Stephan Livera Podcast

Bitstein aka Michael Goldstein, President of the Nakamoto Institute and co-host of Noded Bitcoin Podcast rejoins me on the show to talk about some Bitcoin literature. Bitstein links: Twitter @bitstein Nakamoto Institute website Noded Literature: The Cyphernomicon Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities Secure Property Titles with Owner Authority Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks Politics vs Technology Previous episodes: SLP111 Bitstein – Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Bitcoin Crash Course SLP6 – Fiat Money As ‘Fad Diet’ with Bitstein Sponsors: Kraken  Cyphersafe SwanBitcoin.com Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website  Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Nicolas Dorier and Mr Kukks rejoin me on the show to talk about updates  with BTCPay Server, such as P2EP (Pay to End point), which will assist  bitcoin accepting merchants to PayJoin with customers, adding to the  privacy on Bitcoin. Links: Nicolas Dorier: https://twitter.com/nicolasdorier MrKukks: https://twitter.com/mrkukks BTCPay blog: https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-1-0-4-0/ BTCPay twitter: https://twitter.com/btcpayserver BTCPay PayJoin guide: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-doc/blob/master/Payjoin.md BTCPay PayJoin spec: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-doc/blob/master/Payjoin-spec.md LaurentMT Payjoin discussion: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/LaurentMT/c38794ef6a62b2f8c76d7f694a3e7777/raw/cde5620d6ab59a8202af504e1650aef1ff907730/ Earlier appearances: Nicolas: http://stephanlivera.com/48 Kukks: http://stephanlivera.com/91 Sponsor links: Kraken Coinfloor.co.uk SwanBitcoin.com Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Bitcoin experts PlanB and Saifedean discuss Bitcoin's transition from a collectible to a financial asset, including debates on stock-to-flow modeling, phase transitions, and societal implications. They explore the precision of forecasting market behavior, Bitcoin's evolution as an institutional-grade asset, and the importance of cointegration in price analysis.

Yuri de Gaia, Partner at L2B Global (Reserve Bitcoin OTC, Liquiditi, Moontower) joins me to talk about Bitcoin’s two economies: the regulated compliant world, and the defiant crypto-anarchist world. How they will grow Do they support each other Citadels, Monarchy, and Anarcho-capitalism OTC Trading Liquid Moontower Yuri Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Y_deGaia Personal blog: https://degaia.co/ L2B Global (company) https://l2b.global Bitcoin Reserve (HNWI brokerage) https://bitcoinreserve.com The Bitcoin Reserve Journal (blog) https://journal.bitcoinreserve.com Moontower (retail) https://moontower.co/ Liquiditi.io (Liquid asset swap tool) https://liquiditi.io/ Article: https://degaia.co/bitcoins-two-economies/ Other relevant episodes: SLP141 American HODL SLP161 Titus Gebel - Bitcoin Citadels as Free Private Cities Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Subscribe on YouTube Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute, talks about Bitcoin, Central Banking, Corona virus, libertarianism, and acting locally. They discuss the influence of Bitcoin on society, shifting perspectives on Bitcoin within the Mises Institute, regulatory arbitrage, the rise of UBI and MMT, negative returns on sovereign bonds, political activism, and the importance of sound money and Bitcoin.

Lisa Neigut of Blockstream joins me to talk about Lightning Network Channels, c-lightning, and Dual Funded Channels. We discuss: How she got into Lightning development How Lightning Channels work How they could be accounted for in c-lightning Dual Funding of Channels PoDLE Hardware wallet funding of lightning channels Lisa Neigut links: Twitter: @niftynei C-lightning thread: https://twitter.com/clightningcomit/status/1212810910731063297 C-lightning github: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/niftynei/ Related episodes: SLP134 Rusty Russell - Lightning Multi Part Payments SLP59 Christian Decker - Lightning Channel Factories Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Chris Belcher rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Surveillance companies, and what risks they present to Bitcoin. We also talk about JoinMarket fidelity bonds. Chain surveillance techniques Downsides for Bitcoin What to do about it “Just Use Monero” is insufficient PayJoin & P2EP Fidelity Bonds - how they work Benefits and costs Chris Belcher Links: Joinmarket donation page: https://bitcoinprivacy.me/joinmarket-donations Fidelity bond doc: https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/18ea0e6acdb885a2bfbdee43dcd6b5af Financial mathematics of fidelity bonds: https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/87ebbcbb639686057a389acb9ab3e25b Twitter: @chris_belcher_ Reddit: /u/belcher_ Email: belcher@riseup.net Github: github.com/chris-belcher/ P2P trading exchanges list: https://github.com/cointastical/P2P-Trading-Exchanges/ Other relevant episodes: SLP165 Rafael Yakobi Should CoinJoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal? SLP149 WAXWING – Is Consumerism At Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, Snicker SLP58 Chris Belcher – Defending Bitcoin Privacy SLP150 Samorai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Max Keidun, CEO of Hodl Hodl rejoins me on the show to talk about some exciting updates with Hodl Hodl: UX/UI update to Hodl Hodl website interface How the platform protects against scammers Local Trader feature in BlueWallet Stacking Bitcoins p2p, No KYC, directly into your Coldcard Baltic Honeybadger 2020 Update Max Keidun & Hodl Hodl links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/keidunm Website: https://hodlhodl.com/ (Code:LIVERA) Hodl Hodl twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlhodl Previous episode: SLP56 Max Keidun and Roman Snitko Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Rafael Yakobi, Managing Attorney at The Crypto Lawyers joins me to talk about privacy in Bitcoin and the law. We talk about: Financial surveillance laws Obligations on bitcoin companies How it works in practice Blockchain surveillance companies Links: Twitter: @CACryptoLawyer The Crypto Lawyers: www.thecryptolawyers.com Bitcoin Magazine article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-fungibility-mixing-and-the-legal-limits-on-maintaining-privacy Other links: Bitcoin wiki transaction surveillance company by Chris Belcher 6102 Bitcoin coinjoin infographics: 1. https://6102bitcoin.com/001_what_is_bitcoin_taint/ 2. https://6102bitcoin.com/002_are_chain_analysis_heuristics_reliable/ 3. https://6102bitcoin.com/003_blacklisting_distance_proximity/ Other relevant interviews: SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo SLP150 Samourai Wallet SLP149 Waxwing (JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER) Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital CypherWheel by CypherSafe SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

Gleb Naumenko of Chaincode Labs joins me in this episode to talk about erlay. We talk about: How he got into bitcoin development Transaction relay in Bitcoin Attacks at the network level Erlay Costs and Benefits Bitcoin and lightning development more broadly Gleb Naumenko: Twitter: @tomatodread Github account: https://github.com/naumenkogs BIP330: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0330.mediawiki Erlay Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.10518.pdf Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera