not necessary to force people onto the Bitcoin journey.
Cultural changes on a Bitcoin standard may include a shift towards lower time preference and more focus on family and spirituality.
Government adoption of Bitcoin can move them away from being a state and towards a more decentralized entity.
The amount of Bitcoin a government holds should be based on their immediate needs and the uncertainty of the future.
Government adoption of Bitcoin can accelerate Bitcoin adoption among individuals.
The moral implications of the government holding Bitcoin depend on whether it leads to the violation of the non-aggression principle.
Taxation with Bitcoin becomes more difficult, which may lead to a reduction in government spending.
Advocating for a strategic reserve of Bitcoin can lead to more conversations and ultimately more Bitcoin adoption.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:57) - Bitcoin’s Product-Market Fit for Long-Term Savings

(02:12) - Measuring Long-Term Savings with UTXO Age

(10:56) - Should you Rebalance your UTXOs?; Financial Decision-Making through Rebalancing(21:17) - Sponsors

(23:57) - Is Running a Business on a Bitcoin Standard Profitable?

(33:22) - Passive Index Equity Investing in a Hyper Bitcoinized World

(39:43) - Trading your Time & Expertise for Bitcoin

(44:32) - Educating Others about Bitcoin

(48:35) - Societal & Cultural Changes on a Bitcoin Standard

(53:07) - Sponsors

(1:02:00) - Should the State Hold Bitcoin?; Neutrality vs Central Planning

(1:13:41) - Advocating for a Strategic Reserve of Bitcoin; Accelerating Bitcoin Adoption

Links:

https://x.com/BitcoinPierre
Pierre’s analysis: https://x.com/BitcoinPierre/status/1831163386182164937
Hoppe article mentioned: https://mises.org/mises-daily/yield-money-held-reconsidered
Blocktime Podcast by Riot: https://www.blocktimebyriot.com/

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Tankred Hase has experience working with various Bitcoin and Lightning companies such as Lightning Labs and Swan previously. He joins me to talk about Bitcoin, Lightning and Liquid. We discuss some of the real world challenges and trade offs that builders and developers face, as well as the likely path forward from here.

Summary

Tankred discusses the current state of Bitcoin, Lightning, and Liquid development. He highlights the progress made in terms of user experience and liquidity. However, he also acknowledges the challenges that still need to be addressed, such as capital gains taxes, technical hurdles, and the need for more user-friendly solutions. Tankred emphasizes the importance of having multiple options for using Bitcoin as money, including custodial solutions, Liquid, and trust-minimized solutions like Fedimint. He also discusses the trade-offs involved in designing user-friendly Bitcoin and Lightning apps. Tankred and Stephan discuss the different trade-offs and options available in the Bitcoin ecosystem, particularly in the context of Lightning Network and Liquid. They highlight that while some Bitcoin enthusiasts prioritize non-custodial and pure Bitcoin solutions, many users, especially in regions like Dubai, Turkey, and South America, opt for custodial exchanges like Binance for their convenience.

Tankred introduces StashPay, a solution that leverages the Breeze SDK and Liquid to offer lower fees for receiving payments. They also discuss the future of Lightning, including broader adoption of Bolt 12, asynchronous payments, and improved privacy for receivers.

Takeaways

Bitcoin and Lightning have made significant progress in terms of user experience and liquidity.
There are still challenges to be addressed, such as capital gains taxes and technical hurdles.
Having multiple options for using Bitcoin as money, including custodial solutions, Liquid, and trust-minimized solutions, is important for broader adoption.
Designing user-friendly Bitcoin and Lightning apps requires making trade-offs and understanding the needs of different user populations. Users in the Bitcoin ecosystem have different preferences and priorities when it comes to trade-offs and options.
Custodial exchanges like Binance are popular for their convenience, even among Bitcoin enthusiasts.
StashPay, using the Breeze SDK and Liquid, offers a solution with lower fees for receiving payments.
The future of Lightning includes broader adoption of Bolt 12, asynchronous payments, and improved privacy for receivers.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:43) - Current state of Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid development

(02:10) - Does the market support Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange yet?

(05:20) - What stops people spending/earning now?(18:42) - Sponsors

(20:55) - Advancing Bitcoin as MoE

(29:49) - Sponsors

(30:45) - Using Liquid and navigating skepticism around it

(35:29) - What is StashPay?; Leveraging Breez SDK

(43:00) - How does it compare with BtcpayServer

(47:51) - Leveraging the economic density of Lightning Network

Links:

https://x.com/tankredhase
https://blog.onionmill.com/p/introducing-stashpay-a-bitcoin-wallet

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Philipp Bagus rejoins me to discuss his newest book, ‘Full Reserve Banking versus The Real Bills Doctrine’. This is his response to Juan Ramón Rallo, and in it we discuss:

🔸 The currency school and the banking school

🔸The problem of ‘double availability’

🔸Why the creation of fiduciary media is a problem

🔸The correct categorization of goods and money

🔸Full Reserve in a Bitcoin world?

🔸Milei’s work in Argentina

Summary:

In this conversation, Stephan interviews Dr. Philipp Bagus about the full reserve banking versus the real bills doctrine. They discuss:

The importance of the fractional reserve banking system and its impact on the monetary system and society as a whole.
The historical context of the currency school versus the banking school debate in the 19th century.
The concept of double availability and its implications for the stability of the money supply.
The real bills doctrine and its justification for fractional reserve banking.
The categorization issues surrounding money and financial assets.

In this conversation, Philipp Bagus discusses the flaws of fractional reserve banking and the importance of understanding the distinction between stock and flow of savings. He explains that holding fiduciary media, such as government bonds, does not count as real savings because it involves credit transactions and does not free up consumer goods. Bagus also explores the potential for banking systems to evolve on top of Bitcoin, highlighting the need for full reserves and the importance of legal enforcement to prevent fraud. He concludes by discussing the economic and political challenges faced by Argentina's President Javier Milei.

Takeaways:

Fractional reserve banking, where banks create new money out of thin air, is a major problem in the monetary system and has far-reaching ramifications.
The debate between full reserve banking and fractional reserve banking has historical roots and has been a topic of discussion among Austrian economists.
The concept of double availability is crucial in understanding the distinction between loans and deposits, and the potential for credit expansion and business cycles.
The real bills doctrine, which justifies fractional reserve banking, is based on the idea that banks can issue short-term loans backed by goods, but it fails to address the inherent problems of credit expansion.
Money is not a financial asset, but a present good that facilitates exchange and reduces uncertainty. It is distinct from financial assets and should be categorized separately. Understanding the distinction between stock and flow of savings is crucial in evaluating the flaws of fractional reserve banking.
Holding fiduciary media, such as government bonds, does not count as real savings because it involves credit transactions and does not free up consumer goods.
The evolution of banking systems on top of Bitcoin should prioritize full reserves and legal enforcement to prevent fraud.
President Javier Milei of Argentina faces economic and political challenges in his efforts to reform the country's monetary system.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:05) - Why care about full reserve banking?

(03:18) - Currency school vs the Banking school and the role of Mises

(09:15) - Free banking vs Fractional Reserve banking - the issue of double availability

(17:17) - What is the Real Bills Doctrine?

(31:50) - Sponsors

(34:27) - The issue with the desire for a ‘stable money’

(41:20) - “Everything is either a real asset or a financial asset.” - J.R. Rallo; monetary substitutes

(46:42) - Is money a financial asset?; Cash holdings (Stock) vs Savings (Flow)

(55:21) - Sponsor

(56:51) - Why does holding fiduciary media not count as ‘real savings’?

(1:00:30) - Summarizing the critique

(1:03:56) - Bitcoin substitutes - Ecash, Ark, L-BTC, Custodial bitcoin

(1:13:27) - Potential for Bitcoin to evolve as a Full Reserve banking system

(1:18:45) - Positive & negative assessment of Javier Milei

(1:26:07) - Implication of stablecoin use in Argentina

Links:

https://x.com/PhilippBagus
https://mises.org/profile/philipp-bagus
https://mises.org/library/book/full-reserve-banking-versus-real-bills-doctrine

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Bitcoin security, especially during the upcoming bull run, is extremely important. In this high powered hardware security panel episode featuring NVK, Craig Raw, Rearden, Salvatoshi, AddBTC, we discuss the key trade offs of bitcoin hardware security.

🔸What are the implications of Dark Skippy? 🔸What are some of the most common ways people lose their coins?

🔸Risks of USB in hardware wallets

🔸Standardization & inspection of wallets

Summary

The panel discusses the recent Dark Skippy attack and its implications for Bitcoin security. They emphasize the importance of considering the entire threat model and the various ways in which users can lose their coins. The conversation touches on topics such as bad backups, social attacks, exchanges, and computer and phone vulnerabilities.

They highlight the trade-offs involved in hardware security and the need for a balance between security, privacy, and user experience. The conversation explores the security considerations and trade-offs in hardware wallets for Bitcoin. The participants discuss the risks associated with USB connections, the vulnerabilities of counterfeit devices, the importance of trust on first use, and the role of social security in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

They also touch on the need for standardized protocols, the challenges of inspectability, and the importance of a holistic approach to security. The conversation concludes with a reminder to not panic and to choose a hardware wallet that suits individual needs and preferences.

Takeaways

Consider the entire threat model when evaluating Bitcoin security.
There are multiple ways users can lose their coins, including bad backups, social attacks, and vulnerabilities in computers and phones.
Entropy plays a crucial role in key generation and signing.
USB connections pose significant risks and may not be adequately secure.
Hardware security involves trade-offs between security, privacy, and user experience. USB connections pose security risks due to the potential for exfiltration of sensitive information.
Counterfeit devices, such as counterfeit FTDI UART to USB converters, can introduce vulnerabilities.
Trust on first use is crucial in hardware wallets, as it establishes a secure foundation for subsequent operations.
The Bitcoin ecosystem relies on a combination of technical security measures and social security practices.
Standardized protocols and open standards are important for interoperability and reducing vendor dependence.
Inspectability of software updates and communication processes is essential for maintaining security.
A holistic approach to security considers factors such as usability, privacy, and user experience.
Multisignature and Miniscript are practical solutions for enhancing security in hardware wallets.
The best hardware security device for Bitcoin is the one that is used regularly and suits individual needs and preferences.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:03) - Panel’s reaction on ‘Dark Skippy’

(14:33) - Most common ways people lose their coins

(22:57) - Entropy in key generation and signing

(28:04) - Sponsors

(30:41) - Risks of using hardware wallets with USB

(47:54) - Sponsor

(49:02) - Standardization of hardware wallets; synchronous communication between external devices

(55:16) - Community review and safety

(1:05:10) - Closing thoughts

Links:

https://x.com/add_BTC
https://x.com/nvk
https://x.com/craigraw
https://x.com/reardencode
https://x.com/salvatoshi
Blog post: https://www.ledger.com/blog/towards-a-trustless-bitcoin-wallet-with-miniscript
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Sahil Chaturvedi, Designer at Foundry joins me to share his experience of getting on zero fiat and fully embracing Bitcoin as a unit of account. We discuss:

🔸#GetOnZero fiat

🔸Tools required to crossover

🔸Tax implications

🔸Weathering volatility

🔸Using intermediaries to live on a Bitcoin Standard

Summary

Sahil discusses the concept of 'Get On Zero' and the reasons behind it. The conversation explores the concept of 'get on zero,' which means minimizing fiat currency holdings and maximizing Bitcoin holdings. He explains that the idea originated from a Twitter space conversation and grew into a community discussing tactics and strategies for minimizing the amount of fiat currency held. Sahil emphasizes the importance of rethinking the function of fiat currency and considering it as a payment rail to move Bitcoin rather than an asset to hold. He also addresses objections related to fiat-denominated obligations, volatility, and the perception of being a hardcore Bitcoiner.

Sahil highlights the need for specific tooling, including interfaces with the legacy system, instant conversions between fiat and Bitcoin, fiat cards that auto-convert Bitcoin balances, and tax automation. Sahil explains that he personally holds 100% Bitcoin and sees it as a simple and beautiful way to manage his finances. He addresses the tax implications of using Bitcoin as a currency, emphasizing that capital gains tax is only applicable when there is a gain compared to holding fiat currency. Sahil also discusses the challenges and considerations for individuals, families, and businesses in adopting the 'get on zero' approach.

Takeaways

‘Get On Zero’ is the concept of minimizing the amount of fiat currency held and rethinking the function of fiat as a payment rail to move Bitcoin.
Objections related to fiat-denominated obligations can be addressed by considering the function of fiat currency and converting at the last millisecond.
Volatility is a consideration, and building up a balance of savings is important to weather volatility.
Specific tooling, such as interfaces with the legacy system, instant conversions, fiat cards, and tax automation, is necessary to achieve #GetOnZero. The 'get on zero' approach involves minimizing fiat currency holdings and maximizing Bitcoin holdings.
Using Bitcoin as a currency can simplify financial management and eliminate the need to constantly buy and sell assets.
Capital gains tax is only applicable when there is a gain compared to holding fiat currency.
Tooling and technology play a crucial role in enabling individuals and businesses to adopt the 'get on zero' approach.
Considerations for families and businesses include tooling, income vs. expenses, and the need for a cash balance for stability.
Using intermediary companies and physical cash can be alternative ways to spend Bitcoin while minimizing fiat currency usage.
The 'get on zero' approach may not be suitable for those who are strictly anti-KYC or uncomfortable with Bitcoin's volatility.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(02:23) - Managing the USD obligations & rethinking function of fiat currencies

(04:43) - Should ‘Get on Zero’ be considered as a ‘purity’ test?

(07:46) - Navigating the volatility of Bitcoin

(13:20) - Tools & services required to ‘Get on Zero’

(19:35) - Sponsor

(20:53) - Tools & services required to ‘Get on Zero’ contd.

(27:21) - Balancing cash and Bitcoin

(30:04) - Tax implications of ‘Get on Zero’ lifestyle

(35:51) - Sponsor

(37:05) - Sahil’s personal experience of getting on zero fiat

(42:16) - Is it practical for families & businesses to ‘Get on Zero’?

(49:40) - Using intermediaries to live on a Bitcoin standard

(51:40) - Managing physical cash, Spending Bitcoin instead of ‘Selling’ Bitcoin

(55:16) - Outro

Links:

https://x.com/SahilC0
https://medium.com/@SahilC0/rethinking-the-function-of-fiat-currency-6263465aa2ff
https://www.tftc.io/author/sahil/

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Dark Skippy is a new attack that in theory, makes it much easier for a malicious person to steal your coins. Listen in to learn about some of the ins and outs here, as well as mitigation and the path forward for the industry from @utxoclub , @LLFOURN & @robin_linus .

Why air gapping is not the be all end all
Dark Skippy in context with other attacks
Security while signing transactions, and security while generating keys
RFC6979 Deterministic nonce generation
Updating PSBT to help mitigate this attack

Summary

The conversation discusses the ‘Dark Skippy’ attack, a new method for leaking secret keys from a malicious signing device. The attack takes advantage of the nonces used in the Schnorr and ECDSA signature schemes. The new attack vector can potentially extract private keys and seed words from hardware wallets. The attack targets the nonce generation process during key generation and signing. The previous versions of this attack were inefficient, but Dark Skippy improves upon them. The contributors explain how the attack came about and its implications for hardware wallet security. They also discuss the RFC6979 deterministic nonce generation and the concept of anti-klepto signing protocols as mitigations against the attack.

While Dark Skippy is a sophisticated attack, it requires a high level of expertise and is not currently seen in the wild. The discussion highlights the importance of secure boot, upgrading the Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction (PSBT) process, and improving the randomness of upfront key generation as potential mitigations.

However, it is emphasized that current reputable hardware wallets still provide a high level of security, and there is no immediate action required for users.

Takeaways

Dark Skippy is a new attack that leaks secret keys from a malicious signing device.
The attack exploits the nonces used in the Schnorr and ECDSA signature schemes.
Previous versions of this attack were inefficient, but Dark Skippy improves upon them.
Mitigations against the attack include the RFC6979 deterministic nonce generation and anti-klepto signing protocols. Dark Skippy is a sophisticated attack that targets the nonce generation process during key generation and signing.
Mitigations for Dark Skippy include implementing secure boot, upgrading the PSBT process, and improving the randomness of upfront key generation.
Reputable hardware wallets currently provide a high level of security, and there is no immediate action required for users.
The discussion highlights the importance of ongoing research and development to enhance the security of hardware wallets and protect against potential future attacks.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:45) - What is ‘Dark Skippy’?

(04:39) - Is it an old attack vector? Bitcoin’s security evolving with time

(12:41) - Sponsor

(15:22) - What is a nonce?, RFC6979 Deterministic nonce generation

(22:55) - Common ways of people losing their Bitcoin

(31:08) - Sponsor

(32:07) - Anti-klepto signing protocols; ways to mitigate risks of losing coins

(39:51) - Updating PSBT to help mitigate this attack

(43:26) - The role of Multisig in preventing the attack

(49:57) - Other attack vectors in malicious actor’s toolkit

(56:49) - Summarizing the steps to improve the ecosystem security

(1:00:18) - Closing thoughts

Links:

https://darkskippy.com/
https://frostsnap.com/
https://x.com/LLFOURN
https://x.com/robin_linus
https://x.com/utxoclub
https://x.com/utxoclub/status/1820520960476561825

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Just like how English is the international language of business, Bitcoin’s lightning network is how various layers and apps and products will ‘talk’ to each other. Roy Sheinfeld, founder and CEO of Breez (@Breez_Tech) rejoins me to talk about updates in lightning and what’s new with Breez SDK.

We discuss the various layers and ways of interacting with Bitcoin and lightning, using Liquid (@Liquid_BTC) with swaps, and Bitcoin as a medium of exchange.

Summary:

In this conversation, Stephan and Roy discuss the current state of Bitcoin and Lightning. They explore the contrasting narratives of Lightning startups shutting down and new partnerships being formed. Roy emphasizes that Lightning is a manifestation of the payments use case of Bitcoin and that the majority of Bitcoin usage is still for trading and as an asset. He believes that the value proposition of Bitcoin lies in its potential as peer-to-peer electronic cash. They also discuss the role of custodial and non-custodial solutions, the regulatory landscape, and the control exerted by governments and private companies.

Roy argues that Lightning is the common language of the Bitcoin economy, enabling interoperability between different subnetworks and protocols. He highlights the importance of Lightning as a rail for communication and the incentives for moving Bitcoin within the Lightning network. Breez is working on integrating Lightning Network into existing applications to make Bitcoin more accessible and usable. They have developed the Breez SDK, which allows developers to easily integrate Lightning functionality into their apps.

Breez offers two implementations: Greenlight, which is a pure Lightning implementation, and Liquid, which is a nodeless implementation of Lightning using the Liquid sidechain. The goal is to provide a seamless user experience for Lightning transactions and make Bitcoin a common language for payments. Breez is also exploring hybrid solutions and partnerships to expand the adoption of Lightning.

Key Takeaways:

The majority of Bitcoin usage is currently for trading and as an asset, but the value proposition lies in its potential as peer-to-peer electronic cash.
Lightning is the common language of the Bitcoin economy, enabling interoperability between different subnetworks and protocols.
There is a need for both custodial and non-custodial solutions, with a growing focus on self-custodial options.
The regulatory landscape and control exerted by governments and private companies pose challenges to the use of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange.
Incentives within the Lightning network encourage the movement of Bitcoin and the use of Lightning as a rail for communication. Breez is focused on integrating Lightning Network into existing applications to make Bitcoin more accessible and usable.
They have developed the Breez SDK, which allows developers to easily integrate Lightning functionality into their apps.
Breez offers 2 implementations: Greenlight, which is a pure Lightning implementation, and Liquid, which is a nodeless implementation of Lightning using the Liquid sidechain.
The goal is to provide a seamless user experience for Lightning transactions and make Bitcoin a common language for payments.
Breez is exploring hybrid solutions and partnerships to expand the adoption of Lightning.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:56) - The current state of Bitcoin & Lightning network

(03:17) - Mutiny wallet’s contributions to Bitcoin

(04:54) - Regulatory landscape, Dollarisation of Bitcoin & Importance of non-custodial solutions

(14:43) - Sponsor

(16:07) - HODLing vs Spending Bitcoin

(18:55) - Lightning is the common language of the Bitcoin economy

(22:50) - Lightning: Bitcoin’s interoperability protocol

(29:42) - Liquid network - overview

(31:27) - Existing frictions with the Lightning network; Greenlight implementation, Liquid implementation

(36:55) - Sponsors

(38:57) - Boltz.exchange ( @Boltzhq ) X Breez

(40:33) - Differences b/w Greenlight & Liquid implementation

(49:00) - Lightning on Liquid soon?

(52:25) - Possible future integrations & way forward for Breez

(57:25) - Outro

Links:

https://medium.com/breez-technology/lightning-is-the-common-language-of-the-bitcoin-economy-eb8515341c11
https://x.com/Breez_Tech

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Thunder Funder is a new funding portal by Mike Jarmuz (CEO) and Rockstar Dev (CTO). This will be a new way to allow retail investors to participate in bitcoin company equity rounds. Muzz and I discuss the ins and outs of what this means, as well as what it could mean for bitcoin and open source companies.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:55) - Overview of Lightning Ventures & Thunder Funder

(12:15) - Sponsor

(13:50) - Pros and cons of investing in Bitcoin startups

(19:28) - Liquidity, secondary transactions, Reg CF & overview of investing process

(26:39) - Sponsor

(27:30) - The etiquettes of information rights

(32:02) - Carried interest

(35:25) - Getting involved in the bitcoin startup ecosystem

(39:17) - Open source funding opportunities

(42:14) - Way forward for Thunder Funder

Links:

https://x.com/MikeJarmuz
https://x.com/r0ckstardev
https://x.com/ltngventures
https://x.com/ThunderFunderCF
https://thunderfunder.com/

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Joining me is Antoine (@darosior), to discuss the latest developments around Liana and the growing importance of inheritance planning. We also delve into The Great Consensus clean up, important bug fixes and disclosure of Bitcoin core vulnerabilities.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:40) - The latest developments with Liana

(02:16) - Inheritance planning with Liana

(05:59) - What is The Great Consensus Clean up?

(07:30) - What is the Timewarp bug?

(15:51) - What would it take to fix the bug?

(19:08) - Sponsors

(21:08) - The Block Validation Problem

(28:46) - The way forward with the fixes

(31:23) - Sponsors

(32:34) - Bitcoin core vulnerabilities

(44:10) - Lesson from disclosures of Bitcoin core vulnerabilities

(47:28) - Closing thoughts

Links:

https://x.com/darosior
https://wizardsardine.com/liana/
https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/great-consensus-cleanup-revival/710
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2024/07/03/disclose-bip70-crash/

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Can you retire on Bitcoin savings? What do the numbers look like? Morgen Rochard, Founder and Lead Financial Planner of Origin Wealth Advisers joins me to explain:

The 4% rule and how to modify it
Being conservative in your planning
CPI inflation being hard to predict
Do you rebalance?

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:03) - 4% rule, Bitcoin & FIRE

(04:41) - HODLers vs TradFi allocation

(12:34) - Why you should be conservative with Bitcoin retirement

(20:16) - What if you retire during a Bitcoin bull run?

(22:24) - Sponsors

(24:55) - Should you borrow against your Bitcoin stack?

(31:41) - Where are the fiat financial planners going wrong?

(37:34) - Separating Bitcoin from ‘Crypto’

(40:55) - The shift in sentiment about HODLing Bitcoin

(42:39) - Sponsors

(44:51) - Should you rebalance your Bitcoin allocation?

(49:40) - Estimating currency debasement

(56:12) - Bitcoin’s CAGR

Links:

https://bitcoinfinancialadvisorsnetwork.com/does-bitcoin-make-retirement-planning-obsolete/
https://x.com/MorgenRochard
https://www.originwa.com/

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The global fertility crisis is on with many western and developed nations below replacement fertility. Joining me to discuss this problem is Daniel Hess (aka @MoreBirths on X).

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:54) - How bad is the global fertility crisis?

(04:50) - Implications of low birth rate for future generations

(09:54) - Causes for declining global rate of fertility

(11:53) - Marriages affecting birth rate

(15:38) - Religion affecting birth rate

(17:36) - Fertility rate in the East

(21:28) - The impact of government policies on fertility rate

(25:47) - Sponsors

(27:43) - Urban planning & fertility rates

(32:40) - The impact of welfare state on fertility rates

(36:00) - Taking cues from the fall of Roman empire

(41:16) - Insights from the population curve of South Korea

(45:05) - Sponsors

(47:30) - The ‘3 Child Norm’

(52:57) - The lessons from ‘Baby Boomers’

(55:38) - Recalibrating expectations

(59:13) - The importance of low time preference

(1:04:00) - Deregulating childcare

(1:14:20) - Outro

Links:

X.com/@morebirths

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Even as bitcoiners, we can’t deny that there is demand for ‘stablecoins’ or some kind of stable value feature. Tony Klausing, bitcoin and lightning developer joins me to talk about Stable Channels. This approach to stable value is self custodial, P2P, and bitcoin-native. We talk about the benefits, trade offs and who this would be suitable for.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:51) - Tony’s background

(03:28) - Opportunity of Stable Channels

(05:46) - Fiat-backed stablecoins Vs. Crypto-backed stablecoins(10:23) - Overview of Stable Channels

(14:17) - Difference between DLCs & Stable Channels

(18:02) - Stable Channels during varying BTC price scenarios

(21:34) - Sponsors

(23:49) - Who are Stable Channels for?

(30:50) - Dual funding & splicing on Stable Channels

(32:24) - How do participants of Stable Channels find each other?

(38:22) - Addressing concerns around Stable Channels

(41:12) - Sponsors

(42:33) - Possible challenges for Stable Channels

(46:43) - Payments on Stable Channels

(52:07) - Is Stable Channels a ‘Quasi-decentralized exchange’?

(53:57) - Lightning payment vs legacy financial payment

(58:03) - Usability challenges

(1:00:09) - Outro

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https://x.com/tonklaus
https://stablechannels.com/

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Aleksandar Svetski (@SvetskiWrites) rejoins me to talk about his newest book, The Bushido of Bitcoin. We get into a discussion about:

Anti-egalitarianismVirtuesWhy Bitcoiners should ‘stop being plebs’The ascend & descend of civilisationsImbibing warrior culture in BitcoinThe masses and the remnantTimestamps:(00:00) - Intro(00:41) - Who is ‘The Bushido of Bitcoin’ for?(11:13) - The role of legitimate hierarchy (18:14) - The cyclical nature of civilisations (22:21) - Sponsors(25:20) - Choosing to opt out of a nation (30:29) - The pleb culture of Bitcoin(39:00) - Upholding virtues on a Bitcoin standard (42:53) - Sponsors(45:05) - Shaming as a morality check(49:17) - Retaining customs & norms in a new world on Bitcoin(53:17) - The masses and the remnant (59:35) - Natural elites in a free market(1:03:00) - Satlantis - travel & community social network(1:05:54) - OutroLinks:https://x.com/SvetskiWrites https://www.bushidoofbitcoin.com/Sponsors:Swan.com (code LIVERA) http://swan.com/liveraCoinKite.com (code LIVERA) http://coinkite.com/Mempool.space https://mempool.space/Nomadcapitalist.com/apply https://nomadcapitalist.com/applyStephan Livera links:Follow me on X: @stephanlivera https://x.com/stephanliveraSubscribe to the podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320Subscribe to Substack: https://stephanlivera.substack.com/

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Jörg Guido Hülsmann is a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and he rejoins me to discuss his latest book on Abundance, Generosity and the State. Bitcoiners like to spell out a lot of the social and cultural problems in the world today, and Dr Hülsmann is one of the leading lights in showing how fiat currency and government intervention have caused negative outcomes.

We discuss the way gratuitous benefits come to us in a free market capitalist society, and the many ways government intervention can interrupt this process. Instead of having strong families, communities and private clubs that assist in making our lives better, the state disrupts this process and makes society poorer.

Links:

https://mises.org/library/book/abundance-generosity-and-state-inquiry-economic-principles
Site: https://guidohulsmann.com/

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Why are some bitcoin blocks empty? Orange Surf from the mempool.space team joins me to explain his recent research report on this topic. We discuss:

Why do empty blocks happen?
Comparing empty block rates across mining pools
Firmware and config differences

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:44) - Orange Surf’s research report on empty blocks

(02:02) - Block interval data sets

(06:25) - What is an empty block?

(08:09) - What causes an empty block to occur?

(11:35) - Nuances of a working of a miner; switching from empty to full block templates

(14:05) - Differences in the empty block performance

(19:01) - Antpool’s internal miner firmware

(21:30) - Sponsors

(25:00) - Effective management of block templates by mining pools

(34:54) - Ocean's empty blocks

(36:08) - Mining decentralisation and proxy pools

(41:07) - Sponsors

(42:14) - Mining templates & pool payouts

(44:57) - Upcoming mempool features

(49:06) - Outro

Links:

Empty Block Report: https://research.mempool.space/empty-block-report/
Pool Reserve: https://orange.surf/pool-reserves/
Enterprise: mempool.space/enterprise
Community Sponsors: mempool.space/sponsor

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Art Finch is a South African-American Entrepreneur. Art has experience across South Asia and is interested in setting up Free Private Cities or Charter Cities. In this episode he shares his experiences in Bhutan and shares his theories on how Bitcoin and Free Private Cities can work together.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:28) - Art’s background & his interest in building a Free Private City (FPC)

(10:50) - The need for a Free Private City

(13:11) - A look at Shenzhen as an SEZ

(16:20) - Education in an FPC context

(20:08) - Sponsors

(22:22) - Education in an FPC context (contd.)

(26:11) - Setting up an FPC in Bhutan

(33:56) - Bhutan’s leadership views on the FPC

(41:41) - Sponsors

(44:00) - Art’s insights on Bhutan & Bitcoin mining

(46:08) - Potential FPCs in the future

X clips:

07:18 - biggest risk to FPC

08:47 - 10:01 - Bhutan FPC in a nutshell

10:57 - 12:40 - need for FPC

18:08 - 20:08 - learning/self education, role of schools, start with one node and grow from there - similar to bitcoin

44:08 - 45:59 - Bitcoin progress in Bhutan - mining ops,

Links:

Article mentioned: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahemerson/2023/12/15/bhutan-futuristic-city-dragon-king/
Site: https://yungdrung.city/
Free Citadels profile: https://freecitadels.com/profile/art-finch/

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While many debate the pros and cons of Bitcoin ETFs, joining us for this episode is Jeff Yew, CEO of Monochrome, doing a directly held Bitcoin ETF in Australia. We chat about the fees, the custody, the ethos, being able to contribute bitcoin or redeem bitcoin, institutional adoption and Bitcoin in Australia.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:53) - Monochrome’s role in bringing Bitcoin ETFs to Australia

(02:48) - Timeline of different Bitcoin ETFs in Australia

(03:58) - Influence of US Spot Bitcoin ETFs on the Australian Bitcoin ETFs

(06:15) - Different types of Australian Bitcoin ETFs and implications for investors

(13:32) - Fee structure of Monochrome (IBTC) Bitcoin ETF

(19:00) - In-kind vs. Cash-create

(24:55) - Loans against Bitcoin ETFs in the future?

(29:05) - Buying Bitcoin on an exchange vs buying Bitcoin ETFs

(31:48) - How does Monochrome store its Bitcoin?

(33:37) - Sponsors

(36:49) - Are institutions good for Bitcoin?

(43:07) - Safety in numbers

(46:53) - Bitcoin adoption in Australia compared to USA

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https://x.com/Monochromeasset

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You might have seen my earlier episode with Erick Brimen, CEO of Prospera, here’s the CFO of Prospera discussing the ability to use Bitcoin as a unit of account. We discuss:

Life on Roatan
Setting up a business
Choose your own regulatory environment
ZEDE law situation
Bitcoin as unit of account
Leaving Canada

Timestamps:

Links:

https://prospera.hn/
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/464/

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Tiero of Ark Labs joins me on the show to discuss the latest with Ark. We get into:

How Ark has changed since initial proposal
clARK - covenant-less ARK
Trade offs to make clARK happen
Which covenants would help vs what is ideal for Ark
Ark on Liquid
Capital requirements and costs
Fiatcoins
Nostr

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:37) - What is Ark? ELI5 version

(05:42) - Tradeoffs of scaling payments

(07:41) - Interchangeably using LN & Ark under the hood

(10:52) - Updates on Ark

(13:57) - What are out-of-round payments?

(17:48) - Trade Offs of out-of-round payments

(19:45) - The fee structure in Ark

(21:39) - Sponsors

(24:15) - Who runs the ASPs?

(28:55) - ‘Congestion control’ with Ark

(33:06) - The role of covenants with Ark

(39:44) - Ark on Liquid

(41:20) - Sponsors

(43:49) - The ideal covenant & its impact on Ark

(48:00) - Thoughts on extreme conservatism on Bitcoin

(52:55) - Way forward with Ark Labs

(56:18) - Opportunities & threats of stablecoins on Ark?

(1:02:39) - NIP46 & building Nostr Connect

(1:06:40) - Summary & closing thoughts

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https://twitter.com/tierotiero
https://arklabs.to/

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The bitcoin ‘ossification’ debate continues with a discussion on the key considerations. What makes Bitcoin special? What improvements are necessary to retain sufficient decentralisation, if any?

Vijay Boyapati and Brandon Black (aka reardencode) rejoin me for a special episode to discuss:

What makes Bitcoin special?
Defining ‘ossification’
How many users is ‘enough’?
Unknown unknowns
Addressing centralising MEV concerns
Soft forks and hard forks
Economic nodes and who holds the power
Where to from here

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:54) - What makes Bitcoin Special? ft. Vijay

(09:37) - Verifiability & decentralisation of Bitcoin ft. Brandon

(14:31) - When do we stop ‘changing’ bitcoin?

(15:17) - Revisiting the blocksize wars & importance of self sovereignty

(20:45) - Libertarian principles of Bitcoin

(23:48) - ‘Sufficiently decentralised’ Bitcoin

(26:42) - Defining ‘Ossification’ of Bitcoin

(30:56) - Sponsors

(34:11) - Economic interests in upgrading Bitcoin nodes

(43:40) - Bitcoin is a Trojan horse

(47:15) - Can we rule out ‘Unknown unknowns'?

(50:49) - Concerns over centralising MEV

(1:00:17) - Whose chain is it anyway?

(1:05:14) - Resisting soft forks and hard forks

(1:16:49) - Closing Thoughts

Links:

X: @real_vijay
Bullish Case for Bitcoin: Swan.com/bullish
X: @reardencode

Prior episodes:

Rusty - Great Script Restoration
Brandon Black - Are Covenants necessary for Bitcoin
TXHASH Steven Roose
Matt Corallo and Steve Lee Great Consensus Cleanup

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NVK of Coinkite rejoins me to talk about attitudes on Bitcoin development and consensus changes. We discuss how “ossification” is commonly thrown around as a term, but maybe there is a better term. “Extreme conservatism”? We talk:

What is ossification?
What about bug fixes?
What changes would NVK be interested in?
How many people will use Bitcoin?
What the market is focused on
It’s not your chain

Links:

X: @nvk
Bitcoinsecurity.guide
coinkite.com
Unleashed.chat

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:52) - Ossification and gardening

(06:06) - Where are the ossifiers?

(09:03) - Fixing bugs on the Bitcoin protocol

(17:13) - Assessing BIPs & change proposals

(23:53) - NVK on Bitcoin as SOV and/or MOE

(31:47) - Sponsors

(34:58) - “USD is the best shitcoin”

(37:32) - The fate of other blockchains

(45:41) - Putting Bitcoin on a pedestal?

(49:32) - Gresham’s Law in context of Bitcoin

(51:34) - Future path for Bitcoin

(57:27) - Outro

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I recently spoke at Bitcoin Seoul 2024 and here are some interviews with some of the speakers:

Calvin Kim on utreexo
Gloria Zhao on Bitcoin Core and mempool
Laolu on Taproot Assets and covenants
Saifedean on Central Banking and tax cattle
Obi Nwosu on Fedi
Jimmy Song on Bitcoin in Korea

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Calvin Kim on importance of Bitcoin conferences

(01:51) - Simplifying Utreexo

(03:31) - What is Utreexod?

(04:51) - Will node providers support Utreexo?

(06:38) - Gloria Zhao on BIP431 (Truc)

(08:15) - Implications of Truc

(12:26) - What is mempool cluster?

(14:08) - P2P encryption on Bitcoin core V27.0

(15:22) - Upcoming developments on Bitcoin core

(18:04) - Sponsors(20:13) - Laolu (Roasbeef) on Taproot assets

(25:29) - LSP Challenges on issuing stablecoins

(28:21) - Views on covenants

(31:51) - Ensuring protocol safety while enabling Opcodes

(34:33) - Saifedean’s views on Bitcoin Seoul 2024

(34:44) - Central Bank behaving like a private organisation

(40:21) - ‘The Keynesian Voodoo’

(46:35) - All roads lead to Bitcoin

(48:26) - Sponsors

(50:45) - Latest developments at Fedi with Obi Nwosu

(52:23) - Role of the Fedimint Guardians

(54:40) - Fees on Fedi

(56:18) - Fedi’s Social backup and recovery model

(58:26) - Risks of getting rugged

(1:01:23) - Fedi is trust-reduced

(1:03:11) - Jimmy Song’s views on Bitcoin Seoul 2024

(1:04:18) - Views on Bitcoin’s Technical developments

(1:05:46) - Savings culture among Koreans & role of Bitcoin

(1:09:16) - Outro

Links:

X: x.com/saifedean
Saifedean episode: https://saifedean.com/podcast/222-central-banking-works
X: x.com/glozow
Bitcoin review club: https://bitcoincore.reviews/
BIP 431: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0431.mediawiki
X: x.com/obi
Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/
X: x.com/roasbeef
Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/
X: https://x.com/kcalvinalvinn
Utreexod beta release: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/5GyV9af9lv4?pli=1
X: x.com/jimmysong

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Walt Smith of cyber.fund joins me to discuss thoughts on MEV and where it may be going on Bitcoin.

We discuss:

Defining MEV
10 minute block time?
Does it centralise Bitcoin?
Suffering from success
The approach on shitcoins and spam

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(02:02) - Defining MEV

(06:02) - Replace-by-fee (RBF)

(11:01) - Concern regarding miner centralisation

(18:56) - Growth of private mempool flow & MEV potential?

(24:55) - Are mining pools transparent with fee payouts?

(27:01) - Expressivity on Bitcoin

(31:21) - Sponsors

(35:24) - Does the 10 minute block time mitigate MEV?

(40:27) - Is Bitcoin more than ‘money’?

(46:05) - Fake L2's on Bitcoin

(51:24) - Does MEV lead to miner centralisation?

(56:15) - Closing thoughts on MEV

Links:

X: @waltjsmith
X: @cyberFund_
Site: cyber.fund
Article: The Spectre of MEV on Bitcoin

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Silent Payments is a new approach to improving privacy and useability of Bitcoin. Imagine not needing to manually create new addresses? Josibake and Ruben Somsen join me to discuss some of the ins and outs of Silent Payments. We discuss:

Silent Payments overview
Contrast with other techniques such as BIP47
Light client support
Stopping address re use
Base layer privacy discussion

Links:

X: @josibake
X: @SomsenRuben
BIP: Silent Payments
Tracking progress in Bitcoin Core/libsecp256k1
Informational website from sethforprivacy : Privacy-preserving static addresses for Bitcoin

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:01) - Overview of Silent Payments (SP)

(03:15) - History of the SP idea & contrast with other methods

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(14:36) - Current status of SP development & adoption

(17:49) - Testing light clients for SP

(21:50) - The Silent Payment Experience

(26:31) - Light client support

(31:20) - What is a light client?

(38:05) - Sponsors

(41:16) - Spend Key & Scan Key

(42:37) - XPUB vs. Silent Payments

(44:42) - Reducing address re-use with SP

(49:29) - Labeling with Silent Payments

(53:14) - Ease of use and compatibility with Lightning

(57:03) - Overcoming the ‘silver bullet’ mindset

(01:10:50) - Composability with Silent Payments

(01:12:46) - Silent Payments summary

(01:14:06) - Closing Thoughts

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Skot joins me to talk about his project to bring affordable, energy efficient, open source mining to home miners. We discuss:

The current state of open source in bitcoin mining
Bitaxe overview
Why do people do this?
Price and how to set one up
Mining pools
Decentralisation

Links:

X: @skot9000
Site: Bitaxe.org

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Rusty Russell rejoins me on the show to talk about a new idea for a bitcoin soft fork that hopefully avoids some of the ‘horse trading’ dynamic that existed amongst other proposals. Listen in to learn more about the different paradigm that Rusty introduces here, so that developers can build more functionality and efficiency in, hopefully so that more people can use Bitcoin in self-custody.

Bitcoin Script background
GSR overview
GSR benefits
What is varops
Contrast with APO or LNHANCE?
Will it enable shitcoins and spam?

Relevant previous episodes:

SLP565 Great Consensus Clean up, MEVil and LN isn’t dead – Steve Lee and Matt Corallo
SLP573 A Shift in Bitcoin Developer Thought? with Brandon Black (aka reardencode)

Links:

Rusty’s BTC plus plus talk on GSR
https://x.com/rusty_twit

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Dan Gould of the PayJoin Dev Kit (sponsored by Spiral and Opensats) joins me to discuss how Bitcoin privacy could be improved with more PayJoin adoption. What’s more, it might also benefit users in consolidating their wallets or potentially even fee savings. We discuss how this could be integrated into more bitcoin wallets.

What is a PayJoin?
How it helps privacy
Other benefits in efficiency
Downsides and trade offs
Changes with the v2 PayJoin protocol
PayJoin Directory
Payjoin Dev Kit

Links:

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X: @payjoindevkit
Site: PayjoinDevKit.org
Site: Payjoin.org

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Adam Sullivan, CEO of Core Scientific joins me today as we chat about:

Going through bankruptcy as a Bitcoin miner
Debt financing
Role of capital structure in mining
What makes Core Scientific different?
Centralisation of mining pools
Fee dynamics going forward
2025 outlook on Mining

Links:

X: @_Adam_Sullivan1
Core Scientific: Corescientific.com

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Rapha Zagury, CIO of Swan and Head of Swan Mining rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of topics, from Brazil’s flooding, Bitcoin Mining, Capital Structure, as well as share some insights on speaking to TradFi professionals about Bitcoin.

Links:

X: @alphaazeta
Site: Swan.com
Site: Nakamotoportfolio.com
Nakamoto Gauntlet: The Nakamoto Portfolio Gauntlet

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As you may know, at the recent Bitcoin++ conference, there was a ‘meeting of the minds’ and Brandon Black aka reardencode rejoins me on the show to discuss. We talk about:

The state of various covenant proposals
What has shifted now in thinking
The promise of Great Script Restoration
Could it have bad side effects?
Doing good engineering

Links:

X: @reardencode
Bitcoin++: btcplusplus.dev
Rusty’s talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSp8918HLnA

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Miljan from Primal joins me to talk about why Bitcoiners should not sleep on Nostr. We chat:

Why he’s bullish on nostr
What the experience is like nowadays
Network effects for creators and devs
Dealing with spam and sybil
Why Openness is the killer feature

Links:

X: @mbraticevic
Site: Primal.net
Miljan’s Nostr npub: npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr
Miljan’s Nostr: miljan@primal.net

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Peruvian Bull, a macro writer and commentator joins me to explain what’s happening with the Japanese economy and how it all ties in with the dollar end game. We discuss:

The impossible trinity for Japan
Japanese government debt
The global JPY carry trade
The impact on the US financial system

Links:

X: @peruvian_bull
Nostr: npub1xwmyzp64xx03kw9ecd7fzsj3e9dgwah6an0rdng0cc6ux4dswwjs28pyyc
Newsletter: https://substack.com/@peruvianbull

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Parker Lewis of Zaprite rejoins me on the show to discuss recent updates in the space and what’s happening with Zaprite and merchant adoption.

“Then they fight you” ?
Chilling Effect
Zaprite
Getting Bitcoin Payment Rails Ready
Gradually, Then Suddenly
Why hope should not be lost

Links:

X: @parkeralewis
Site: Zaprite.com
Get Parker’s Book: thesifhouse.com

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A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining pool centralisation and what is driving it.

Links:

X: @moneyball
AJ Town’s‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned:
Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin(BIP324)

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Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and founding partner of Ego Death Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about his bitcoin advocacy at various levels:

Speaking to politicians about bitcoin
The system you give energy to
“Staying and fighting” in Canada vs supporting alternatives e.g. Madeira
‘Coincidental’ attack on Bitcoin?

Links:

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nostr: npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe
Site: Ego Death Capital

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How do you think about investing as a bitcoiner? Preston Pysh of TIP rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of related ideas:

HODL vs invest in companies
Microstrategy and other public companies
VC and early stage investment
Realistic investment hurdle rates
Technical realities as bitcoin grows

Links:

X: @PrestonPysh
TIP: theinvestorspodcast.com
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Dmitry Nedospasov is a PhD in Chip Security, also known for his hardware wallet exploits in 2018 with the wallet.fail talk. Dmitry joins me to talk about hardware security in the world of bitcoin and how it compares with hardware chip security in other domains. We discuss:

The 2018 wallet.fail talk
Bitcoin compared with other industries
Realistic hardware wallet attack types
The cost of attacking a hardware device
Backups and Shamir’s Secret Sharing

Links:

X: @nedos
LinkedIn: Dmitry Nedospasov
Site: Keylabs.io
Telegram: https://t.me/nedos
wallet.fail talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OBIGslgGM
Recoverylabs.io

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Steve Lee and Matt Corallo of Spiral rejoin me on the show to talk about a range of topics. Firstly we discuss the Great Consensus Clean Up which relates to fixing some long standing bugs in Bitcoin. Secondly we talk about MEV and why it’s the wrong term, instead we should be talking about MEVil and the implications for Bitcoin miner centralisation. Finally we address the rumours of Lightning Network being dead or not useful.

Links:

X: @moneyball
X: @TheBlueMatt
BlueMatt's Blog: Stop Calling It MEV
BIP Proposal: The Great Consensus Cleanup
Delving post on Great Consensus Clean up Revival
Steve’s X thread on GCC: https://twitter.com/moneyball/status/1760839436617875485

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Andrew Henderson rejoins me to discuss his story renouncing US citizenship, and whether the price was worth it. We discuss whether you should “stay and fight” as well as considerations relevant for Bitcoiners on pursuing their options in other countries. We also discuss Nomad Capitalist Live 2024, coming in KL Malaysia. Listen in to learn and stay up to date on global tax, investing and lifestyle strategies. Links:

X: @nomadcapitalist

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Kevin Loaec of wizardsardine joins me to talk about bitcoin security and vaults. We get into a discussion about:

Vaults and what’s possible today
Timelocking and using them as part of self custody
Inheritance scenarios
Business use cases
Covenant soft forks

Links:

X: @KLoaec
X: @Wizardsardine
X: @revaultdev
Site: Wizardsardine

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Revault
08:07 - Liana
14:48 - Overview of Liana and Supported Hardware Wallets
25:17 - Managing Time Locks in Liana: Rotating Coins and Duration
29:47 - Coinkite.com
30:47 - Swan.com
32:09 - Mempool.space
33:10 - Self-Custody with Liana
37:26 - Understanding Revault and Liana
44:56 - Exploring Decaying and Expanding Multi-Signature
49:15 - RBF and CPFP in Liana Transactions
56:07 - Transaction Size in Liana
01:00:42 - The Debate on Covenants
01:05:37 - Enhancing Organization Security with Cosigners
01:09:30 - The Future of Self-Custody

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Have you wondered about the role design and UX plays in Bitcoin apps? Christoph and Mogashni join me from the Bitcoin Design Community to share insights on:

What most people are getting wrong about design
How you can leverage design principles in your bitcoin product
Bitcoin specific design challenges
Types of user
Tools available by the Bitcoin Design community

Links:

Site:Bitcoin.design
Site: bitcoindesignfoundation.org
X: @MogashniNaidoo
X: @GBKS

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
03:31 - The Importance of Design in Bitcoin Applications
10:10 - The Bitcoin Design Community
12:34 - Common Mistakes in Bitcoin App Design
20:10 - Mempool.space
20:56 - Coinkite.com
25:14 - Embracing Creativity and Unique Design in Bitcoin
29:28 - Introduction to User Experience Design in Bitcoin
33:34 - Working with Bitcoin Apps and Projects
38:56 - Swan.com
39:14 - Simplifying the User Experience in Bitcoin
43:26 - Designing for Complexity in Bitcoin
45:09 - Navigating Competing Standards in Bitcoin Design
46:29 - The Value of UX Research in Bitcoin
49:48 - Practical Advice for Builders and Developers in Bitcoin Design
54:57 - Find Out More
56:40 - Closing Thoughts

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Peter St Onge rejoins me on the show to share some insight into how bad the US government fiscal situation is getting. We talk:

How much debt there is and what’s next here
The impact on the people
Japanese interest rates rising
Japanese economic impacts
AI and where the jobs will come from
Bitcoin outlook

Links:

X: @profstonge
Site: Profstonge.com

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Thomas Fahrer, co-founder of Apollo joins me to talk about the Bitcoin ETFs. We talk:

Analysing the Bitcoin ETFs
What further institutional adoption looks like
How much capital could flow into Bitcoin
The Bitcoin FOMO scenario
Disagreements on the power law model
MSTR and Bitcoin

Links:

X: @thomas_fahrer
Site: Heyapollo.com

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
03:02 - The Significance of Bitcoin ETFs
13:33 - Rebalancing and Volatility
21:19 - Grayscale's Declining Bitcoin Holdings
25:41 - Swan.com
27:00 - Mempool.space
27:45 - Coinkite.com
33:35 - Possible Motivations for Grayscale's Actions
34:03 - Successful ETF Launch and Consistent Demand
37:23 - Bitcoin Price Rise and Demand - Supply Dynamics
39:44 - Volatility and Orderly Transition
41:07 - Bitcoin's Historical Price Patterns
44:05 - Flaws in Power Law Model
45:05 - Bitcoin's Potential to Replace Traditional Assets
46:41 - Flaws in Power Law Model and Fiat Currencies
50:11 - Importance of Fundamental Analysis
51:38 - Bitcoin's Bullish Case and Fundamental Properties
58:51 - Closing Thoughts

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My friend Vijay Boyapati (Author of the Bullish Case for Bitcoin, and part of the Swan team) rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLing, share his analysis on things, and offer some tips on how to HODL. We talk:

What phase of the cycle we’re in
HODLer psychology
Does Bitcoin get captured?
Is Bitcoin for Everyone?
Self custody tech
GBTC and Bankruptcies
Common traps and how to avoid them

Links:

X: @real_vijay
Genesis thread https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1744454450138526162

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Overview
03:01 - The Excitement of Bull Markets
05:54 - The Slow Build-Up and Parabolic Moves
08:46 - Hodling Through Adversity
13:07 - The Nature of Bitcoin Cycles
16:02 - The Reachability of Bitcoin Participants
19:45 - Coinkite.com
21:00 - NomadCapitalist.com
22:08 - The Challenges of Self-Custody
30:00 - The Feasibility of Self-Custody for All
34:14 - Bitcoin as a Superior Monetary Base
35:10 - Concerns about Concentration Risk
38:07 - Mempool.space
39:16 - Swan.com
40:12 - Government Influence on Bitcoin ETFs
43:32 - Multipolar World and Bitcoin Adoption
44:01 - US Favorability towards Bitcoin
46:51 - Genesis Bankruptcy and Grayscale's Future
50:11 - Common Traps in a Bull Cycle
59:54 - Dealing with Corrections in a Bull Cycle

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Mi Primer Bitcoin (My First Bitcoin) has grown since I last spoke with them on the show. John from the team rejoins me to talk about how things have developed. The team has now taught over 25,000 students in El Salvador and they are now expanding internationally.

Links:

X: @jdennehy_writes
Site: Miprimerbitcoin.io
SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano – Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
01:16 - Bitcoin Diploma and Infrastructure
03:37 - International Expansion and Node Network Governance
05:27 - Course Format and Duration
08:16 - Teaching Bitcoin in Public Schools
09:14 - Collaboration with Ministry of Education
12:37 - Different Approaches to Teaching Bitcoin
15:27 - Continued Education and Advanced Courses
17:55 - Coinkite.com
19:06 - Swan.com
20:18 - Mempool.space
21:13 - Bitcoin Education for Different Age Groups
23:48 - Format and Agenda of Bitcoin Education Conferences
26:15 - Collaboration with Governments and Universities
29:37 - Localization and Modification of Curriculum
32:31 - Focus on International Expansion
34:26 - Challenges of Education for the Masses
36:48 - Adapting Curriculum to Rising Fees
39:17 - Empowerment and Independence in Bitcoin Education
40:40 - Call for Support and Contributions

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How do we interact with Bitcoin in a multi layer world? What cost savings and trade offs are necessary here? What even counts as a layer? Kilian from boltz.exchange joins me to talk about swapping across Bitcoin on-chain, Lightning and Liquid. We discuss:

How swapping works
What makes it atomic and non-custodial
What counts as layer 2
Fee savings and trade offs

Links:

X: @kilrau
Site: boltz.exchange
X: @boltzhq
Taproot feature blog post: Introducing Taproot Swaps: Putting the"Fun" Back into Refunds!

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Chapters/Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
03:07 - Boltz.exchange: Moving Between Bitcoin Layers
05:35 - Use Cases for Lightning Service Providers
09:45 - Enhancing Wallet Functionality
13:20 - Non-Custodial Atomic Swaps
21:43 - Coinkite.com
23:07 - NomadCapitalist.com
24:25 - Fees and Fee Savings
29:35 - Trust Model of Liquid
32:40 - Regulatory Risks for Liquid
37:10 - Transaction Limits on Liquid
38:58 - Mempool.space
39:59 - Swan.com
41:02 - Scalability of Liquid
44:15 - Integration of Liquid with Other Services and Wallets
51:22 - Pragmatism in Bitcoin Adoption
55:45 - Operating in a High-Fee Environment
57:45 - Closing Thoughts

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Patrick van der Meijde, founder of BitKassa and co founder Arnhem Bitcoin City joins me to talk about his experience with co-founding one of the earliest Bitcoin ‘circular economy’ communities in 2014.

How he got started
Taking payments pre-lightning
Are there enough people spending?
Resurgence in circular economies
Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem City

Links:

X: @PatrickvdMeijde
Site: adoptingbitcoinarnhem.com
Site: arnhembitcoinstad.nl
Cofounder @BitKassaNL
Cofounder Arnhem Bitcoin City @Bitcoinstad
Youtube: 10 years of merchants accepting bitcoin in Arnhem

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Chapters/Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
01:55 - Bitcoin Narratives in 2014
04:45 - Transaction Fees and Challenges
08:46 - Arnhem Bitcoin City and its Evolution
09:55 - Context of Arnhem City in the Netherlands
11:45 - Capital Gains Tax in the Netherlands
12:33 - Impact of AML Regulations
14:13 - Merchants Keeping Bitcoin
15:00 - Swan.com
16:14 - Mempool.space
17:11 - Coinkite.com
18:40 - Merchant Churn and Turnover
23:35 - Importance of Local Community
28:55 - Adopting Bitcoin Conference in Arnhem
31:32 - Transition to Lightning Network
35:45 - Success Rates of Lightning Network Payments
36:30 - Improvement of Lightning Network
37:53 - Conclusion and Event Details

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While in Madeira for Bitcoin Atlantis, I did some interviews on a range of topics with Lyn Alden, James Lavish, Tomer Strolight, Francis Pouliot, Steven Roose and Peter Todd. We discussed:

is Macro mid curve?
USG debt
Using analogies to teach bitcoin
librerelay
MEV concerns
Self custodial and scaling

Links:

Lyn Alden X: @LynAldenContact
Site: lynalden.com
James Lavish X: @jameslavish
Site: jameslavish.substack.com
Site: bitcoinopportunity.fund
Tomer Strolight X: @TomerStrolight
Bitcoin is Generational Wealth - A Short Film by Matt Hornick and Tomer Strolight
Swan Signal Bitcoin Blog
Francis Pouliot X: @francispouliot_
Site: BullBitcoin.com
Steven Roose X: @stevenroose3
GitHub: github.com/stevenroose
Peter Todd X: @peterktodd
Site: Petertodd.org

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What applications exist for Bitcoin self custodial finance? Philipp Hoenisch, founder of 10101 (pronounced ten-ten-one) joins me on the show to talk about bitcoin trading without counterparty risk. We discuss:

DLC overview and basics
DLC channels and lightning
10101 walkthrough
“Funding rate”
Synthetic stablecoins
For individuals or business?
Risks and things can break down

Prior Episodes:

SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels
SLP219 Nadav Kohen – What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs
SLP519 Self Custodial Bitcoin Finance with Matthew Black of Atomic Finance

Links:

X: @bonomat
X: @get10101
Site: 10101.finance

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
05:58 - The Concept of Discrete Log Contracts (DLCs)
10:28 - Non-Custodial Trading and DLC Channels
12:46 - Using the 10101 App
21:32 - Expiry and Funding Rates
26:01 - NomadCapitalist.com
27:47 - Coinkite.com
28:57 - Market Makers and Trade Sizing
32:05 - Limits and Future Plans
35:55 - Security and Hardware Wallets
37:41 - Non-Degen Uses for 10101
38:50 - Comparison of Stable Coin Concepts
41:58 - High Interest Rates and Risks
48:33 - Swan.com
49:42 - Mempool.space
50:44 - Comparison of Stable Value Options
56:49 - Technical Complexity and Education
58:43 - Future of the 10101 App
01:00:45 - Reasons for Lack of Non-Custodial Finance Adoption
01:03:56 - Closing Thoughts

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Eric Yakes, author of The 7th Property, joins me to talk about the future of Bitcoin Banking, LN and ecash. We discuss:

Chaumian mints and ecash
Interaction with LN
Credit markets in the future
How does the system remain Full Reserve?
Regulatory roadblocks
Will there be a role for passive index funds?

Links:

X: @ericyakes
axiombtc.capital/bank
Site: Yakes.io

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction
08:23 - Bitcoin Banking
13:57 - Chaumian Mints
19:10 - How Do Chaumian Mints Work
24:04 - Use Cases for FediMints and CashewMints
31:09 - Coinkite.com
32:24 - Mempool.space
33:13 - Swan.com
35:08 - Bitcoin's Evolution and Adoption
38:20 - Regulatory Roadblocks for Commercial Mints
40:31 - Mitigating Risk of Token Debasement
46:59 - Fractional Reserve Banking and Trust
56:45 - Passive Index Funds and Stock Indexes
01:01:56 - Accounting Valuation and Global Wealth
01:06:02 - Closing Thoughts on Banks Without Bankers

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Brian Morgenstern, Head of Public Policy of Riot Platforms joins me to talk about the latest attack on Bitcoin miners:

Is Bitcoin mining a partisan issue?
The EIA “Survey”
Falsehoods on grid stability and emissions
False Emergency
What to do about it

Links:

X: @MorgensternNJ
Thread https://twitter.com/MorgensternNJ/status/1754634147232977246
X: @TXblockchain_
Sen. Lummis declares the survey to be‘absurd’
Joint statement by the Chamber of Digital Commerce & Texas Blockchain Council opposing the survey: Industry Statement on EIA’s Emergency Survey - Chamber of Digital Commerce(digitalchamber.org)

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background
02:26 - Is Bitcoin Support Partisan?
06:35 - The EIA Request for Information on Bitcoin Mining
13:18 - Motivations and Political Divide
18:42 - "Emergency" Collection of Data
20:14 - Swan.com
21:26 - Mempool.space
22:35 - Coinkite.com
23:52 - Competitive Information and Disclosure
31:50 - Potential Misinterpretation and Attacks
39:04 - Pushing Back and Taking Action
41:24 - The Importance of Speaking Up
42:16 - Closing Thoughts

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Ben Carman of Mutiny Wallet rejoins me on the show to talk about what’s coming next for Bitcoin. We talk about scaling Bitcoin and contrast the different mindsets, discuss different soft fork proposals and directions Bitcoin could go. We also talk about what impact covenants will have and the latest with Mutiny Wallet.

Bitcoin’s biggest challenges
Taxonomy of Bitcoin development culture
Soft forks and covenants
What ‘counts’ as a Bitcoin L2?
What are the big benefits of covenants?
Mutiny Wallet - a new Hybrid era?
Will people get priced out?
Fedimint support
Synthetic USD or swaps?
Inscriptions and Spam

Links:

Site: mutinywallet.com
X: @benthecarman
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Inscriptions post: https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzdesxgerxdp58yenyvejqgswrlemlh2wgqc4jkds3d8ueqj9a2j3gcm7r48v9tskdd6rxsd7rtcrqsqqqa28wdzn0j

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Bitcoin's Challenges: Scaling and Social Consensus
08:50 - Different Perspectives on Bitcoin's Future
16:10 - The Importance of Unilateral Exit and Self-Custody
21:16 - The Potential of Covenants for Scaling Bitcoin
25:23 - Mempool.space
26:17 - Coinkite.com
27:37 - Bitcoin Ark - A Payment Pool
31:11 - Introduction to Mutiny Wallet
34:36 - Addressing Security Concerns
37:06 - Simplifying Onboarding and Social Features in Mutiny Wallet
41:50 - The Challenge of Scalability and Affordability
43:50 - Building a Hybrid Wallet with Fediment Support
45:50 - NomadCapitalist.com
47:50 - Swan.com
49:07 - Guardians and Discoverability in Mutiny Wallet
50:50 - Multiple Federation Support in Mutiny Wallet
55:25 - Stable Channels and Synthetic USD in Mutiny Wallet
01:00:20 - The Role of ETFs and Number Go Up in Bitcoin Adoption
01:04:40 - The Debate on Inscriptions and Shitcoins in Bitcoin
01:08:01 - Closing Thoughts

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Do the lies about Bitcoin frustrate you? Join us in this episode as we discuss the ways to dispel and debunk some of the most egregious false climate narratives on Bitcoin with Daniel Batten, Managing Partner at CH4 Capital. We discuss:

The biggest bitcoin climate myths
Dishonest portrayal in the media
“Per transaction” fake methodology
Where Cambridge CCAF is wrong
Bitcoin’s PoW and ‘ideological intransigence’
ESMA submission
How Bitcoiners can help

Links:

X: @DSBatten
Articles: https://batcoinz.com/submission-to-esma-on-bitcoin-mining/
https://batcoinz.com/a-tale-of-two-articles/

Prior episodes referred to

SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate – Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon
SLP542 Defending Bitcoin PoW in the EU with Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction
01:51 - Daniel's Journey with Bitcoin
09:13 - Biggest Bitcoin Climate Myths
18:34 - Coinkite.com
19:37 - Mempool.space
20:34 - How Media Perceptions about Bitcoin Changed Over Time
36:20 - Cambridge Bitcoin Estimate
44:45 - Swan.com
45:54 - Acknowledging Other Paths To Sustainability
57:10 - Submission to ESMA and Correcting False Narratives
01:09:21 - Bitcoin's Environmental Benefits
01:12:40 - Closing Thoughts

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We talk about monetary maximalism, and whether everything is good for bitcoin with Christian Keroles of HRF. We discuss:

Monetary maximalism: descriptive or prescriptive
Bitcoin Spam
Antifragility
What bitcoiners are getting wrong on personal finance
How 2023 played out with “ordinals”
Not being used to winning

Links:

X: @ck_SNARKs
Site: HRF.org
Site: https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/home

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Timestamp/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - Defining Monetary Maximalism
03:10 - Monetary Maximalism as an Observation
05:00 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive Monetary Maximalism
09:50 - The Debate on Ordinals and Spam
21:05 - The Nuisance Level of Spam
22:48 - What Are Most Bitcoiners Getting Wrong On Personal Finance
29:49 - The Emergence of Ordinals and Inscriptions
32:27 - Coinkite.com
33:28 - Swan.com
34:31 - Mempool.space
35:54 - The Umbrella Term of Ordinals
41:16 - The Fallout and Consequences of Bitcoin Developments
48:53 - The Strengthening of Bitcoin through Challenges
53:20 - The Debate on Filtering in Bitcoin
58:32 - The Emergence of Runes Protocol
01:02:13 - Bitcoin's Winning Streak
01:04:35 - Confusion and False Narratives
01:07:37 - The Base of Bitcoin: 21 Million Coins and HODL
01:08:37 - Closing Thoughts and Bitcoin Adoption

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We’re trying something a little different this episode! While at Bitcoin Oasis 2024 in Dubai I captured some short interviews with some speakers at the conference. We covered a wide range of topics ranging from Bitcoin Spam, to nation state adoption and honestly grappling with bitcoin user adoption trade offs. The speakers interviewed are:

Alejandro De La Torre of Demand Mining
Luke Dashjr of Ocean Mining
Prince Philip of Serbia, from JAN3
Pete Rizzo of Bitcoin Magazine
Giacomo Zucco of Plan B Network

Links:

Alejandro De La Torre X: @bitentrepreneur
Luke Dashjr X: @LukeDashjr and https://ocean.xyz/
Prince Philip of Serbia X: @PrincFilip1 and https://jan3.com/
Pete Rizzo X: @pete_rizzo_ and Bitcoinmagazine.com
Giacomo Zucco X: @giacomozucco and https://planb.network/

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction
01:44 - Alejandro De La Torre Interview
08:26 - Luke Dashjr Interview
21:10 - Swan.com
22:46 - Mempool.space
23:47 - Prince Philip of Serbia Interview
37:08 - Pete Rizzo Interview
54:29 - Coinkite.com
55:46 - NomadCapitalist.com
57:20 - Giacomo Zucco Interview
01:13:26 - Closing Thoughts

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Mike Peterson from Bitcoin Beach El Zonte, El Salvador rejoins me on the show to give listeners some updates from El Salvador. Having a reduced crime rate and improved investment and tourism into the country has driven big changes! We talk:

How things look a few years on from the Bitcoin Law
Life on the ground in El Salvador
How easy it is to move
El Salvador $1M Citizenship Program
Dealing with on chain fees
Custodial vs Self Custodial and pragmatism
‘Circular Economies’ and insights from his networking around the world

Links:

X: @Bitcoinbeach
YT: @LiveFromBitcoinBeach

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background

01:20 - Two and a Half Years After Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador

05:21 - Financial Innovation in El Salvador

09:36 - Bottom-Up vs Top-Down Adoption of Bitcoin

11:00 - Ease of Setting Up in El Salvador

21:05 - Coinkite.com

22:13 - Mempool.space

22:56 - Swan.com

24:15 - Living on Bitcoin in El Salvador

31:48 - Bitcoin Meetups and Events in El Salvador

35:51 - Circular Economies and Bitcoin Adoption

40:55 - Insights from Other Circular Economies

50:05 - Custodial vs. Non-Custodial

54:21 - The Bitcoin Beach Podcast

56:16 - Closing thoughts

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Get an overview of lightning wallets in this episode with Anita Posch. Anita walks through what she found in testing self custodial lightning wallets under conditions of poor internet connectivity. We also talk about themes that came up at the recent Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town South Africa.

On the ground insights
Results of the self custodial wallet test
Which LN apps came out best?
The situation with fees
Where the test might not be suitable
How things may change with a Liquid or Fedimint approach

Links:

X: @AnitaPosch
Site: bffbtc.org
Bitcoin for Fairness - Anita Posch
(L)earn Bitcoin

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What does Life Insurance look like when it’s all priced and done in Bitcoin? Zac Townsend (CEO and co-founder of Meanwhile) joins me on the show to talk about it. We discuss:

Life insurance as a model
Term or Whole life
Bitcoin denomination
Is it the next Celsius or BlockFi?
Does it work under a deflationary
Private credit fund

Links:

X: @ztownsend
X: @meanwhilelife
Site: meanwhile.bm

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Aaron van Wirdum rejoins me to talk about his exploration of how Bitcoin came to be. We talk about his new book, The Genesis Book. In this book, Aaron explores some of the technologies, and philosophies that led to the creation of Bitcoin. We discuss:

What he learned in making this book
Hayek and the Austrians
Extropians
Cryptography and the Cypherpunks
Libertarians
Precursor tech to Bitcoin

Links:

X: @AaronvanW
Site: http://thegenesisbook.com/
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Timestamp/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:07 - Motivation for Writing the Book

04:05 - Bitcoin's Origins and Evolution

08:21 - The Influence of Hayek and Austrian Economics

18:54 - The Connection Between FOSS and Bitcoin

25:49 - The Extropians and Their Vision

30:47 - The Cypherpunks and Their Ideology

32:28 - Swan.com

33:52 - Mempool.space

35:00 - Coinkite.com

39:30 - The Rise and Fall of DigiCash

51:20 - The Crypto Wars and Government Regulation

56:26 - Pre-cursor Electronic Cash Projects

01:01:20 - Satoshi's Clever Insight

01:03:00 - Closing thoughts

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Sébastien Gouspillou is a French Bitcoin miner, entrepreneur, and speaker. He is the CEO of BBGS (Big Block Green Services) and he joins me to talk about Bitcoin mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oman and elsewhere around the world:

Bitcoin mining in the DRC
Bitcoin mining in Oman
Using various forms of energy
Working in different environments
Narrative shifts in Bitcoin Mining and Proof of Work

Links:

X: @SebGouspillou
Site: bbgsmining.com

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background

02:34 - Challenges and Risks in the Congo

04:30 - Bitcoin Mining in Virunga National Park

09:28 - Performance and Investment in the DRC

14:10 - Economic Opportunities and Job Creation

23:31 - Bitcoin Mining in Oman

28:05 - Challenges of Solar-Powered Mining

31:38 - Bitcoin Mining in the Middle East

41:30 - Mining Potential in Africa

45:05 - Energy Sources

47:37 - The Environmental Impact of Bitcoin Mining

55:35 - Closing Thoughts

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It seems that the EU is constantly coming out with bad new regulations that will impact Bitcoiners and Bitcoin miners. Joining me today is Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie from the Open Dialogue Foundation - Bitcoin and human rights advocates. We talk about:

EU bureaucracy and ECB threat to Bitcoin
Why engage with these people at all?
Attacks on Bitcoin’s Proof of Work
Threat to self custody and sovereignty - AML
Bitcoin as bank of last resort
How you can help with testimonials

Links:

PoW submission: https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/724499,defend-pow-submission-to-esma/
EU AML submission: https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/578069,can-the-eus-anti-money-laundering-reform-help-dictators/
Site / Support OD Foundation: https://en.odfoundation.eu/how-can-you-help/
Lyudmyla on X: @LyudaKozlovska
Bota on X: @jardemalie

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and Background

04:55 - The current threats

08:00 - Engaging with Regulators

12:05 - Can they be reasoned with?

17:30 - Threats to mining

25:55 - ESG Narrative and Proof of Work

38:20 - Threats to Self Custody and AML Regulations

46:03 - AML and Counter-Terrorism Financing Regulations

52:50 - De-risking and Financial Exclusion

01:00:28 - Summary of Key Concerns and closing thoughts

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Given the recent discussion on covenants, you might be curious about what actual covenant use cases look like. Joining me today is Steven Roose to help explain covenant uses and TXHASH as well as various objections:

Case for Covenants
Why TXHASH
Scope of changes
Covenants.info
Covenant use cases
Ark
Commercial viability

Links:

X: @stevenroose3
Site: Covenants.info
TXHASH ML post: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2022-January/019813.html

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On the eve of Bitcoin ETFs being approved, is Bitcoin entering a new era? Tuur Demeester, long time bitcoin advocate, writer and speaker rejoins me on the show to discuss his thoughts:

This new era for Bitcoin
ETF approval and what it means
Capture risks are low
Psychology of a market cycle and HODLers
“Hate buying” Bitcoin
Bitcoin Life Insurance
Why every company needs a Bitcoin strategy
Future of Bitcoin use

Note this show was recorded Jan 10th 2024 8pm Dubai (11am Eastern time), just prior to ETF approval.

Links:

X: @TuurDemeester

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction and background

01:00 - The new era of Bitcoin

06:11 - What are the actual risks?

12:20 - How many coins are held in custody?

15:00 - Tuur's reports

21:27 - Psychology of a market cycle and HODLers

31:40 - Swan.com

33:12 - Coinkite.com

34:52 - Mempool.space

37:43 - 3 green, 1 red meme

43:10 - Bitcoin Life Insurance

51:21 - “Hate buying” Bitcoin

56:35 - Why every company needs a Bitcoin strategy

01:01:50 - Future of Bitcoin use

01:07:02 - Closing thoughts

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Have you heard about Dubai but been wondering about what it’s like there? Lara Eggiman joins me to talk about Dubai, the UAE and the new bitcoin-only conference launching here, Bitcoin Oasis. We discuss:

Dubai lifestyle
Common misconceptions
Tips for people who want to set up in Dubai
Why the UAE is well placed for Bitcoin adoption
Bitcoin Oasis
Bitcoin Association

Links:

X: @SwissAlice1
Site: Bitcoin-oasis.com

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction and background

01:27 - Why Dubai?

02:46 - Common Misconceptions about Dubai

05:32 - Benefits of Living in Dubai

08:08 - Tips for Setting Up in Dubai

12:27 - Why UAE and Dubai are Well-Placed to Adopt Bitcoin

14:25 - Swan.com

16:07 - Mempool.space

17:11 - Coinkite.com

20:25 - Competitive Jurisdictions

22:07 - Bitcoin Association UAE

27:46 - Living in Dubai

30:00 - Closing thoughts

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In this conversation, Natalie Smolenski discusses the intersection of Bitcoin, anthropology, and political economy. She explores the debate on the origin of money and the clash between anthropologists and economists. Smolenski argues that money is a social technology that can take different forms based on trust and use cases. She examines the limitations of fiat currency and the importance of trust in debt settlement. Smolenski also discusses the rise of Bitcoin as a competing institution to traditional currencies and the threat to open source development in the EU. We also discuss various topics related to jurisdictional arbitrage, the Texas Bitcoin Foundation, the challenges facing universities, and the future of higher education.Links:

X: @NSmolenski
Satoshi Papers: Satoshipapers.org
Texas Bitcoin Foundation: txbitcoinfoundation.org

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Timestamps/Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:00 The Debate on the Origin of Money

06:50 Clash between Anthropologists and Economists

13:14 The Role of Commodity Money

20:07 Coinkite.com

21:29 Swan.com

27:05 Payment vs Settlement

34:44 The Decline of State Power and the Rise of Bitcoin

39:00 Mempool.space

40:13 The Competition between Bitcoin and Fiat Currency

52:18 The Threat to Open Source Development in the EU

59:24 The Texas Bitcoin Foundation and Bridging the Gap

01:01:24 The Challenges of Universities and the Need for Innovation

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Not everybody understands that blockchains themselves don’t scale. And this may create some tricky implications if we want to onboard large numbers of people to Bitcoin. This is why some of the discussion nowadays is about soft forks and covenants. Brandon Black rejoins me to talk about some of his ideas on how many people can use Bitcoin with current tech, and how covenants such as CTV (Check Template Verify) could help improve this. We discuss:

How many people can use Bitcoin
Why not build L3?
Thoughts on block size
“Rush to the exits”
Different kinds of forks
Covenant proposals explained in english
Concrete proposals
Commercial demand
Unforeseen risks
Value density

Links:

X: @reardencode
Timeout Trees explanation article by Shinobi

Prior Episodes:

SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks

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Elizabeth Warren has come out with a new anti Bitcoin bill. Joining me is VP of Research at Riot Platforms, Pierre Rochard. We talk about:

What’s in the bill
Policy objectives
“Unhosted wallets”
FATF
Ordinals
Tx Fees
Third school of thought on long term fees

Links:

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What are the key principles underlying Bitcoin? How should we think about changes to Bitcoin? Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman and Founder of MicroStrategy rejoins me on the show to discuss:

Bitcoin Protocols
Bitcoin Principles
Bitcoin Dynamics
Bitcoin Politics
Bitcoin Philosophy

Links:

X: @saylor

Prior Episode:

SLP213 Michael Saylor – Bitcoin Dematerializes Money

Prior Episode:SLP213 Michael Saylor – Bitcoin Dematerializes Money

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Should Bitcoiners consider Small Business? What are some of the important considerations here? Bobby Shell of Voltage and Imprint Digital joins me on the show to talk about his experiences in SMB and why Bitcoiners should also think about it.

Why do SMB
Earning more and making an impact
His experiences with digital and physical businesses
Why not just stack sats?
The latest at Voltage

Links:

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Website: Bobbyshell.com
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Drivechain is a proposal from 2015 which has had a lot of community debate recently. Joining us today to debate this are Paul Sztorc (CEO of Layer Two Labs) and Peter Todd. We discuss a range of points:

Drivechain and miner centralisation
Whether you can delegate running a node
Legal risks
Fees and Blocksize limits

Links:

Earlier episode with Shinobi: Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? With Shinobi
X: @peterktodd
Peter Todd’s post: Drivechains: A Detailed Analysis
Peter’s Site:petertodd.org
X: @Truthcoin
Paul’s site: Truthcoin.info
Paul’s response to Peter’s post: https://www.drivechain.info/peer-review/peter-todd-2023.png

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00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Guests Introduction
02:12 - Paul's Opening Statement
11:08 - Peter's Opening Statement
19:42 - Paul's Rebuttal
24:56 - Peter's Rebuttal
30:47 - Guests Challenge each Other
01:30:59 - Closing thoughts

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Now many of us are familiar with the idea of using steel backups for our bitcoin private keys, but what about in the case of multi signature? And what about using machine engraving? Dax and E from the SeedHammer project join me to talk:

Why they are interested in this problem
Passphrase vs multi sig
Descriptor backup on steel
Seed Hammer walk through
Cost
Attack vectors
Changing standards
Where the project is going next

Links:

X: @SeedHammer
Site: Seedhammer.com
Github: https://github.com/seedhammer/seedhammer

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How many people can use Bitcoin and Lightning today? Severin Buhler from Synonym joins me to talk about the LSP spec as well as lightning development. We talk about how the new LSP spec will enable more wallet builders, and more user choice, as well as smoothing the process for LSPs to compete:

What is an LSP
A marketplace of LSPs
Competition between jurisdictions
Wallet of Satoshi news
How many people can use lightning?
LSP business models
LSPS1 and 2
JIT Channels
Asynchronous payments
Blocktank

Links:

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X: @lnrouter
Site: lnrouter.app
Site: Synonym.to

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There are various Bitcoin ‘circular economies’ but we talk with Fernando Motolese about how he started Bitcoin Beach Brazil, as well as his efforts in creating a new merchant POS terminal device, Bitcoinize. We discuss:

How Bitcoin Beach Brazil started
Onboarding merchants
Bolt card
Tech stack
Tourists and Locals experience
Bitcoinize device
HODL vs Spend
Fundraising

Links:

Fernando Motolese X: @MotoleseOficial
Bitcoinize site: bitcoinize.com
Bitcoinize POS on X: @BitcoinizePOS
Bitcoin Beach BR fundraiser: https://donate.praiabitcoin.org/
X: @BitcoinBeachBR

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Free Private Cities are an exciting attempt at a new model for private governance. I’ve previously spoken with leaders in this movement such as Titus Gebel and Peter Young. Today I’m speaking with the founder of Ciudad Morazan, another free private city in Honduras. This one is a little different to the others you may have heard of, as this one is more focused on ‘blue collar’ workers, families, and businesses. We talk about the free private cities model and how it is being applied differently here with Massimo Mazzone, founder. Topics:

Free Private City Model
Taxes
How many live in Morazan
ZEDE law
Comparison with Prospera
Morazan’s 4 advantages
Scaling up
Amenities available
Growth
No legal tender law

Links:

X: @MassimoMazzone4
Site: morazan.city

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Has Bitcoin’s Mining ecosystem become centralised? What can be done about it? Bitcoin Mechanic from Ocean joins me to talk:

Hashers vs Miners
Different pool payout methods
Stratum v2
Block withholding attacks
What Ocean is doing about it
Fees
Lightning payouts

Links:

X: @GrassFedBitcoin
Site: ocean.xyz/event
X: @ocean_mining
Article: Are Mining Pools Becoming a Problem?

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Many Bitcoiners have seen or shared around the images that show Labour Compensation (wages and other benefits) diverging from Labour Productivity since 1971, particularly from sites such as wtfhappenedin1971.com. Rejoining me today is Gene Epstein to break down why this chart is flawed! We also talk about broader issues around CPI, whether inflation is over or undercounted, and cost of living pressures that so many people are facing today. The conclusions will surprise you!We talk:

Labour Compensation and Productivity
Nominal dollars and issues with price indexes
Is CPI overstated?
Are we poorer than we used to be?
Cost of living crisis
Can you make it on a single income these days?
The real problems

Links:

X: @GeneSohoForum
WTFhappenedin1971 site spoken about: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
Gene’s Soho Forum Website: https://www.thesohoforum.org/
Book: Econospinning: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers
Gene’s Mises Institute Lecture cited: https://youtu.be/h9BE1YIrqyE?si=J5ia_Q18OjGcdB6-

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How do you prevent loss of your coins? What are some critical steps that are commonly missed? NVK and I discuss a recent case of a HODLer losing 25 BTC, as well as talk about updates in Bitcoin security.

Links:

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When you need to send a Bitcoin transaction, you need Bitcoin blockspace. But blockspace is scarce! CEO of Barefoot Mining, Bob Burnett and I chat about this, and what you can do about it.

Blockspace scarcity and explanation
What you can do about it
UTXO management
Different types of miner
Miner’s Trilemma
Arguments against public company mining
Mining NOT being a leverage play on Bitcoin
Public vs private miners
Gateway going public
Core Scientific bankruptcy
Mining decentralisation

Links:

X: @boomer_btc
Site: Barefoot Mining
Old Man Yells: @OldManYells-btc
Satoshi’s Heel article mentioned: SATOSHI’S HEEL: IS MINING INFRASTRUCTURE A VULNERABILITY THAT COULD TAKE DOWN BITCOIN?

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Is there a demographic collapse coming? What could or should be done about it? Is there any connection with Bitcoiner culture? Malcolm Collins has a background in VC and Private Equity, and he is a co-founder of The Pronatalist Foundation. He has spent a lot of time speaking about this problem and has some great insights to share:

Population Projections
The Urban Monoculture
Pronatalist aims
Childless demographics
What caused this
What governments have tried
Where Bitcoiner culture could change this
How to motivate a large family

Malcolm’s links mentioned:

Pragmatist’s Guide to Religion Book
Basedcamp podcast with Malcolm and Simone Collins

Links:

Site: Pronatalist.org
X: @SimoneHCollins

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Are we entering a new Bitcoin bull cycle? Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, rejoins me on the show to talk about a variety of things:

SBF found guilty
Bitcoin bull cycle
Block size wars
Blockstream Greenlight
Blockstream BASIC note
Blockstream Green

Links:

Site: Blockstream.com
Blockstream BASIC Note
X: @adam3us

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Relevant Episodes:

SLP521 Support Bitcoin Lightning with Greenlight with Christian Decker
SLP484 Robin Linus ZeroSync: Speeding up Bitcoin IBD

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Have you wondered about the challenges of managing a large publicly listed Bitcoin mining company? Jason Les, CEO of Riot Platforms joins me to talk:

His poker background
Why hashrate expands even when price is down
Riot’s competitive advantages
Should miners use debt financing?
HODLing Bitcoin as a miner
Bitcoin ETF impact?
How can miners outperform bitcoin?
Dodging knives
Educating government
Curtailment & Ancillary services
Halving predictions

Links:

Site: Riotplatforms.com
X: @JasonLes_

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Are you interested in building support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network into your product or service? Check out this discussion of Greenlight with Blockstream’s Christian Decker. We talk:

Improvements in lightning experience over the years
No. of payments, reliability
Greenlight experiences
Mobile nodes
Comparison with other providers
Shared infrastructure
Core Lightning features
What features will help make lightning easy

Links:

Site: https://blockstream.com/lightning/greenlight/
X: @Snyke
X: @Blockstream

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BitVM is a new paradigm for Turing-complete bitcoin contracts. In this episode I speak with the creator, Robin Linus and another developer working on the idea, Super Testnet. We discuss:

What is BitVM?
What are some of the trade offs?
What could BitVM enable?
Set up time and interactivity
Can it enable sidechains or covenants?

Links:

Paper: bitvm.pdf
X: @robin_linus
X: @super_testnet
Super Testnet’s Tapleaf circuits
Shinobi article on BM: The Big Deal With Bitvm: Arbitrary Computation Now Possible on Bitcoin Without a Fork
AJ Towns ML response on BitVM: BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin

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Matthew Black, co-founder and CTO of Atomic Finance joins me to talk about earning yield in a self custodial way with DLCs. We get into all the questions and criticisms people might have:

How does it work without being custodial?
Where is the yield coming from?
HODL only
Different strategies available
DLC security over time
The future of Bitcoin Finance

Links:

X: @matthewjablack
Website: Atomic.Finance

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Lyn Alden, macro analyst rejoins me on the show to talk about her new book, Broken Money. We discuss Lyn’s thoughts on:

Ledger money and who controls it
Different theories of money
Speed of transaction vs. settlement
Warfare funding under fiat
Base money and Broad money
GFC and the response to it
Fiat standard incentives
What kind of debt makes sense under a Bitcoin standard

Links:

X: @LynAldenContact
Site: LynAlden.com
Book: Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better

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Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better

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Will Cole of Zaprite rejoins me to talk about:

Merchant adoption and why it’s different this time
Improved custody
How Zaprite works
Accounting and integration
How adoption will be driven this time
Circular economy
The lie of 2% inflation

Links:

X: @willcole
Zaprite: https://zaprite.com/

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Do you have debt? Are you wondering about the case for why you shouldn’t? Check out this episode with my friend and Bitcoin developer and advocate, Jimmy Song.

We talk about his newest book, Fiat Ruins Everything:

Why he wrote this book
Why you should have zero debt
Cultural issues
Fiat morality

Links:

X: @jimmysong
Site: https://fiatruinseverything.com/

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Have you wondered what it takes to be a long-term HODLer? American HODL rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLer psychology, bitcoin culture, and what to expect going forward:

Adoption waves
Living on Bitcoin
Overconfidence
Mainstream culture
Bitcoin Fixes This
Jurisdictions
Thoughts on next cycle

Links:

X: americanhodl8

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Are you interested in spending 16,000 more hours with your children? Consider homeschooling! We discuss this and many other insights in this chat about homeschooling:

Their own journey of homeschooling
Escaping hivemind thinking
Criticism of ‘school vouchers’
Building up your child’s agency
Do you need curricula?
Modelling behaviour
“Socialisation”
The culture war

Links:

X: https://twitter.com/Homeschool_LLC
Site: https://www.homeschoollife.us/

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The next generation of Bitcoin Lightning wallets is here with Phoenix from ACINQ. Rejoining me is CTO of ACINQ, Bastien Teinturier to talk about how the team is innovating a great self custodial experience for bitcoin and lightning users:

High Fee environment
New Phoenix fee structure
Splicing and what it enables
Dual Funding
Liquidity Ads
Building on a smartphone app
Can ACINQ steal from users?
APO
Biggest challenges
Reasons to be optimistic

Bastien links:

Twitter: @realtbast
Phoenix Splicing Update post

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Drivechain is a proposed soft fork that has faced a lot of criticism in the community, and Shinobi (Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine) joins me to discuss his critiques of the idea. We discuss:

What is Drivechain
How it works
Miner centralisation
Re orgs on sidechains
T-shirt sales argument
Stratum v2
“Miners can steal”
Other soft fork ideas (e.g. APO, CTV)
Multi Party Channels
“First Develop with what we’ve got”

Links

brian_trollz on X
Drivechains Introduce New Incentive Dynamics to Bitcoin
Achim Warner - Thoughts on Drivechain I

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Glozow rejoins me to talk about updates coming to Bitcoin’s transactions and mempool policy. We talk about how these will be essential to keep bitcoin use efficient and safe, especially for layer 2 protocols such as Lightning. We chat:

Current state with transacting
RBF and CPFP
Problems right now
L2 security
Pinning vectors
What is package relay?
What is v3 transactions?
What are ephemeral anchors?
Policy vs consensus

Glozow links:

Glozow on X
Waiting for confirmation - blog series on Bitcoin Optech
v3 and Package RBF Bitcoin Core Review club
Bitcoin Optech v3 transaction relay
Glozow slides for BTC++ talk: v3 and ephemeral anchors

Prior episodes:

SLP404 Gloria Zhao – What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club

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A common question amongst bitcoin investors is whether bitcoin on-chain analytics is legitimate or whether it is snake oil. Joining me to explore this as well as talk about some new research, is James Check, Lead Analyst of Glassnode. We talk about how the field progressed, and some insights to share on analyzing the bitcoin market:

History of on-chain analytics
Is it snake oil?
Liveliness
Impact of the ‘DCA Army’
Lost coins
Vaulted supply vs active supply
What does a bull market look like on chain?
Where are we now?

Links:

James Check on X
Glassnode cointime economics paper https://get.glassnode.com/cointime-economics/
Ark https://ark-invest.com/white-papers/cointime-economics

Previous episodes:

SLP73 Tamas Blummer – Rust-Bitcoin, Threats to Bitcoin & Bitcoin Data Science
SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch
SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?

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Lisa Neigut of base58 and btcplusplus rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin layer 2’s, where bitcoin’s lightning network is going, BTC++ and teaching Bitcoin developers at base58.We talk:

Views on other L2 protocols
LN technology
How important is APO for LN?
BTC++
nix and reproducibility
Base58

Links:

niftynei
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Prior and relevant episodes:

SLP168 Lisa Neigut – Lightning Network Channel Accounting and Dual Funded Channels
SLP488 Future Visions of Lightning, Greenlight & Breez SDK with Christian Decker and Roy Sheinfeld
SLP502 Validating Lightning Signer – Ken Sedgwick
SLP195 Nix-bitcoin: A Security Focused Bitcoin Node
SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black
SLP507 Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting with Andrew Poelstra

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Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about his view of where things are in the economy. We chat:

Recession?
18 month lag
Risk on or risk off?
Bitcoin as a macro asset
4 year cycles
Is an ETF good for Bitcoin?
Pacific Bitcoin

Links

X: @real_vijay

Prior episodes:

SLP332 Vijay Boyapati – The Bearish Case for Bitcoin
SLP233 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin Valuations & Cycles
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation

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Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream) has been around Bitcoin research and development for a long time, and has a lot of insight to share on Bitcoin research in this episode. For part 2 of my discussion with Andrew we focus more on bitcoin and cryptography research that the team are working on, and what it means for the future of Bitcoin:

Cryptography
Bulletproofs++
MuSig2
FROST
Bitcoin Scripting
Miniscript
Simplicity
CTV and APO
Covenants: are they risky for Bitcoin?
Transaction Introspection on Liquid

Links:

Blockstream Research on X
Blockstream Research site

Other relevant episodes:

SLP476 What is FROST? Is it the future of Bitcoin Multi Sig? with Nick Farrow
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables – with Antoine Poinsot & Salvatore Ingala
SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?
SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with Brandon Black

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A ‘paper computer’ for Bitcoin checksums and Shamir Secret Sharing may seem absurd, but that’s what we’re talking about in this episode! This project is a scheme to generate, encode, checksum, split and recover Bitcoin secret keys, using pencil, paper and lookup tables (alternately, volvelles). We discuss codex32 and the motivation behind it with Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream). Note this is the first of a two part episode. In this first part we discuss:

Bitcoin private keys today
Multi signature and Shamir Secret Sharing contrasted
Where to keep shards or keys
Error correction
Risks with Hardware wallets (even though you should still use them)
BIP39 vs codex32
Limitations of the paper computer (Volvelles)

Links:

codex32 website
codex32 github
Blockstream store

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Brandon Black (aka Rearden Code) joins me on the show to talk about his experience implementing MuSig2 at BitGo, and also his thoughts on the future Bitcoin soft fork discussion re: APO (ANYPREVOUT), CTV (Check Template Verify), and his proposal on moving forward:

MuSig2 benefits
Implementing MuSig2
MPC vs Script
What are APO and CTV?
Brandon’s combo proposal
Upgrade hooks

Links:

Twitter: @reardencode
Combined APO + CTV proposal
MuSig2 Field report on Bitcoin Optech

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Have you been wondering about how to design your lifestyle overseas? Rigel (aka coinsurenz) rejoins me on the show to talk about jurisdictional arbitrage in Latin America. We talk about some of his recent moves and his experiences as a bitcoin sovereign individual:

Voice vs Exit - what about ‘staying and fighting’?
Recent residency acquisition in Paraguay
How the Latam residency market has shifted
Common mistakes that digital nomads make
Owning vs Renting homes and storage lockers
Designing your life

Links:

Twitter: @CoinsureNZ
SLP328 The Rise of Bitcoin Nomadism with CoinsureNZ

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Lawrence Lepard of Equity Management Associates rejoins me to talk about all the things that are breaking:

Cost of living crisis
Are we going into recession and what timing?
Boomer hate
US government debt
Policy responses
Social responses
The waiting game

Site:

Site: Ema2.com
Twitter: @LawrenceLepard

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How can lightning users secure themselves even further? Just like how hardware wallets and secure elements can help secure your cold storage coins, Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) is a project aiming to help improve the way lightning security works. In this conversation with project co-founder Ken Sedgwick, we chat:

Why VLS is needed
How VLS works
Implementing part of the lightning state machine
What rules are covered?
What lightning implementations are supported?
The impact of lightning protocol changes
Interactions with watchtowers?
How you can get involved

Links:

Twitter: @VLSProject
Site: Validating Lightning Signer

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Dr Maxim Orlovsky joins me on the show to walk through RGB, a smart contract layer for Bitcoin. We talk through:

Some of the history of RGB
Client side validation as a concept
RGB ecosystem
What it can be used for - tokens, bitcoin finance
MyCitadel wallet
What’s next for RGB

Links:

Site: RGB
Twitter: @dr_orlovsky
Personal site: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky
Github: Dr. Maxim Orlovsky

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Andrew Henderson, Founder of Nomad Capitalist rejoins me on the show to talk:

Home country bias
Looking beyond headlines
Evolution in citizenship
Global minimum tax and ‘the international community’
CBDC
Nomad Capitalist Live

Links:

Twitter: @nomadcapitalist
Site: Nomadcapitalist.com

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Jonathan Chester, Founder/CEO of Bitwage joins me to talk about his experience setting up the company and enabling more people to earn Bitcoin:

The story of growing Bitwage
The market size for payroll
Exploring Lightning payouts
Remote working as a trend
HODLing as the use

Links:

Twitter: @Bitwage
Site: Bitwage

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Mara joins me to talk about his adventures in Argentina, and his thoughts on:

Geo arbitrage
Rules in theory, rules in practice
FX in Argentina
Bitcoin use in Argentina
Argentina’s property market
Where things are going with CBDCs

Mara links:

Twitter: @BowTiedMara
Substack: BowTiedMara - Geoarbitrage & Mobility Assets
Sovspot: Live & Work from anywhere

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Author, digital nomad and web entrepreneur Olivier Roland joins me to talk about his issues with AML and his very interesting views on where the world is going in the age of remote working and internet communications.

The problem with KYC / AML
FATCA
Taxes and the Sovereign Individual thesis
Digital Nomadism disrupting nation states

Links:

Twitter: @DisruptiveHoriz
Site: Disruptive Horizons

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP318 Ronald Pol - The Ineffectiveness of AML
SLP424 Simon Lelieveldt The problem with FATF and AML Laws

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Fernando Nikolic, Director of Marketing and Comms at Blockstream joins me on the show to talk about the slightly controversial idea that Bitcoin is Not for Everyone! We get into:

His background and why he believes bitcoin is not for everyone
Who is it really for?
What about savings technology?
Is there a role for bitcoin evangelists?
Teaser on what’s coming with Blockstream Green
How to move forward

Links:

Twitter: @basedlayer
Links: To Drive Meaningful Adoption, We Should Accept That Bitcoin is Not for Everyone
Newsletter: Bitcoin Perception

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Joe Carlasare (Partner at Amundsen Davis LLC) and Bitcoiner joins me to share his legal expertise and opinions on:

Why you shouldn’t expect the Bitcoin spot ETF soon
The SEC Ripple decision
SEC Binance and Coinbase
Bitcoin and stablecoins
Macro thoughts

Links:

Twitter: @JoeCarlasare
Site: Amundsen Davis

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Hannah Frankman of Rebel Educator joins me to talk about homeschooling and the problems of Public School:

Failures of public schooling vs homeschooling
Infantilization of people nowadays
Homeschooling vs unschooling
Social skills of homeschooled kids
Single income trade offs
Results of homeschooling

Links:

Twitter: @rebelEducator
Twitter: @HannahFrankman
Youtube: @thehannahfrankmanpodcast
Podcast (Spotify): The Hannah Frankman Podcast
Article: How to Homeschool/UnSchool your kids for free

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Matthew Williams, Head of Derivatives at Luxor Mining joins me to talk about Bitcoin Mining hashprice derivatives and what they will do for bitcoin miners:

Getting into bitcoin mining
What is hashprice?
How hashprice shifts over time
What is a non-deliverable forward?
Who should use an NDF?
Professionalising bitcoin mining

Link:

Site: Luxor Technologies

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Have you considered using eSIMs instead of your typical telco mobile phone SIM? Silent.link joins me to talk about:

How the online eSIM service works and costs
Privacy and security with phones
How carriers have you pwned
zero-day exploits
Convenience and traveling with an eSIM
Experiences using Bitcoin and Lightning

Links:

Twitter: @silentlink1
Site: Anonymous eSIM

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Ryan MacLeod (Nuclear Bitcoiner) joins me to talk about Bitcoin and Nuclear Energy. We talk:

Is nuclear energy too costly?
What are SMRs? Small Modular Reactors
Nuclear waste and safety concerns
How Nuclear energy crosses over with Bitcoin mining
Reduced costs and increased accessibility

Links:

Twitter: @NuclearBitcoinr

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Dusty Daemon joins me to talk about splicing on Bitcoin’s lightning network. We talk about:

What is splicing?
Splicing’s potential privacy benefits
Potential to undermine surveillance heuristics
Splicing’s efficiency gains
Splicing as one tool in the toolkit
Walkthrough of how it works

Site:

Site: Lightning Splicing
Twitter: @dusty_daemon

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Will every company be a lightning company? Graham Krizek CEO of Voltage rejoins me on the show to talk about this idea as well as what’s happening in bitcoin and lightning:

Being near the printer
Why big companies do financial services
What lightning does differently
What use cases are there and who’s looking at them?
Products at Voltage
Thoughts on LDK by Spiral

Links:

Article: Every Company Will Be A Lightning Company
Article: SURGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR VOLTAGE USERS
Twitter: @gkrizek
Twitter: @voltage_cloud

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Christian Decker (Blockstream) and Roy Sheinfeld (Breez) rejoin me on the show to talk about:

What has improved about Lightning over time
Lightning in a high fee environment
What Greenlight is
What Breez SDK is
Is anything changing on the existing Breez app?
Core-lightning contrasted with other implementations
Lightning protocol improvements

Links:

Twitter: @Snyke
Twitter: @therealkingonly
Site: Your personal Core Lightning node,without the technical fuss.
Site: Breez SDK

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Digiconomist (Alex de Vries) and Ben Gagnon (Chief Mining Officer, Bitfarms) join me on the show to debate Bitcoin Mining energy. We talk through:

Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions
Where do the models break down?
Media referring to scary numbers in the bull cycle
Transactions per second metrics

Links:

Twitter: @DigiEconomist
Twitter: @hashoveride
Digiconomist energy consumption index: Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
CBECI (Cambridge) referred to: Bitcoin network power demand
Prior episode: SLP478 Ben Gagnon

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Peter Dunworth is a financial adviser for high net worth individuals and families. He joins me to talk about what most people are getting wrong on bitcoin estate planning and inheritance. We discuss:

Why bother with all this?
Legal, asset protection and tax benefits
Possession vs Title of coins
Collaborative custody
Practical components
Miniscript and technical advances
Valuation framework for Bitcoin and why inheritance matters

Links:

Site: https://www.thebitcoinadviser.com/comparison
Peter’s Twitter: @PeterBTCAdviser
TheBTCAdviser’s Twitter: @TheBTCAdviser

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Jonathan Newman, Associate Professor of Economics and Mises Fellow joins me to chat:

Contrasting definitions of inflation
How did Mises define inflation?
How did Rothbard define inflation?
Where and how does fractional reserve come into it?
Cantillon effect and the Mises effect
Costless production of money

Links:

Paper: What Is Inflation? Clarifying and Justifying Rothbard’s Definition
Twitter: @NewmanJ_R
Twitter: @KrisMoustHansen

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Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin. We discuss:

What ZKPs are and what they can be used for
Speeding up IBD
Contrasting ZeroSync with utreexo and assumeutxo
UTXO set commitment
Blockstream satellite
What’s being verified?
Different types of nodes

Links:

Site: zerosync.org
Twitter: @ZeroSync_
Twitter: @robin_linus

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What happens under a high fee environment on the lightning network? We had one recently and so I asked Niftynei (Lisa of Base58), D++, and Nate (Voltage Head of Support & Education) to join me to talk about it:

Lightning implementations handling the fee spike
Force closes in lightning
Bitcoin performed just fine
Anchor outputs
Mitigation techniques
Setting fee rates

Links:

plebnet telegram: https://t.me/plebnet
Plebnet wiki: https://plebnet.wiki/wiki/Main_Page
base58: https://www.base58.info/
Voltage blog post: https://voltage.cloud/blog/lightning-network-faq/lightning-node-management-handling-high-on-chain-fees/
Twitter: @beeforbacon1
Twitter: @niftynei
Twitter: @D_plus__plus

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Burak (Bitcoin researcher/developer) joins me to talk about Ark, a new protocol for Bitcoin scaling and privacy. We chat about:

Downsides of LN
High level overview
ASPs, vTXOs
Vapourware?
Other criticisms
Interactive vs non-interactive versions
Covenants and what they’d mean for Bitcoin

Links:

Site: arkpill.me
Twitter: @brqgoo
Telegram: https://t.me/ark_network_community

Relevant prior episode:

SLP339 Jeremy Rubin – What is Check Template Verify?

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Kemal of Galoy Money joins me to chat about his Bullish Case for Bitcoin Custodians. We debate the trade offs and points such as:

Remnant vs ‘Big Tent’
Why not write down 12 words?
“Mis-selling” Bitcoin
Shotgun KYC, and FRB ‘paper bitcoin' risk
Jurisdictions and regulation
Financial hierarchy of needs

Links:

Twitter: @_pretyflaco
Blog: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-custodians/

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The Bitcoin Handbook is a new visual and simplified explainer of Bitcoin concepts by Anil. Anil has been making awesome graphics and explanatory content about Bitcoin and he joins me on the show to chat:

Meeting people where they are
Different ways of explaining bitcoin concepts
Why property should not be your piggybank
Property Bubbles and investing around the world
The intransigent minority
Where to get the book

Links:

The Bitcoin Handbook on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0tyJRvf
Checkout via Lightning: https://bitcoinbook.shop/products/the-bitcoin-handbook…
Anil’s Twitter: @anilsaidso
Anil’s free educational resources: https://anilsaidso.gumroad.com

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Jess Jonas, Chief Legal Officer of the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund joins me to chat:

Overview the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund - supported by Jack Dorsey, Alex Morcos, Martin White
What's the threat with the Tulip Trading Case?
What are the open source licensing implications for developers?
Secondary case and Bitcoin copyright claims

Site:

Site: Bitcoindefense.org

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Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss:

Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric
Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining

Links:

Site: bitfarms.com
Twitter: @hashoveride
Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science BehindDigiconomist
Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116
Relevant prior episode: SLP470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard

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You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentralising Bitcoin transaction selection. Listen and learn about how Stratum v2 Reference Implementation can help:

Overview of Stratum v2 benefits
Encryption, efficiency, censor resistance
Are changes needed to Bitcoin Core?
Different actors in mining: Pools, Miners, Hardware
Device firmware and translation proxy
How you can help or contribute

Links:

Donate: https://www.swan.com/stratum
Site: Stratumprotocol.org
Fi3 Twitter: @free_sht_max
Pavlenex Twitter: @pavlenex
Prior SLP ep on Stratum v2: SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol

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Nick Farrow joins me to talk about new developments coming in Bitcoin multi-signature security:

FROST and what it is
Privacy benefits
Downsides of FROST e.g interactivity, complexity
ROAST - what it is
How hardware and software might have to change to adapt
The future of multi sig

Links:

Site: utxo.club
Twitter: @utxoclub
FROST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/852.pdf
ROAST paper https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/550.pdf

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Rapha Zagury CIO and Head of Research at Swan joins me to talk:

Financial modelling flaws in the fiat financial world
Putting things in terms that other people understand
Open source research
Nakamoto Portfolio
Schrodinger Model
Lump sum vs DCA
Bitcoin vs altcoin

Links:

Twitter: @alphaazeta
Site: NakamotoPortfolio.com
Blog: Why Bitcoin is the Ultimate Asset for your IRA
Nakamoto Portfolio thread: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta/status/1640005261099139073
Bitcoin vs altcoins thread: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta/status/1641534991556288532

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Henrik Skogstrøm, Founder and CEO of LN Capital joins me to talk about the lightning network:

Managing large lightning nodes
Key challenges
Monitoring
Notifications
Tools required
Privacy vs reliability
New tech

Links:

Twitter: @ohskogstrom
Twitter: @LN_Capital
Site: https://ln.capital/

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Matthew Mezinskis of Porkopolis / Crypto Voices joins me on the show to help explain the structure of the fiat fractional reserve system. Listen to this episode to get an understanding of the different monetary metrics and more:

Monetary metrics, monetary base and more
Fractional reserve in the fiat system
Eurodollars and ‘crypto’ eurodollars
How the bitcoin system may evolve in future
Why focusing on bottom up is key

Links:

Twitter: @crypto_voices
Site: Porkopolis.io

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Matyas Kuchar joins me to talk about the Czech Bitcoiner scene and what’s coming up with BTC Prague:

Notable and early bitcoin companies in Prague
Organising Bitcoin conferences
What to expect with BTC Prague

Links:

Twitter: @Matyas44Cook
Site: BTCPrague.com (use code LIVERA)
Twitter: @BtcPrague

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Erik Cason joins me on the show to talk about his journey as a Bitcoiner, from working at Coinbase to leaving and now writing and speaking about Bitcoin:

Digital Panopticon and defunding three letter agencies
Making Money vs Caring for money
Can Bitcoin be corrupted?
Cryptosovereignty and political power

Links:

Twitter: @Erikcason
Site: Cryptosovereignty.org

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Pierre Rochard (VP of Research at Riot Platforms) rejoins me on the show to correct the NYT’s recent disinformation article on Bitcoin. We discuss:

Fundamental problems with the degrowth world view
Factual errors in the article
Demand response
Bitcoin mining has zero emissions
How Bitcoiners should respond

Links:

NYT article screenshots by Pierre
Archive.is link to the NYT article
Twitter: @BitcoinPierre

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Peter St Onge rejoins me to talk about whether the world is really dedollarising. What kind of timeframe are we talking about here? We also talk through some recent developments from an austrian economics perspective:

Dedollarisation
Cantillon Effects
Fictional Reserve Banking systems
Did the market really ‘choose’ FRB?
How Bitcoin is really what most people think of as money
Twitter: @profstonge
Substack: Stonge.Substack.com
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Hampus Sjoberg, creator of Blixt Wallet joins me to talk about lightning technology and crafting a non-custodial experience while dealing with the trade offs of custodial lightning.

LNURL - what is it and where is it useful?
Comparison with bolt12
Blixt wallet and its tradeoffs
Lightning Box for offline payments
Bitcoin soft forks - why they should be considered

Links:

Twitter: @hampus_S
Site: Blixt Wallet
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Prior episodes:

SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault – A New Way to HODL?
SLP463 Bitcoin Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT & eltoo with Greg Sanders(Instagibbs)
SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with Matt Corallo

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James Lavish (Author of the Informationist and Managing Partner of Bitcoin Opportunity Fund) rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest:

Shocking US government debt stats
Silicon Valley Bank bailout and what it portends
Using Bitcoin to stay operational in banking crisis
Bitcoin Opportunity Fund

Links:

Twitter: @jameslavish
Newsletter: https://jameslavish.substack.com/
BOF: The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund
Thread: https://twitter.com/jameslavish/status/1636104435171737602

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Ben Carlson, journalist and former editor at The Atlantic joins me on the show to chat about:

How the media operates and the model has shifted over time
Getting to the truth in this new age
How stories get covered up
Future of media
Uncovering interesting videos

Links:

Twitter: @bfcarlson
Site: bfcarlson.com

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Calvin Kim (BitMEX & HRF grantee) joins me to talk about utreexo:

utreexo and the UTXO set
comparison with other ideas e.g. assumevalid and assumeUTXO
utreexo proofs
Types of utreexo nodes - Bridge + Compact State nodes
How it might look in practice
Running your own electrum server
Privacy benefits

Links:

Twitter: @kcalvinalvinn
utreexo Github: https://github.com/utreexo/utreexo
Overview at MIT DCI https://dci.mit.edu/utreexo
Blog post: Out of Order Block Validation with Utreexo Accumulators

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Erick Brimen of Prospera joins me to talk about:

Creating $100-200T more wealth globally
The market for living together
Historical examples
Governance, Government, & The State
ZEDE law and uncertainty
Working with Galoy Money
Accepting Bitcoin & AmityAge on the island

Links:

Site: https://prospera.hn/news
Twitter: @erickbrimen

Other episodes:

SLP417 Titus Gebel – Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty
SLP161 Titus Gebel – Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities
SLP340 Peter Young – El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities

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Greg Sanders of Blockstream joins me to talk about Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT and eltoo. We discuss a range of questions:

What is Transaction Pinning?
How does mempoolfullrbf help?
Transaction Pinning vectors and possible fixes
v3 transaction relay
Overview of ANYPREVOUT
Improvements with eltoo
LN Penalty contrasted with LN Symmetry
Scaling Bitcoin longer term

Relevant episodes:

SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP298 Rusty Russell – Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?

Links:

Twitter: @theinstagibbs
Github: Gregory Sanders

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Craig Raw of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me to chat:

Bitcoin multi signature security
Passphrases contrasted with multi-sig
NFC support
What’s the difference between seed, passphrase, PIN & app password?
Stages of HODLing
BSMS
BIP329 Import and export of transactions
BIP47 support

Links:

Twitter: @craigraw
Site: SparrowWallet.com
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Relevant episodes:

SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK
SLP455 Anant – Single Sig or Multi Sig?

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Matt Corallo of Spiral Bitcoin rejoins me to chat about the purpose of Bitcoin and developments in the space:

Bitcoin contrasted with stablecoins
Bitcoin’s specialty
Future problems vs today problems
Canadian Trucker Bitcoin
Donations and adversarial environments
Cultural aspects
What does it take to have Bitcoin Soft forks again?
LDK

Links:

Twitter: @TheBlueMatt
Spiral: Spiral.xyz
LDK: Lightningdevkit.org
Async payment post
Prior episodes: SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken

Other relevant episodes:

SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault – A New Way to HODL?
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?
SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels
SLP298 Rusty Russell – Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?

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Mark Goodwin is the Editorial Director for Print at Bitcoin Magazine. He joins me to chat about the dynamics of Bitcoin and the Dollar:

Warring factions in the govt
Monetary dominance
Protocol risks created by stablecoins?
Bitcoin still surviving and thriving

Links:

Store: https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/
Twitter: @markgoodw_in
Article: Bitcoinmagazine.com
Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/stablecoin-monster-cbdc-red-herring

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NVK (of Coinkite.com) rejoins me to chat about the latest in bitcoin security:

New device Q1 with QR
New Coldcard firmware
Combining security techniques
Bitcoin Gardening, not Ossification
OP_VAULT
Nostr

Links:

Q1: https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1
NVK's Nostr npub: npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8

Previous Episodes:

SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses?
SLP344 NVK – Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard – Bitcoin Hardware Innovation
SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer
SLP252 NVK Bitcoin Hardware Wallets vs Air Gapped Computers

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Peter St Onge rejoins me on the show to talk about AI and what it means from an economic perspective. Many believe that all the jobs will disappear or there will be massive economic chaos.

We discuss:

AI and what jobs it will take
What new jobs will be created?
What about UBI?
Implications for choosing a career
ChatGPT and political bias
Existential risks
Trillion dollar coins

Links:

Twitter: @profstonge
Substack: HyperBitcoinization | stonge.substack.com
YouTube: @Profitsofchaos | Youtube.com
Prior episode: SLP272 Peter St. Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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K3tan of Ministry of Nodes rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent survey and review the year in Bitcoin. We discuss:

Practical tips on using Bitcoin
Which Bitcoin projects/software/hardware came out on top and why
Self sovereignty and adoption
Lightning
Fedimint, Cashu
What to expect for the next year

Links:

Twitter: @_k3tan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_k3tan/status/1600068204185153536
Site: https://ministryofnodes.com.au/

Prior episodes:

SLP315 k3tan – Networking For Bitcoiners
SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad

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Alex Gladstein of HRF rejoins me on the show to chat about:

Attending Africa Bitcoin Conference
How the World Bank and IMF keep poorer countries in a debt trap
The ‘strings’ attached to debt
Odious debt
Cash crops
How does this resolve?
Will Bitcoin help fix this?

Links:

Twitter: @gladstein
Article: Structural Adjustment: How the Imf and World Bank Repress Poor Countries and Funnel Their Resources to Rich Ones
HRF grants: HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Awards $325,000 in New Grants

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Dhruv Bansal, co-founder and CSO of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about:

The bear cycle and what happened
Leverage and the role of credit
Bitcoin and financial planning
Inheritance Planning
Multisig & Taproot
Nostr
Bitcoin and computer security

Links:

Twitter: @dhruvbansal
Site: Unchained.com

Prior episodes:

SLP221 Joe Kelly And Dhruv Bansal – Should Your Business Hold Bitcoin? Unchained Business Accounts
SLP113 Dhruv Bansal – Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital
SLP41 Dhruv Bansal of Unchained Capital – Bitcoin Dust in the Machine, and Bitcoin Financial Services

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Muzz from Lightning Ventures joins me to chat:

The world of Bitcoin VC
Is it fiat?
Investing in companies
Thinking long term
Problems with chainalysis
Bitcoiner Jobs
Should you evangelise bitcoin?
Tips for founders

Links:

Site: ltng.ventures
Twitter: @MikeJarmuz

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Conza (austro-libertarian writer and organiser of Mises Seminar Australia) joins me on the show to talk about praxeology, and common bitcoin misconceptions. We chat:

Praxeology basics
Why it’s not ‘mere preference’
Why accuracy is important
Classifying bitcoin vs IOUs
Inaccurate analogies about energy, time, violence/weapon

Links:

Twitter: @Conza
Site: mises.org.au
Site: conza.tumblr.com
Saifedean Conza episode :134. Praxeology in One Lesson with Conza

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Joe Burnett of Blockware joins me to chat about why Bitcoin’s security is probably fine in the long term. We chat about the typical arguments for and against here, as well as the surprising idea of ‘finality, not security’.

Bitcoin long term security arguments
Finality, not security
Bitcoin’s scaling cycle
Why ETH is more or less doomed
Bull and bear markets of bitcoin are a feature

Links:

Twitter: @IIICapital
Blockware/Riot Mining Report: Bitcoin Transaction Fees
Thread: https://twitter.com/IIICapital/status/1599813831231827968
Blockware Purchasing Power report

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Hermann from Bitcoin Ekasi joins me to chat about his journey banking the unbanked:

Being inspired by bitcoinbeach
Conditions in the town in Mossel Bay, South Africa
Shops taking bitcoin payment
Dealing with volatility
Why maximalism is practical
Using services like Bitrefill
Bitcoin education centre - built with bitcoin / Paxful

Links:

Site: BitcoinEkasi.com
Twitter: @BitcoinEkasi
Twitter: @vryfokkenou
Article: Bitcoin Ekasi: The Township One Year Later
Thread about ‘maximalism’: https://twitter.com/BitcoinEkasi/status/1600820061375459330

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WizardofAus joins me on the show to chat about the Bush Bash: an alternate model for Bitcoin conferences. To be clear it’s not ‘better’, just different. Wiz and I chat:

How he got into organizing bitcoin meetups
Bush Bash origins
Attendee feedback
The commitment filter
Structuring the weekend
No sponsors needed?
Tips on replicating the model

Links:

Twitter: @BTCSchellingPt
Site: bitcoinbushbash.info
Twitter: @bitcoinbushbash
Article: Gather Your Tribe - Citadel 21
Mentioned: Inventing Bitcoin(Free link)

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Federico Tenga of Bitfinex joins me to chat about RGB, what it is and what it enables using bitcoin:

What is RGB?
Enabling stablecoins, collectibles and other assets
How does it work?
Issuing new assets, transferring and deletion
Does it create an MEV situation for Bitcoin?
Iris Wallet

Links:

Twitter: @FedericoTenga
Iris Wallet Github: @iris_wallet
RGB FAQ: rgbfaq.com
Article: RGBMagic: Client-Side Contracts on Bitcoin

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Lawrence Nahum of Blockstream joins me to chat about:

RBF and mempoolfullrbf
0 conf arguments
Blockstream Green
Jade and bitcoin security
BuildonL2

Links:

Twitter: @LarryBitcoin
Site: Blockstream.com
Build on L2: https://www.buildonl2.com/

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Jordan Schachtel, independent journalist and writer joins me to chat about the problems in media today, and how we’re in a clown world. We discuss:

Media bias and narratives
SBF and the FTX house of cards
Was it a government op?
Critical factors for hyperbitcoinisation
Is the system beyond hope?

Links:

Twitter: @JordanSchachtel
Substack: The Dossier - Substack

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Juraj Bednar (Author, speaker, co-founder of Paralelni Polis) joins me on the show to chat about:

Cypherpunk and libertarian thought
Building out the Bitcoin parallel economy
Vekslaks and p2p
Tips for onboarding bitcoin and lightning users
Lightning wallet comparison

Links:

Twitter: @jurbed
Book: Hack Yourself!
Site: Juraj Bednar

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Svetski (Founder of The Bitcoin Times) rejoins me on the show to chat about what he’s working on lately:

The Bitcoin Times as a new annual bitcoin publication
How and why he got into Austrian economics
How bitcoin changes our time preference
Explaining Bitcoin
Playing the long game with bitcoin adoption

Links:

Twitter: @SvetskiWrites
Twitter: @TimelessBitcoin
Site: Bitcointimes.com.au

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Jeremy of Escape to El Salvador joins me on the show to talk about his insights on the ground in El Salvador. We discuss:

Why and how some bitcoiners and expats are moving to El Salvador
Thoughts on the recent Adopting Bitcoin conference
Creature comforts in El Salvador
Living on Bitcoin in El Salvador
Getting residency or setting up a business
Tips for anyone visiting El Salvador

Links:

Twitter: @ElSalvadorVisas
Website: EscapetoElSalvador.org
Jeremy’s Adopting Bitcoin talk

Other relevant episodes:

SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground with Aaron van Wirdum
SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey - Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador
SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano - Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador

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Dhruv, Pieter Wuille and Tim Ruffing join me on the show to talk about their project to bring encryption to Bitcoin Core. We discuss:

What the current state of things is
Packet inspection and making bitcoin slightly more private
The new proposal for encryption
Impact on nodes
Feedback wanted

Links:

BIP324: Enable v2 P2P encrypted transport #24545
https://github.com/dhruv/bips/blob/bip324/bip-0324.mediawiki
Site: Bip324.com
Twitter: @dhruv
Twitter: @pwuille
Twitter: @real_or_random

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James Lavish (author of The Informationist, prior fund manager and macro commentator) joins me on the show to chat about the great debt spiral and how Bitcoin is a big part of the answer. We discuss:

Recent central bank rate hikes - Fed and BoE hike 75 basis points
Financial zombies
Zombie countries and G7
Why the EU is doomed
UK Debt problems
How Bitcoin Fixes This

Links:

Twitter: @jameslavish
Newsletter: https://jameslavish.substack.com/

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Austin Mitchell of Synota joins me to chat about how bitcoin and the lightning network could be integrated with energy markets and the energy life cycle.

We chat:

Financial inefficiencies in energy markets
How Bitcoin and Lightning fix this
Automation and integration possible
Walking through the energy lifecycle
Bitcoin miners paying for their energy with bitcoin

Links:

Twitter: @aisaacsmitchell
Site: Synota.io

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Zero fee routing rejoins me on the show to do a post mortem on shutting down his LN node project (for now). It was one of the most connected lightning nodes in the network with about 100 BTC capacity, and over 1000 channels. We chat:

Why he’s shutting it down
How profitable it was
Lessons learned
Why he’s still bullish on the lightning network and bitcoin
Security considerations
Would he ever restart the project?
Splicing
Peerswap
Collaborative channel opens
Hosted channels

Links:

Twitter: @zerofeerouting
Thread: https://twitter.com/zerofeerouting/status/1586053522029936641
Site: Zerofeerouting.com
Prior episode: SLP384 Zerofeerouting – Zero Fee Routing on Lightning Network

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Anant Tapadia of BitHyve (the team behind Hexa Wallet and Keeper) joins me on the show to talk about what’s going on in India, and the efforts to spread good bitcoin education there as a community. We chat:

Bitcoin scene in India
Regulation in India
Meetup groups
p2p trading
Keeper and multi signature
b4i conference - aims

Links:

Twitter: @anant_tap
Conference site: https://www.conference.bitcoin4india.org/
Keeper: Bitcoinkeeper.app

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Stack rejoins me on the show to chat about Bitcoin and the four macro factors to watch:

Contrasting different views on macro
Four factors to watch
Is the world done with US Treasuries?
What’s the US Fed doing?
What about the UK market?
Deflationary collapse

Links:

Twitter: @stackhodler
Site: Pro.stackmacro.com
Prior episode: SLP397 Stack Hodler – Money Printing Around the World

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Cory Klippsten rejoins me on the show to chat about:

The Race to Avoid The War
Examples of countries experiencing high inflation
Obstacles and hurdles on the way
Could the cycles have been avoided?
How to contribute if you’re not a developer
Pacific Bitcoin

Links:

Twitter: @coryklippsten
Pacific Bitcoin: PacificBitcoin.com (code LIVERA)

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Morgen Rochardof Origin WA joins the show to chat about the world of financial planning and more:

Bitcoin allocation percentages
Monetary uncertainty
“Making your money work for you”
Why you want to live in a Bitcoin world
Negative real yield
Living within your means

Links:

Origin Wealth Advisors: Originwa.com
Twitter: @MorgenRochard
Book: Personal Finance QuickStart Guide
Bitcoin for Advisors podcast

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Johns Beharry and Ed of the Bolt.fun project join me to chat about this new online bitcoin and lightning meta-hackathon and how you can get involved.

How it got started
Prizes and Tracks
How teams will be judged
Guide
Makers
Growing the bitcoin developer + designer community

Links:

Site: https://bolt.fun/
Johns Twitter: @johnsBeharry
Ed Twitter: @zapp_ed

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Simon Lelieveldt, a business engineer with extensive experience in banking, central banking and acting as supervisor joins me on the show. We’re chatting about:

The problem of FATF
Who are they?
How did this organisation form?
What impacts they’re having on the world
Tricks they use to take advantage of crises
How to push back

Links:

Twitter: @finhstamsterdam
Thread: https://twitter.com/finhstamsterdam/status/1309875813806936064
FATF evaluation thread https://twitter.com/finhstamsterdam/status/1562702570229223424
Unhosted wallets thread https://twitter.com/finhstamsterdam/status/1418328186279141376
Simon’s article: Law suit Bitonic
Stephan’s recent article on the topic: Bitcoiners Must Fight the FATF and Its AML Regime

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Paolo Ardoino (CTO Bitfinex & Tether) rejoins me on the show to chat about just what’s happening Lugano:

Funding for the project
Helping merchants accepting Bitcoin, USDT, Luga
Why do this from the top down? Why not bottom up only?
Hub & Incubator
Updates on Keet
Plan B Forum

Links:

Twitter: @paoloardoino
Lugano site: https://planb.lugano.ch/planb-forum/

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John Haar from Swan Private joins me on the show to chat about his journey working inside the TradFi machine and coming to see Bitcoin as the answer:

Being a goldbug
Reading and learning at mises.org
Methodological differences with mainstream economics
Full Reserve and Fractional Reserve thoughts
Will we see Bitcoin decorrelation?
Inflation

Links:

Article: How Legacy Finance Perceives Bitcoin
Twitter: @john_at_swan
Prior episodes: SLP402 Pierre Rochard – Bitcoin Obsoletes Fractional Reserve Banking
Prior episodes: SLP266 Croesus_BTC – Bitcoin: Stake Your Claim Before Everyone Else
Prior episode: SLP416 Per Bylund – How To Think About Economics

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Vivek Ramaswamy of Strive Asset Management joins me on the show to chat about:

His book Woke, Inc.
How executives pursue Woke-ism as a deflection strategy
What investors can do about it
Activist investing
Fighting fire with water
How it plays into Bitcoin’s world

Links:

Twitter: @VivekGRamaswamy
Site: Strive.com

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Nathan and Secondl1ght of the BTCMap FOSS project join me to chat about tagging local bitcoin merchants and how you can get involved.

FOSS and data
Past attempts at tagging
Open systems and walled gardens
BTCMap project and how you can contribute
Tagging locations

Links:

Site: BTCMap.org
Twitter: @BTCMapDotOrg
Github: https://github.com/teambtcmap
Nathan: @nathan_day
Secondl1ght twitter: @secondl1ght
Secondlight site: secondl1ght.site

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Matthew McClintock of Bespoke Services joins me on the show to chat about his family office and private trust company for UHNW American clients. We chat:

What level of wealth qualifies here?
What are the concerns of Bitcoin-affluent families?
What kind of structures can they use?
Benefits of these structures
Trade offs of the approach
How the Sovereign Individual thesis may play out
Should UHNW Americans consider staying out of these structures?
What’s needed from a technology and culture perspective?

Links:

Site: Bespokeservices.io
Twitter: @mcclintock_m

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NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about how Tapsigner, a Bitcoin NFC Hardware card may be the next big iteration in UX for the masses given it’s price and ease of use. We chat:

Low cost hardware devices
Tapsigner features and use
Bitcoin and NFC support w/Nunchuk
SatsCard - the new OPENDIME
BlockClock Micro shipping
BitcoinTreasuries.Net
Bitcoin.Review - NVK’s new podcast

Links:

Twitter: @NVK
Site: Tapsigner.com
Site: Coinkite.com (code LIVERA)
Site: BitcoinTreasuries.net
Site: Bitcoin.review

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Titus Gebel, author of Free Private Cities, and CEO of Tipolis rejoins me on the show to talk about updates with Free Cities, and why we need to create parallel structures for liberty:

Name change
Free Cities projects
Elements of a Free City
Making it work for the long term
Liberty In Our Lifetime Conference

Links:

Twitter: @titusgebel
Site: free-cities.org
Site: free-communities.org
Site: lifetimeliberty.com (code LIVERA for discount)
Prior episode: SLP161 Titus Gebel – Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities
Relevant prior episode: SLP340 Peter Young – El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities

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Per Bylund, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute rejoins me on the show to talk about his new intro book on economics, “How to Think About Economics”. This is a great new ‘first book’ on economics, especially in the Austrian tradition. We discuss:

How this book project came about
Austrian methodology
Comparison with other books
Rationing vs Production
Educating family and friends on Austrian econ

Links:

Twitter: @PerBylund
Book: How to Think about the Economy: A Primer
Prior episode: SLP38 Per Bylund – The size of firms
Prior episode: SLP87 Per Bylund – The Problem of Production

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Prince Philip of Serbia joins me on the show to chat about his journey of learning about Bitcoin:

Bitcoin, Economics and Finance
Joining Jan3
Bottom up adoption and Top down adoption
What kinds of state level adoption help?
Dealing with typical Bitcoin FUD lines

Links:

Twitter: @PrincFilip1
Site: Jan3.com

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Matt Hill of Start9 rejoins me on the show to chat about the recent show on Bitcoin nodes with K3tan. We chat:

What’s the actual risk with Raspberry Pi’s?
Where do they hit their bottleneck?
What about more performant nodes?
What about DIY?
EmbassyOS and new EmbassyPro device
Should you separate bitcoin and non-bitcoin applications?

Links:

Twitter: @_MattHill_
Site: Start9.com
Prior episode referenced: SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad
Prior episode with Matt: SLP352 Matt Hill – EmbassyOS & Making Self Sovereignty Tech Cheaper Than The Alternatives

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Jevi of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to talk about the “crypto collapse” earlier this year, and why this is the time to learn about bitcoin self custody. We chat:

Coming into the space
Fiat and yield chasing mindset
Why so many new bitcoin investors are reluctant to self custody
Why now is the time
Removing single points of failure
Unchained’s new Trading Desk product

Links:

Twitter: @jevidon
Site: Unchained.com

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Alby is an exciting project that allows us to easily interact with lightning on the web. Moritz from the team joins me to talk about:

How Alby started
Influence from joule
Lighting paywall plugin for WordPress
Interoperability using lightning
Lightning address, LNURL, WebLN
Privacy and security

Links:

Site: GetAlby.com
Twitter: @getAlby
Telegram group: https://t.me/getAlby
Telegram: https://t.me/MoritzKam
Alby API blog post: Introducing the Alby Wallet API - a new way to power any app with Bitcoin

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My longtime friend, K3tan rejoins me on the show to chat about various things but importantly, we chat about why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes are bad. We chat:

Reliability & Performance of Raspberry Pi’s vs other options
What you can use instead
Cost
Bitcoin node packages
Electrum server comparison
HDD & SSD requirements
Separating bitcoin from non-bitcoin apps
Self-hosting

Links:

Twitter: @_k3tan
Ministry of Nodes Nodebox guide: Ubuntu Node Box Guide 2022 Edition
Ministry of Nodes Consulting
Article: My Home Lab
Craig Raw’s blog post on electrum server performance
Prior episode: SLP315 k3tan – Networking For Bitcoiners

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Pete Rizzo of Bitcoin Magazine rejoins me to chat about what bitcoin maximalists actually believe. We chat:

What maximalists actually believe and do
“Crypto minimalism”
What to do in cases of technical infeasibility
Commitment to slow change and enfranchising users

Links:

Twitter: @pete_rizzo_
Article: How To Be A Bitcoin Maximalist
Site: BitcoinMagazine.com
Prior episode: SLP392 Pete Rizzo Is Bitcoin Maximalism Still Needed?

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Steven Lubka, Managing Director of Swan Private joins me on the show to chat:

How to think about inflation
What scenarios we can get high CPI
Whether Bitcoin is still an inflation hedge
Orange pilling HNW
Macro and Bitcoin cycles

Links:

Twitter: @DzambhalaHODL
Article: Bitcoin and the True Meaning of Inflation
Site: SwanPrivate.com

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Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to chat:

His latest article, Finding Signal in a Noisy World
Prior biases and his experiences with technology disruption
Why Bitcoin adoption will be more bottom up
Investing in the space with Ego Death Capital
Helping people zoom out and see the bigger picture

Links:

Twitter:@JeffBooth
Article: Finding Signal In A Noisy World
Ego Death Capital
SLP334 Jeff Booth – Escape The System & 2021 Year In Review
SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat“Extend and Pretend”
SLP191 Jeff Booth – Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future

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Ben Arc, Bitcoin hardware maker and founder of LNbits joins me to chat:

Getting into bitcoin hardware hacking and making
How the LN Bits project came about
The functionality possible with extensions
POS
Lightning payment splitting
boltz.exchange for loop outs

Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arcbtc
LN Bits twitter: https://twitter.com/lnbits
Site: https://lnbits.com/
Github: https://github.com/arcbtc
LNPoS: https://github.com/arcbtc/LNPoS
LNBits Telegram: https://t.co/VoR10wtbKp
MakerBits Telegram: https://t.me/makerbits

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Adi Shankara (founder of Summer of Bitcoin) joins me on the show to chat about:

How he got into Bitcoin from a tech background
The Bitcoin scene in India
How the RBI actually gets Bitcoin (and doesn’t like it)
Why Bitcoin Needs Technologists
Summer of Bitcoin
How the program works
How you can support the program

Links:

Twitter: @adibitcoin
Site: Summerofbitcoin.org

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Paolo Ardoino (CTO of Bitfinex & Tether, CSO Holepunch) joins me on the show to chat about a wide range of topics:

Lightning security
Lightning adoption
Tether reserves - Does Tether Pump Bitcoin?
Tether creation/redemption process
Tether audits and attestations
Stablecoins and centralisation
Keet & Holepunch

Links:

Twitter: @paoloardoino
Site: Bitfinex.com
Site: Tether.to/en/
Site: Keet.io

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Gloria Zhao, Bitcoin core contributor and maintainer, rejoins me on the show to chat about what bitcoin core maintainers do. We discuss:

What do Bitcoin Core maintainers do?
How does Bitcoin Core development work?
How much ‘power’ do maintainers have?
Mempools - what are they and why do we need them?
Interaction with L2 protocols
Mempool package relay
RBF

Links:

Twitter: @glozow
Package Relay Proposal
Site mentioned: Bitcoin Core PR Review Club
Github: glozow
Brink: @bitcoinbrink
Bitcoin Core PR Reviews: @BitcoinCorePRs
SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict

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Alex B rejoins me on the show to chat about bitcoin security over the longer term and updates on his ETH centralisation thesis. We discuss:

Bitcoin’s long term security and blockspace market
How miner fees shifted over time in Bitcoin and why
Tail emission arguments are dumb
Which nodes matter?
Lido and ETH centralisation
Will efforts to fix it work?

Links:

Twitter: @bergealex4
SLP303 Ethereum's Path To Centralisation With Alex B

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Pierre Rochard rejoins me on the show to talk about Full Reserve, Fractional Reserve, and how Bitcoin obsolete Fractional Reserve Banking:

Full vs Fractional Reserve
Fiduciary media
Is the current system full or fractional reserve?
Various historical or current examples from the bitcoin economy
How would businesses work under a bitcoin full reserve system

Links:

Twitter: @BitcoinPierre
Related article: In Defense of Bitcoin Full Reserve: Not Anti-credit, but Anti-fiduciary Media

Previous Episodes:

SLP3 – Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard
SLP11 – Bitcoin’s Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
SLP35 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?
SLP367 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Network & Kraken

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Greg Foss, Bond market veteran investor, and bitcoin/macro commentator rejoins me on the show to talk about the situation with global debt, bond markets and why Bitcoin is cheap protection. We chat:

US Fed
Japanese debt markets
The 60:40 stocks and bonds allocation and what changes
Sell Bonds, Buy Bitcoin
Scenarios for how this plays out
Looking Glass Education

Links:

Twitter: @FossGregfoss
Site: Lookingglasseducation.com

Prior episode:

SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You Can’t Ignore

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Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing, bitcoin researchers and contributors at Blockstream rejoin me on the show, this time to chat about half signature aggregation. This is a scaling technique that can help scale Bitcoin and enable more transactions inside a block or help with L2 protocols. We discuss:

How this idea came to be
What is half aggregation vs ‘full aggregation’?
What kind of savings are possible?
What are the downsides?
How would this work in practice?
Is a soft fork required?
Next steps for discussion, research, contributors

Links:

Twitter: @n1ckler
Twitter: @real_or_random
Blog post: Half-Aggregation of BIP 340 Signatures
CISA github: Cross-Input Signature Aggregation(CISA)
Half aggregation: Half-Aggregation of BIP 340 signatures

Previous Episodes

SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
SLP321 On-chain scaling with Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra, Andrew Chow & Murch

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Christian Keroles (aka CK), GM of Bitcoin Magazine joins me on the show to talk about the problems Europe is facing, and why Bitcoin is good for Europe:

The problems Europe is facing
Anti bitcoin laws and regulations
AMLD5
FATF and Travel Rule
MiCA and Proof of Work
Why Bitcoin is good for Europe
Bitcoin Conference in Amsterdam
What Bitcoiners can do about it

Links:

Twitter: @ck_SNARKs
Bitcoin Amsterdam:Bitcoin is making history in Europe - October 12-14,2022
Site: Bitcoinmagazine.com
SLP394 Beautyon – Bitcoin is Not Money: EU Attack on Bitcoin
SLP379 Gigi – Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin
SLP318 Ronald Pol – The ineffectiveness of AML
Hass McCook Bitcoin Magazine articles mentioned

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Ansel Lindner, Bitcoin podcaster and writer of BitcoinAndMarkets.com joins me on the show to talk about his framework for assessing:

Inflation or Deflation?
The money stock
Credit cycles over time
What bitcoin does for the world
Could inflation and fractional reserve happen again on top of bitcoin?

Links:

Twitter: @AnselLindner
Site: Bitcoinandmarkets.com

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Stack Hodler, twitter anon investor joins me to chat:

Fiat currencies & #Bitcoin
JPY and Japanese bond market
Why you shouldn’t #GetOnZero
Credit Cycles
Mortgage Boycotts
BRICS

Links:

Twitter: @stackhodler

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Allen Farrington (author and professional investor) joins me on the show to talk about Austrian economics, Capital & DeFi Yield:

Austrian economics and Bitcoin
Where does the 2% inflation target come from?
The world Bitcoin will enable
Altcoin DeFi yield: where does it come from?
Bitcoin price and market depth

Links:

Twitter: @allenf32
Bitcoin is Venice book
Only The Strong Survive
Mentioned Mises.org article: The Origins of the 2 Percent Inflation Target
Bob Murphy’s article in response to ‘sticky wages’ criticism: Are"Sticky Wages" a Market Failure?

Related episode:

SLP311 Bitcoin: Only The Strong Survive – with Big Al

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John Tamny of FreedomWorks and Editor at Real Clear Markets joins me on the show to chat about his alternative take on inflation, fractional reserve banking, as well as why we should be optimistic about things going forward:

Defining inflation
Debate on Austrian economics & FRB
Is monetary stability possible?
2 years of Hysteria
Optimism for the future

Links:

Twitter: @johntamny
Site: Freedomworks.org
Site: Realclearmarkets.com

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Beautyon (Akin) rejoins me on the show to talk about the EU attack on Bitcoin and the confusing way people speak/learn about Bitcoin. We chat:

Misleading terminology (unhosted wallets)
Bitcoin as text & speech, not money
The map is not the terrain
What bitcoin builders can do
What happens to countries who refuse Bitcoin

Links:

Twitter: @Beautyon_
Bitcoin Mag article: The European Union’s Attack On Bitcoin Is An English And Math Comprehension Problem
Site: azte.co
Related episode: SLP379 Gigi – Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin
Prior episode with Beautyon SLP16 - Keeping Bitcoin Simple, with Beautyon(Akin Fernandez)

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Ben Pile of Climate Resistance joins me to chat about the problem of the Green agenda. We discuss:

How this Green movement is funded
ESG meeting with reality
Are these outcomes intentional?
Hypocrisy of green warriors

Links:

Twitter: @clim8resistance
Site: Climate-resistance.org
YouTube: Climate Resistance

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Pete Rizzo, Editor at Bitcoin Magazine and Editor-at-large at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Maximalism. There has been some discussion recently on the role of the ‘toxic’ Maximalists, and Pete has clarified some thinking on this in his recent article and discussion on this topic. We talk:

What is Bitcoin Maximalism
What do maximalists believe?
Social and cultural arguments
Technical aspects
Is it still needed?

Links:

Twitter: @pete_rizzo_
Rizzo’s Forbes Article: Bitcoin Maximalism Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin Maximalism
Nic Carter’s article: Setting the record straight

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Ben Carman (Bitcoin core contributor, working at The Bitcoin Company, co-organizer Austin BitDevs) joins me on the show to talk about the world of Bitcoin Privacy, the implications of surveillance on us all today, some of his ideas on improving Bitcoin Privacy, LN Vortex, P2P and the Austin BitDevs scene.

Links:

Twitter: @benthecarman
LN Vortex: Protocol Documentation
Austin BitDevs: Austin Bitcoin Developers
The Bitcoin Company
Bitcoin Optech #204

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Dan McArdle joins me on the show to chat about his experiences as a long time Bitcoiner and ways to think through what’s going on now. We chat:

Is the “4 year HODLer” stat dead?
Insights from prior cycles and drawdowns
FUD cycles
Casebitcoin.com and CAGR stats
How to think about bear markets

Links:

Twitter: @robustus
Site: casebitcoin.com
Inflation thread

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Daniel Frumkin of Braiins and Jaran Mellerud of Arcane Research join me on the show to talk about the latest in the world of Bitcoin Mining. As the price has fallen recently, we’ve seen some miners come under pressure. We chat:

Overview
Which public miners are in trouble?
Operating cash flows
Bitcoin miner treasury management strategy
Why we’re likely to see acquisitions
Impacts for home and retail miners
Were there bull market errors?
Future forecasting and conservatism

Links:

Twitter: @JMellerud
Twitter: @dfrumps
Arcane Research: Survival of the fittest: Which public bitcoin miners are the best prepared to survive the bear market?
Braiins Insights Dashboard: braiins.com
Jaran’s analysis thread on public miners: https://twitter.com/JMellerud/status/1541444212444614656

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Meron Estefanos, activist and journalist joins me to talk about her story of helping over 20k refugees, helping to stop human traffickers, and how she’s using and teaching Bitcoin these days.

We chat:

Her story of helping refugees
Life for Eritreans
Being an activist and radio journalist
How she teaches Bitcoin (BlueWallet and Muun)
HRF Oslo Freedom Forum

Links:

Twitter: @meronina

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Tuur Demeester, long time author/analyst and former fund manager in the Bitcoin space rejoins me to chat about his views on the markets and where Bitcoin is going:

Macro views on interest rates
Deleveraging moments
Trying to make money in Bitcoin terms
The Panic of 1907 and “Crypto” Contagion
How Bitcoin differs
Full Reserve Banking models contrasted with Fractional Reserve Banking
Whether this bitcoin bear market will last long

Links:

Twitter: @TuurDemeester
Thread: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1538963088501776387
Mises wiki: Panic of 1907

Prior episode:

SLP64 Tuur Demeester – What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework

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Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about various topics:

How lightning network is growing and maturing
Breez Merchant Point of Sale
Breez and Greenlight
LN Protocol development
Asynchronous payments
Splicing

Links:

Twitter: @Breez_tech
Site: breez.technology

Mentioned:

Laolu Summary of Recent LN Meeting
SLP378 Christian Decker – Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT

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Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent trip to Central African Republic and their new bitcoin legal tender push.

We chat:

The situation in the country today
Hurdles to adoption
Internet, Electricity and Smartphone penetration
What makes sense for bitcoin adoption in CAR?
Comparison with El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law
Galoy Money
El Salvador hosting central bankers and finance ministers

Links:

Twitter: @nicolasburtey
Site: galoy.io

Prior episodes:

SLP346 Nicolas Burtey – Synthetic USD & Bitcoin Banking
SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey – Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador

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Zerofeerouting, runner of the 3rd most connected Lightning node with an innovative business model joins me on the show to chat about lightning:

Starting a routing node
The Zero Fee Routing business model
Why has nobody else done it yet?
Where fees are going on LN and who will pay them
Operational aspects of running a big node
Lightning protocol improvements
LND and CLN

Links:

Twitter: @zerofeerouting
Site: Zerofeerouting.com

Episodes mentioned:

SLP378 Christian Decker – Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT
SLP376 Evan Kaloudis – Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet
SLP135 Suheb – Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL

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Alex Epstein, energy expert and author rejoins me on the show to talk about his newest book coming out, Fossil Future. We chat:

Updates to his thinking since the Moral Case for Fossil Fuels in 2014
Problems with our ‘knowledge system’ today
Fossil Fuels benefit deniers
“Climate Mastery”
What the Bitcoin community is getting right and wrong on energy
How free market energy advocates should be approaching their discussions

Links:

Twitter: @AlexEpstein
Site: FossilFuture.com

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Gary Leland, entrepreneur, author & founder of BitBlockBoom rejoins me to talk about orange pilling people, whether they are everyday individuals, or state senators.

We chat:

Doing a booksprint on ‘Bitcoin and the American Dream’
Orange pilling people by teaching them to DCA
Speaking to a state senate to get them to buy Bitcoin
What to expect with BitBlockBoom 2022

Links:

Twitter: @GaryLeland
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-American-Dream-Technology-Transcending/dp/B09P7RL79Z
BitBlockBoom: bitblockboom.com (code LIVERA for discount)

Previous Episodes:

SLP193 Gary Leland – Bitcoin For Boomers

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John and Gloriana from the “My First Bitcoin” project join me to talk about their journey in running Bitcoin education for Salvadoran high school students. We chat about:

How the project got started
Phases of the project
What the students learn
Hurdles for learning
Where the project may go in future

Links:

Site: MiPrimerBitcoin.io
Twitter: @MyfirstBitcoin_
Twitter: @jdennehy_writes
Twitter: @Glori1995

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Jeff Deist President of Mises Institute and I had a chat recently for the Human Action Podcast, and we discuss a few ideas about liberty, political freedom & economic freedom around the world:

Exiting Australia
Freedom indexes and where they may be falling down
Political freedom contrasted with economic freedom
Why social issues dominate

Links:

Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises

Previous Episodes:

SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acting Locally

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Gigi rejoins me on the show to talk about the problems of imprecise language and wording in Bitcoin:

‘Unhosted wallets’ terminology
Bitcoin and warfare language
Proof of Work and mining

Links:

Twitter: @dergigi
Site: Dergigi.com

Previous Episodes:

SLP313 Gigi – USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time
SLP140 Gigi – Bitcoin’s Gravity and 21 Lessons

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Christian Decker of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to talk about Greenlight, a node service by Blockstream. We chat about:

Who it’s for
Running a node online
Backups
Channel Management
CLN v0.11
APO and eltoo
Pinning attacks
Layered commitments

Christian Decker links:

Twitter: @snyke
ANYPREVOUT: BIP118
github cdecker

Previous Episodes:

SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP59 Christian Decker – Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories

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Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, programmer) rejoins me to chat about how Airline Miles are the original altcoins and how there are similarities in the fiat mindsets around chasing miles/points, and altcoins. We discuss:

Why the airline industry is the way it is
Fiat mindset in miles chasers and DeFi chasers
Altcoiners chasing airdrops and yield
Secure property rights vs fuzzy property rights
CTV

Links:

Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Airline Miles Are The Original Altcoins
Article: Bitcoin Songsheet: Private Property and Covenants
Twitter: @jimmysong
Site: ProgrammingBitcoin.com

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Evan Kaloudis joins me on the show to talk about building Zeus, a self sovereign Lightning Wallet for use with your own lightning node. Evan and I chat about using the LN today, and being a more sovereign lightning user.

Building Zeus as a FOSS app
Getting support and feature bounties
Zeus community
Interoperable standards
Supporting multiple lightning implementations
Privacy on LN - e.g. route blinding
Payment reliability

Links:

Twitter: @evankaloudis
Site: Zeusln.app
Zeus Twitter: @ZeusLN

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Laolu Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about Taro. Taro is a new protocol and proposal by the Lightning Labs team for creation of stablecoins or other assets that can be built into the existing Bitcoin/Lightning network. We chat about how it works and what it could mean for Bitcoin.

How Taro works
Prior efforts e.g. coloured coins, Counterparty, RGB
Benefits of Taro approach
What it would look like in practice
Lightning Network development generally
CTV and ST discussion

Links:

Twitter: @roasbeef
Lightning Labs Taro Blog Post : A New Protocol for Multi-Asset Bitcoin and Lightning
Lightning Labs Engineering documentation: Taro is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain.

Previous Episode:

SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users
SLP207 Roasbeef – Lightning Labs lnd Goes Wumbo
SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun(Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs

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Adam O (DenverBitcoin) of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about the Bitcoin advocate community’s response to the ESG Mafia. Are there better ways to respond?

We chat:

ESG statistics and what would be better
Bitcoin’s rising energy use and prominence
Bitcoin Mining Council
Carbon accounting dishonesty
Is placating them a good strategy?

Links:

Twitter: @denverbitcoin
Site: UpstreamData.ca
Article: DENVER’S DERIVATIVE — HOW TO GAUGE THE PRICE OF A BITCOIN ASIC
Recent Bitcoin Mining Council Report referred to in show

Previous Episode:

SLP299 Adam O – Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas

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Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about another global organisation that has been making all kinds of anti-Bitcoin and anti-freedom statements in its research and proclamations. We chat:

Who the IMF are and how they started
What they think on Proof of Work
“Financial Crime”
“Transitioning to a low carbon economy”
“Financial stability”
Global corruption

Links:

Twitter: @samcallah
Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1517170892979142657

Relevant episodes:

SLP336 Sam Callahan – The Problem with the BIS
SLP318 Ronald Pol – The ineffectiveness of AML

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Sergej Kotliar CEO of Bitrefill rejoins me on the show to talk about a big new feature coming to Bitrefill, the rebrand, and Bitcoin adoption more broadly. We chat:

Culturally what does it take for Bitcoin adoption
Inconvenient truths about who uses Bitcoin for payment
What wallets people are actually using
LN vs on-chain payment
BIP21
Payment volume breakdowns
Bill Payment in the US
Capital Gains Tax laws
Convenience of living the Bitcoin life

Links:

Twitter: @ziggamon
Site: Bitrefill

Previous episodes:

SLP210 Sergej Kotliar How To Watch Bitcoin’s Mempool, Lightning Adoption & Privacy
SLP85 Sergej Kotliar – Building Bitcoin’s circular economy
SLP54 Justin Camarena of Bitrefill – Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management

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Max Keiser, Bitcoiner, financial broadcaster, investor and writer joins me on the show to talk about his adventures in El Salvador and investments in line with the global hyperbitcoinisation thesis. We chat:

Living in El Salvador
Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure
El Zonte Capital and who’s involved
Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin Gaming
Thoughts on Central African Republic
Bitcoin City

Links:

Twitter: @maxkeiser
Twitter: @ElZonteCapital
Twitter: @stacyherbert
Email: hello@elzontecapital.com

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Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital (previously Avon Ventures & Fidelity) joins me to talk about how and why Bitcoin Fees are low. After going through eras of higher fees, it might be puzzling as to why they’re low now.

We talk:

Which factors had the biggest impact
SegWit
Batching
Lightning Network
Less OP_Returns
Less miner selling
What might cause fees to rise in future

Links:

Twitter: @intangiblecoins
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/1511340416263766027
Report: Why are Bitcoin Transaction Fees So Low?

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Daniel Frumkin of Braiins joins me on the show to talk about calculating Bitcoin Mining profitability and a load of topics:

Braiins insights dashboard
Stratum v2 benefits
Profitability calculator
Cost to mine calculator
CAPEX or OPEX costs for mining?
How to think about mining ROI
Updates coming

Links:

Twitter: @dfrumps
Site: insights.braiins.com

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Bitcoin QNA of Bitcoiner.guide joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Seeds and a new Seed Tool created with SuperPhatArrow. In this show you’ll learn a little bit about how your bitcoin wallet works in the background:

Bitcoin and entropy
Seed Words
Passphrases
Bitcoin wallets and addresses
BIP85
BIP47 Stealth Addresses
Education for newcoiners in the space

Links:

Site: https://bitcoiner.guide/seed
Twitter: @BitcoinQ_A

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Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Lead Strategist at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about new lightning network developments and how Lightning network is growing:

Experience of setting up LN at Kraken
LN for day to day use not being big yet
Millions of people plugged into Lightning
Will LN node operation only be for pros?
Long term fee / security arguments
Thoughts on stablecoins vs Bitcoin

Links:

Twitter: @pierre_rochard

Prior episodes:

SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
SLP35 Pierre Rochard – Lightning Power Excel Plugin, Lightning Residency
SLP11 – Bitcoin’s Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
SLP3 – Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard

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Nate (aka BeefOrBacon1, also working at Voltage) joins me to talk about how to run a Bitcoin Lightning node. We get into all sorts of information while keeping it accessible for people relatively new to running a lightning node.

Different lightning user types
How to run your lightning node
Different types of node: RPi, box, VPS
How to manage channels
Who to open channels with
What tools you can use
Should you use swap providers?
What kind of fees do you earn?
How do you backup your lightning node?
Payment reliability

Links:

Twitter: @beeforbacon1
Voltage: Voltage.cloud

Relevant episodes:

SLP323 Graham Krizek – Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage
SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss
SLP361 Rene Pickhardt – Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network

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Anita Posch, bitcoin educator, podcaster and founder of Bitcoin For Fairness joins me on the show to talk about her recent trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia. We chat about:

Why she went
Crypto Scammers vs Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin software and hardware
Main hurdles to adoption
Government views on Bitcoin
p2p Bitcoin

Links:

@AnitaPosch
bffbtc.org
Bitcoin for Fairness - Anita Posch
(L)earn Bitcoin

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Max Hillebrand, a bitcoin and privacy educator, also working at ZKSnacks (the company behind Wasabi Wallet) rejoins me to talk about why ZKSnacks is implementing blacklisting, and working with chain surveillance firms. We disagree a lot in this one! But we chat:

Wasabi Wallet default coordinator implementing censorship
Coinjoin coordinator models comparison
The contradiction between being anti surveillance firms and working with them
Is there a regulatory capture angle here?
Address re use in Wasabi Wallet
Wasabi Wallet 2 / wabisabi

Links:

ZKSnacks Blog Post: zkSNACKs' Blacklisting Update
Max Twitter: @HillebrandMax
Max Website: Towardsliberty.com

Previous episodes:

SLP96 Max Hillebrand – Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies

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Seth for Privacy joins me to chat about Bitcoin & Fungibility. We chat:

Privacy and fungibility
Practical real world difficulties of censoring
Bitcoin and Monero community differences
Technical and social reasons for not having protocol level privacy
The hopes for application level privacy with tools like Samourai Wallet & Sparrow Wallet
Growing the p2p bitcoin economy

Links:

Twitter: @sethforprivacy
Site: https://sethforprivacy.com/
Pieter Wuille StackExchange answer mentioned: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/101874

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John Carvalho, Founder of Synonym joins me to talk about Slashpay and SlashTags, an ambitious attempt to dramatically smooth the process of exchanging bitcoin addresses or lightning invoices. What kind of things does this enable? We discuss:

Competing standards in Bitcoin
How it would work
Updating and revocation of SlashTags
What other things are enabled by this public keypair approach
Why not use a blockchain
Putting tether USD on lightning
Synonym

Links:

Slashpay Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Synonym_to/status/1498021273255002115
Site: https://synonym.to/
John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog
John’s Podcast: http://thebiz.pro/

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Rene Pickhardt, independent researcher and bitcoin/lightning educator rejoins me to talk about his new approach to massively improving lightning payments reliability, and the various trade offs:

What the current approach is
What Pickhardt payments are
Constraints and trade offs
Reliability and privacy trade offs
Are there conflicts with other proposals to improve lightning network?
Zero Base Fee

Rene links:

Twitter: @renepickhardt
Rene’s Patreon: Rene Pickhardt - Patreon.com
Support Rene here: https://donate.ln.rene-pickhardt.de/
Researchers website: https://ln.rene-pickhardt.de/

Prior episode:

SLP37 Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin Lightning Education & Lightning Summit

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Giacomo rejoins me on the show to talk about the need for Bitcoin to be both Hard Money and Dark Money. In this show we talk about:

What Dark Money means
Why “Just use Monero” is not a satisfactory answer
Use of atomic swap services or other
Can compliance bros kill Bitcoin?
Global KYC capture risk - would it create a minority chain soft fork?
Why NgU is still important

Links:

Twitter: @giacomozucco
Bitcoin Culture Talk @ Unconfiscatable 2022: Unconfiscatable 2022 - Giacomozucco.com
Lightning talk: Lightning Privacy - Lightning Hack Day, Istanbul 2022 - Giacomozucco.com

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Have you wondered about the progress of Bitcoin in Africa? Abubakar Nur Khalil, Bitcoin Core contributor, on the board of BTrust and also of Recursive Capital joins me on the show to talk about:

Bitcoin core contribution and developer training/mentor process
Qala
Bitcoin in Africa & education
B Trust
Recursive Capital and investing in African Bitcoin companies

Links:

Abubakar’s Twitter: @ihate1999
B Trust: @btrustteam
Recursive Capital: @RcrsvCapital

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Lili joins me to talk about her journey of learning about Bitcoin and using it privately. We chat about:

Trade offs of KYC vs Non-KYC coins
How to acquire non KYC coins
Staying private through the lifecycle of using Bitcoin
Bitcoin for donations
Canadian Trucker Bitcoin
Wasabi and ZkSnacks debacle thoughts

Links:

Twitter: @Marketsbylili

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Lawrence Lepard (Investment Manager, Austrian Economist) ofEquity Management Associates joins me on the show to chat about living through the burning house of fiat money. We chat:

What’s changing in the world today and why so many took it for granted
The insecurity around property rights
Holding paper assets vs physical assets
Change in monetary order
Economic ignorance in the world today

Links:

Twitter: @LawrenceLepard
Site: Ema2.com

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Darin Feinstein, Founder of Core Scientific (Bitcoin Mining) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin as an upgrade on some very old accounting technology and what it could mean for our future. We get into:

Learning about Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining narratives - FUD and facts
Bitcoin’s importance for liberty
Challenges to Bitcoin fungibility
Bitcoin for human rights
EU Proof of Work ban?
The path forward

Links:

Twitter: @DarinFeinstein
Site: CoreScientific.com
Twitter: @Core_Scientific

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Julie Landrum of OpenNode joins me to talk about what they’re building to help people onboard to Bitcoin & the lightning network as a payment standard. OpenNode first got its name as a merchant payment processor but we chat about how the company has grown and evolved over the years. We chat:

Bitcoin infrastructure services for merchants, bitcoin companies
Dealing with the cyclical nature of Bitcoin
Spend, HODL, earn?
Chargeback risk
Dealing with regulatory requirements
El Salvador adoption
International adoption

Links:

Twitter: @OpenNode
Twitter: @juliecity
Site: OpenNode.com

Previous episode:

SLP50 Rui Gomes & João Almeida of OpenNode – Helping merchants take Bitcoin Lightning Payments

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Josef Tetek of Trezor (and contributor at Bitcoin Magazine) joins me on the show to talk about:

The liberty movement in Europe
The connection between Austrian economics and bitcoin
Fractional and full reserve visions of bitcoin’s future
Why HODLing is rational
Nakamoto-Gresham’s law and how most get Gresham’s law wrong

Links:

Twitter: @SatsJoseph
Article: What is Nakamoto-Gresham’s Law and How does it pertain to Bitcoin?

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John Cantrell of L2 Technology and Spiral BTC grantee rejoins me on the show to talk about his latest work in making Bitcoin and the lightning network more accessible for the many. Sensei can be thought of as an LND or c-lightning but for LDK. We chat:

John’s journey since cracking Alistair Milne’s 12 word seed
How sensei works
Trade offs
How the child node concept works
What does it look like if 7.7B+ people onboarded to the lightning network?

Links:

LN Thread
Twitter:@JohnCantrell97
Site: Sensei

Prior episode:

SLP187 John Cantrell - Bruteforcing Bitcoin Seeds

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Matt Hill of Start9 Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about where the world is at, and a surprising argument that might actually be true. Sovereign Tech may be adopted, not merely because of privacy, but because of being lower cost.

We chat:

Canada Truckers and the broader fight for freedom
Is it a question of tools or winning hearts and minds?
What’s new and coming in EmbassyOS v0.3.0?
Why cost will be the driver
Making it easy to use and saying goodbye to command line
Community driven growth
Bitcoin and other

Links:

Start9.com
@_MattHill_
@start9labs

Previous episode:

SLP225 Embassy: Sovereign Personal Computing, Privacy, Bitcoin & Lightning with Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland

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Jeff Vandrew of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to share his thoughts on Bitcoin for the very long term. Where is it going, and how should you think about using the retirement system to potentially stack more sats?

We chat:

Where is Bitcoin going over the long term?
What happens if more states make Bitcoin legal tender?
How big is the market for retirement savings
What about just stacking sats outside retirement accounts?
Roth vs Traditional IRAs
McNulty case and whether it stops self custody
Future trends with retirement savings

Links:

Jeff Vandrew Twitter
Unchained McNulty Webinar
Unchained Site

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Benny Peiser of Net Zero Watch joins me on the show to talk about ‘net zero’ and the inaccuracy in the presentation of arguments on renewables. We discuss:

What is ‘net zero’
Accurate treatment of costs and benefits
How much of it is regulation or market choice
ESG box ticking
The impact on everyday people
‘Greenwashing’ by some countries
Why it will crash

Links:

Twitter: @netzerowatch
Site: netzerowatch.com

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Chris Stewart Founder and CEO of Suredbits joins me on the show to talk about the latest with Bitcoin DLCs. You might have heard my earlier show with Nadav Kohen but in this one we chat:

‘Maximalism’ and tech
‘Policing activity’
Block space market over time
Where DLCs are at today
Lightning DLCs vs on-chain DLCs
Doing stablechannels
Practical and commercial applications
Umbrel app

Links:

Twitter: @Chris_Stewart_5
Site: suredbits.com
Suredbits Stablechannel blog post
Suredbits oracle explorer
Nadav Kohen episode: SLP219

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Nick Hansen, CEO and Founder of Luxor Technology joins me to talk about the bitcoin mining scene, the narrative around bitcoin mining energy use and Proof of Work, Demand Response, ‘ESG’, China ban, Intel coming into the mining game, and hash rate derivatives.

Links:

Twitter: @hash_bender
Site: luxor.tech

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Kyle Murphy of Pleb Lab and Austin Bitcoin Club joins me on the show to talk about the Austin Bitcoin scene and his role in growing it. We also get into what Pleb Lab is and the bitcoin entrepreneurship in Austin, Texas. This is a great show to get a sense of the community in Austin as well as thoughts on how Bitcoin’s ecosystem grows.

Links:

Twitter: @The_bitcoin_bum
Site: PlebLab.com
Site: Austin Bitcoin Club

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Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show for a fascinating discussion about doing synthetic USD as a building block to bringing it to the Bitcoin Beach wallet. We talk about:

The latest with Galoy
Bitcoin Banking
4 ways of doing synthetic USD value
Why is it necessary?
How to fund it?
Risks

Links:

Twitter: @NicolasBurtey
Twitter: GaloyMoney
Site: Galoy.io
Github: GitHub - GaloyMoney/galoy: bitcoin banking infrastructure

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Danny Brewster, Founder & CEO of FastBitcoins joins me on the show to chat:

Dealing with regulation as a bitcoin business
Products and services for bitcoiners
Expanding into new markets around the world
Challenges and rewards of being bitcoin only
Bitcoin builders and why we need them

Links:

Twitter: @BTCDanny
Site: FastBitcoins.com
FastBitcoins Twitter: @FastBitcoins

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NVK, co founder and CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest and exciting developments in the world of Bitcoin hardware security. CoinKite are pushing forward with NFC as a way of making hardware wallet UX easy but also keeping the hardware accessible from a cost point of view

We chat:

What’s changing with Coldcard Mk4
Memory, SE, processor
NFC for bitcoin transactions
Tapsigner
Satscard
Business models for open source
Low cost devices
Operating without laptops or PCs

Links:

Twitter: @nvk
TapSigner.com
Coldcard Mk4
GETSATSCARD.com

Prior episodes:

SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer

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R0ckstar dev & Pavlenex of BTCPay Server and other projects (Strike, Bitcoin Smiles, Bitcoin Design) rejoin me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Open Source community ethos, and how it can lead to career opportunities.

We chat:

BTCPay 4 years on
Open Source for hiring
Bitcoinerjobs.com
How open source projects mature
How to grow the project
How to move on from a project
R0ckstar’s big announcement
What’s coming with BTCPay Server

Links:

Twitter: @r0ckstardev
Twitter: @pavlenex
BTCPay Server
Bitcoin Smiles
Bitcoin Design
Strike

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Heavily Armed Clown (aka HAC) joins me on the show to talk about this idea of #GetOnZero. We chat:

The case for #GetOnZeroFiat
Issues with it
Dealing with CGT
Mindset shifts
Emergency fund
Inflation rates
What scenarios you still need to hold fiat

Links:

Twitter: @heavilyarmedc
Site: Bitcoinechochamber.com
Site: WTFHappenedIn1971.com
Stephan’s article discussed: Is It Time For Bitcoiners To Get On "Zero Fiat"? Not Yet.

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Zelko and Din join me to talk about updates with the Ronin Dojo project for Samourai Wallet users. We chat:

Where the project started
FOSS project ethos
Thoughts on VC funding
Privacy wallets
Bitcoin node project evolution
FOSS business & project
Tanto Hardware
Supporting Specter and Sparrow

Links:

Twitter: @RoninDojoNode
Site: RoninDojo
Din: @Din_J76
Zelko: @BTCxZelko

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Peter Young of the Free Private City Foundation joins me on the show to talk about some of his experiences on the ground and some updates with Free Private Cities. We chat:

El Salvador on the ground
Bitcoin and Lightning in the real world
What it really costs to do merchant processing
Free Private Cities
Honduras ZEDEs
Liberty In Our Lifetime

Links:

Twitter: @petermiyoung
Site: Free Private Cities Foundation
Conference: Liberty In Our Lifetime Conference

Relevant episodes:

SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels As Free Private Cities
SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground With Aaron Van Wirdum
SLP283 Alex Gladstein Bitcoin: Who's For Freedom, And Who's Not?

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Jeremy Rubin, bitcoin core contributor joins me on the show to talk about Check Template Verify (CTV) - his soft fork proposal to bring new functionality to Bitcoin. We discuss:

How the idea started
High level goals with Bitcoin
How CTV might bring new functionality
Congestion control use case
Vaults and protecting coins
Contrasting CTV with APO ANYPREVOUT
Commercial use of CTV

Links:

BIP: CHECK TEMPLATE VERIFY
Site: utxos.org
Twitter: @JeremyRubin
Advent Calendar blog series: Rubin's 2021 Bitcoin Advent Calendar

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Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co Founder and CSO of Ledn joins me on the show to talk:

Why use bitcoin backed loans?
Fiat loan rates vs bitcoin loan rates
Opportunities and risks
New products and structures for home loans
Dealing with margin calls and liquidation
Stablecoins: are they essential? Where is the market going on this?

Links:

Twitter: @cryptonomista
Site: Ledn.io

Other episodes:

SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish Or Bearish For Bitcoin?
SLP291 Caitlin Long – Stablecoins, Bitcoin, & The Fed

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Salvatore Ingala of Ledger joins me to talk about a big revamp of the Ledger Bitcoin app which brings support for a whole host of new features. We chat about:

How the app shifted from v1 to v2
PSBT
Taproot support
Descriptors
Merkle Trees
Improved multi-signature and scripting support

Links:

Twitter: @salvatoshi
Blog post: Bitcoin 2.0.0 App For Ledger

Other relevant episodes:

SLP99 Andrew Chow - Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT
SLP292 Andrew Chow Output Script Descriptors For Bitcoin
SLP97 Michael Flaxman - Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks
SLP215 Michael Flaxman - 10x Your Bitcoin Security with Multisig
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing - What's MuSig2? What Does It Mean For Bitcoin MultiSig?

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Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin joins me on the show to talk about the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). We chat about:

Formation, and shady history
Why it’s not accountable
Their plans for social control
CBDCs
Loss of privacy
War on Cash
What can be done?

Links:

Twitter: @samcallah
Thread: https://twitter.com/samcallah/status/1473815145545551873

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Now there’s been some discussion about the impact of Venture Capitalists on the world of Bitcoin and ‘Crypto’. Don Stuart, startup investor & organizer of Kansas City Bitcoin meetup, joins me on the show to chat:

What Venture Capital is
Venture Capital model
Vesting and incentives for VCs
How they make money
Bitcoin vs ‘Crypto’ VC
Size of rounds raised
Are Bitcoiners anti VC?
In what cases does VC not make sense?

Don links:

Twitter: @kc_hodl
Article: Venture Capital And Its Relationship With Bitcoin

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Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and speaker joins me to chat about the year 2021 in review for Bitcoiners. Some themes we discuss:

Where the narrative is going with Bitcoin
Fiat denomination vs Bitcoin denomination
How politicians and regulators are seeing it
Community building
Bitcoin wallets and services
Bitcoin tech
Dealing with fear

Links:

Twitter: @JeffBooth
Site: The Price of Tomorrow - And the Era of Abundance

Prior episodes:

SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future
SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat "Extend and Pretend"

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Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of things:

“Crypto” advocacy as compared to Bitcoin advocacy
Being an investor in the space & Bitcoiner Ventures
Turkey inflation
Avoiding trading
Bitcoiner Jobs
Swan Gifts

Links:

Twitter: @coryklippsten
The Daily Bitcoiner: cory.substack.com
Bitcoiner Jobs: bitcoinerjobs.co
Bitcoiner Ventures: bitcoinerventures.com
Article: The World Bitcoin Will Build

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Vijay Boyapati, author and regular guest rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent book launch as well as a few ideas that specifically came from the book. We also chat about some of his more ‘bearish’ ideas on Bitcoin and that Bitcoin is not inevitable.

Credentialism and fiat
The book and response
Stages of money
Custodial risk
Rehypothecation
Concerted state attack on Bitcoin
Bitcoin is not inevitable

Links:

Twitter: @real_vijay
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin Book

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Chaumian e-cash is a predecessor idea to Bitcoin. Listen in to Stephan and Eric Sirion (elsirion) discuss the idea of federated mints and this particular idea of MiniMint. Eric’s research is being sponsored by Blockstream. This idea may offer even more privacy and scalability for Bitcoin users, but with some custodial and trust trade offs.

How it works
Custodial trade offs and who should use it
How lightning works
Deposits, withdrawals and internal transfers
Community custody

Links:

Twitter: @EricSirion
Telegram: FediMint Telegram Chat Group
Site: FediMint
Github: https://github.com/fedimint/minimint

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What’s really going on with all the Hysteria? Is it a cabal or some confluence of interests? Laserhodl joins me to talk about what’s going on, and how to opt out.

The Great Reset
CBDCs / control coins
Social credit systems
Freedom tech
Opting out of the commie tech stack
GetOnZero - and my slight disagreement

Links:

Twitter: @laserhodl

Relevant episodes:

SLP265 Diverter – Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends
SLP315 k3tan – Networking For Bitcoiners

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Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to breakdown Bitcoin Bonds. We chat:

Structure of Bitcoin bonds
Why not HODL bitcoin?
Who is the target market for these?
Operationally how it would work
Liquid AMP
Benefits, opportunities and risks
Reaction by bitcoiners to the announcement
What Bitcoin City could become

Links:

Twitter: @Excellion
Site: Blockstream.com

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CoinsureNZ rejoins me on the show to chat about the new rising trend of Bitcoin Nomads. We talk about the benefits of this approach in achieving more sovereignty for yourself, whether that is financial or in your ability to carry on living life in the age of Hysteria. We discuss:

Benefits and why do it?
How to get started
Resources you need
Is it only for single people?
Getting set up in a new location
Where to go
Downsides and costs of this lifestyle

Links:

Twitter: @coinsureNZ
Site: Canitravel.net
Site: https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living
Site: Nomadlist.com
Site: Numbeo.com

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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Tomer Strolight, author in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about his writing and why Bitcoin is so different to what you’ve seen before. This episode is specially created for beginners and people trying to learn more about Bitcoin. We chat:

How physics protects your Bitcoin
Bitcoin is more than just money
Why is Bitcoin so complicated?
Bitcoin and stopping theft

Tomer links:

Free Book: Why Bitcoin
Twitter: @TomerStrolight

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Long time bitcoiner Vake, and CEO of Students for Liberty Wolf von Laer join me on the show to talk about liberty, and why libertarians should focus on Bitcoin as their top priority:

Connections between bitcoin and liberty
Why some libertarians haven’t focused on Bitcoin
What they could be doing
Why libertarians should prioritise the Bitcoin strategy for liberty above others

Guest links:

Vake: @vakeraj
Wolf von Laer: @wolfvonlaer
Students For Liberty: Studentsforliberty.org

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Have you been wanting to learn more about networking in how it relates to running your node? k3tan, my long-time friend and co-founder of Ministry of Nodes joins me to discuss:

Basic tips on networking and IP
Securing your home network with practical tips
Using your bitcoin node and wallet
Tor and VPN
Home box nodes vs VPS
What kind of equipment you should use to run your bitcoin node - Raspis vs desktop PC

Links:

Twitter: @_k3tan
Site: ministryofnodes.com.au
Guide: Ubuntu Node Box Guide

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Dustin Trammell, information security professional and early Bitcoin user joins me on the show to talk:

Being early in Bitcoin and the culture in those days
Talking with Satoshi
Early stories
The hopes for a sound money future
Investing in Bitcoin companies
Bitcoin’s multiple layers

Dustin Links:

Twitter:https://twitter.com/druidian/status/1447866520093315072
Blog post:https://blog.dustintrammell.com/i-am-not-satoshi/

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Gigi, author, developer and speaker in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about why Bitcoin is Time, and why the USD is going down to 1 sat. We chat:

The pieces that had to be pulled together for Bitcoin to work
Tokens are timeless, ledgers are not
Why USD is going to 1 sat
UX and how it will be solved over time
Operating in the bitcoin space as a nym

Gigi links:

Bitcoin is Time: https://dergigi.com/2021/01/14/bitcoin-is-time/
On Bitcoin’s UX: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/on-bitcoins-ux/
Twitter: @dergigi
Prior episode: SLP140 Gigi - Bitcoin's Gravity And 21 Lessons

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Mark Moss, entrepreneur, investor, and host of The Mark Moss show on YouTube and iHeartRadio joins me on the show to talk about the recent energy crisis. We talk about what’s causing it, and the cycles impacting our world today. We also talk about dealing with it and responding to it.

Mark Moss links:

Twitter: @1MarkMoss
YouTube: The Mark Moss Show - Youtube
Event: Market Disruptors Live Miami Nov 12-14

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Big Al, pseudonymous co-author of the “Only The Strong Survive” article joins me on the show to talk about various critiques of non-Bitcoin ‘Crypto’ projects. In this explosive discussion, we talk about the key things you need to know on Bitcoin as contrasted with ‘Crypto’ and DeFi.

We chat:

What truly sets Bitcoin apart
DeFi not being decentralised, and not finance
Everything fights for liquidity
The problem with utility tokens
Dishonest TVL metrics and massive leverage in ‘defi’

Links:

Twitter: @Big_Al256
Twitter: @allenf32
Paper: Only The Strong Survive

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Charles Guillemet, CTO of Ledger rejoins me on the show to talk about the risks present with Bitcoin software wallets. Don’t miss this episode for security discussion on why you shouldn't be keeping large amounts of bitcoin on software wallets and why hardware is becoming more and more necessary to protect bitcoin from theft.

We chat:

Exploits using Pegasus
Key aspects of Bitcoin security
Extracting secrets using malware from desktop wallets and phone wallets
Desktops, phones, hardware security
What to do instead

Links:

Article: On the security model of software wallets - Ledger.com
Twitter: @P3b7_
Site: Ledger.com

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Craig Raw, founder of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest: easy coinjoin for the desktop is now here with whirlpool being integrated into Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet might well make coinjoin much more accessible to users interested in bitcoin privacy.

Craig and I chat:

Latest updates
How Whirlpool in Sparrow works
STONEWALL privacy preserving spends in Sparrow
Implications of having multiple whirlpool clients
Electrum server back ends for Sparrow
Wallet business models

Links:

Twitter: @craigraw
Twitter: @SparrowWallet
Site: Sparrow Bittcoin Wallet - SparrowWallet.com
Article: Mixing with Whirlpool

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Philip Glazman of River, a bitcoin only exchange in the US joins me on the show to talk about the process of using lightning as an exchange. We talk about:

Experiences with lightning over the years
User profiles and how customers use lightning with River
Customer education
Swap services
Lightning and Liquid comparison
Technical overview

Links:

Twitter: @philipglazman
Article: Scaling Lightning Network at River - River.com

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Jestopher and Tony of the Amboss website and project join me on the show to talk about the journey of becoming a lightning routing node operator, tips and resources.

We chat:

Routing on lightning
Selecting channel partners
Channel management
Tooling available to help routing nodes
Calculating fees and rebalancing
LN communities growing

Links:

Jestopher: @Jestopher_BTC
Tony: @tonyioi
Site: Amboss Space - Lightning Network Explorer

Other resources:

What Makes a Good Routing Node
Four Tips For Running A Profitable Lightning Network Node
Lightning Liquidity Management Guide

Prior episodes:

SLP135 Suheb – Manage Your Lightning Node with RTL
SLP119 Alex Bosworth – Submarine Swaps, Lightning Loop, Hyperloop
SLP54 Justin Camerana Of Bitrefill - Bitcoin Lightning & Channel Management

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Guy Swann of the Bitcoin Audible podcast joins me for a special show for Bitcoin and Crypto beginners. We talk about why Bitcoin is unique and why you should avoid shitcoin gambling. We discuss:

Common questions for people new to ‘crypto’
“Won’t Shitcoins pump harder than Bitcoin?”
Comparison of Bitcoin and shitcoins
The problem with utility tokens
Shitcoins are LARPing decentralisation
Shitcoin waterfall
“Doesn’t Bitcoin waste energy?”

Links:

Twitter: @TheGuySwann
BitcoinAudible.com
“The Yield From Money Held” on Bitcoin Audible
Don’t Play Shitcoin Gambling Games (by SL)

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law went live on 7th September, what was it really like? What did the protesters have to say about it? Aaron van Wirdum, Bitcoin Journalist at Bitcoin Magazine joins me to give us an ‘on the ground’ take on things. We chat:

Protesters and are they really protesting about Bitcoin or Bukele?
Chivo Wallet - teething issues
The truth about bitcoin remittances
Positives on the experience so far
Bitcoin Meetup
Bitcoin Core v22
Bitcoin 2022

Links:

Twitter: @AaronvanW
Aaron’s McDonald’s Bitcoin tweet
Bitcoin Core article: Bitcoin Core 22.0 Released: What's New
Alex Gladstein’s El Salvador article: The Village And The Strongman: The Unlikely Story Of Bitcoin And El Salvador

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Knut Svanholm, Bitcoin writer joins me on the show to chat about why you are not prepared for hyperbitcoinisation, and various concepts such as adoption, what it might look like, and the infinity meme. Is the infinity meme wrong? I believe it is, but listen in to Knut and I discussing it!

Links:

Twitter: @knutsvanholm
Article: You Are Not Prepared - Citadel 21

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Alex B joins me on the show to talk about why Ethereum is predictably on a path to centralisation. How does Bitcoin contrast in terms of decentralisation and long term possibilities?

We chat:

MEV
Can MEV be stopped?
MEV and staking derivatives interaction
Ethereum as the Myspace
Ethereum cannot be ultra sound money
Problems with utility tokens

Alex links:

Twitter: @bergealex4
Twitter Thread: Holy **** is Ethereum broken.

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SeedSigner, pseudonymous creator of the SeedSigner project joins me to talk about his work creating a low cost, accessible, DIY style hardware device that can be part of your multi sig quorum with wallets/coordinators like Specter Desktop, Sparrow Wallet, Blue Wallet. This product was actually inspired by an earlier episode with Michael Flaxman.

We chat:

Inspiration for the project
Low cost
Accessibility
Technical skill required
QR codes
Support
Being a project vs product

Links:

github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner
Twitter: @SeedSigner
Seedsigner.com

Relevant episodes:

SLP215 10X Your Bitcoin Security with Multisig
SLP231 Specter DIY - Build Your Own Hardware Wallet

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How should Bitcoin mining be structured? Pavel Moravec of SlushPool (Braiins) and Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool join me to chat. We discuss:

Why pools exist
How to structure mining pools
Trade offs around decentralisation of pools
Coinbase payouts vs other ways
Lightning payouts
Scalability for mining pools
Stratum v2

Links:

Pavel Moravec: @mor_pav
Braiins Twitter: @braiins_systems
Braiins site: Braiins.com | Bitcoin Mining Company
Laurentia Pool Twitter: @laurentiapool
Site: LaurentiaPool.org
Laurentia pool post: Laurentia Pool: Pooled “Decentralization”
Braiins twitter thread on decentralisation: https://twitter.com/braiins_systems/status/1423291322128011264

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Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, cryptographer and privacy advocate, inventor of Hashcash and cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper rejoins me on the show. We chat:

Regulatory environment for Bitcoin vs building
‘Crypto wars’ in the 90s
Proof of Work
Bitcoin privacy
Confidential Transactions in Liquid and for Bitcoin
Trade offs involved
Blockstream satellite base station
Bitcoin development

Previous episode:

SLP 42 Adam Back, CEO Of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy

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Adam O of Upstream Data joins me to talk about the massive opportunity for energy producers and Bitcoin mining. We chat about:

The opportunity for Oil & Gas with Bitcoin
Optionality
The necessity of fossil fuels
ESG
Bitcoin Mining Council
Bitcoin lobbying

Adam links:

Twitter: @denverbitcoin
Site: Upstream Data

Prior/relevant episode:

SLP284 Steve Barbour – Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis

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Offers might be the next big idea for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Rusty Russell of Blockstream, working on the lightning spec and on c-lightning rejoins me to chat:

Current invoices today vs Offers
New use cases enabled e.g. static QR donation
Refunds
Recurring payments
‘Speaking lightning’
Offers vs LN URL
What’s next

Links:

Twitter: @Rusty_twit
Site: Bolt12.org
Site: Blockstream.com

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Have you wondered about Bitcoin privacy or chain surveillance and how it’s done? Or how to defend against it? This is the episode for you, as Ergo of OXT Research (Part of Samourai Wallet) rejoins me on the show to talk:

Background on bitcoin transactions
How Bitcoin surveillance works
Peel chains and wallet clustering
How to counter it in practice

Ergo links:

Twitter: @ErgoBTC
Telegram: @ErgoBTC
Guide: Understanding Bitcoin Privacy with OXT — Part 1/4

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Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas:

What bitcoin really replaces
Thinking about inflationary costs
infinity/21M - is it wrong?
Cultural impacts of fiat money
Malinvestments and where the biggest ones lie
The hyperbitcoinized world

Saifedean Links:

Twitter: @saifedean
Site: Saifedean.com

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Historically, Bitcoin Mining as an industry was dominated by China. John Lee Quigley (formerly of Compass Mining, and now independently consulting and writing) rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent report on the state of Bitcoin mining. We talk about the various factors going into this generational shift. Listen to this episode to understand some of the dynamics, gleaned from John’s in depth research and interviews on the subject. We chat:

Historical reasons for China’s dominance
Why its changing now
Mining equipment upgrade cycle
Capital market access
Regulatory certainty
Downsides of this shift

John Links:

Twitter: @bitcoinnomadic
Substack: Adaptive Analysis - Substack

Prior episodes:

SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does A Bitcoin Price Crash Impact Bitcoin Miners?
SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining
SLP275 Pavel Moravec - Slushpool Signalling For Taproot
SLP162 Matt D'souza - Bitcoin Halving Analysis: Bullish For Competitive Miners

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Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy rejoins me on the show to talk about macro updates and Bitcoin. We chat:

CPI rises to 5.4% and inflation
Govt debt and the likely govt responses
Why and how they keep the party going
Oil & Gas Bull case
Energy and the need for baseload power
Stablecoins & why Bitcoin is different
People are sleeping on the Lightning Network

Links:

Twitter: @LynAldenContact
Article: The Case for a Longer-Term Oil and Gas Bull Market

Other episodes:

SLP232 Lyn Alden - Bitcoin As Emerging Store Of Value
SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed
SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use

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Greg Foss, a 3 decade veteran of fixed income securities specialising in HY (High Yield) joins me to talk about debt, bonds, government debt and why Bitcoin is the answer.

Primer on debt instruments
Interest rates and bond bull market over decades
Craziness of debt markets
Interaction between debt and equity
Could govt repudiate the debt?
Could we outgrow it?
Why Bitcoin is the best asymmetric trade

Links:

Twitter: @FossGregfoss
Paper: https://t.co/OK4dDj27Io?amp=1

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Andrew Chow, Bitcoin Core contributor and creator of the PSBT standard rejoins me on the show to talk about the creation of a series of BIPs (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) for Output Script Descriptors. We break down and explore the key concepts to make it accessible for bitcoiners.

Seeds
BIP39 vs Electrum seeds vs aezeed
Derivation paths
How Output Script Descriptors improve things
New functionality
Backups and recovery
Lightning
Miniscript
Advanced scripting

Links:

Twitter: @achow101
Output Script Descriptors BIP: [New BIPs] Output Script Descriptors - GitHub
Taproot PSBT BIP: [New BIP] Taproot Fields for PSBT - GitHub
Mailing list post

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Caitlin Long of Avanti rejoins me on the show to talk about the coming regulatory crackdown. We discuss:

The growth in stablecoins
How there’s so much stablecoin volume off a low base
Coming regulatory crackdown
Getting direct access to the Fed
Compliance in the industry
Improving the on ramps for Bitcoin

Links:

Twitter: @CaitlinLong_
Site: Avantibank.com
Site: Caitlin-Long.com
Linkedin Caitlin Long

Other episodes:

SLP198 Caitlin Long - What Are Austrian Economists Missing About Money And Banking?
SLP236 Nic Carter Stablecoins: Bullish Or Bearish For Bitcoin
SLP219 Nadav Kohen - What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs

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NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about practical tips on setting up and securing your Bitcoin as well as backups. We chat:

Set up tips for newcoiners
Desktop wallets to use
Passphrases
SeedXOR
Multi sig
Storing backups
Estate planning and inheritance

Links:

Twitter: Twitter.com/NVK
Site: Coinkite.com
Site: Walletsrecovery.org
Site: Coldcard User Documentation
Site: bitcoinsecurity.guide

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Laolu Osuntokun aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Lightning Network can scale to a billion users someday. We chat:

Updates on the lightning network generally
ANYPREVOUT and eltoo
CTV Check Template Verify
Multi party channels
Lnd updates
Thoughts on Bitcoin’s path forward
What’s coming next from Lightning Labs

Laolu links:

Twitter: @roasbeef
Site: Lightning.engineering

Previous episodes:

SLP207 Roasbeef - Lightning Labs LND Goes Wumbo
SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO Of Lightning Labs

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Hass McCook aka FriarHass rejoins me on the show to talk about why you should set up a Dollar Cost Averaging Plan. We chat:

Lump sum for you, DCA for us!
Is DCA more important than everything else? Even development?
Growing the DCA Army to hasten hyperbitcoinisation
CAGR - statistics and dishonesty?
DCA vs circular economy / agorism?
Practical tips

Links:

Twitter: @FriarHass
Bitcoin Magazine articles by Hass: Bitcoin Magazine: Hass McCook
Article: The True Believer’s Handbook — Tithing The Church of Bitcoin

Prior episode:

SLP12 - Bitcoin Mining And Energy, With Hass McCook

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Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin of CoinCorner join me to talk about:

Starting CoinCorner
A new type of wallet - Hoffline
Security considerations
Lightning adoption
Bitcoin Core contribution

Links:

Twitter: @CoincornerDanny
Twitter: @CoincornerZakk
Tweet thread: Introducing “Hoffline”
Site: CoinCorner.com
Article: Bitcoin Core Development on Windows — A Step by Step Guide
Article: Bitcoin Core Development on MacOS — A Step by Step Guide

Episodes mentioned:

SLP231 Stepan Snigirev Build Your Own Hardware Wallet With Specter DIY
SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution
SLP242 Jonas Schnelli Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contributions, Consensus, Conflict
SLP229 John Newbery - Brink: Bitcoin Development
SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)

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Hector Rosekrans of Casa joins me on the show to talk about securing your Bitcoin and how early we are in terms of Bitcoin inheritance. We chat:

Securing your bitcoin
Self custody vs custodial solutions
How early bitcoin inheritance is
Casa covenant
Hardware wallets
Multi sig and inheritance setups - will they standardise?

Links:

Twitter: @hectorr159
Site: Keys.casa

Relevant episodes:

SLP182 Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp - The Next 100 Million Bitcoin Users

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Jeff Booth, technology entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to talk about:

Bitcoin 2021 conference experience
Fiat system extending itself
MicroStrategy Bitcoin buying
Macro investors
Surveillance coins (CBDC) and what they would mean
Supercycle thoughts

Jeff Booth links:

Twitter: @jeffbooth
Site: Thepriceoftomorrow.com

Previous episode:

SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future

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Steve Barbour of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about:

Fiat Maxis
Bitcoin Mining Council
Wind and Solar as unreliables
Why arguing about renewable usage isn’t the right long term approach
What Bitcoiners should do about it
Upstream Data Hash Hut

Links:

Twitter: @SGBarbour
Site: UpstreamData.ca

Prior episode:

SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, With Steve Barbour Of Upstream Data

Mentioned:

Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution by Rothbard

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Alex Gladstein CSO of HRF rejoins me on the show to talk about the recent El Salvador Bitcoin legal tender news. We break down the good, the bad and what could go wrong.

Overview the news
Historical moment for Bitcoin and the world
It could have been so much worse
Merchant adoption and lightning
HRF grant

Links:

Twitter: @gladstein
Site: HRF.org
Article: Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of The Petrodollar
Article: Can Government Stop Bitcoin?

Prior episodes:

SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean And Alex Gladstein
SLP196 Is Bitcoin Being Captured? with Matt Odell, Alex Gladstein, & Rafael Yakobi

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Where are some Bitcoiners going wrong in their thinking and arguments about energy? Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and energy policy commentator joins me to talk about energy use, and why we’re not thinking about it clearly.

We chat:

The benefits of energy and fossil fuels
More energy use is good!
Renewables are really just unreliables
Reframing the conversation

Links:

Twitter: @AlexEpstein
Site: Energytalkingpoints.com
Site: Industrialprogress.com

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Cory Klippsten, CEO and Founder of Swan Bitcoin joins me to talk about various topics:

Working in the bitcoin space
Teaching newcoiners
Growing the auto-stacking movement
The latest with Bitcoin Ventures
Elon Musk’s mistakes

Links:

Site: Swanbitcoin.com
Site: Bitcoinerventures.com
Inventing Bitcoin (free book): swanbitcoin.com/freebook
Twitter: @coryklippsten

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If you want the best privacy possible in Bitcoin, you want to use Samourai Wallet. And for the best way to use it, you need to use your own node. Zelko and Pavel join me to talk about the latest with Ronin Dojo, an easy way to do just that. We chat:

What it is
Who its for
Recent upgrades on the UI
Thoughts on hardware wallets
Other services and features offered
Best practice tips on privacy
Open source licensing
Getting support

Links:

Site: Ronindojo.io
Zelko: @BTCxZelko
Pavel: @pajasevi
Ronin telegram chat: RoninDojoUI

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Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey join me to talk about their project showing how a whole town could go bitcoin and lightning native. Listen to this interview talking about how thousands of people are going lightning native to benefit from international remittance and creating bitcoin tourism.

Stages of development
Building a Citadel by the sea
Lightning practicalities
Teaching Bitcoin
Rebuilding the Bitcoin for payments narrative

Links:

Site: BitcoinBeach.com
Twitter: @Bitcoinbeach
Twitter: @nicolasburtey

Relevant episodes:

SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open

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OpenSats is a new initiative for the bitcoiners to contribute to, to support Bitcoin and open source development and projects. Matt Odell and Ben Price join me to chat about the structure, why they’re creating a new organization, and why Bitcoin development funding shouldn’t merely be a popularity contest.

Links:

Site: OpenSats.org
Twitter: @Matt_odell
Twitter: @abitcoinperson (Ben Price)

Other relevant episodes:

SLP211 Steve Lee - Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)
SLP144 Steve Lee - Square Crypto And Supporting Bitcoin Development
SLP228 OKCoin's Bitcoin Developer Grant Program With Hong Fang
SLP124 Jon Atack - Bitcoin Core Contribution
SLP241 Bunnie - Precursor: Open Source Hardware Development Platform (Feat. Nicolas Dorier As Guest Host)

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Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool joins me on the show to chat about his efforts in helping to coordinate Bitcoin Upgrades:

Taproot Activation
Learnings from 2017 SegWit
UASF or MASF (Miner Activated Soft Fork)
UASF within MASF
Distribution of network hashrate
Future Soft Fork upgrades

Alejandro links:

Twitter: @bitentrepreneur
Site: Taprootactivation.com
Poolin: Poolin.com

Relevant episodes:

SLP260 Luke Dashjr - How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot Lot=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks
SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Form Activation, Taproot, And Playing Chicken
SLP200 Christian Decker - Anyprevout, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

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Anthony Ronning, Bitcoin Lightning developer joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Lightning Privacy. We separate FUD from fact and give it a fair hearing to give you some insight into where the privacy leakages are today, how you can be more private, and where it’s all going in the future. We chat:

Basic overview of LN
Different user types and wallets
Lightning nodes
Receiver privacy
Mitigations and future tech
Practical tips for users today

Anthony links:

Twitter: @cycryptr
Article: Current State of Lightning Network Privacy

Other episodes:

SLP134 Rusty Russell - Multi Part Payments
SLP200 Christian Decker - Anyprevout, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP119 Alex Bosworth - Submarine Swaps, Lightning Loops, Hyperloop

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Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat:

Whether it is difficult to signal as a miner
The dynamics with different mining pools signaling
Miners and Pools, how does it work
Braiins OS and mining firmware
What future upgrades might look like

Pavel links:

Twitter: @mor_pav
Article: Everything You Need To Know About Taproot Signaling By Bitcoin Miners
Site: Braiins.com

Relevant episodes:

SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol
SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks

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William Clemente III joins me to talk about analyzing Bitcoin on-chain and why we’re still in the middle of this cycle. We chat:

Getting into on-chain analytics
Is this time different? Supercycle or not
Analyzing what different cohorts are doing
What does a market top look like?
MVRV, NUPL, SOPR
Futures and contango trade

William links:

Twitter: @WClementeIII
Website: Substack

Other relevant episodes:

SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch
SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?
SLP64 Tuur Demeester – What is Bitcoin Worth? A Bitcoin Valuation Framework
SLP223 Preston Pysh - Bitcoin's Final Cycle?

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Andy Edstrom rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, leverage, and not getting Rekt! We chat:

What’s changed in the market in recent years
Why use leverage
Risks and costs with leverage
Supercycle or not
SWR and FIRE crossovers with collateralization
Bitcoin side hustles or jobs

Andrew Edstom links:

Twitter: @edstromandrew
Article: Don't Get Rekt
Site: AndyEdstrom.com
Prior episode: SLP157 Andy Edstrom - Bad Options For The Fiat Debt Problem & Why Buy Bitcoin

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Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat:

Bitcoin energy costs
Fiat standard costs
Costs of recession
Deflationary growth
Keynesian ‘sticky wages’
UBI and MMT
Will robots take our jobs?

Peter St Onge links:

Twitter: @profstonge
Article: Critics Claim Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Environment. They're Wrong.
Substack: CryptoEconomy

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Pete Rizzo, editor at Bitcoin Magazine and editor in chief for Kraken joins me on the show to talk about his latest piece, ‘The Last Days of Satoshi’. We talk about various ideas:

What Satoshi’s image was in the early community
How things changed as Bitcoin got bigger
Mistakes and bugs early in Bitcoin’s life
How that colours our view going forward
Bitcoin, Wikileaks, and the CIA

Pete links:

Twitter: @pete_rizzo
Article: The Last Days Of Satoshi: What Happened When Bitcoin's Creator Disappeared
Kraken link: Bitcoin and Crypto Developer Grant Program

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Bob Murphy, Austrian economist and libertarian theorist joins me on the show to talk about his views on Bitcoin and Austrian economics. We chat:

Bitcoin’s evolution in stages
Bitcoin and non monetary use
What bitcoiners are getting wrong about Austrian economics
Money is not a measuring rod
What it would look like under a Bitcoin world

Bob Murphy links:

Twitter: @BobMurphyEcon
Site: BobMurphyShow.com

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Jack Mallers of Strike rejoins me on the show to talk about what he’s working on and how Bitcoin wins. We chat:

Visiting El Salvador and financial access
Bitcoin remittance market
Why fiat fintech can’t compete
Bitcoin and Lightning as an open network
Strike expansion

Jack Mallers links:

Twitter: @jackmallers
Strike: @ln_strike
Site: Strike.me

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Peter Todd, Bitcoin expert and cryptocurrency consultant joins me on the show to talk about Signal’s recent decision to use MobileCoin rather than Bitcoin. Is Signal selling out? We talk about why MobileCoin is centralised, why it was a bad choice, and why they should have used Bitcoin and Lightning instead. We also talk about directions with private messaging going forward.

Peter Todd links:

Twitter:@peterktodd
Mastodon
Website: PeterTodd.org

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Joe Burnett of Mimesis Capital joins me to talk about just how big the market for Bitcoin could really be. Hint: It might be bigger than just the market for gold. We talk through valuation in a post hyperbitcoinization world, and we also explore the Bitcoin Contango trade.

Joe Burnett Links:

Twitter: @IIICapital
Site: mimesiscapital.com
Article: Valuing Companies Post-Hyperbitcoinization
Article: A Deep Dive Into Bitcoin's Contango

Other relevant episodes:

SLP191 Jeff Booth – Bitcoin & our Deflationary Future
SLP186 Joseph Salerno - Bitcoin and How Money Arises
SLP153 Philipp Bagus – What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation
SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire

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Croesus_BTC joins me to talk about why the yuppie elite do not like Bitcoin, making simplified bitcoin content, adoption and cycles, speculative attacks on fiat, and staking your claim on your ‘fair share’ of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this one!

Croesus_BTC links:

Twitter: @Croesus_BTC
Article: Asset DNA: Explaining Bitcoin's Speculative Attack On The Dollar
Article: Why The Yuppie Elite Dismiss Bitcoin
Article: Bitcoin And The American West

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Diverter joins me on the show to talk about our modern world of surveillance and reliance on third parties. We chat about learning to be a ‘digital sherpa’ for your family and friends.

Dealing with “I don’t have anything to hide”
Password managers
Nextcloud
Yunohost
Self hosting
Bitcoin

Diverter links:

Twitter: @Diverter_noKYC
Article: Becoming Uncle Jim
Article: Uncle Jim’s Cloud
Article: Searching for Uncle Jim

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Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest with Breez and how Lightning Network is enabling a whole new world of possibilities.

We chat:

Breez updates
Merchant adoption of Breez
Lightning network podcasting
Taking payments offline
Cloud backups
Lightning development

Roy Sheinfeld links:

Twitter: @Breez_Tech
Website: breez.technology
Podcasts on Breez: Streaming Sats for Streaming Ideas
Introducing Lightning Rod

Relevant episodes:

SLP94 Roy Sheinfeld - Lightning Network Services for the Masses
SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments

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Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about the environment central banks have created, what that has done to money and our ability to save.

We chat:

Fiat financialisation of the economy
Inflation and Deflation properly considered
Bitcoin’s growth amongst institutions today
Multi sig with Unchained
Loans with Unchained
Living off your Bitcoin using collateralised loans

Parker Lewis links:

Twitter: @parkeralewis
Site: Unchained.com
Articles: Bitcoin Loans: The Ultimate Guide to Bitcoin-Backed Loans
Articles: Bitcoin is the Great Definancialization

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Craig Raw joins me on the show to talk about his relatively new project, Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet allows you to easily set up a single sig or multi sig wallet, air gapped or with USB, supporting the most popular hardware wallets.

We talk:

Why Sparrow
Progression steps for new bitcoiners
QR codes
Taproot
Applications vs browser apps
Being Uncle Jim
Tor built in
Electrum server vs Bitcoin core use
Funding and sustainability

Craig links:

Twitter: @craigraw
Site: sparrowwallet.com

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Dominic Frisby, comedian, author, financial writer and libertarian joins me on the show to talk about his latest book, Daylight Robbery.

We chat:

How taxes have impacted society
Low taxes for more prosperous societies
Bitcoin Citadels and patronage
Bitcoin’s impact on taxes
Bitcoin Nomads
Surveillance and Platforms

Dominic links:

Twitter: @DominicFrisby
Book: Daylight Robbery

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Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future

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Luke Dashjr, long time Bitcoin Core contributor joins me on the show to discuss his views on how UASF went down in 2017. We talk through the various trade offs and points around Taproot activation and why he believes that LOT = True maximally reduces the risks.

We chat:

Luke’s background
BIP91, BIP148
Miner signalling
Chainsplits
Average user and code review
Speedy Trial
Small blocks

Luke links:

Twitter: @LukeDashjr
Mastodon: @LukeDashjr
Email: luke@dashjr.org

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

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Whit Gibbs of Compass Mining joins me on the show to talk about his background in mining, and how the mining market is developing. We chat:

Hitting ROI on a mining machine
Current prices and costs
How to do it
Learning by doing and making mistakes
Mining equipment
Mining facilities
Hashrate distribution around the world
Recent raise

Links:

Twitter: @BitcoinBroski
Site: Compassmining.io

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Rafael Schultze-Kraft CTO of Glassnode rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin on chain metrics and how there is a very bullish set up right now. We chat:

Overview of how Glassnode’s analysis works
Liquid supply vs illiquid supply
Number of coins on exchanges dropping and what this means
Difference in structure of bitcoin demand this time vs 2017
Why its not true that “2% of accounts control 95% of bitcoin”

Links:

Twitter: @n3ocortex
Twitter: @glassnode
Site: Glassnode.com
Article: 78% of the Bitcoin Supply is Not Liquid
Article: No, Bitcoin Ownership is not Highly Concentrated – But Whales are Accumulating

Previous episode:

SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?

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Matt Corallo of Square Crypto, and long time bitcoin developer (now more focused on lightning) joins me on the show to talk about Taproot Activation, as well as review some of the history and nuance of prior soft forks in Bitcoin. We discuss:

What is a fork
What are the benefits of Taproot
How the events of 2017 played out
Dynamics of soft forks
Taproot activation paths
Flag day vs forced signalling UASF style
LDK - Lightning Dev Kit

Links:

Twitter: @thebluematt
Lightning Dev Kit: LightningDevKit.org

Taproot links:

Article: Understanding LOT=true or LOT=false by Aaron van Wirdum
Article: Taproot Activation and the LOT Debate by Ben Kaufman
Site: TaprootActivation.com (Mining Pool consensus effort by Alejandro from Poolin)
Mailing list post: Summary of Taproot activation meeting on IRC 2/2/2021 by Michael Folkson

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?

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David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (including Bitcoin Magazine) rejoins me on the show to chat about the latest: Bitcoin 2021 is coming and it’ll be huge! We chat:

Bitcoin 2021 and the guests
The feeling of live conferences
Bitcoin Magazine content
Bitcoin’s growth in recent years
Bitcoin culture

David Bailey links:

Twitter: @DavidFBailey
Bitcoin 2021 conference
Bitcoin Magazine
UTXO Management

Prior episode:

SLP61 David Bailey – Refocusing on Bitcoin

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Gleb Naumenko, Bitcoin developer rejoins me to talk about his latest venture, The Label. We chat about:

Bitcoin development and consulting
Protocol development
Cross layer considerations
Bitcoin & Lightning attacks
Time Dilation attacks
CoinPool

Links:

Twitter: @ffstls
Site: The Label

Previous episode:

SLP164 Gleb Naumenko – erlay Bitcoin transaction relay

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Dario Sneidermanis, Founder of Muun Wallet joins me to talk about the advanced technological approach taken by his team. We chat about:

Muun as a single unified bitcoin + lightning balance
A different approach with mnemonics and backups
Lightning and channel management
Splicing
Use in Argentina and elsewhere around the world

Links:

Twitter: @esneider
Twitter: @muunwallet
Site: Muun.com

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Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to chat about what’s going on with the new Jade hardware wallet, updates on Liquid & Bitcoin Mining:

Jade hardware wallet
Blockstream Green
Why use Liquid vs Lightning
Blockstream Mining
Mining industry generally

Samson links:

Twitter @Excellion
Site: Blockstream.com

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NVK, CEO of CoinKite joins me on the show to talk about hardware wallets, air gapped computers and all kinds of useful security questions. This episode will help you learn about the kinds of attacks possible against air gapped computers and hardware wallets, as well as bring some nuance and balance to the conversation about how people should use Bitcoin. We chat:

Locking down security
Attacks possible against air gapped computers
Multi sig vulnerabilities and standards
Helping newcoiners in the space
Balancing tradeoffs

NVK links:

Twitter: @nvk
Site: CoinKite.com (use code LIVERA)
BitcoinSecurity.Guide
Airgapcomputer.com

Other links:

Coinkite Coldcard vuln disclosure blog post
The Missing Multisig Standard
Bitcoin Secure Multisig Setup

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Dan Held rejoins me on the show to chat about HODL mindsets vs spending and mistakes made along the way. You’ll find a lot of value in this episode whether you are a new bitcoiner or an experienced hand. We chat:

HODL Mindset
Mistakes of spending and trading
Using Bitcoin collateralised loans
Property market for Bitcoiners
Where we’re going

Dan Held links:

Twitter: @danheld
Newsletter: danheld.substack.com
Youtube: Dan Held YouTube

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Andrew Henderson of Nomad Capitalist joins me on the show to talk about the benefits of nomad capitalism, using overseas residences and citizenships to obtain legal tax savings and increased freedom. We chat:

Huge tax savings possible
Risks and costs
Considerations for Bitcoiners
Being a nomad with a family
Jurisdictional competition
Adapting to a globally changing game

Andrew Henderson links:

Twitter: @nomadcapitalist
Portugal Golden Visa
Citizenship By Investment
Golden Visa EU residence programs

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Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant join me to chat about Open Crypto Alliance.

We talk:

Why IP laws are anti-liberty and anti-progress
How progress has been delayed by improper concepts of property rights
How Patent laws could hinder the Bitcoin industry
The asymmetry of attack vs defense here
How to stop overly broad patents
How to support OCA

Guest links:

Site: https://www.opencryptoalliance.org/
Stephan twitter: @NSKinsella
Jed twitter: @JediGrant

Prior episodes:

SLP15 – Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella
SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)

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Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk about what governments will do to Bitcoin. We discuss:

Commonalities and differences with gold
What he’s learned since first buying Bitcoin
How governments may attempt to control Bitcoin
How some people will use Bitcoin in spite of control
Govt bans vs regulation
Building a movement

Godfrey Bloom's Links:

Twitter: @Goddersbloom
Website: godfreybloom.uk

Prior episode:

SLP217 Exploring Bitcoin With Godfrey Bloom

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Luke Gromen, founder of FFTT (Forest for the Trees) joins me to talk about his views on Bitcoin. We chat:

Bitcoin as store of value, medium of exchange bifurcated
Does Bitcoin recreate the Hunger Games?
Bitcoin as Smoke Alarm
US Govt debt
Why rates can’t rise?

Luke Gromen links:

Twitter: @LukeGromen
Site: FFT-LLC.com

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Have you wondered whether you should work in the Bitcoin industry or otherwise earn Bitcoin? Listen to this episode where Mandrik, OG Bitcoiner from 2011 joins me to share his stories of earlier days in Bitcoin. We chat:

Libertarians and Bitcoin
Early wallets
Working at Bitcoin companies in those days
Why earning will change your life

Links:

Twitter: @Mandrik

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Wiz and Simon of the mempool.space project join me to talk about how Bitcoin is evolving over time into a multi layered system. Mempool.space is a block visualizer and explorer that helps users target their fee levels and more. We chat:

How the mempool.space project started
The evolution of fees and bitcoin’s block space market
Mempool.space v2 launch
How fees might shift over time
Techniques for dealing with bitcoin confirmation
Future plans with mempool.space

Links:

Website: Mempool.space
Twitter: @mempoolspace
Twitter: Wiz: @wiz
Twitter: Simon: @softsimon_

Prior episodes:

SLP74 Wiz – Bitcoiners vs Shitcoiners
SLP112 – Wiz and m52go – Bisq: Decentralised Bitcoin Trading

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Nik Bhatia, CFA, author and university lecturer (previously worked as a bond trader and at OpenNode) joins me to talk about Bitcoin and its role in a layered money world. We talk about the concept of money operating in layers and what this might look like going into the future. We also chat about the idea that Bitcoin could be the safest layer to operate at.

Nik Bhatia links:

Twitter: @timevalueofbtc
Book: Layered Money

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Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies

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Bitcoin price has been rising and some argue that it is tracking along with the S2F model! Others argue that this is statistically invalid. PlanB, pseudonymous analyst and creator of the S2F and S2FX models rejoins me on the show to talk:

S2F and S2FX vs recent market action
Critiques and spurious correlations
Comparison with past cycles
PlanB’s thoughts on whether this is the final cycle
Macro factors - Tether and others
Negative rates
Cash and carry trade

Previous episodes:

SLP67 Plan B (@100trillionUSD) – Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity through stock-to-flow techniques
SLP86 PlanB – Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
SLP122 PlanB – Responses to the S2F model
SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset

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Jonas Schnelli, one of the Bitcoin Core maintainers joins me to talk about Bitcoin development, contribution, funding and the ecosystem of Bitcoin. We get into:

How contribution happens
How to deal with conflict as a maintainer
What rough consensus means
Taproot
Privacy
Lightning
Mining
Outlook for next 5 years

Jonas links:

Twitter: @jonasschnelli
Website: bitcoin.jonasschnelli.ch/
Github: github.com/jonasschnelli

Prior episodes:

SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP229 John Newbery – Brink: Bitcoin DevelopmentJohn Newbery
SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution
SLP211 Steve Lee – Bitcoin Grants, Design & Crypto Patents (COPA)
SLP144 Steve Lee – Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs

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In the Bitcoin world, we say “Don’t Trust, Verify”. But do we do this with our hardware and hardware wallets? Andrew “bunnie” Huang is a hacker and open hardware activist, holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering. He joins me and Nicolas Dorier (as guest co host) to talk about his new project and how it could be used in the Bitcoin world, potentially as a fully open source bitcoin hardware wallet.

Links:

Website: Precursor.dev
Twitter: @bunniestudios
Twitter: @nicolasdorier

Prior episodes with Nicolas:

SLP48 Nicolas Dorier and BTCPayServer – self hosted Bitcoin and Lightning payments
SLP172 Nicolas Dorier & Kukks – P2EP Comes To BTCPay Server

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Jimmy Song and Robert Breedlove join me to talk about a new book they co-authored (with other authors) on Bitcoin and how it fixes fiat money. This new book is inspired by The Ethics of Money Production and Honest Money, which blends an austrian analysis of fiat money and fractional reserve banking, with a christian perspective.

Links:

Book: Thank God For Bitcoin
Jimmy Song: @jimmysong
Robert Breedlove: @breedlove22

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Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money

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Jake Chervinsky, GC of Compound Finance joins me on the show to talk about Steven Mnuchin’s proposed new regulations for US Bitcoin companies and how to push back:

What the new regulation would do
Terminology ‘unhosted’ and self-hosted
Compliance burden and chilling effect
Can the regulations be pushed back?
Non-US customers of US businesses
FATF and how to push back

Jake's link:

Twitter: @jchervinsky

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The market for high quality hardware wallets is becoming more competitive with new entrants over time. Zach Herbert & Ken Carpenter of Foundation Devices join me to talk about their new upcoming product, Passport. Passport is fully air gapped (QR or microSD), PSBT, and designed with an open source mindset. We chat:

Zach and Ken’s history with Obelisk prior to Foundation
Overview of Passport
Features
Approach with software
QR air gapping
Seed Generation
Firmware updates
Pricing and Timing

Guest links:

Website: https://foundationdevices.com/ (code LIVERA for discount)
Twitter: @zachherbert
Twitter: @KenOfFoundation
Twitter: @FOUNDATIONdvcs

Relevant episodes:

SLP97 Michael Flaxman – Every Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Sucks
SLP215 Michael Flaxman – 10x Your Bitcoin Security With Multisig
SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman

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Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard rejoins me on the show to talk about his upcoming book, The Fiat Standard. We chat about how the fiat standard started, and the propaganda that they use to maintain it.

Saifedean links:

Site: Saifedean.com
Twitter: @saifedean

Previous episodes:

SLP220 Is Bitcoin Democratic, And Is Democracy Good? With Saifedean and Alex Gladstein
SLP171 PlanB & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin S2FX, S2F, and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset
SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
SLP69 Saifedean Ammous – How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios
SLP1 – Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist

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Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures, author and podcaster in the space joins me to talk about stablecoins.

What are stablecoins?
Who uses them?
What kind of volumes are we talking about?
What kind of platform risks are involved?
Are they bullish or bearish for Bitcoin?
STABLE act
Outlook for stablecoins going forward

Nic Carter links:

Twitter: @nic__carter
Castle Island Ventures

Relevant episodes:

SLP10 – Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu
SLP219 Nadav Kohen – What You Should Know About Bitcoin DLCs

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Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He’s also author of 15 books, including The Ascent of Money. Niall and I chat:

Bitcoin as a store of value
The pandemic and impacts on how we use money
Debt around the world and in history
What’s in our financial future

Niall Ferguson links:

Twitter: @nfergus
Website: niallferguson.com
Article: Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution

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Ron Paul, libertarian former congressman and presidential candidate, joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Libertarianism and Freedom in Money.

Ron Paul Links:

Twitter: @ronpaul
Site: RonPaulLibertyReport.com

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Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about where we’re at in the cycle. We talk through:

Possible valuations for bitcoin
Common misunderstandings
Errors people make in bull runs
Why Bitcoin is not tulips
Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome

Vijay links:

Twitter: @Real_vijay
Bullish case for bitcoin

Prior episodes:

SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘mentally captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why Credit Deflation is More Likely Than Mass Inflation
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati – Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is

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Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy joins me to talk about how Bitcoin is emerging as a new store of value. We discuss misconceptions on bitcoin, the impact of the constant low key influx of new capital, gold vs bitcoin, concentration of bitcoin, and the broader macro environment we find ourselves in.

Lyn Alden links:

Lynalden.com
Twitter: @Lynaldencontact

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Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance), and renowned hardware wallet maker rejoins me on the show to talk about Specter DIY and Specter Desktop updates. We chat:

Why make your own
Security model vs other HWWs
Airgapping with QR
Use in multi sig setups
Specter Desktop updates

Links:

Specter DIY github: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy
Specter store: https://specter.solutions/shop/specter-shield/
Stepan Twitter: @StepanSnigirev

Prior episodes:

SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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We’re all bullish on bitcoin, but will transactions take place on Lightning Network or other layers and tech? Udi and Eric join me on the show to discuss.

Monetary demand for bitcoin
How much payment demand is there?
Privacy, custody and other trade offs
Stablecoin payment demand
Platform risks of ETH

Links:

Udi Wertheimer: HaveFunStayingPoor.com
Eric Wall: @ercwl

Sponsors:

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John Newbery joins me to talk about his new bitcoin research and development center, Brink. John is a regular Bitcoin Core contributor, works on Bitcoin Optech, started PR Review Club, and mentors new bitcoin core developers. In this show we talk:

Why Brink
Priorities for development
Mentoring new developers
Bitcoin development culture

John Newbery links:

Twitter: @Jfnewbery
Site: Brink.dev

Other episodes mentioned:

SLP216 Gloria Zhao Learning Bitcoin Core Contribution & Hosting PR Review Club
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?

Sponsors:

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Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin joins me to talk about:

Her pathway to learning about Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s current status in the market
Funding Bitcoin development
Focus and priorities for development
Identifying talent

Links:

Hong Fang: @hfangca
Developer grants: https://developergrant.okcoin.com/

Relevant episodes:

SLP214 Pierre Rochard & Fabian Jahr – Where Are All The Bitcoins?

Sponsors:

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Will Bitcoin enable the Sovereign Individual thesis to play out? Or will the state successfully find some counter to retain the level of taxation, surveillance and control that they currently enjoy? Robert Breedlove and Jesse Lawler join me on the show to debate.

Links:

Twitter: @breedlove22
Parallax Digital: Parallax Digital
Twitter: @lawlerpalooza

Sponsors:

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What is DeFi? Should it be a thing in Bitcoin or is that just an altcoin gambling thing? Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl joins me to talk about Bitcoin DeFi and Hodl Hodl’s new product, Lend. We talk:

Bitcoin DeFi
Hodl Hodl Lend
Opening up a whole new lending market
Risks
Costs
How it might develop

Max Keidun links:

Twitter: @keidunm
Hodl Hodl

Prior episodes:

SLP56 Max Keidun & Roman Snitko of Hodl Hodl Bitcoin Exchange & Baltic Honeybadger
SLP166 Max Keidun – P2P Bitcoin Trading No KYC, coming to your smartphone powered by Hodl Hodl

Sponsors:

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You’re probably familiar with Bitcoin node packages, so what’s different here with Embassy and EmbassyOS? Matt Hill & Aiden McClelland of Start9 Labs join me to talk about shifting to a more personally sovereign paradigm, and what kinds of technology and hardware can take us there. We talk about:

What EmbassyOS is
What’s different vs bitcoin node packages
Integrating Lightning into EmbassyOS
Private messaging
Set up
Where we’re going

Links:

Start9 Labs
Matt Hill: @MattHill
Aiden McClelland: @_dr_bonez

Sponsors:

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What are some common errors that people make when learning how to self custody? Should you use multi signature? Where does NVK agree / disagree with Michael Flaxman? NVK, CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to discuss this and more.

Bitcoin multi signature
Bitcoin backups and walletsrecovery.org
Bitcoin security
Blockclock Mini
BitcoinTreasuries.org

Nvk's Links:

Twitter: @NVK
Site: coinkite.com (use code LIVERA for discount)
bitcoinsecurity.guide
Walletsrecovery.org
bitcointreasuries.org

Sponsors:

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Preston Pysh of We Study Billionaires joins me on the show to talk about what Bitcoin’s final cycle might look like. How would we know if we’re going through the final cycle? How likely is it? Will corporates buying bitcoin be weak hands or strong hands? What about governments trying to shut Bitcoin down?

Preston Pysh‘s Links:

Twitter: @PrestonPysh
We Study Billionaires

Prior episodes:

SLP109 Preston Pysh – How To Think About Bitcoin as an Investor
SLP181 Preston Pysh – Bitcoin as Numeraire

Sponsors:

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Confused about what MuSig2 is? As Bitcoin’s Schnorr Taproot soft fork has now been merged into Bitcoin Core (but not yet activated), it’s worthwhile understanding what some of the new multisignature schemes are for using Taproot. Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing, cryptographers working at Blockstream join me on the show to talk about their latest, MuSig2.

Jonas Nick‘s Links:

Twitter: @n1ckler

Tim Ruffing‘s Links:

Twitter: @real_or_random

Links:

MuSig2 paper: Simple Two-Round Schnorr Multi-Signatures
MuSig-DN

Prior episodes:

SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP200 Christian Decker – ANYPREVOUT, MPP, Mitigating LN Attacks

Sponsors:

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What are the considerations for your business in holding bitcoin? Should you self custody with multi signature for improved security and control? Joe Kelly and Dhruv Bansal, CEO and CSO of Unchained Capital join me to chat.

We talk:

What business owners have to consider
How to custody bitcoin
Unchained Capital’s solution
Coldcard
Financialisation of computer networks
Challenges of being a bitcoin company founder

Joe and Dhruv Links:

Twitter: @josephkelly
Twitter: @dhruvbansal
Unchained Capital

Prior episodes:

SLP113 Dhruv Bansal – Bitcoin Multisig & Hermit with Unchained Capital

Sponsors:

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Is Bitcoin a democracy? Or is it more like a natural order? What about democracy in general, does that protect human rights and enable human flourishing? Saifedean and Alex Gladstein debate the question of whether democracy promotes human flourishing. This was moderated by Stephan Livera, initially on Saifedean’s online seminar.

Saifedean's Links:

Twitter: @saifedean
Saifedean.com

Alex Gladstein's Links:

Twitter: @gladstein
Hrf.org

Sponsors:

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What are Discreet Log Contracts? Are they just for degenerate gamblers or is there a business use here? Nadav Kohen of Suredbits joins me to talk about what they are, why they’re useful and how they work.

Why Use DLCs over multisig?
Trust and Privacy
Funding and Contract Execution Transactions
Oracles and associated problems
Lightning DLCs
DLC Spec

Nadav‘s Links:

Twitter: @nadav_kohen
Suredbits
Suredbits Blog

Sponsors:

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Philip Haslam and Russ Lamberti join me to talk about their book on Zimbabwe and hyperinflation, When Money Destroys Nations. We chat about:

Where hyperinflation has happened before
The culture of debt & entitlement
Print and spend vs loan and spend
The stages or ‘gorge moments’
Financial repression
Liquidity obfuscation
How might future hyperinflation episodes play out

Links:

Website: whenmoneydestroys.com
Book: When Money Destroys Nations
Russell Lamberti: @RussLamberti
Philip Haslam: @HaslamPhilip
Book twitter: @WMDNbook

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When Money Destroys Nations: How Hyperinflation Ruined Zimbabwe, How Ordinary People Survived, and Warnings for Nations that Print Money

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Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk. Godfrey is a self proclaimed goldbug, and in this conversation we explore Bitcoin and his recent discussion on it.

We chat about:

Bitcoin’s use as reserve asset
Some similarities and differences between Bitcoin and Gold
Central Banking
Welfare Statism

Links:

Twitter: @Goddersbloom
Website: godfreybloom.uk

Sponsors:

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Why is Bitcoin so exciting? How does Silicon Valley culture influence it? Gloria Zhao, bitcoin core contributor joins me to talk:

Silicon Valley culture influences
Teaching blockchain, then getting more into Bitcoin
Being mentored by Bitcoin core developers
Bitcoin PR Review club
Map of the Bitcoin Network

Gloria 's Links:

Twitter: @glozow
Github: Glozow
Article: Map of the Bitcoin network

Relevant episodes:

SLP124 Jon Atack – Bitcoin Core Contribution

Sponsors:

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After terrifying everyone with his prior SLP appearance re: hardware wallet security, Michael Flaxman rejoins me on the show to talk about his new multisig guide to help users secure their coins without any single point of failure.

We cover:

What’s improved in the space since last year
Why you need to eliminate SPOFs (Single Points of Failure)
Comparison of current hardware wallets
Multi sig services vs DIY
Using Specter
Using Coldcard & Cobo
Seedpicker
Tips on maintaining the setup

Michael links:

BTC Guide: https://btcguide.github.io/
Twitter: @mflaxman

Prior episodes:

SLP97 Michael Flaxman – Every Bitcoin Hardware
SLP205 Specter Desktop Bitcoin Multi Sig with Stepan Snigirev & Ben Kaufman
SLP99 Andrew Chow – Hardware Wallets and Bitcoin Core with HWI and PSBT

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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Why does auditing Bitcoin matter? Why won’t the supply ever actually reach 21 million? Pierre Rochard of Kraken and Fabian Jahr (Bitcoin Core contributor) join me on the show to talk.

Bitcoin supply
Auditing
Gettxoutset
Bitcoin Core coin stats index
More in depth bitcoin accounting

Links:

Fabian Jahr github: @fjahr
Fabian Jahr: @fjahr
Article: https://fjahr.com/posts/where-are-the-coins/
Pierre Rochard: @pierre_rochard
Article: https://www.pierrerochard.com/auditing-bitcoin-supply/

Sponsors:

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Why did MicroStrategy buy $425 million of Bitcoin and adopt it as Primary Treasury Reserve Asset? How did the team learn about Bitcoin? What is driving people to learn about Bitcoin in this high inflation environment? Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy joins me to discuss.

Links:

Twitter: @michael_saylor

Sponsors:

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Bitcoin custody insurance has been hotly debated in the industry, with concerns around the volatility, its feasibility, and whether it makes sense. What's Knox doing differently? Alex Daskalov, CEO of Knox Custody joins me to discuss these questions.

Alex links:

Alex Twitter: @daskalov
Knox Custody: @knoxcustody

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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Knox Custody

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What grants have Square Crypto given? How can Bitcoin design be improved? How can Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Patents be protected for the community and permissionless innovation to continue apace? Steve Lee of Square Crypto joins me to talk about some of the latest.

Links:

Steve twitter: @moneyball
COPA Thread: https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1304087270736236544
Bitcoin Design: https://medium.com/@squarecrypto/bringing-together-the-bitcoin-design-community-b89e5fbe080f

Prior episode:

SLP144 Steve Lee – Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development

Sponsors:

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How do you watch Bitcoin’s mempool? What tools should we use? What are the implications longer term for a blockspace market? Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill joins me to talk about this and more:

Mempool watching and what tools are needed
Blockspace market longer term
Lightning adoption
Bitcoin Privacy and ‘bad actors’
COVID and Bitcoiners

Sergej links:

Twitter: @ziggamon
Bitrefill: Bitrefill.com

Prior episodes:

SLP85 Sergej Kotliar – Building Bitcoin’s circular economy
SLP25 – Taking Bitcoin Lightning Payment, and ‘earner adoption’, with Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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Is Bitcoin user culture going the wrong way? Or are these general cultural things? What should be the approach around avoiding KYC? What new features are coming to Samourai Wallet? Samourai Wallet joins me to discuss.

Samourai Wallet links:

Site: samouraiwallet.com
Twitter: @samouraiwallet

Prior episodes:

SLP150 Samourai Wallet – Make Every Bitcoin Spend a Coinjoin

Sponsors:

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Does money need a non-monetary use? Will the government return to a gold standard? Are we doomed to repeat the same cycle of fiat money? Peter Schiff, CEO Euro Pacific Capital, chairman of Schiff Gold, and host of Schiff Radio joins me to discuss.

Peter links:

Twitter: @PeterSchiff
Schiff Radio: schiffradio.com
Euro Pac: europac.com

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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What’s the latest with the Lightning Network? What will it mean when channels go large sized with wumbo? How is the network and ecosystem growing? Laolu (roasbeef) CTO of Lightning Labs joins me to talk.

Links:

Twitter: @roasbeef
Lnd 0.11 post
Lightning labs: Lightning.engineering
Lightning Labs twitter: @lightning

Prior episode:

SLP39 Olaoluwa Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs

Sponsors:

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Have you wondered how to recover bitcoins from a seed? Maybe your friend doesn’t remember which wallet they used? In this episode with Luke Childs, we talk about how to recover them into Electrum with his newly written tool.

We also talk about Umbrel, a new node package promising very easy set up.

We also chat about security, development and bitcoin coding.

Links:

Twitter: @lukechilds
Github: https://github.com/sponsors/lukechilds#sponsors
Site: https://lukechilds.co/
Umbrel: https://getumbrel.com/

Sponsors:

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Are you looking for an easy bitcoin multi signature wallet that doesn’t require an electrum server? Or perhaps one with support for different bitcoin hardware wallets and a different interface? Check out Specter-Desktop! Stepan Snigirev (CTO Crypto Advance) and Ben Kaufman (Specter Desktop contributor) join me to talk about the project.

Features
UX
Multi signature standards
HWI and HWW support
Design decisions
Looking for contributors

Links:

@StepanSnigirev
@_BenKaufman
@CryptoAdvance
Specter Desktop github
Specter Support Telegram Channel

Prior episodes:

SLP84 Stepan Snigirev – Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
SLP105 Justin Moon & Stepan Snigirev – DIY Bitcoin Hardware Wallet and Multi Signature

Sponsors:

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What’s the relation between fiat money and slavery? How did easy money and government suppression of honest money lead to this outcome? What’s the story with aggry beads and panos? How does Bitcoin change this? Robert Breedlove (CEO & CIO Parallax Digital) joins me to talk about these questions.

Links:

Twitter: @breedlove22
Article: Masters and Slaves of Money
Parallax Digital: ParallaxDigital.io

Sponsors:

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Raoul Pal of Real Vision rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Macro are colliding. We talk about the incredible risk:reward opportunity of bitcoin, DCA long term, Bitcoin as better collateral, and more.

Raoul Pal Links:

Twitter: @RaoulGMI
RealVision

Prior Episodes:

SLP93 Raoul Pal – Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin

Sponsors:

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What are some of the stories from Bitcoin’s Brisbane scene in Australia? Jeff Yew joins me to chat about his experiences from the Brisbane scene, and teaching newcoiners about bitcoin. We also chat about the Binance Australia launch.

Jeff links:

Twitter: @Vnumeris
Binance AU

Sponsors:

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Want to buy bitcoin w/o KYC and non custodial all in one app? BlueWallet has recently launched this feature. Igor and Nuno from the BlueWallet team join me to talk about their work and the many features available in BlueWallet.

Creating BlueWallet
Partnering with Hodl Hodl
UX
Lightning
Custodial
Watch only wallets and hardware wallet support

BlueWallet links:

BlueWallet.io
@BlueWalletio
Nuno: @nvcoelho

Sponsors:

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What’s ANYPREVOUT? How does MPP work in practice and what are the considerations? What about some of these LN attacks, what are the mitigations and do they limit LN’s effectiveness? How is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network likely to grow out in the future?

Christian Decker links:

Twitter: @snyke
ANYPREVOUT: BIP118
MPP Blog: All Paths Lead to Your Destination
github cdecker

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP134 Rusty Russell Lightning Multi Part Payments
SLP59 Christian Decker Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories

Sponsors:

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Electrum Wallet is one of the longest standing Bitcoin wallets, and well known for supporting hardware wallets, multi signature - and now lightning! We talk about a range of things:

Lightning
HWW support
Multi sig
Electrum Server model
Backup seeds

Links:

Electrum.org
Twitter: @ElectrumWallet
Electrum github

Prior episode:

SLP125 Thomas Voegtlin – Electrum Wallet: Bitcoin seeds, PSBT, Multi sig, Lightning

Sponsors:

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Caitlin Long of Avanti Financial Group joins me to talk about Bitcoin, banking, rehypothecation and what Austrian Economists are missing. How much additional money is being created in the shadow banking system? What about ‘moneyness’? We also discuss Caitlin’s IMF working paper, and the recent OCC Interpretive Letter 1170.

Caitlin Long links:

Twitter: @CaitlinLong_
Avanti: AvantiBank.com

Sponsors:

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How do we grow Bitcoin’s community of self custodying HODLers? With Bitcoin Meetups! How do you organise and run one? What topics do you present? How do you get a venue? How do you keep people engaged? Stephen Cole of the OC Bitcoin Meetup joins me to discuss.

Stephen Cole links:

Twitter: @sthenc
OCBTN Meetup
OCBTN twitter: @OCBTN

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)

Fund Bitcoin Open Source development: www.bitcoindevlist.com

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Does government regulation of AML (Anti Money Laundering) represent a new way for governments to capture Bitcoin? FATF (Financial Action Task Force) is driving stricter regulations, and it now appears that large Bitcoin businesses are looking for ways to collaborate with the “Travel Rule”. What are the implications of this for Bitcoin privacy? Will Bitcoin be captured by governments, or will Bitcoin capture governments?

Links:

Matt Odell of TFTC/RHR (MattOdell.com)
Alex Gladstein of HRF
Rafael Yakobi of The Crypto Lawyers

Prior Episodes:

SLP70 Matt Odell – Putting Bitcoin into practice for noobs
SLP138 Matt Odell – Should Bitcoiners Coinjoin?
SLP102 Jimmy Song & Alex Gladstein – The Little Bitcoin Book
SLP165 Rafael Yakobi – Should Coinjoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?

Sponsors:

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Nix-Bitcoin is a designed to be a more secure Bitcoin node, based on NixOS. Pseudonymous developer, nixbitcoindev joins me to explain more about why and how. What are the benefits of reproducibility? What else can be done from a security perspective to secure your bitcoin node? Will it be easy to use or only for technical people?

Nix-Bitcoin links:

Nix-bitcoin github
Nix bitcoin twitter

Sponsors:

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Wondered how to set up your own bitcoin + lightning node? Raspiblitz is a project offering a DIY node (or you can buy a premade one), with an LCD screen. Rootzoll and openoms join me to discuss. Raspiblitz links:

Rootzoll: @rootzoll
Openoms: @openoms
Raspiblitz
Raspiblitz guide

Sponsors:

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How do you teach Bitcoin to your Boomer relatives and friends? What are some of the common sticking points? Should you explain it as Digital Gold? Gary Leland, Hall of Fame podcaster, entrepreneur, and conference organizer of Bit Block Boom joins me to discuss!

Gary links:

Twitter: @GaryLeland
BitBlockBoom: bitblockboom.com

Sponsors:

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If you’re fundamentally bullish on Bitcoin, how do you invest in Bitcoin companies? What kind of strategies can be employed, what are some common errors in the space? How do you pick good teams and companies? Alyse Killeen founding Managing Partner of Stillmark VC, advisor to Mantis (venture firm) and advisor and sits on the board of well known Bitcoin companies such as Blockstream and Casa.

Alyse links:

Twitter: @alysekilleen
Website: alysekilleen.com

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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The world is undergoing pressures that are inflationary, but also deflationary forces. Which one will win out? What is driving humanity’s progress forward? Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur and author joins me to discuss our deflationary future.

Jeff Booth:

Twitter: @JeffBooth
Book: thepriceoftomorrow.com

Sponsor links:

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How many Bitcoins are being HODLed? Bitcoin’s nature allows some level of investigation and analysis, and it’s possible to see how many coins are moving. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, CTO of Glassnode joins me on the show to discuss some of the insights he’s been sharing.

Rafael links:

Twitter: @n3ocortex
Website: glassnode.com
Thread

Sponsors:

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There’s a lot of heated discussion about Bitcoin HODLing vs Spending, the circular economy, and what actions build on Bitcoin’s censorship resistance. Ragnar Lifthrasir of Guns N Bitcoin joins me for a discussion on this topic.

Ragnar links:

Twitter: @ragnarly
Site: Gunsnbitcoin.com

Sponsor links:

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Does Bitcoin Need Marketing and marketers? Does it need influencers? What kinds of strategies are appropriate across different channels? Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken joins me to discuss.

Dan Held links:

Twitter: @danheld
Article: Bitcoin’s Marketing Team
Website: danheld.com

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP34 Dan Held – Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation
SLP81 Dan Held – Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine

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John Cantrell, Bitcoin developer joins me to talk about how he cracked Alistair Milne’s social media bitcoin challenge. With the first 8 words of the seed, John was able to crack a 12 word seed using a cluster of GPU’s. John is also the creator of Juggernaut, a lightning messaging app.

John links:

Twitter: @JohnCantrell97
Article: How I checked over 1 trillion mnemonics in 30 hours to win a bitcoin
Juggernaut: getjuggernaut.com

Sponsors:

Swan
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Dr Joseph Salerno, Academic VP of Mises Institute joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin, monetary velocity, how money emerges on the market and more.

Joseph Salerno links:

Twitter: @jtsale
Mises Institute: mises.org

Sponsor links:

Swan Bitcoin
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New Brighton Capital code: LIVERA

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann – Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin
SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acting Locally

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Many people are confused about Bitcoin. Is it for transactional payments, or should we view it as something closer to Digital Gold or savings? Regular guest Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about this. We also talk:

Common errors in conceiving of Bitcoin
Risks with custodial and KYC
Updated thoughts on prior article re: Credit Deflation
CHAZ

Vijay links:

Twitter: @real_vijay
Article: Bullish Case for Bitcoin
Recent twitter thread

Prior episodes:

SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘Mentally Captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why credit deflation is more likely than mass inflation
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati- Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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Alessandro Cecere (aka el Sultan Bitcoin), CEO of Coinspree joins me to talk about his experiences growing up in Venezuela, and his passion for spreading bitcoin.

Alessandro Cecere links:

Twitter: @elsultanBitcoin
Coinspree: coinspree.com

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela
SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World

Sponsor links:

Swan Bitcoin
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Dennis Wohlfarth of Accointing & Clinton Donnelly of Donnelly Tax Law join me to talk about Bitcoin tax treatment, and strategies to minimise tax. We chat about:

Current tax treatment
Capital Gains Tax
Record keeping
Tax strategies locally
Tax strategies for those willing to go overseas
International competition

Links:

Accointing: www.accointing.com (ref link – 10% discount)
Donnelly Tax Law: Donnellytaxlaw.com
Accointing Twitter: @accointing
Dennis Twitter: @WohlfarthDennis
Clinton Twitter: @cryptotaxfixer

Sponsors:

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Nick Neuman and Jameson Lopp, CEO and CTO of Casa join me to talk about updates at Casa, the world of multi signature, hardware wallets, personal security and personal data in the age of increasing statism.

Nick and Jameson links:

Nick Twitter: @Nneuman
Jameson Twitter: @lopp
Casa: keys.casa

Prior episodes:

SLP26 – Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa
SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa
SLP107 Jeremy Welch & Jameson Lopp – Casa Wealth Security Protocol

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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Preston Pysh, co founder of The Investor’s Podcast network rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, inflation, bonds, and investing in a bitcoinised world.

Preston Pysh links:

Twitter: @PrestonPysh
The Investor’s Podcast: Theinvestorspodcast.com
Prior SLP appearance: SLP109

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
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Eric eloquently spoke about Bitcoin as a macro solution on a live news broadcast from a protest near LA City Hall. I invited Eric on to discuss his views and his macro solution. We talk about his interest in Bitcoin, his RaspiBlitz node, his excitement for the lightning network, and bitcoin as a social movement.

Eric links:

Twitter: @iamTheCharacter
Music: http://bit.ly/sospotify
IG: @hiphopphilosophymovie
Clip: https://twitter.com/nlebowitz1/status/1268002667042934786
New clip: https://twitter.com/iamTheCharacter/status/1269762148135100417

Sponsors:

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Ergo of OXT Research (Samourai Wallet team) joins me to talk about his latest research into the Lazarus group, and also unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins - whether they are through custodial tumblers, Wasabi or JoinMarket.

Ergo links:

Twitter: @ergoBTC
OXT Research
- The North Korean Connection
- Toxic Recall Attack - Unwinding JoinMarket Case Study

Prior/relevant episodes:

SLP130 Ergo Tracking PlusToken Scammers with White Hat Bitcoin Chain Analysis
SLP149 Waxwing Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER
SLP150 Samourai Wallet Make Every Bitcoin Spend a Coinjoin
SLP165 Rafael Yakobi Should Coinjoin Users be flagged?
SLP167 Chris Belcher - What’s the Problem with Bitcoin Surveillance?

Sponsor links:

Swan Bitcoin
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Coinfloor
BitcoinLessons.org

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6102 Bitcoin is a pseudonymous bitcoiner known for his contributions with various Bitcoin resources and how to sites, and infographics. He joins me for a discussion about bitcoin privacy, why he does this under a pseudonym, contributing in the Bitcoin space, Blockstream’s Liquid network and more.

6102 Bitcoin links:

Twitter: @6102bitcoin
Website: 6102bitcoin.com
Bitcoin-intro.com
Bitcoin-only.com
Btcprivacy.org
Bitcoin taint infographic
Sven article Stop Calling for a Free Market in Money

Sponsor links:

Swan Bitcoin
Bitcoinlessons
Unchained Capital
Cyphersafe.io

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Murch joins me to talk about his work on Coin Selection, managing large wallets! We’ll talk about fees, selecting coins, the blockspace market, how you can think about optimising your wallet.

Murch:

Twitter: @murchandamus
Bitcoin Stack Exchange: Murch
Branch and Bound paper and coin selection strategies: Murch’s masters thesis

Relevant episodes:

SLP118 Mike Belshe, CEO BitGo

Sponsors:

Kraken
Coinfloor.co.uk
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Parker Lewis and Buck Perley of Unchained Capital join me on the show to talk about updates on the Caravan open source project, making multi sig accessible and easy for the masses. Previously it was single address only, and now it works as a wallet! We’ll chat:

Why use Caravan
What the new updates are
Hardware wallet testing
xPubs and multi sig
Bitcoiner Ventures raise

Parker Lewis & Buck Perley links:

Unchained blog: Gearing up the Caravan
Parker Lewis Twitter: @parkeralewis
Buck Perley Twitter: @buckperley

Related episode:

SLP131 Parker Lewis – Bitcoin is Intuitive

Sponsors:

Kraken
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Matt Ahlborg of UsefulTulips.org joins me on the show to talk about bitcoin use in South America, and Africa. Matt Ahlborg is a researcher and data scientist looking into the use of Bitcoin around the world.

Matt Ahlborg links:

Twitter: @MattAhlborg
Website: usefultulips.org
Article: Latin American Bitcoin Trading Follows the Heartbeat of Venezuela
Article: Paxful is the Most Important Bitcoin Company You Aren’t Paying Attention to

Related episode:

SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin As A Source Of Truth in Venezuela

Sponsors:

Kraken
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Matt Ridley is a writer, biologist & Rational Optimist. He joins me to talk about his views on science, economics, innovation and how they apply to Bitcoin.

Matt Ridley Links:

Website: mattridley.co.uk
Twitter @mattwridley
Book: How Innovation Works

Sponsors:

Kraken
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Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein, President of the Nakamoto Institute and co-host of Noded Bitcoin Podcast rejoins me on the show to talk about some Bitcoin literature.

Bitstein links:

Twitter @bitstein
Nakamoto Institute website
Noded

Literature:

The Cyphernomicon
Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities
Secure Property Titles with Owner Authority
Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks
Politics vs Technology

Previous episodes:

SLP111 Bitstein – Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Crash Course
SLP6 – Fiat Money As ‘Fad Diet’ with Bitstein

Sponsors:

Kraken
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Nicolas Dorier and Mr Kukks rejoin me on the show to talk about updates with BTCPay Server, such as P2EP (Pay to End point), which will assist bitcoin accepting merchants to PayJoin with customers, adding to the privacy on Bitcoin.

Links:

Nicolas Dorier: https://twitter.com/nicolasdorier
MrKukks: https://twitter.com/mrkukks
BTCPay blog: https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-1-0-4-0/
BTCPay twitter: https://twitter.com/btcpayserver
BTCPay PayJoin guide: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-doc/blob/master/Payjoin.md
BTCPay PayJoin spec: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-doc/blob/master/Payjoin-spec.md
LaurentMT Payjoin discussion: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/LaurentMT/c38794ef6a62b2f8c76d7f694a3e7777/raw/cde5620d6ab59a8202af504e1650aef1ff907730/

Earlier appearances:

Nicolas: http://stephanlivera.com/48
Kukks: http://stephanlivera.com/91

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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SwanBitcoin.com
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PlanB (pseudonymous Bitcoin quant) & Saifedean (Bitcoin economist) rejoin me to talk about PlanB’s latest work on S2FX, and some of the debates being had on S2F modelling as well as addressing some of the criticism. We will also talk about Bitcoin as it goes through phase transitions, and the implications on the Bitcoin industry, and the rest of society.

PlanB Links:

PlanB Twitter: @100trillionUSD
Article: Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Cross Asset Model

Saifedean Links:

Twitter: @saifedean
Website: saifedean.com
Book: The Bitcoin Standard

Prior episodes:

SLP67 PlanB – Modelling Bitcoin’s Digital Scarcity Through Stock-To-Flow Techniques
SLP86 PlanB – Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
SLP122 PlanB – Responses to the S2F model
SLP1 Saifedean – Bitcoin as Sound Money
SLP69 Saifedean – How Governments Could Kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin Scenarios
SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous – Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up

Relevant episodes:

SLP154 Nick @Btconometrics – Quantitative Bitcoin Analysis & S2F Cointegration Strengthens

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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SwanBitcoin

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Yuri de Gaia, Partner at L2B Global (Reserve Bitcoin OTC, Liquiditi, Moontower) joins me to talk about Bitcoin’s two economies: the regulated compliant world, and the defiant crypto-anarchist world.

How they will grow
Do they support each other
Citadels, Monarchy, and Anarcho-capitalism
OTC Trading
Liquid
Moontower

Yuri Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Y_deGaia
Personal blog: https://degaia.co/
L2B Global (company) https://l2b.global

Bitcoin Reserve (HNWI brokerage) https://bitcoinreserve.com

The Bitcoin Reserve Journal (blog) https://journal.bitcoinreserve.com

Moontower (retail) https://moontower.co/

Liquiditi.io (Liquid asset swap tool) https://liquiditi.io/ * Article: https://degaia.co/bitcoins-two-economies/

Other relevant episodes:

SLP141 American HODL
SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities

Sponsor links:

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Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, Central Banking, Corona virus, libertarianism and acting locally:

Mises Institute and Bitcoin
Hypocritical fund managers
UBI and MMT becoming popular
Smaller is better
Better, not perfect

Jeff Deist links:

Twitter: @jeffdeist
Mises: www.mises.org
Human Action Podcast: HA Podcast

Prior appearance: SLP45

Sponsor links:

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Lisa Neigut of Blockstream joins me to talk about Lightning Network Channels, c-lightning, and Dual Funded Channels. We discuss:

How she got into Lightning development
How Lightning Channels work
How they could be accounted for in c-lightning
Dual Funding of Channels
PoDLE
Hardware wallet funding of lightning channels

Lisa Neigut links:

Twitter: @niftynei
C-lightning thread: https://twitter.com/clightningcomit/status/1212810910731063297
C-lightning github: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/niftynei/

Related episodes:

SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments
SLP59 Christian Decker - Lightning Channel Factories

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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CypherWheel by CypherSafe
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Chris Belcher rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Surveillance companies, and what risks they present to Bitcoin. We also talk about JoinMarket fidelity bonds.

Chain surveillance techniques
Downsides for Bitcoin
What to do about it
“Just Use Monero” is insufficient
PayJoin & P2EP
Fidelity Bonds - how they work
Benefits and costs

Chris Belcher Links:

Joinmarket donation page:https://bitcoinprivacy.me/joinmarket-donations
Fidelity bond doc:https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/18ea0e6acdb885a2bfbdee43dcd6b5af
Financial mathematics of fidelity bonds:https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/87ebbcbb639686057a389acb9ab3e25b
Twitter: @chris_belcher_
Reddit: /u/belcher_
Email: belcher@riseup.net
Github: github.com/chris-belcher/
P2P trading exchanges list: https://github.com/cointastical/P2P-Trading-Exchanges/

Other relevant episodes:

SLP165 Rafael Yakobi Should CoinJoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?
SLP149 WAXWING – Is Consumerism At Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, Snicker
SLP58 Chris Belcher – Defending Bitcoin Privacy
SLP150 Samorai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin

Sponsor links:

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Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl rejoins me on the show to talk about some exciting updates with Hodl Hodl:

UX/UI update to Hodl Hodl website interface
How the platform protects against scammers
Local Trader feature in BlueWallet
Stacking Bitcoins p2p, No KYC, directly into your Coldcard
Baltic Honeybadger 2020 Update

Max Keidun & Hodl Hodl links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/keidunm
Website: https://hodlhodl.com/ (Code:LIVERA)
Hodl Hodl twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlhodl

Previous episode:

SLP56 Max Keidun and Roman Snitko

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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SwanBitcoin

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Rafael Yakobi, Managing Attorney at The Crypto Lawyers joins me to talk about privacy in Bitcoin and the law. We talk about:

Financial surveillance laws
Obligations on bitcoin companies
How it works in practice
Blockchain surveillance companies

Links:

Twitter: @CACryptoLawyer
The Crypto Lawyers: www.thecryptolawyers.com
Bitcoin Magazine article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-fungibility-mixing-and-the-legal-limits-on-maintaining-privacy

Other links:

Bitcoin wiki transaction surveillance company by Chris Belcher
6102 Bitcoin coinjoin infographics:
https://6102bitcoin.com/001_what_is_bitcoin_taint/
https://6102bitcoin.com/002_are_chain_analysis_heuristics_reliable/
https://6102bitcoin.com/003_blacklisting_distance_proximity/

Other relevant interviews:

SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo
SLP150 Samourai Wallet
SLP149 Waxwing (JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER)

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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CypherWheel by CypherSafe
SwanBitcoin

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Gleb Naumenko of Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about erlay. We talk about:

How he got into bitcoin development
Transaction relay in Bitcoin
Attacks at the network level
Erlay
Costs and Benefits
Bitcoin and lightning development more broadly

Gleb Naumenko:

Twitter: @tomatodread
Github account: https://github.com/naumenkogs
BIP330: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0330.mediawiki
Erlay Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.10518.pdf

Sponsor links:

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Cory Klippsten, CEO and Co-founder of Swan Bitcoin, GP of Bitcoiner Ventures joins me on the show to talk about:

Taleb’s thought and applying it to Bitcoin
The Intransigent Minority
Swan Bitcoin
Cheapest Auto DCA in the US
Bitcoiner Ventures and what it’s about, and how to get involved

Cory Klippsten links:

Twitter: @coryklippsten
Swan Bitcoin: SwanBitcoin.com
Bitcoiner Ventures AngelList Syndicate: https://angel.co/i/v7pGo
Bitcoiner Ventures: BitcoinerVentures.com
Article: Ten Million Bitcoiners: The Intransigent Minority

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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Matt D’Souza CEO of Blockware Solutions joins me to talk about his team’s recent research piece on Bitcoin Halving and analysis from a mining perspective. In this conversation, we chat:

Market participant profiles
Miner electricity distribution
Shut off and breakeven cost
Mining Rigs
Scenario Analysis
Why some miners operate at a loss
Difficulty adjustment dynamics
Why Efficient miners welcome the halving

Matt D’Souza links:

Twitter: @mjdsouza2
Research: 2020 Halving Analysis
Blockware: blockwaresolutions.com

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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Titus Gebel joins me to talk about Free Private Cities and how they relate to Bitcoin Citadels, a way for Bitcoin people to peacefully set up Bitcoin friendly cities.

We talk:

The problem with democracy and standard political activism
Legal system
Fee for service
Benefits of lower cost and more certainty
Dealing with poverty and pandemics
How to get there

Titus links:

Twitter: @titusgebel
Free Private Cities website: freeprivatecities.com
Free Private Cities book: https://www.freeprivatecities.com/en/book/
Free Private Cities twitter: @fpcitiesinc

Sponsor links:

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BTCxZelko, Samourai Wallet community member co-founded the Ronin Dojo project, an easy to use Raspberry Pi / Odroid install script and UI to run your own Samourai Wallet Dojo. It’s an easy, cost effective way to run your own node backing your Samourai Wallet, which enables you to use Bitcoin over Tor, with coinjoining and best in class privacy features.

Zelko and I talk:

How he learned command line
How he got into Bitcoin privacy techniques
Recommended hardware for Ronin Dojo
How to install it for yourself

Zelko links:

Twitter: @BTCxZelko
Ronin Dojo Wiki: Ronin Dojo Wiki
Ronin Dojo Telegram: Ronin Dojo TG Chat group

Relevant prior episodes:

SLP150 Samourai Wallet
SLP138 Matt Odell
SLP130 Ergo
SLP117 Pura Vida
SLP78 Samourai Wallet
SLP29 Samourai Wallet

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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SwanBitcoin

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Phil Bonello joins me to talk about the book, The Sovereign Individual, and how it relates to a Bitcoin investment thesis. We talk:

The Sovereign Individual book
Black Magic of Compound Interest and Jurisdiction shopping
What the book got wrong

Investment theses around the book relating to:

Media
Education
Remote Work
Bitcoin businesses
Censorship and Privacy

Phil Bonello links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilJBonello
Sovereign Individual Investment thesis: https://philjbonello.substack.com/p/the-sovereign-individual-investment

Sponsor links:

Kraken
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SwanBitcoin

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John Lee Quigley of MinerUpdate and Adaptive Analysis joins me in this episode to talk about the impacts of bitcoin price drop on Bitcoin mining. We talk about:

What the key costs are for miners
Who are the key players in bitcoin mining
Miner trends
Geographic dispersion
Vertical integration
Energy use

John Lee Quigley Links:

Twitter: @JohnLeeQuigley
MinerUpdate: https://www.minerupdate.com/
Adaptive Analysis: https://adaptiveanalysis.io/
Sample: MinerMovements #7 - Matthew Mining Effect

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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:

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Why Buy Bitcoin: Investing Today in the Money of Tomorrow

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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:

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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/

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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

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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

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In Defense of Deflation (Financial and Monetary Policy Studies, 41)

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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

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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:

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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:

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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

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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:

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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/

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos, world renowned bitcoin speaker & author rejoins me on the show today to talk about some of his latest projects and efforts in Bitcoin. We talk about:

Mastering Lightning - new book coming
Process on learning Lightning Network
Challenges in LN today
Using BTCPayServer to be a merchant
Using RTL
myNode

Andreas links:

Twittter: @aantonop
Website: aantonop.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/aantonop

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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:

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AJ Towns, bitcoin core contributor @ Xapo joins me to talk about his recent work advancing the Schnorr, Taproot, and Tapscript BIPs. We talk about:

What are Schnorr signatures? What is MuSig?
What is Taproot, and what is Tapscript?
Script changes
Schnorr Review Club
Benefits for Bitcoin and Lightning
Upgrade path
Activation

AJ Towns links:

Twitter: @ajtowns
Github: @ajtowns
Schnorr Taproot Review club and resources link: Taproot Review Github
Schnorr BIP
Taproot BIP
Tapscript BIP

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Alex Leishman, organizer of SF Bitcoin Devs and CEO of River, joins me in this episode to talk about his journey in Bitcoin and Austrian Economics, as well as talk about how to moderate and run a successful Bitcoin Socratic Seminar meet up. Listen in and get some tips on how you can run or participate in Bitcoin meet ups in your city! We talk:

Ground rules
What discussion takes place at a Bitcoin Socratic Seminar
How the rest of the world can copy this model
River FInancial

Alex Leishman links:

Twitter: @Leishman
SF Bitcoin Devs: SF Bitcoin Devs
River Financial: River Financial

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Suheb, co-founder of RTL joins me in this episode to talk about tips on managing your Lightning Node with RTL. We talk:

How Suheb got into Lightning
His experience with the Lightning Torch
Different personas for RTL - Node Operator, Merchant
Channel Management
Interface
What’s coming next with RTL

Suheb and RTL links:

Twitter: @Suheb__
RTL: @RTL_app
RTL Github: RTL Github

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Rusty Russell from Blockstream rejoins me in this episode to talk about a very exciting development in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: Multi Part Payments. This is a new feature that will be implemented into the Lightning Network specification, and will be included in the new c-lightning 0.8.0 release. We talk about:

Development work ongoing
Multi Part Payments and how they change Lightning Network
Payment Secrets
Privacy on Lightning Network
Outlook for Lightning Network in 2020

Rusty Russell links

Twitter: @Rusty_twit
BOLT specs: Lightning network specification
C-lightning: ElementsProject/lightning
Blockstream website: Blockstream.com

Prior episodes with Rusty:

SLP23 - Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and Lightning Development, with Rusty Russell of Blockstream
SLP98 Rusty Russell and Joe Netti – Can Lightning Network Scale to a Million Channels?

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Trace Mayer, world renowned Bitcoin investor, writer and speaker rejoins me on the podcast to talk about Proof of Keys, an annual event for Bitcoiners to withdraw bitcoins from any third parties to keys they hold. In this episode we talk about:

Proof of Keys
Tools and best practices
The battle for scarcity, and the battle for privacy
Mises’ book, Bureaucracy

Trace Mayer links:

Twitter: @TraceMayer
Proof of Keys: ProofOfKeys.com
Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast: Bitcoin.kn

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Christian joins me in this episode to talk about his experiences building on lightning network, and his venture along Andre Neves and Simon Cowell with Zebedee, lightning powered games. We talk:

How Chris got into Bitcoin app development
Does Lightning belong in games?
Zebedee approach to lightning game development
Thoughts on Lightning Network more generally, and LNURL

Links:

Christian Moss Twitter: @MandelDuck
Zebedee website: Zebedee.io
Zebedee Article: Does Bitcoin in Gaming Make Sense?

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Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital joins me in this episode to talk about a range of things:

How he went from global macro hedge fund to bitcoiner
What the Fed gets wrong
A Hayekian appreciation for bitcoin
His blog series, Gradually, Then Suddenly
Bitcoin becoming intuitive
Unchained Capital Caravan - open source & free multi sig

Links:

Parker Lewis Twitter @Parkeralewis
Unchained Capital Website
Unchained Capital Twitter
Unchained Capital Youtube Caravan Demo

Other relevant episodes:

SLP113 Dhruv Bansal
SLP97 Michael Flaxman

Sponsor links:

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ErgoBTC, a pseudonymous bitcoin ‘white hat’ privacy analyst joins me in this episode to talk about his journey tracking PlusToken scammers in their attempts to mix and dump 200k BTC. This is a must listen episode for bitcoiners to understand how your privacy can be impinged, and we also talk about tools and techniques for assessing and defending your own bitcoin privacy.

We talk:

How he got into bitcoin privacy analysis
PlusToken scammers - what is the scale of it, and what did they do wrong
In depth discussion on bitcoin mixers and bitcoin privacy
Key takeaways for listeners, mixing products, exchanges on privacy
Future of chain analysis

ErgoBTC Links:

ErgoBTC Twitter: @ErgoBTC
Tracking the PlusToken Whale article: https://medium.com/@ErgoBTC/tracking-the-plustoken-whale-attempted-bitcoin-laundering-and-its-impact-on-wasabi-wallet-787c0d240192

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Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger joins me in this episode to talk about Ledger Hardware Wallet devices. We talk:

Pascal’s background in bitcoin
Ledger device overview
Privacy while using Ledger
Multi signature
Bitcoin-only devices?
Future directions with Ledger devices

Pascal and Ledger links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ledger
Website: https://www.ledger.com

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Jan Čapek, co-CEO of Braiins and working at Slush Pool joins me to talk about this an upgrade to a Bitcoin Mining protocol, Stratum. Stratum V2 is the next generation protocol for pooled mining. It focuses on making data transfers more efficient, reducing physical infrastructure requirements for mining operations, and increasing security. In this conversation we get into some detail about:

How Jan got into Bitcoin and Bitcoin Mining
How the original Stratum protocol came about
What is new about Stratum v2
Benefits of Stratum v2
Relation with BetterHash
Bitcoin Pools generally

Jan Čapek and Stratum Protocol Links:

Stratumprotocol.org
Braiins-OS.org
Slushpool.com
Twitter: @JanBraiins

Sponsor links:

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Ben Perrin, host of BTCSessions YouTube channel joins me to talk about his experiences educating new Bitcoiners. Listen to this episode to get some tips on how you can spread bitcoin knowledge in a thoughtful way. We talk:

How Ben got into Bitcoin and doing a YouTube channel
Taking insights from his prior career as a teacher
Helping beginners avoid common errors
Bitcoin tools and wallets
Running a bitcoin node and comparing node products
Update from Bull Bitcoin and 21x

Ben Perrin links:

Twitter: @BTCSessions
YouTube: BTCSessions
Bull Bitcoin: BullBitcoin.com
Bitcoin merchandise: 21x.io

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Ben Askren, a recently retired pro Mixed Martial Artist and former Olympic Wrestler joins me to talk about how he got into Bitcoin and is now spreading the word about Bitcoin to his following! We talk:

How he got into Bitcoin
Common misconceptions
Why we run full nodes in Bitcoin
What’s next for him with Bitcoin

Ben Askren Links:

Ben Askren Twitter
Funky Crypto Podcast

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Thomas Voegtlin, Founder of Electrum Wallet joins me to talk about how and why he started Electrum Wallet, one of the longest standing Bitcoin wallets (2011). In this interview we discuss a range of topics around the Electrum Server model, Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions, Bitcoin seed formats (BIP39), Multi signature, Hardware wallets and the recent announcement of Lightning in Electrum.

Links:

Electrum website
Electrum Twitter @ElectrumWallet

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Jon Atack joins me to talk about his experience with open source software development, and to talk about the process of Bitcoin Core development and code review. We talk:

Becoming a Bitcoin Core contributor
How to best contribute
Communication channels for development
Priorities in Bitcoin development
Funding for development

Jon Atack Links:

Twitter: @jonatack (https://twitter.com/jonatack)
Github: @jonatack (https://github.com/jonatack)
Bitcoin Core PR Review Club: https://bitcoincore.reviews and https://twitter.com/BitcoinCorePRs
How to Review Bitcoin Core PRs: https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-review-bitcoin-core-prs.md
How to Make Bitcoin Core PRs: https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-make-bitcoin-core-prs.md
Bitcoin Core Peer Review process: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#peer-review
“On Consensus” by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7282

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Allen Piscitello, VP Product of Blockstream joins me to talk about Blockstream Liquid as a new model for inter exchange settlement, and the possibility of building out new financial infrastructure in a way different from the legacy financial system. We talk:

Tradeoffs and differences between approaches of Lightning, Statechains, and Liquid
How pegging Bitcoin in and out of Liquid works
Features that Liquid’s blockchain has e.g. Confidential Transactions and Confidential Assets
How Liquid can enable much faster inter exchange settlement with different tradeoffs
How to get started developing on it
What the future of bitcoin market structure could look like with Liquid adoption

Allen and Blockstream Links:

Blockstream twitter
Blockstream website

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PlanB (Pseudonymous Bitcoin Quant) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the response to his seminal work, Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity. There have been some responses to his Stock to Flow (S2F) modelling work, so we talk:

The response to his articles and translations
What cointegration is and why it matters
Responses to PlanB’s modelling work
Cash and carry trade
Where to from here

PlanB Links:

Twitter: @100trillionUSD
Medium Article: Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity
PlanB’s first interview: SLP67
PlanB’s second interview: SLP86
Phraudsta / Nick’s article: Falsifying Stock to flow as a model of Bitcoin value
Hcburger1’s article: Bitcoin’s natural long term power law corridor of growth

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Stephan Livera links:

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Yan Pritzker, Bitcoin Author and previously CTO of Reverb joins me in this episode to talk about Bitcoin Mining, his book Inventing Bitcoin and give Bitcoin beginners an intro to Bitcoin Mining.

We talk about:

Whether a beginner should do Bitcoin Mining or use cloud mining
How bitcoin mining works
How the network stops cheaters
Bitcoin mining attacks
Common errors in thinking about Bitcoin

Yan Pritzker Links:

Yan Pritzker Twitter @skwp
Inventing Bitcoin website

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Jack Mallers of Zap joins me to talk about the recent exploration of Lightning Network and Identity, as well as talking about his new service, Olympus, and Zap wallet development. This interview was recorded one day before the Lightning Conference in Berlin, Germany October 2019.

Topics:

Use of Lightning Node pub key as identity
Complications with above
The exposure that any Lightning business has to chain fees
Future directions in Zap wallet development

Jack Mallers;

Twitter: @JackMallers
Zap Website

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Alex Bosworth, Lightning Infrastructure Lead at Lightning Labs joins me to talk about what he’s working on: Submarine swaps, Lightning Loop and Hyperloop. We chat about the possibilities being enabled for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

We talk:

Submarine swaps and Loop
Practical applications for Merchants, Exchanges, Users
Routing on the lightning network
Fees on the Lightning Network
What people should be doing with Lightning Network

Alex Bosworth Links:

Alex Bosworth Twitter
Lightning Labs Website
LND Developer slack

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Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo joins me to talk about his journey with Bitcoin and the challenges BitGo faces in being the world’s largest Bitcoin custodian. We talk about:

Coming into Bitcoin
How secure storage evolved in Bitcoin over time
Technological and Procedural techniques used today to enhance security
Insurance
Contentious forks
The risk of government
Future of Bitcoin Custody

Mike Belshe links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikebelshe
BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com

SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

https://stephanlivera.com/slp-bitcoin-custody-series

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Pura Vida of the Lightning Hood team joins me to share his perspectives and journey in learning about bitcoin privacy and putting it into practice with tools such as Samourai Wallet and Nodl. We talk about:

His journey of learning Bitcoin Privacy
How to manage your Bitcoin UTXO set
Coinjoining
Why Post Mix is underrated
Other privacy tips

Pura Vida links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pura_Vlda
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lightning_hood

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Taylor joins me to talk about his project myNode which may be one of the easiest, cheapest and feature rich methods to run your own full node and connect to your own hardware wallet. We talk through the process, and some of the challenges that newbies face today, in setting up their own bitcoin full node.

Taylor Helsper myNode Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mynodebtc
myNode website: http://mynodebtc.com/
myNode telegram: https://t.me/mynode_btc

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Trace Mayer, renowned Bitcoin investor, writer and speaker joins me in this episode to talk about a range of topics on jurisdictional competition in relation to Bitcoin, how best to learn, shifting perceptions on Bitcoin, whether there are any threats to Bitcoin, and this concept of Bitcoin as the ultimate collateral.

Trace Mayer links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceMayer
Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast: https://www.bitcoin.kn/

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Gene Epstein, Director of the Soho forum joins me to talk about his experiences in moderating debates in Bitcoin and Austrian Economics. We talk about some of the key points that Bitcoiners should consider from Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard, and we also talk about the debate between Erik Voorhees and Peter Schiff, and the debate between George Selgin and Saifedean Ammous.

Links:

SoHo Forum: https://www.thesohoforum.org/
Gene Epstein twitter:https://twitter.com/GeneSohoForum

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Ministry of Nodes Self Sovereignty Webinar:

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Dhruv Bansal, Co-Founder and CSO of Unchained Capital rejoins me in this episode to talk about some bitcoin open source contributions Unchained Capital are making, as well as Unchained Capital products and services. Learn more about multi signature, Shamir’s secret sharing, and how Unchained are applying Bitcoin to financial services.

We talk:

Multisig Vaults
Open sourced multisig software
Hermit - Shamir’s Secret Sharing

Links:

Dhruv Bansal: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/
Hermit blog post: https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/a-hermit-emerges/
Unchained Capital Github: https://github.com/unchained-capital

SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

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Wiz and m52go join me in this episode to talk about Bisq, a decentralised open source project that serves to enable zero KYC decentralised Bitcoin exchange around the world. We talk:

How Bisq is decentralised
Structure of Bisq
How Bisq is developed
Localising it for Japan and how this can be done for other countries
BSQ token

Links:

Bisq Network: https://bisq.network, https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq, https://twitter.com/bisq_network, https://bisq.network/slack-invite
Off-chain trade protocol (Bisq v2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnTA3p-5v00
Wiz: https://twitter.com/wiz
m52go: https://twitter.com/m52go

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My friend Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein rejoins me in this episode to talk about why he founded the Nakamoto Institute. We also talk through some of the highlights from the SNI Crash Course, which is a must read series of articles to improve your Bitcoin knowledge and understanding. Michael shares some incredible insight on Austrian economics, the cargo cultism of altcoins, and more.

Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitstein
Crash Course: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/crash-course/
Literature: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/literature/
Noded: https://noded.org/

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Neil Woodfine of Clavestone rejoins me in this episode to talk about the Cerberus Protocol. Cerberus is a protocol designed to be simple for businesses to use Bitcoin multi signature and self custody their bitcoins. We talk about:

Why Cerberus Protocol
Risks that bitcoin businesses face with bitcoin storage
Balancing security with ease of use
Walkthrough of the key steps in Cerberus Protocol
Plan for future development
Clavestone

Links:

Neil Woodfine twitter: https://twitter.com/nwoodfine
Cerberus Protocol: https://cerberus.clavestone.io/
Cerberus Protocol Github: https://github.com/Clavestone/cerberus
Clavestone: https://clavestone.io

SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

https://stephanlivera.com/slp-bitcoin-custody-series

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Preston Pysh, co-host of The Investor’s Podcast (a globally ranked Investment podcast), joins me to talk about his thoughts on investing in Bitcoin. We talk about the category errors and pitfalls that an investor must be wary of when conceiving of the Bitcoin investment thesis.

We discuss:

Category errors
80 years of conditioning
Investment career risk
Psychology and emotions, and how you can manage yours
Trace Mayer and the Mayer Multiple

Preston Pysh Links:

Preston’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh
The Investor’s Podcast: https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/

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Bryan Bishop (Bitcoin developer & consultant) joins me in this episode to talk about his experiences with Bitcoin Custody from working at LedgerX and in other settings. We talk about:

Bitcoin Custody & Vaults
Shamir’s Secret Sharing
Bitcoin Hardware
Smart Custody
Transcripts of Bitcoin Conferences/Podcasts
The Bitcoin alert key saga
Transhumanism

Bryan links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kanzure
Personal Website: https://heybryan.org/
Transcripts: http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/

Other links mentioned:

https://smartcustody.com/
https://www.weboftrust.info/
https://dfa2019.bitcoinedge.org/
https://telaviv2019.bitcoinedge.org/
https://telaviv2019.scalingbitcoin.org/
https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips/blob/master/slip-0039.md
https://github.com/unchained-capital/hermit
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html
https://www.coindesk.com/what-happened-when-a-secret-bitcoin-key-went-public

SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

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Jeremy Welch (CEO Casa) and Jameson Lopp (CTO Casa) re join me in this episode to talk about Casa Wealth Security Protocol and Casa Keymaster. We talk about various points related to securing your Bitcoin:

Design Principles and Decisions
Key risks
Casa Keymaster and Basic Multi Sig set up
Multi sig, multi location, multi device
Going seedless
Privacy
Roadmap

Casa, Jeremy and Jameson links:

Casa Wealth Security Protocol: https://keys.casa/wealth-security-protocol/
Casa Twitter: https://twitter.com/CasaHODL
Jeremy Welch: https://twitter.com/jeremyrwelch
Jameson Lopp: https://twitter.com/lopp
Bitcoin page: https://www.lopp.net/

SLP Bitcoin Custody Series:

https://stephanlivera.com/slp-bitcoin-custody-series

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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

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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

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The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future

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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/

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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/

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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

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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:

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Michael Flaxman, Bitcoin Educator and Developer joins me in this episode (part of the SLP Hardware Wallet Interview series) to talk about the current state of Bitcoin Hardware Wallets. This episode is a must listen to learn the differences between some of the current popular Hardware Wallets, and give you a framework on how to think about Hardware Wallet security. This will help you think more clearly about how to secure your own bitcoins.

We talk:

The current state of hardware wallets
Multi signature is additive
Why you should use Testnet
Secure elements
PSBT
Backups
Shamir’s secret sharing

Michael Flaxman links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mflaxman
Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Comparison site: https://bitcoin-hardware-wallet.github.io/
Personal website: https://www.michaelflaxman.com/
Thread on Bitcoin HW Wallets: https://twitter.com/mflaxman/status/1146813021232226306

SLP Hardware Wallet Series link: https://stephanlivera.com/slp-hardware-wallet-interview-series/

Sponsor links:

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Max Hillebrand, Bitcoin educator and World Crypto Net broadcaster joins me in this newbie episode to target about good practices with Hardware wallets and what we should think about. We talk:

Why you should not leave your bitcoins on an exchange
How to think about Hardware Wallets
Recommended practices with Hardware wallets and self custody
Next steps for learning

Max Hillebrand links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax
World Crypto Net: https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldCryptoNetwork
Max’s Personal website: https://towardsliberty.com/
HODL Hotline (bitcoin consulting from Max): https://hodlhotline.com/

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Aleks Svetski (CEO and co-founder Amber) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the clash of visions:

Trading or HODLing
Buying with a lump sum or DCA - Dollar Cost Averaging
Mindsets around DCA
Libra vs USD vs Bitcoin
Belief systems

Aleks and Amber links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alekssvetski
Amber: https://amber.app

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Roy Sheinfeld, CEO of Breez Technology joins me to talk about his view of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. We touch on a number of topics:

Roy’s background in Bitcoin
Why he’s excited about Lightning Network and what problems it can solve
How the Lightning Network will evolve with Lightning Service Providers
What he’s doing with Breez Tech and the Breez app
Neutrino filtering

Roy Sheinfeld links:

Breez Tech Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breez_Tech
Breez Technology: https://breez.technology/
Breez Telegram: https://t.me/breez_lightning
Roy’s article “Lightning at the end of the Tunnel” https://medium.com/breez-technology/lightning-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-overcoming-bitcoins-ux-challenges-5738171c759e

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Raoul Pal (CEO RealVision and Global Macro Investor) joins me in this episode to discuss the Global Macro risks that he sees, and his perspective on Bitcoin. We talk about the stage of the business cycle that we are in, problems faced by individuals and corporates, and Raoul’s views on Bitcoin.

Raoul Pal and Realvision links:

Raoul twitter: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI
Realvision link: http://realvision.com/free
Raoul tweet thread: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI/status/1147878009870983169

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Britt Kelly joins me for the fourth and final episode in the BTCPayServer interview series.

Britt and I chat about:

Getting into Bitcoin and BTCPayServer
What you can learn by contributing
Documentation of BTCPay
Translation of BTCPay
Tips for newbies
Reflections on being a female in Bitcoin and open source

Britt Kelly links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/britttttkelly
Britt Kelly Donation page: https://btcps0.com/apps/2CCRTE84cnbSyEsJVvDxsqq9uUJV/pos

SLP BTCPayServer series link:

https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/

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Episode 3 in the BTCPayServer series! Kukks, BTCPayServer developer and contributor joins me in this episode to talk about his work. We talk about the way BTCPayServer is structured, and also about the BTC Transmuter (aka fiat bridge), enabling merchants to take Bitcoin payment via BTCPayServer, but receive fiat through an interface with a Bitcoin exchange.

We talk:

BTCPayServer Architecture
BTC Transmuter (taking BTC and converting into fiat for the merchant)
Contributing to BTCPayServer

Kukks links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrKukks
Github: https://github.com/kukks
Donate page: https://donate.kukks.org/

SLP BTCPayServer series link:

https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/

Sponsor links:

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Episode 2 of the SLP BTCPayServer series! Pavlenex (BTCPayServer contributor and Operator of BitcoinShirt.co) joins me to talk about his journey in becoming a bitcoiner, and becoming a BTCPayServer contributor. We talk:

How BTCPayServer helps a merchant accept Bitcoin
Creating BTCPayServer Guides
Cost of running BTCPayServer
BTCPayServer misconceptions
BTCPayServer with Lightning Network
BTCPayServer Merchant Directory

See the other interviews in the series: https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/

Pavlenex links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pavlenex
Website: https://bitcoinshirt.co/
BTCPayServer Misconceptions: https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-misconceptions/
BTCPay vs Third Party Processor https://docs.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-basics/btcpayvsothers
Infographic for common merchants problem https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer/status/1097931640494608389
Third-Party hosts https://docs.btcpayserver.org/deployment/thirdpartyhosting

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Rockstar Developer joins me to talk about his experiences in open source development, working on BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and his philosophy of Rockstarism.

We talk:

Open source vs closed source development
BTCPayServer and the community
BTCPayServer benefits
Tor crowdfunding
Rockstarism philosophy
Experiences with hyperinflation

Rockstar and BTCPayServer links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/r0ckstardev
BTCPayServer: https://btcpayserver.org/
Tor Crowdfunding project: https://bitcoinfortor.torproject.net/

SLP BTCPayServer series link:

SLP BTCPayServer series page: https://stephanlivera.com/?p=1228

Sponsor links:

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Conner Brown joins me in this episode to talk about his journey of learning about Bitcoin and why Bitcoin should be thought of as money, not payments. We talk about:

How he came to learn about Bitcoin
His journey coming from the Bcash world view to the Bitcoiner view
Common pitfalls in learning or reasoning about Bitcoin
Dealing with Ripplecoin shills

Conner Brown links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_
Article - Bitcoin has no intrinsic value: https://medium.com/coinmonks/bitcoin-has-no-intrinsic-value-and-thats-great-e6994adbfe0f

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Ministry of Nodes:

Website: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ministryofnodes
Ketan (my co founder): https://twitter.com/_k3tan

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Assistant Professor and Records-Johnston Professor of Free Enterprise at Oklahoma State University, at the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, and Fellow at the Mises Institute - Per Bylund joins me in this episode to talk about his book on the theory of the firm:

What was wrong with the theory of the firm before
Firms as islands of productivity
Capital Theory
What happens to firms over time

Per Bylund links:

Per Bylund Twitter:https://twitter.com/PerBylund
The Problem of Production Book: https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Production-Routledge-Heterodox-Economics/dp/1848935293
Per Bylund website: http://www.perbylund.com/
Earlier episode with Per SLP38: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/38

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Ministry of Nodes:

Website: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ministryofnodes
Ketan (my co founder): https://twitter.com/_k3tan

The Problem of Production: A new theory of the firm (Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics)

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SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?

PlanB rejoins me in this anticipated follow up episode discussing his stock to flow data modelling of Bitcoin’s valuation. The first episode was hotly downloaded and discussed online, so this time we talk about whether the recent bullish price action is a reflection of speculators front running the May 2020 Bitcoin block subsidy halving. Don’t miss this episode!

Response to the first episode
Stock to flow multiple
Front running the halving
The 1% BTC, 99% Cash portfolio
Bitcoin and commodities
Future pathways for institutional investment

PlanB links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/100trillionusd
Medium: https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25

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Ministry of Nodes:

Website: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Twitter: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Ketan (my co founder): https://twitter.com/_k3tan

Stephan Livera links:

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Sergej Kotliar (CEO Bitrefill) rejoins me in this episode recorded at Bitcoin2019 Conference in San Francisco to talk about his views on the ‘store of value first’ narrative in Bitcoin. Is there a need to build a Bitcoin circular economy now? Sergej also offers some reflections on the situation with the bitcoin fee market, and provides an update on what’s happening at Bitrefill.

Topics:

“SoV first” vs building the bitcoin circular economy
Bitcoin Twitter is not representative of Bitcoin
Dealing with taxes and capital gains on bitcoin
Being the best ‘bitcoin guy’ for your family and friends
The fee market in bitcoin and how it may evolve over time
Bitrefill services, particularly Lightning Network related

Sergej Kotliar links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ziggamon
Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/
Bitrefill twitter: https://twitter.com/bitrefill

Sponsor links:

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Stepan Snigirev, Quantum Physicist and CTO of CryptoAdvance joins me in this episode to talk about the Quantum threat to Bitcoin, and we also talk about Bitcoin Hardware Wallets. This interview was recorded in person in San Francisco just prior to the Bitcoin2019 conference.

Topics covered:

What Bitcoin’s security relies on
Why the Quantum Computing threat against Bitcoin is overblown
How long until it might be a realistic consideration
Challenges faced by Bitcoin Hardware wallets today
What could be done better in future
CoinJoining and Lightning on a Hardware wallet
CryptoAdvance

Stepan links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StepanSnigirev
Crypto Advance: https://cryptoadvance.io/
Crypto Advance twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptoadvance

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Conner Fromknecht Head of Cryptographic Engineering at Lightning Labs, joins me to go in depth on Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers. Understand how Bitcoin’s Lightning Network keeps channel participants honest and how Watchtowers can help:

How Lightning Network’s punishment model works without watchtowers
Where watchtowers come in and how they work
Why watchtowers can’t steal your bitcoins
Scalability of watchtowers
Privacy
Funding and operation model
LND v0.7 features

Conner Fromknecht links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitconner
Github: https://github.com/cfromknecht
Lightning Labs website (Developer Slack sign up link on this page): https://lightning.engineering/

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Alena Vranova, Head of Strategy at Casa joins me in this episode to talk about the challenges we’re all facing with keeping our data secure, as well as what Casa are doing.

We talk:

Privacy horrors around the world
MyDataMyLife campaign
What individuals can do to protect their privacy
How businesses can change their practices
Casa and their approach to customer data

Alena Vranova links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alenasatoshi
Casa: https://keys.casa/

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Dan Held, Co-Founder of Interchange rejoins me in this episode to talk about the long term security of Bitcoin as it transitions to transaction fee (away from block subsidy). We discuss whether this will be a problem, or whether Bitcoin will be OK.

Basic statement of the concern
The modelling behind why Dan believes Bitcoin’s security is fine
The increasing ‘weight’ of a bitcoin transaction
How bitcoin usage will evolve in the future
Value of Bitcoin conference reflections e.g. is Proof of Work wasteful or environmentally destructive

Dan Held Links:

Dan Held Twitter: https://twitter.com/danheld
Bitcoin’s Security is Fine article: https://blog.picks.co/bitcoins-security-is-fine-93391d9b61a8?gi=2fa1fafbf5b4

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Richard Myers of Gotenna and Global Mesh Labs joins me to talk about a new way to improve mesh networking with the use of bitcoin payments to provide incentive for message and packet routing. We talk:

What the problem is with the current set up of the internet and current mesh networking
What the Lot49 proposal is
How it works
Risks and challenges to be faced
What happens next

Richard Myers Links:

Richard Myers twitter: https://twitter.com/remyers_
Global Mesh Labs twitter: https://twitter.com/globalmeshlabs
Global Mesh Labs site: https://globalmeshlabs.org/
Lot49 Protocol Whitepaper: https://global-mesh-labs.gitbook.io/lot49/
Global Mesh Labs Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/HvhpZhT_q4VYUgXm5hOFGA

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Misir Mahmudov (Bitcoin writer and working Operations at Adaptive Capital) joins me in this episode to talk:

How he learned about Bitcoin and Austrian Economics
Recommendations for listeners who want to learn more
His thesis on the closure of the gold window and impacts on inequality
Bitcoin and Morals
The role of Satoshi

Misir links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/misir_mahmudov
Medium: https://medium.com/@misir_mahmudov

Sponsor links:

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A co-founder of the Bitcoin privacy focused wallet, Samourai Wallet, rejoins the show in this fantastic episode to talk about the many updates since last time on the show (SLP29):

Getting funding from Cypherpunk Holdings
Release of Dojo software - open sourcing Samourai Wallet server backend
Collaboration with the nodl team for official Dojo Hardware
Whirlpool (Coinjoin) mixing
Other features and what to look out for - Stonewallx2, Stowaway, Ricochet

Samourai Wallet Links:

Samourai Wallet website: https://samouraiwallet.com/
Samourai Wallet Twitter: https://twitter.com/samouraiwallet
Samourai Wallet Telegram chat group: https://t.me/SamouraiWallet

Sponsor links:

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Kalle Rosenbaum (author, developer and bitcoin consultant) joins me in this episode to discuss his new book, Grokking Bitcoin. We talk:

The process of writing this book
David Harding’s foreword
Some cryptography basics
Different Bitcoin transaction types
How nodes communicate
Bitcoin upgrades, and bitcoin forks

Kalle Rosenbaum links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum
(40% DISCOUNT CODE: podsliv19) Grokking Bitcoin book: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitcoin

Sponsor link:

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Vijay Boyapati, Bitcoin economic commentator, joins me to talk about:

Monetary stages of evolution
Merchant adoption of Bitcoin to receive payment - is it 2013 all over again?
Facebook Crypto
Horizontal “Crypto” vs Vertical Bitcoin businesses
Why Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0

Vijay links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/
Bitcoin ‘Horizontal vs vertical’ thread: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1128893146807488512

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Giacomo joins me again in this episode to explain for newbies why there is only one Bitcoin. We cover common points of confusion that newbies and outsiders to Bitcoin may not grasp:

Forks of Bitcoin
Semantics and word games
Traps to avoid

Giacomo link:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco

Stephan Livera links:

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Wiz, Bitcoin OG from Tokyo (and creator of the “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner” browser extension) joins me in this episode to discuss his career, how to build your own ISP, and also, a new way to help mitigate social attacks on Bitcoin.

We talk:

Importance of self sovereignty for Bitcoiners
How to set up your own ISP
VPNs
Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner browser extension
Wiz’s work with Hive.one and setting up his projects, “Bitcoin Wizards”, and “Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner”
How this can help mitigate social attacks

Wiz links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiz
(Coming soon) Bitcoin Wizards: www.bitcoin-wizards.com
Bitcoin Wizards twitter: https://twitter.com/Bitcoin_Wizards
(Coming soon) Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner? www.bitcoiner-or-shitcoiner.com
Bitcoiner or Shitcoiner twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinerOrShit
Hive: https://hive.one/
Bitcoin-Only website: https://bitcoin-only.com/

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Tamas Blummer, Bitcoin developer and entrepreneur with a long and respected background in Bitcoin joins me in this must-listen, wide ranging episode to talk about:

Rust-Bitcoin projects
Threats to bitcoin:
Soft fork threats and protocol ossification
Incentivised re-orgs of Bitcoin’s blockchain
Central Bank Digital Currencies and Negative Interest rates
Bitcoin data science
Liveliness measure
Work with Adamant Capital

Tamas Blummer links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamasBlummer
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Medium blogs by Tamas: https://medium.com/@tamas.blummer/

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Eric Voskuil (lead developer of libbitcoin and Cryptoeconomics author) joins me to talk about his views on Austrian economics, Murray Rothbard, Fractional vs Full Reserve Banking. We also chat about “Jurisdictional Arbitrage” from his Cryptoeconomics github pages.

Eric Voskuil links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/evoskuil
Cryptoeconomics pages: https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Cryptoeconomics
Libbitcoin: https://libbitcoin.org/

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On listener request, I fly solo for this episode to give Bitcoin newbies and Bitcoin intermediate listeners an overview on 'Bitcoin Austrian' thought. Learn why students of the Austrian school of economics are well placed to understand Bitcoin:

How money arises on the market as most saleable good
Why Bitcoin isn't a scam
'Intrinsic value'
Blockchains and social scalability
Bitcoin and Austrian thinkers worth listening to and reading

Make sure you share this episode with your friends who are struggling to understand Bitcoin!

Links:

Vijay Boyapati The Bullish Case for Bitcoin: https://medium.com/@vijayboyapati/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1
Nakamoto Institute Crash Course in Bitcoin Political Economy: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/crash-course/
Saifedean Ammous The Bitcoin Standard: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861
Mises Institute: https://mises.org/

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The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

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Matt Odell, Bitcoin podcast co-host of the Rabbit Hole Recap joins me in this fun episode to talk about ways Bitcoiners can put theory into practice. Along the way we chat:

Challenges in educating noobs
Common pitfalls and scams
Approaches to take going forward
How to avoid scams to come in the future

Matt Odell links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/matt_odell
TFTC podcast: http://tftc.io/

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Saifedean Ammous, Bitcoin economist and author of seminal book, The Bitcoin Standard, joins me in this episode. We talk about some of his recent research:

How governments could try to kill Bitcoin
Why fiat money hyperinflation is not that likely
Why we can’t simply disregard gold
Thoughts on stock to flow modelling
Research Bulletins going forward

Saifedean links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/saifedean
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saifedean/
Research bulletin: http://saifedean.com/research

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Joost Jager, Lightning Network Infrastructure Engineer at Lightning Labs, joins me in this episode to talk about Lightning Loop Out and In. We also discuss some of the recent criticisms of the Lightning Network by Peter Rizun. We talk:

How Lightning Loop helps you manage inbound liquidity, or pay with BTC on chain to get outgoing capacity on a lightning channel
Practical uses of Lightning Loop technology
Some of the technicals behind how Lightning Loop e.g. hodlinvoice
Thoughts and responses to Peter Rizun's criticisms of the Lightning Network

Joost Jager links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joostjgr
Loop Out post: https://blog.lightning.engineering/technical/posts/2019/04/15/loop-out-in-depth.html
Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/index.html#home

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Plan B (@100trillionUSD), operator of a well known pseudonymous twitter account joins me for discussion on modelling the incredible value of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this discussion on data modelling, finance and investing in Bitcoin!

We talk:

Influences in terms of Bitcoin
Modelling Bitcoin’s digital scarcity
Impact of the halving
Challenges and problems with modelling Bitcoin
Finance and Investing theory and practice applied to Bitcoin

Plan B / @100trillionUSD Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD
Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity - https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25

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James O’Beirne, Bitcoin Core Engineer at Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about the real nature of ‘power’ and control within Bitcoin. It’s not as simple as it might first seem! We talk about:

Differing conceptions of ‘power’ in Bitcoin
Peer to peer network governance
Bitcoin Core development
Assume utxo

James O’Beirne links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesob
Github: https://github.com/jamesob
Chaincode labs: https://chaincode.com/

Discussed in episode:

2019 Draft Paper by Angela Walch: Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3326244
WBD089 - Angela Walch appearance on What Bitcoin Did podcast - https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/critiquing-bitcoin-with-angela-walch
Assumeutxo: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-April/016825.html

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Nik Bhatia CFA charter holder and Bitcoin-native financial theorist joins me for discussion on the Lightning Network Interest Rate (LNRR) - a concept on how Bitcoin Lightning Network participants can earn an interest through routing fees earned on the Lightning Network. We talk:

Background on Lightning Network and LNRR
Node Accrual Rate (NAR)
How LNRR and NAR will change with coming Lightning technology
Challenges to the concept as is
How it will evolve over time

Nik Bhatia links:

Nik Bhatia twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc
Nik Bhatia Medium page: https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc
Article - The Lightning Network Reference Rate: https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-lightning-network-reference-rate-98e41a9dadfa
Also discussed: BitMEX Routing Fee Economics - https://blog.bitmex.com/the-lightning-network-part-2-routing-fee-economics/

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Tuur Demeester, Bitcoin/Macro Investor and Writer, and Founding Partner of Adamant Capital joins us in a very important macro-economic and investment discussion on how to assess Bitcoin’s value through its past and into the future.

Bitcoin Outlook and Phases
Historical Bitcoin Valuation ideas
New Bitcoin Valuation ideas
Bitcoin Full Reserve Banking

Tuur and Adamant Capital Links:

Tuur Demeester Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester
Adamant Capital Research Sign up Link: https://mailchi.mp/adamantcapitalfund.com/research_updates
Adamant Capital website: https://www.adamantcapitalfund.com/
Adamant Capital article “A Primer on Bitcoin Investor Sentiment and Changes in Saving Behavior”: https://medium.com/@adamant_capital/a-primer-on-bitcoin-investor-sentiment-and-changes-in-saving-behavior-a5fb70109d32

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LightningK0ala joins us to talk about his new Bitcoin Lightning powered online gaming venture, Koala Studio. We talk:

How he got into Lightning development
Experiences with Satoshi’s Place
What he’s doing with Koala Studio
Future opportunities with Bitcoin Lightning gaming
Wishlist for Bitcoin Lightning development

Lightning K0ala and Koala Studio links:

Lightning Koala twitter: https://twitter.com/@Lightningk0ala
Koala Studio website: http://koalastud.io/
Koala Studio twitter: https://twitter.com/koalastud_io

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Rodolfo Novak, Founder of Coinkite joins me to discuss ways to keep Bitcoin in line with its true cypherpunk values:

Decentralizing Bitcoin’s communication networks
Alternative methods of sending, receiving, verifying Bitcoin transactions
Radio transmissions
Coinkite and physical bitcoin products

Rodolfo Novak links:

Rodolfo Novak twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/
Coinkite twitter: https://twitter.com/Coinkite

Stephan Livera links:

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David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (yBitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine, Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network) joins me in this wide ranging conversation about Bitcoin over the years, and Bitcoin media:

Journey over the years
Getting into Bitcoin media
Problems with ‘enterprise blockchain’
The ‘path back to Bitcoin’ for some people/companies
Bitcoin Magazine and the switch to Bitcoin focus
Bitcoin 2019 Conference - San Francisco June 2019

David Bailey links:

David Bailey twitter: https://twitter.com/davidfbailey
yBitcoin: https://www.ybitcoin.com/
Bitcoin Magazine; https://bitcoinmagazine.com/
Let’s Talk Bitcoin: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/
Bitcoin 2019 Conference: https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/

Sponsor link:

Lolli - Earn Bitcoin When you Shop: https://lolli.com/

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Askuwheteau and Ketominer of the nodl.it team join me to talk about the ‘plug and play’ Bitcoin Lightning full node hardware they are creating. We discuss:

Bitcoin full node philosophy
Why they started a company
How to set up a Nodl device
Comparison with other plug and play node products
Future features coming

Askuwheteau, Ketominer & nodl links:

Askuwheteau’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAskuwheteau
Ketominer’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ketominer
nodl Twitter: https://twitter.com/nodl_it
nodl website: https://www.nodl.it/
nodl official store: https://shop.lightning-solutions.eu
Rise of the nodes medium post: article

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Dr Christian Decker of Blockstream, one of the world’s leading experts on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, joins Stephan to talk in-depth about Bitcoin Lightning Channel Factories and Multi Party Channels. We talk about:

Why Channel Factories might be desirable in the future
Basic Overview
Technical breakdown
Risks
Interaction with other Bitcoin/Lightning technology
Technical Requirements
Future Outlook on Lightning Network

Christian Decker Links:

Christian Decker Twitter: https://twitter.com/snyke
Christian Decker Github: https://github.com/cdecker
Blockstream: https://blockstream.com/
Scalable Funding of Bitcoin Micropamyne Channel Networks Paper: https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/a20a865ce40d40c8f942cf206a7cba96/Scalable_Funding_Of_Blockchain_Micropayment_Networks%20(1).pdf

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Chris Belcher, Bitcoin Privacy OG (JoinMarket, Electrum Personal Server) joins me in this must listen episode on Bitcoin Privacy fundamentals. Chris talks about multiple ways you can be deanonymised, as well as countermeasures available. We then talk more broadly about Bitcoin Privacy techniques.

How your Bitcoin privacy can be broken
Different mechanisms and tools to defend your privacy in 2019
Chain analysis and what it relies on
JoinMarket
Electrum Personal Server

Chris Belcher links:

Chris Belcher Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_belcher_?lang=en
Chris Belcher Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/belcher_
Bitcoin Privacy Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Privacy
JoinMarket Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/JoinMarket
Electrum Personal Server: https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server

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Alex Adelman, CEO and Founder of Lolli joins me to talk about How Newbies Can Earn Bitcoin. We'll be discussing:

Psychology around bitcoin today
Earning vs buying
Privacy & security in a custodial world
Merchant & consumer adoption
Self sovereign, personal banking

Alex Adelman and Lolli Links:

Alex Adelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexadelman
Lolli: http://lolli.com/
Lolli twitter: https://twitter.com/trylolli

Stephan Livera links:

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Max Keidun and Roman Snitko (CEO and CTO of Hodl Hodl) join me to talk:

Why they started Hodl Hodl, a P2P exchange
How Hodl Hodl is different from the typical Bitcoin exchange
Education of users
Volume trends
Prediction market announcement
Baltic Honeybadger conference 2019

Max, Roman, Hodl Hodl & Baltic Honeybadger Links:

Max Keidun: https://twitter.com/keidunm
Roman Snitko: https://twitter.com/romansnitko
Hodl Hodl: https://hodlhodl.com/
Hodl Hodl twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlhodl
Baltic Honeybadger 2019: http://bh2019.hodlhodl.com/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
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Shinobi (aka Bitcoin Twitter character @Brian_Trollz) joins me in this episode to discuss a range of topics:

Problems with using Litecoin for paying with things
Confidential Transactions and the different approaches
The push for smaller blocks
Different approaches to scaling
Problems with sidechains and drivechains

Shinobi / Brian Trollz links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
BlockDigest YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb53lXz2IzEFT5JNHSbdvPg

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
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Justin Camarena of Bitrefill joins me to talk about his journey with Bitcoin Lightning development and pioneering Bitcoin Lightning payments at Bitrefill. We discuss:

Learning Lightning development
Pioneering Lightning payment at Bitrefill in the #reckless early days
Bitrefill Thor service
Lightning Channel Management
Thoughts on Lightning custodial wallets
What Lightning Network can enable

Justin Camarena Links:

Justin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/juscamarena
Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/
Bitrefill Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitrefill
Bitrefill Thor lightning service link: https://www.bitrefill.com/thor-lightning-network-channels/

Other links mentioned:

Turbo Channels: https://medium.com/@akumaigorodski/instant-channels-enable-safe-lightning-payments-with-unconfirmed-funding-8d640defa183
Alex Bosworth Channel Management talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPIB6jt6ww

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
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Andreas M. Antonopoulos (best-selling author, speaker and bitcoin educator) joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin Maximalism as contrasted with a multicoin view. Andreas and I disagree and present clashing visions. We also discuss other points such as whether Bitcoin challenges central banking more specifically, or banking generally.

Andreas M. Antonopoulos links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/

Episode Sponsor BUIDL Bootcamp:

Website: https://buidlbootcamp.com/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
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Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter & Square) & Elizabeth Stark (CEO of Lightning Labs) join me to talk about the vision of Bitcoin as native currency of the internet. Bitcoin's principles, resilience, and being 'of the internet' are what make it special. In this special episode we discuss:

How Jack came to understand Bitcoin and view it as potentially the native currency of the internet
Why everyone is so excited about the Lightning Network
Lightning Torch
Square and the Cash App
Twitter & Bitcoin
Future internet business models possible with Lightning Network
Bitcoin as foundational to the internet and society

Jack Dorsey Links:

Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@jack
Square: https://squareup.com/
Cash App: https://cash.app/

Elizabeth Stark Links:

Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@starkness
Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/
Lightning Labs Twitter account: https://twitter.com/@lightning

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
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Tallycoin (BTC/LN donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/

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Dr Guido Hülsmann, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and Economics Professor at the University of Anger, France, joins me in this very special episode. We talk about government monetary intervention compared with a free market in money. We discuss many topics:

The process of government monetary intervention and deterioration in quality of money
Which kind of monetary intervention is worst?
Interaction of reserve requirements with capital requirements
How businesses and banking differ in a free market economy versus our fiat money economy
The tendency towards one most saleable good or money, even within the cryptocurrency world
Comments on 'stock to flow' ratio and hard money
Dr Hülsmann's economics book recommendations for listeners

Dr Guido Hülsmann links:

Website: http://www.guidohulsmann.com/
Guido Hülsmann'sThe Ethics of Money Production: https://mises.org/library/ethics-money-production
Murray Rothbard’s What Has Government Done To Our Money?: https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money
Hans-Hermann Hoppe How Is Fiat Money Possible?: https://mises.org/library/how-fiat-money-possible-or-devolution-money-and-credit
Ludwig von Mises Theory of Money and Credit: https://mises.org/library/theory-money-and-credit
Huerta de Soto Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles: https://mises.org/library/money-bank-credit-and-economic-cycles
Philipp Bagus In Defense of Deflation - https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319134277

Stephan Livera Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
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Rui Gomes & João Almeida (CTO, co-founder) of OpenNode join me in this episode to discuss why they turned down Roger Ver's $1.25M, as well as the vision of OpenNode in enabling Bitcoin & Lightning payments. Topics include:

Background on OpenNode
Service structure and fees
Rejecting Roger Ver's $1.25M offer and why
Why OpenNode is Bitcoin-only
Comparison of OpenNode with self-hosted BTCPayServer approach
How users can set up
Getting tech support
Plans over the next year or so
Growth markets for Bitcoin Lightning payment

OpenNode Links:

OpenNode invite link (affiliate link): https://app.opennode.co/join/1b454baa-b233-45c0-8f0a-13893d4ae960
OpenNode website: https://www.opennode.co/
OpenNode twitter: https://twitter.com/opennodeco
Rui Gomes Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruigomeseu
João Almeida Twitter: https://twitter.com/joaodealmeida94

Stephan Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
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Marty Bent, host of the Tales From the Crypt podcast, and editor in chief of Marty's Bent joins me in this episode. We talk about Bitcoin content creation and curation, and also touch on the shifts in thinking from 'mainstream' economics required to understand Bitcoin.

Marty Bent links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent
Marty's Bent Newsletter: martysbent.com
Tales from the Crypt Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt
TFTC21 Podcast twitter account: https://twitter.com/TFTC21

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
BTC/LN donation: https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

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Nicolas Dorier, a Bitcoin developer, joins me in this episode to talk about the open source project he started, BTCPayServer. BTCPayServer allows you to start accepting Bitcoin payments with 0% fees & no third-party. It is built with security, privacy and censorship-resistance at its core.

We cover:

Why Nicolas started BTCPayServer
What BitPay did to drive Nicolas to start his own open source version
Cost and ease of setting up BTCPayServer
Hardware node products that can be configured with BTCPayServer built in
Upcoming BTCPayServer features such as fiat exchange
How you can get involved

Nicolas Dorier & BTCPayServer links:

Nicola Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolasDorier
BTCPayServer website: https://btcpayserver.org/
BTCPayServer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpG9WL6TJuoNfFVkaDMp9ug
BTCPayServer Github: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver
BTCPayServer Twitter: https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer
BTCPayServer Slack: http://slack.btcpayserver.org/

Stephan Livera links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/

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Giacomo Zucco, well known Bitcoin advocate, Supremo of BHB Network, and bitcoin consultant/teacher joins me in this episode. We talk:

His Bitcoin 'rage quit'!
The recent trend of Lightning Network custodial wallets, and whether this is on net a good or bad thing
Thoughts on altcoins - are some of them honest, good faith efforts? Might they be technologically interesting, but still not monetarily relevant?
Bitcoin financialisation - Does Bitcoin need financialisation or does finance need Bitcoin?
Attacks on Bitcoin that may come

Giacomo links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco
Giacomo’s ‘rage quit’ thread: https://twitter.com/giacomozucco/status/1084411808734240769
The B: https://theb.foundation/
BHB Network: https://www.blockchainlab.it/

Stephan links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera
Website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Patreon: http://patreon.com/stephanlivera
Tallycoin (BTC/LN donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

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Sjors Provoost (Bitcoin Core developer) joins me to discuss a range of topics:

Bitcoin Core Development and Review
Working towards hardware wallet support in Bitcoin Core
Sjors' article, "A Crime on Testnet" - with privacy & fungibility implications

Sjors Links:

Sjors Twitter: https://twitter.com/@provoost
“A Crime on Testnet”: https://medium.com/provoost-on-crypto/a-crime-on-testnet-6d95ede8da03

Episode Ad/Sponsor: BUIDL Bootcamp with Justin Moon

Learn to code Bitcoin: https://buidlbootcamp.com/

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Jeff Deist joins me to discuss Bitcoin and the application of Austrian economics in understanding Bitcoin. Topics:

Market selection of money
The potential for a hard money standard to restrict govt spending
Why Austrian Economists are split on Bitcoin
Why credit would be much tighter under a hard money standard
The deflation and 'hoarding' argument - dispelled
The educational strategy pursued by the Mises Institute
Jeff's recommended Austrian economics books for Bitcoiners

Jeff Deist and Mises Institute links:

Jeff's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffdeist
Mises Institute: https://mises.org/
Mises Institute Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mises

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Aleks Svetski (CEO, co-founder of Amber) joins me in this fiery episode to talk about the blind excesses of 'Crypto' over the last few years and more:

Crazy excesses that we saw over the last few years
STO's - Security Token Offerings
"Crypto Traders"
"Crypto Hedge Fund Managers"
Bitcoin as asymmetric bet
Dollar Cost Averaging
Amber and the service offering

Aleks and Amber links: 

Amber website: https://getamber.io/
Aleks Twitter: https://twitter.com/AleksSvetski
Article "A world full of Blind Excess": https://hackernoon.com/a-world-full-of-blind-excess-b7fb42357d43

Stephan links:

Website: http://stephanlivera.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera
Tallycoin (BTC/Lightning donations): https://tallyco.in/stephanlivera/

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Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk & CTO of Casa, joins me in this episode to discuss a range of topics:

What he's working on right now @ Casa
"Who controls Bitcoin Core?", the article by Jameson
2018 Year in Review, thematically and by statistics
Bitcoin storage and multi signature solutions
Bitcoin helping enable individual sovereignty
Grin & Beam
Maintaining privacy with a Bitcoin transaction

Jameson Lopp links:

Jameson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/lopp
"Who Controls Bitcoin Core?": https://medium.com/@lopp/who-controls-bitcoin-core-c55c0af91b8a
Jameson's Bitcoin Resources page: https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html
Casa: https://keys.casa/
Statoshi: https://statoshi.info/

Stephan Livera links:

Site: http://stephanlivera.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

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Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, Cypherpunk & Cryptographer, and inventor of hashcash (cited in Bitcoin's whitepaper) joins me in this episode. We talk about the new update to Blockstream satellite, Tim May and Bitcoin Privacy.

Topics: - Blockstream satellite background - How Blockstream satellite works - Making Lightning payments to deliver encrypted messages via satellite - The need for censorship resistance - Tips on setting up Blockstream satellite - Thoughts on Tim May's recent passing - Pay 2 End Point - Confidential Transactions and associated tradeoffs - Quantum Computing and Quantum Resistant Crypto - Other privacy improvements coming to Bitcoin - Technical Fundamentals of Bitcoin

Adam Back & Blockstream Links: Blockstream satellite page: https://blockstream.com/satellite/ Elements Project page: https://elementsproject.org/ Adam’s website: http://adam3.us/ Adam’s twitter: https://twitter.com/@adam3us

Stephan links: website: https://stephanlivera.com/ twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

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Dhruv Bansal, Chief Science Officer of Unchained Capital joins me to talk about some of his data science analytical work on Bitcoin's blockchain, and also how Unchained Capital are thinking about Bitcoin financial services. We discuss how Bitcoin enables entirely different delivery of financial products and services. One example of this is the new feature, Collaborative Custody.

Topics: - Blockchain as heat engine - How much 'dust' there is and how much it costs to move - Bitcoin Financial Services - How Unchained Capital differentiates itself from other crypto lending businesses - Collaborative custody - Bear market blues - Future vision of Bitcoin financial services

Dhruv & Unchained Capital Links: Bitcoin Data Science Part 3: Dust in the Engine: https://blog.unchained-capital.com/bitcoin-data-science-pt-3-dust-in-the-engine-615dd51f49 Dhruv’s twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal Unchained Capital site: https://www.unchained-capital.com/

Stephan Links: Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/@stephanlivera

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Vijay Boyapati (Software Developer, Austrian Economist) joins me to discuss his 2010 article, "Why Credit Deflation Is More Likely Than Mass Inflation". Find out where economics commentators were getting it wrong immediately post the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, and ways to think about Bitcoin in the coming years.

Vijay Links: Article discussed: http://libertarianpapers.org/articles/2010/lp-2-43.pdf Vijay's Twitter: https://twitter.com/@real_vijay

Stephan Links: Website: www.stephanlivera.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/@stephanlivera Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera

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Laolu aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs joins me in this episode to talk about some of the latest developments with Bitcoin's Lightning Network: - Lightning Summit (Adelaide, Australia Nov 2018) - AMP - Splicing - Probing - Wumbology (large channels) - Neutrino - Wishlist for changes in Bitcoin Core - What products/services should be built on Lightning - What's coming up for Lightning Labs - Outlook for Lightning Network over the next year - How you can get involved

Laolu links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/roasbeef Github: https://github.com/roasbeef Lightning Labs: https://lightning.engineering/ LND Developer site: https://dev.lightning.community/

Stephan links: Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

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Per Bylund (Assistant Professor at OSU and Fellow of Mises Institute) joins me to discuss how some firms today are larger than what they would be under a free market. The impact of regulation and ways to assess competition in a market are discussed. We also touch on the confusion about scarcity and 'post scarcity'.

Per Bylund Links: Per’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerBylund Per’s website: http://perbylund.com/ Per’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Per-L.-Bylund/e/B00LMNLBCU Entrepreneur articles: https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/per-bylund

Stephan Livera: Website: https://stephanlivera.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera

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Rene Pickhardt, a Bitcoin/Lightning educator, and rising star in the world of Lightning joins me to talk about the Lightning Network. We discuss: - How he got into Lightning - Involvement in the Pirate party - The recent Lightning Summit in Australia - Upcoming Lightning tech - Routing

Rene Pickhardt Links: Rene’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/renepickhardt Rene’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/renepickhardt Rene’s Github: https://github.com/renepickhardt

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Justin Moon (Founder/Instructor, BUIDL Bootcamp), joins me in this episode to discuss how he came into Bitcoin recently and started doing presentations, Bitcoin application coding and now teaching Bitcoin development to students. We talk about non traditional paths to careers such as software development, and also talk through the structure of BUIDL Bootcamp.

Justin links: BUIDL Bootcamp: https://buidlbootcamp.com/ Justin Moon Twitter: https://twitter.com/_JustinMoon_ Justin Moon Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLp4OswuHySZZ3zrVBIoDjg/videos

Stephan: Website - https://stephanlivera.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Patreon - http://patreon.com/stephanlivera

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Pierre Rochard (Noded Podcast, Nakamoto Institute, Bitcoin Advisory) joins me in this episode to talk about his new Bitcoin Lightning "Power" Excel Plugin, which allows you to tinker with Lightning right inside MS Excel! We also talk about his recent experience at the Chaincode Lightning Residency, and various other topics on what kind of work is needed in Bitcoin & Lightning.

Pierre Links: Pierre’s Lightning Power Users: https://www.lightningpowerusers.com/ Pierre Rochard Lightning Residency write ups: https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/day-1-of-the-chaincode-labs-lightning-residency-ab4c29ce2077 Noded Podcast: https://noded.org/ Nakamoto Institute: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/

Stephan Livera podcast links: Website: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/35 Subscribe on Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320 Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephanLivera Follow/Message me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/stephanlivera

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Dan Held (Co-Founder Picks & Shovels) has been writing influential articles and joins me in this episode to share his perspectives on being in Bitcoin for 6 years. We discuss what the real narrative was around Bitcoin in the early days, and how some Bitcoin Heroes turn and become Bitcoin Villains. We also discuss how to survive in Bitcoin, as well as broader investment discussion on what 'capitulation' looks like in a Bitcoin bear market.

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Kara Haas, CPA joins me to discuss Bitcoin auditing and accounting. Especially in relation to Tether, there are many people confused about what an audit is, versus an attestation. And with the Bitmain IPO, some confusion on the correct accounting treatment for Bitcoin. As an accountant and auditor in the field, Kara is able to shed some light on this.

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Rigel Walshe (aka CoinsureNZ) joins me to talk about his recent viral adventures in sending Bitcoin transactions without internet on the device itself. His recent stories lit up social media and showed real world usage of TxTenna, a collaboration between GoTenna (mesh networking) and Samourai Wallet (Bitcoin wallet project focused on privacy).

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Patri Friedman, MD of Zarko Investment Group and a leader in the seasteading movement joins me to talk about how Bitcoin & Crypto will enable greatly freer markets around the world. We talk about Bitcoin maximalism, Crypto parallels with the dotcom bubble, jurisdictional competition, seasteading and start up cities, law as technology, and more. We also discuss David Friedman's thoughts on Bitcoin & Crypto, and what Patri's late grandfather, Milton Friedman, would have thought on Bitcoin.

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Zac Prince, Founder and CEO of BlockFi joins me in this episode to talk about the incredible benefits of Bitcoin as collateral for USD loans. We talk about the 'double whammy' of how it can be used to minimise capital gains taxes, and get an interest deduction on the use of funds. Bitcoin also makes it easier to provide global debt financing in countries where it has traditionally been difficult to operate USD lending.

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One of the pseudonymous founders of Samourai Wallet joins me in this exciting episode to talk about Bitcoin privacy techniques that are applied within the wallet and upcoming improvements to their Bitcoin wallet app. Anyone interested to learn more about how Samourai Wallet helps protect privacy will truly enjoy this episode.

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Francis Pouliot and Etienne Larrivee (CEO Satoshi Portal and Lead Developer Cyphernode), join me to talk about their newly released open source Bitcoin self-hosted API allowing you to more easily build Bitcoin services and applications. This enables businesses and users to reduce their reliance on commercial Bitcoin APIs, while still offering advanced features and utilities.

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Steve Barbour (Founder, Upstream Data) joins me to discuss how he is turning stranded natural gas into Bitcoin mining hashes. His HashGen product uses low value natural gas to improve the economics for Canadian Oil and Gas facilities, while powering Bitcoin mining ASICs. In this discussion we also talk about the 'bitcoin energy use is wasted' narrative, and how bitcoin mining was centralised in the past, but is now decentralising.

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Jeremy Welch (Founder of Casa) joins me in this episode to talk about crafting a business around the concept of safely storing bitcoin. We talk about the ethos of Casa, designing services for a sovereign individual, securing top tier talent, and Casa products.

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Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill joins me to discuss taking bitcoin and lightning payments as an online merchant. We talked about the challenges and benefits of doing this, particularly in how lightning network simplifies the user experience and reduces errors. In the second part of the episode, we talk about 'earner adoption' - the idea that bitcoin's ecosystem can grow from people earning it.

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Adam Ficsor (nopara73), a Bitcoin privacy developer and CTO of zkSNACKs joins me to talk about his new wallet, Wasabi Wallet. We talk about:

Privacy being for everyone Comparison with other privacy projects, such as Monero, or other Bitcoin mixing services ZeroLink framework How your Bitcoin Privacy can be broken How chain analysis works What Wasabi Wallet does to break chain analysis heuristics Upcoming Wasabi Wallet launch

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Rusty Russell, a well known and respected Bitcoin Lightning developer at Blockstream joins me in this episode. We talk about his article, The Three Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and discuss the Lightning Network for Bitcoin. Lastly, Rusty draws from his prior experience as a Linux kernel developer to contrast Linux development with Bitcoin and Lightning development practices and culture.

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Udi Wertheimer (Bitcoin software developer) joins me to discuss the use of unnecessary crypto-tokens, why some people do it, the use of non-crypto tokens in gaming, unnecessary blockchains, #reckless lightning development, and what he is looking forward to in Bitcoin and Lightning.

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Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Educator, Developer, and Entrepreneur) joins me in this episode to discuss his recent debate with Roger Ver, and in the second half we also discuss Blockchain skepticism. We separate the signal from the noise on 'enterprise blockchain' technology by discussing the true costs and difficulties involved, and then discuss some alternatives to 'enterprise blockchain'.

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Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream (leading provider of blockchain technologies) joins me in this episode to discuss a variety of topics:

Bitmain IPO, mining centralisation Errors of cryptocurrency 'diversification' When it makes sense to use a blockchain, when it doesn't Why Blockstream builds mostly on bitcoin Blockstream products Cryptocurrency Data feed, and Liquid network Privacy Bitcoin Fee Market Samson's Hat sales and blog

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Vortex (Jeffrey), a software developer and well known bitcoin YouTuber joins me in this episode to talk about the Bitcoin ecosystem. This interview is targeted for newbies to bitcoin, to help them understand the key components of the Bitcoin ecosystem. We also discuss: the Cryptocast network, the role of nodes in Bitcoin, Bitcoin development, his course Programming with Bitcoin, Fintech vs FinUI, and his outlook for the future.

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Daniel Alexiuc (CEO of Living Room of Satoshi) joins me in this episode to discuss how he is pioneering Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments in Australia, both on his website LROS, and also as a partner with Travel By Bit. We discuss: his viral video using LN to buy a coffee in Brisbane airport (May 2018), why blockchains aren't a good payment system, use of both C-Lightning by Blockstream and Lnd by Lightning Labs, crypto payment volumes increasing, use of BTCpay, and outlook for the future.

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Vijay Boyapati (Software engineer, Austrian economist) and I discuss the coming Bitmain IPO, the economic errors behind BCash, rumours of Facebook entering Crypto, reframing scarcity, hard money in earlier times, and how Bitcoin might fare in a broader market crash.

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Akin (Beautyon_) and I discuss what led him to Bitcoin, his Bitcoin business Azteco, stances on Bitcoin and regulation, the importance of keeping Bitcoin simple, Open source software versus closed source software, and Samurai Bitcoin wallet.

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Stephan Kinsella, Intellectual Property lawyer, and libertarian advocate joins me in this episode to discuss:

His story with bitcoin Money as Sui Generis Good The imprecise application of Lockean property theory Why you can't own bitcoin, but it probably doesn't make a big difference anyway The harmful effects of patents and copyright 'Internet Censorship' as it relates to property rights and ownership of private social media platforms

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Jeff Gallas is the Founder of Fulmo and lead organizer of #LightningHackDay. We talk about the community of pioneers who are building lightning applications, and related hardware. We also talk about the upcoming Lightning Hack Day on September 1st.

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In this episode, we talk through emerging market currency crises, and his new 5 part article series on Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset. We contrast differing monetary views, why it doesn't make sense to spend bitcoin right now, Medium of Exchange vs Method of Payment, and fallacies of 'Medium of Exchange only' cryptocurrencies.

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Hass McCook and I discuss the Bitcoin mining market and his recent research, "The Cost and Sustainability of Bitcoin". We cover key bitcoin mining metrics, bitcoin mining cost price ranges, the Bitcoin Price - Mining Hash Rate relationship, the evolution of bitcoin mining over the past 3 years, and compare Bitcoin mining costs vs Gold mining.

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Pierre Rochard (co-founder Nakamoto Institute, co-host Noded podcast) and I talk through Bitcoin's Decentralised Governance. This is the process by which Bitcoin's rules are decided, implemented, and enforced without having a central authority.

Some topics covered:

The different parties involved Network Governance Bitcoin has no central authority Process of Research, Proposal, Implementation, Deployment, Enforcement Schelling Points

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Nic Carter and Hasu join me to discuss the multitude of changing visions of Bitcoin, and also a Transaction Batching analysis they performed. We discuss how the narratives and attitudes in Bitcoin have changed over time as different constraints surfaced. In the second half, we discuss bitcoin transaction batching, and more appropriate ways to think about the number of bitcoin transactions.

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Bryan Vu, VP of Product at Lightning Labs joins me in this episode to sketch out a vision of what Lightning Network may evolve into. We discuss Lightning User Experience and Routing, and the benefits to users, merchants and exchanges.

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Murad and I explore a range of economic thought about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in a fascinating interview discussing the path to Bitcoin as 'monetary winner'. As a prolific writer and analyst in Bitcoin, Murad is very well read and articulate. We discuss: His articles, how Bitcoin is ushering in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, a framework for monetary Store of Value criteria, and more.

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In this episode with Nik Bhatia, we talk about the potential for forming capital markets on top of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, by calculating an interest rate (LNRR - Lightning Network Reference Rate) based on the routing fees earned in staking BTC to Lightning Network payment channels.

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In this episode with Bitstein, we break down Paul Krugman's errors in his NYT "Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic" column, as well as other topics:

Mischaracterisation of what money's purpose is Krugman's 'nirvana fallacies' in money Why fiat money is an aberration and more akin to a 'fad diet' than bitcoin or gold are Why Everyone Is a Scammer and the Scammer heuristic Bitcoin Maximalism - is it descriptive or prescriptive? UNIX philosophy

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In this episode with Neil Woodfine, we talk about the changing face of Bitcoin education and common errors in reasoning about Bitcoin and 'token economics'. Some topics we touch on:

Bitcoin in Beijing Bitcoin education in the early days vs Bitcoin/Crypto education now Incentives of unnecessary tokens Bitcoin is not 'backed by' stored energy Intolerance of bitcoin versus it merely being a superior money Skin in the game of Bitcoiners versus other projects such as Ethereum

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In this collaboration episode with JW Weatherman, we talk about some of the reasons why Bitcoin is best, versus the altcoins. We also discuss some of the security flaws and problems with the design and execution of altcoins such as: Bcash, EOS, Ethereum, Ripple, Monero, Zcash

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Pierre Rochard joins us in this incredible episode to discuss the case for investing in Bitcoin. Pierre shares insights and thoughts from his years of being in the Bitcoin space, and offers improved ways of thinking about Bitcoin investment.

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In this episode with Vijay Boyapati, we discuss economics of Bitcoin. Most interesting is the concept that over time, more and more people are being 'mentally captured' by Bitcoin. Some other points discussed:

Bitcoin progressing through stages of 'moneyness' Hype cycles of bitcoin HODL'ing as freeriding Confidence in Bitcoin

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Stephan interviews Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economics Professor and author of The Bitcoin Standard. In this podcast episode we take a deep dive into the case for Bitcoin as sound money, and what is potentially the hardest money the world has ever seen.

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