Stephan Livera Podcast

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 nostr: #npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2 BIP329 Relevant episodes: SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK SLP455 Anant – Single Sig or Multi Sig? Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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? Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

NVK, Co-founder of Coinkite.com, discusses various topics on bitcoin security, including the new Q1 device with QR, combining security techniques, Bitcoin Gardening, OP_VAULT, and Nostr. They also talk about updates on Cold Card firmware, exploring micro SD cards as a second factor in Bitcoin security, common mistakes in wallet security, the importance of good security setups, and improving Bitcoin and addressing network issues.

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Cory's blog post for Swan: Bitcoiners, it's winning time Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com BTCPrague.com

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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/ Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Mempool.space Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Buildonl2.com Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera