Stephan Livera Podcast
Episodes
SLP33 Kara Haas - Bitcoin & Crypto Audit and Accounting
10 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Haas, CPA joins me to discuss Bitcoin auditing and accounting. Especially in relation to Tether, there are many people confused about what an aud...
SLP32 Rigel (CoinsureNZ), Relaying Bitcoin transactions with TxTenna for censorship resistance
04 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rigel Walshe (aka CoinsureNZ) joins me to talk about his recent viral adventures in sending Bitcoin transactions without internet on the device itself...
SLP31 Bitcoin & Crypto eating the world, with Patri Friedman
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Patri Friedman, MD of Zarko Investment Group and a leader in the seasteading movement joins me to talk about how Bitcoin & Crypto will enable greatly ...
SLP30 Bitcoin-backed loans and financial services, with Zac Prince of BlockFi
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Zac Prince, Founder and CEO of BlockFi joins me in this episode to talk about the incredible benefits of Bitcoin as collateral for USD loans. We talk ...
SLP29 - Samourai Wallet, Bitcoin privacy software that Silicon Valley would never build
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the pseudonymous founders of Samourai Wallet joins me in this exciting episode to talk about Bitcoin privacy techniques that are applied within...
SLP28 - Cyphernode Bitcoin API, with Francis Pouliot and Etienne Larrivee of Satoshi Portal
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Pouliot and Etienne Larrivee (CEO Satoshi Portal and Lead Developer Cyphernode), join me to talk about their newly released open source Bitcoi...
SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, with Steve Barbour of Upstream Data
20 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Barbour (Founder, Upstream Data) joins me to discuss how he is turning stranded natural gas into Bitcoin mining hashes. His HashGen product uses...
SLP26 - Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa
13 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Welch (Founder of Casa) joins me in this episode to talk about crafting a business around the concept of safely storing bitcoin. We talk about ...
SLP25 - Taking Bitcoin Lightning Payment, and 'earner adoption', with Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sergej Kotliar, CEO of Bitrefill joins me to discuss taking bitcoin and lightning payments as an online merchant. We talked about the challenges and b...
SLP24 - Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet & Bitcoin Privacy, with Adam Ficsor (nopara73)
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Ficsor (nopara73), a Bitcoin privacy developer and CTO of zkSNACKs joins me to talk about his new wallet, Wasabi Wallet. We talk about: Priv...
SLP23 - Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and Lightning Development, with Rusty Russell of Blockstream
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rusty Russell, a well known and respected Bitcoin Lightning developer at Blockstream joins me in this episode. We talk about his article, The Three Ec...
SLP22 - Unnecessary crypto-tokens and Bitcoin/Lightning development, with Udi Wertheimer
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Udi Wertheimer (Bitcoin software developer) joins me to discuss the use of unnecessary crypto-tokens, why some people do it, the use of non-crypto tok...
SLP21 - Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Educator, Developer and Entrepreneur
15 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Educator, Developer, and Entrepreneur) joins me in this episode to discuss his recent debate with Roger Ver, and in the second hal...
SLP20 - Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream (leading provider of blockchain technologies) joins me in this episode to discuss a variety of topics: Bitmain IPO...
SLP19 - The Bitcoin Ecosystem, with Vortex (Jeffrey)
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vortex (Jeffrey), a software developer and well known bitcoin YouTuber joins me in this episode to talk about the Bitcoin ecosystem. This interview is...
SLP18 - Pioneering Bitcoin/Lightning Payments in Australia, with Daniel Alexiuc (CEO Living Room of Satoshi)
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Alexiuc (CEO of Living Room of Satoshi) joins me in this episode to discuss how he is pioneering Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments in Aust...
SLP17 - Bitmain, Bcash, Facebook Crypto rumours, and reframing scarcity with Vijay Boyapati
01 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vijay Boyapati (Software engineer, Austrian economist) and I discuss the coming Bitmain IPO, the economic errors behind BCash, rumours of Facebook ent...
SLP16 - Keeping Bitcoin Simple, with Beautyon (Akin Fernandez)
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Akin (Beautyon_) and I discuss what led him to Bitcoin, his Bitcoin business Azteco, stances on Bitcoin and regulation, the importance of keeping Bitc...
SLP15 - Intellectual Property, Bitcoin, and Internet Censorship, with Stephan Kinsella
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephan Kinsella, Intellectual Property lawyer, and libertarian advocate joins me in this episode to discuss: His story with bitcoin Mone...
SLP14 - Lightning Hack Day, with Jeff Gallas of Fulmo
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Gallas is the Founder of Fulmo and lead organizer of #LightningHackDay. We talk about the community of pioneers who are building lightning applic...
SLP13 - Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset, with Fernando Ulrich, Austrian Economist
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk through emerging market currency crises, and his new 5 part article series on Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset. We contrast differin...
SLP12 - Bitcoin Mining and Energy, with Hass McCook
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hass McCook and I discuss the Bitcoin mining market and his recent research, "The Cost and Sustainability of Bitcoin". We cover key bitcoin mining met...
SLP11 - Bitcoin's Decentralised Governance, with Pierre Rochard
12 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pierre Rochard (co-founder Nakamoto Institute, co-host Noded podcast) and I talk through Bitcoin's Decentralised Governance. This is the process by wh...
SLP10 - Visions of Bitcoin and Transaction Batching with Nic Carter and Hasu
11 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nic Carter and Hasu join me to discuss the multitude of changing visions of Bitcoin, and also a Transaction Batching analysis they performed. We discu...
SLP9 - Lightning UX and Routing, with Bryan Vu
11 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Vu, VP of Product at Lightning Labs joins me in this episode to sketch out a vision of what Lightning Network may evolve into. We discuss Lightn...
SLP8 - Bitcoin Monetary Evolution, with Murad Mahmudov
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Murad and I explore a range of economic thought about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in a fascinating interview discussing the path to Bitcoin as 'monet...
SLP7 - Earning Interest on Bitcoin's Lightning Network, with Nik Bhatia
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode with Nik Bhatia, we talk about the potential for forming capital markets on top of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, by calculating a...
SLP6 - Fiat Money as 'fad diet', with Bitstein
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode with Bitstein, we break down Paul Krugman's errors in his NYT "Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic" column, as w...
SLP5 - Bitcoin in Beijing and common errors in 'Crypto', with Neil Woodfine
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode with Neil Woodfine, we talk about the changing face of Bitcoin education and common errors in reasoning about Bitcoin and 'token econo...
SLP4 - Why Bitcoin and not the others, with JW Weatherman
29 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this collaboration episode with JW Weatherman, we talk about some of the reasons why Bitcoin is best, versus the altcoins. We also discuss some of ...
SLP3 - Bitcoin Investment Theses with Pierre Rochard
29 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pierre Rochard joins us in this incredible episode to discuss the case for investing in Bitcoin. Pierre shares insights and thoughts from his years of...
SLP2 - How Bitcoin "mentally captures" people with Vijay Boyapati
28 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode with Vijay Boyapati, we discuss economics of Bitcoin. Most interesting is the concept that over time, more and more people are being '...
SLP1 - Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephan interviews Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economics Professor and author of The Bitcoin Standard. In this podcast episode we take a deep dive into...