

Stephan Livera Podcast
Stephan Livera
Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.
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Jul 15, 2020 • 43min
SLP193 Gary Leland - Bitcoin For Boomers & BitBlockBoom
How do you teach Bitcoin to your Boomer relatives and friends? What are some of the common sticking points? Should you explain it as Digital Gold? Gary Leland, Hall of Fame podcaster, entrepreneur, and conference organizer of Bit Block Boom joins me to discuss!
Gary links:
Twitter: @GaryLeland
BitBlockBoom: bitblockboom.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
Stephan Livera links:
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Jul 14, 2020 • 59min
SLP192 Alyse Killeen – Investing In Bitcoin Companies
If you’re fundamentally bullish on Bitcoin, how do you invest in Bitcoin companies? What kind of strategies can be employed, what are some common errors in the space? How do you pick good teams and companies? Alyse Killeen founding Managing Partner of Stillmark VC, advisor to Mantis (venture firm) and advisor and sits on the board of well known Bitcoin companies such as Blockstream and Casa.
Alyse links:
Twitter: @alysekilleen
Website: alysekilleen.com
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
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Jul 10, 2020 • 50min
SLP191 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin & Our Deflationary Future
The world is undergoing pressures that are inflationary, but also deflationary forces. Which one will win out? What is driving humanity’s progress forward? Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur and author joins me to discuss our deflationary future.
Jeff Booth:
Twitter: @JeffBooth
Book: thepriceoftomorrow.com
Sponsor links:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)
CypherSafe (use code: LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Jul 8, 2020 • 42min
SLP190 Rafael Schultze-Kraft – How Many Bitcoins Are Being HODLed?
How many Bitcoins are being HODLed? Bitcoin’s nature allows some level of investigation and analysis, and it’s possible to see how many coins are moving. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, CTO of Glassnode joins me on the show to discuss some of the insights he’s been sharing.
Rafael links:
Twitter: @n3ocortex
Website: glassnode.com
Thread
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Jul 5, 2020 • 39min
SLP189 Ragnar Lifthrasir Should You Spend Bitcoin Now?
There’s a lot of heated discussion about Bitcoin HODLing vs Spending, the circular economy, and what actions build on Bitcoin’s censorship resistance. Ragnar Lifthrasir of Guns N Bitcoin joins me for a discussion on this topic.
Ragnar links:
Twitter: @ragnarly
Site: Gunsnbitcoin.com
Sponsor links:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Jul 1, 2020 • 45min
SLP188 Dan Held – Does Bitcoin Need Marketing?
Does Bitcoin Need Marketing and marketers? Does it need influencers? What kinds of strategies are appropriate across different channels? Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken joins me to discuss.
Dan Held links:
Twitter: @danheld
Article: Bitcoin’s Marketing Team
Website: danheld.com
Relevant prior episodes:
SLP34 Dan Held – Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation
SLP81 Dan Held – Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine
Sponsor links:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
New Brighton Capital
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Jun 30, 2020 • 45min
SLP187 John Cantrell - Bruteforcing Bitcoin Seeds
John Cantrell, Bitcoin developer joins me to talk about how he cracked Alistair Milne’s social media bitcoin challenge. With the first 8 words of the seed, John was able to crack a 12 word seed using a cluster of GPU’s. John is also the creator of Juggernaut, a lightning messaging app.
John links:
Twitter: @JohnCantrell97
Article: How I checked over 1 trillion mnemonics in 30 hours to win a bitcoin
Juggernaut: getjuggernaut.com
Sponsors:
Swan
Unchained Capital
New Brighton Capital (code: LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera

Jun 29, 2020 • 60min
SLP186 Joseph Salerno – Bitcoin and How Money Arises
Dr Joseph Salerno, Academic VP of Mises Institute joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin, monetary velocity, how money emerges on the market and more.
Joseph Salerno links:
Twitter: @jtsale
Mises Institute: mises.org
Sponsor links:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
New Brighton Capital code: LIVERA
Relevant prior episodes:
SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann – Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin
SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute
SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acting Locally
Stephan Livera links:
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Jun 24, 2020 • 59min
SLP185 Vijay Boyapati – What Bitcoin Is
Many people are confused about Bitcoin. Is it for transactional payments, or should we view it as something closer to Digital Gold or savings? Regular guest Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about this. We also talk:
Common errors in conceiving of Bitcoin
Risks with custodial and KYC
Updated thoughts on prior article re: Credit Deflation
CHAZ
Vijay links:
Twitter: @real_vijay
Article: Bullish Case for Bitcoin
Recent twitter thread
Prior episodes:
SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘Mentally Captures’ people with Vijay Boyapati
SLP17 – Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
SLP40 Vijay Boyapati – Why credit deflation is more likely than mass inflation
SLP76 Vijay Boyapati- Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
Bitcoin Lessons
Stephan Livera:
Show notes and website
Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
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Jun 23, 2020 • 1h 10min
SLP184 Alessandro Cecere – Bitcoin Nodes in Venezuela
Alessandro Cecere (aka el Sultan Bitcoin), CEO of Coinspree joins me to talk about his experiences growing up in Venezuela, and his passion for spreading bitcoin.
Alessandro Cecere links:
Twitter: @elsultanBitcoin
Coinspree: coinspree.com
Relevant prior episodes:
SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela
SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World
Sponsor links:
Swan Bitcoin
Unchained Capital
Coinfloor
Cyphersafe.io
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera


