

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.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jul 29, 2019 • 59min
SLP93 Raoul Pal - Global Macro Risks and Bitcoin
Raoul Pal (CEO RealVision and Global Macro Investor) joins me in this episode to discuss the Global Macro risks that he sees, and his perspective on Bitcoin. We talk about the stage of the business cycle that we are in, problems faced by individuals and corporates, and Raoul’s views on Bitcoin.
Raoul Pal and Realvision links:
Raoul twitter: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI
Realvision link: http://realvision.com/free
Raoul tweet thread: https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI/status/1147878009870983169
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Jul 25, 2019 • 53min
SLP92 Britt Kelly - BTCPayServer documentation, translation & Newbie tips
Britt Kelly joins me for the fourth and final episode in the BTCPayServer interview series.
Britt and I chat about:
Getting into Bitcoin and BTCPayServer
What you can learn by contributing
Documentation of BTCPay
Translation of BTCPay
Tips for newbies
Reflections on being a female in Bitcoin and open source
Britt Kelly links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/britttttkelly
Britt Kelly Donation page: https://btcps0.com/apps/2CCRTE84cnbSyEsJVvDxsqq9uUJV/pos
SLP BTCPayServer series link:
https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Jul 21, 2019 • 46min
SLP91 Kukks - BTCPayServer architecture and BTC transmuter
Episode 3 in the BTCPayServer series! Kukks, BTCPayServer developer and contributor joins me in this episode to talk about his work. We talk about the way BTCPayServer is structured, and also about the BTC Transmuter (aka fiat bridge), enabling merchants to take Bitcoin payment via BTCPayServer, but receive fiat through an interface with a Bitcoin exchange.
We talk:
BTCPayServer Architecture
BTC Transmuter (taking BTC and converting into fiat for the merchant)
Contributing to BTCPayServer
Kukks links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrKukks
Github: https://github.com/kukks
Donate page: https://donate.kukks.org/
SLP BTCPayServer series link:
https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Jul 18, 2019 • 1h 1min
SLP90 Pavlenex - BTCPayServer for Merchants
Episode 2 of the SLP BTCPayServer series! Pavlenex (BTCPayServer contributor and Operator of BitcoinShirt.co) joins me to talk about his journey in becoming a bitcoiner, and becoming a BTCPayServer contributor. We talk:
How BTCPayServer helps a merchant accept Bitcoin
Creating BTCPayServer Guides
Cost of running BTCPayServer
BTCPayServer misconceptions
BTCPayServer with Lightning Network
BTCPayServer Merchant Directory
See the other interviews in the series: https://stephanlivera.com/slp-btcpayserver-interview-series/
Pavlenex links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pavlenex
Website: https://bitcoinshirt.co/
BTCPayServer Misconceptions: https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-misconceptions/
BTCPay vs Third Party Processor https://docs.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-basics/btcpayvsothers
Infographic for common merchants problem https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer/status/1097931640494608389
Third-Party hosts https://docs.btcpayserver.org/deployment/thirdpartyhosting
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Jul 15, 2019 • 54min
SLP89 Rockstar Dev - BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and Rockstarism
Rockstar Developer joins me to talk about his experiences in open source development, working on BTCPayServer, Tor crowdfunding, and his philosophy of Rockstarism.
We talk:
Open source vs closed source development
BTCPayServer and the community
BTCPayServer benefits
Tor crowdfunding
Rockstarism philosophy
Experiences with hyperinflation
Rockstar and BTCPayServer links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/r0ckstardev
BTCPayServer: https://btcpayserver.org/
Tor Crowdfunding project: https://bitcoinfortor.torproject.net/
SLP BTCPayServer series link:
SLP BTCPayServer series page: https://stephanlivera.com/?p=1228
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Jul 14, 2019 • 58min
SLP88 Conner Brown - Bitcoin is Money, not Payments
Conner Brown joins me in this episode to talk about his journey of learning about Bitcoin and why Bitcoin should be thought of as money, not payments. We talk about:
How he came to learn about Bitcoin
His journey coming from the Bcash world view to the Bitcoiner view
Common pitfalls in learning or reasoning about Bitcoin
Dealing with Ripplecoin shills
Conner Brown links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_
Article - Bitcoin has no intrinsic value: https://medium.com/coinmonks/bitcoin-has-no-intrinsic-value-and-thats-great-e6994adbfe0f
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Orange Coin Good and other Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me
Ministry of Nodes:
Website: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ministryofnodes
Ketan (my co founder): https://twitter.com/_k3tan

Jul 10, 2019 • 54min
SLP87 Per Bylund - The Problem of Production
Assistant Professor and Records-Johnston Professor of Free Enterprise at Oklahoma State University, at the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, and Fellow at the Mises Institute - Per Bylund joins me in this episode to talk about his book on the theory of the firm:
What was wrong with the theory of the firm before
Firms as islands of productivity
Capital Theory
What happens to firms over time
Per Bylund links:
Per Bylund Twitter:https://twitter.com/PerBylund
The Problem of Production Book: https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Production-Routledge-Heterodox-Economics/dp/1848935293
Per Bylund website: http://www.perbylund.com/
Earlier episode with Per SLP38: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/38
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and website: https://stephanlivera.com/
Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Merchandise @ Layer One BTC Store: https://layeronebtc.com/collections/stephan-livera-podcast
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me
Ministry of Nodes:
Website: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ministryofnodes
Ketan (my co founder): https://twitter.com/_k3tan

Jul 5, 2019 • 1h 21min
SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
SLP86 PlanB - Frontrunning the Bitcoin Halvening?
PlanB rejoins me in this anticipated follow up episode discussing his stock to flow data modelling of Bitcoin’s valuation. The first episode was hotly downloaded and discussed online, so this time we talk about whether the recent bullish price action is a reflection of speculators front running the May 2020 Bitcoin block subsidy halving. Don’t miss this episode!
Response to the first episode
Stock to flow multiple
Front running the halving
The 1% BTC, 99% Cash portfolio
Bitcoin and commodities
Future pathways for institutional investment
PlanB links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/100trillionusd
Medium: https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Ministry of Nodes:
Website: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Twitter: https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/
Ketan (my co founder): https://twitter.com/_k3tan
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Jul 2, 2019 • 1h 4min
SLP85 Sergej Kotliar - Building Bitcoin’s Circular Economy
Sergej Kotliar (CEO Bitrefill) rejoins me in this episode recorded at Bitcoin2019 Conference in San Francisco to talk about his views on the ‘store of value first’ narrative in Bitcoin. Is there a need to build a Bitcoin circular economy now? Sergej also offers some reflections on the situation with the bitcoin fee market, and provides an update on what’s happening at Bitrefill.
Topics:
“SoV first” vs building the bitcoin circular economy
Bitcoin Twitter is not representative of Bitcoin
Dealing with taxes and capital gains on bitcoin
Being the best ‘bitcoin guy’ for your family and friends
The fee market in bitcoin and how it may evolve over time
Bitrefill services, particularly Lightning Network related
Sergej Kotliar links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ziggamon
Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/
Bitrefill twitter: https://twitter.com/bitrefill
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Bloom Audio: https://bloomaudio.com/
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/
Rate and Review the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/stephan-livera-podcast/id1415720320?mt=2
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

Jun 30, 2019 • 1h 3min
SLP84 Stepan Snigirev - Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin and Next Generation Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
Stepan Snigirev, Quantum Physicist and CTO of CryptoAdvance joins me in this episode to talk about the Quantum threat to Bitcoin, and we also talk about Bitcoin Hardware Wallets. This interview was recorded in person in San Francisco just prior to the Bitcoin2019 conference.
Topics covered:
What Bitcoin’s security relies on
Why the Quantum Computing threat against Bitcoin is overblown
How long until it might be a realistic consideration
Challenges faced by Bitcoin Hardware wallets today
What could be done better in future
CoinJoining and Lightning on a Hardware wallet
CryptoAdvance
Stepan links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StepanSnigirev
Crypto Advance: https://cryptoadvance.io/
Crypto Advance twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptoadvance
Sponsor links:
Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera
Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate
Stephan Livera links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera
Show notes and subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/
Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me


