Stephan Livera Podcast

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining 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

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining 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

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining 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

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining 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

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 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining 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

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

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

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

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

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