Stephan Livera Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crypto enthusiast and entrepreneur Cory Klippsten joins the show to discuss the race to avoid war, high inflation in countries, obstacles faced by Bitcoin, and the significance of hardware and software security. The chapter also explores the negative effects of inflation and the desire for Bitcoin to free itself from bull and bear cycles.

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

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

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