Stephan Livera Podcast

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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  Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Voltage Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera