Stephan Livera Podcast

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  Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space

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 Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space Stephan links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

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 Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space

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 Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast

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 Sponsors: Pacific Bitcoin Festival (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Lugano PlanB Forum Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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  Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space

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 Sponsors Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast