FATF are a bunch of criminals. Remember: - They are not even so open about exactly what kind of entity they are - AML rules are horribly ineffective, extremely costly, and unjust - FATF gang up together with regulators and govts around the world to pressure other govts, banks and FI's to do more AML all in the name of "stopping money laundering" when it's been proven extremely ineffective.

For Bitcoin, the 'centre of the conversation' shifted over time. It started in places like the Cryptography mailing list, IRC, then went to BitcoinTalk forums, then r/bitcoin, then Bitcoin Twitter around 2016/17. How long until it becomes Nostr as THE place for bitcoin discussion?

One thing that keeps the network effect over on twitter (or 'X' as it might be called soon), is that the interactions are over there. So it's not just about cross posting things across platforms, it's also about who's interacting and in what ways are they interacting. Of course i'm longer term bullish on nostr vs Twitter/X, but it'll take time.

Something I've realised about carnivore diet is that some of the benefits come from actually being more strict about it e.g. cutting out zero-sugar/calorie flavoured soft drinks, coffee and other bits and pieces that end up in the diet. It's more difficult but I'm giving it a go nowadays rather than 'looser' attempts in the past. Still struggle with sticking to it while travelling or in social situations though.

It's commonplace now for online services to ask your email address to send you messages. It will eventually be commonplace for them to ask your LN address or bolt12 code to do payouts or refunds over bitcoin's lightning network.

Check out my latest episode with silent.link on eSIMS for Privacy and Convenience!

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SLP492 eSIMs for Privacy and Convenience – silent.link

Have you considered using eSIMs instead of your typical telco mobile phone SIM? Silent.link joins me to talk about it

Really, lightning solves the problem of instant settlement. It won't necessarily be cheap. Lightning is useful, I use it heaps and I remain bullish on it.

Cool to see sat denominated prices and a Block clock!

If there's one segment we can grow, it should be the HODLer base. All the other things will come downstream of that.

Here at the first Bitcoin Thailand conference!

Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin. We discuss: What ZKPs are and what they can be used for Speeding up IBD Contrasting ZeroSync with utreexo and assumeutxo UTXO set commitment Blockstream satellite What’s being verified? Different types of nodes

Stephan Livera

SLP484 Robin Linus ZeroSync: Speeding up Bitcoin IBD

Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin by speeding up I...

Burak (Bitcoin researcher/developer) joins me to talk about Ark, a new protocol for Bitcoin scaling and privacy. We chat about: Downsides of LN High level overview ASPs, vTXOs Vapourware? Other criticisms Interactive vs non-interactive versions Covenants and what they’d mean for Bitcoin

Stephan Livera

SLP482 Burak – Ark: A new L2 protocol for Bitcoin

Ark is a new layer 2 protocol proposal for Bitcoin, listen in as Burak explains how it works and the various trade offs.

SLP479 #Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund Jess Jonas joins me to talk about CSW legal cases against Bitcoin core developers. We discuss: - support from Jack Dorsey Alex Morcos + Martin White - Open source licensing implications for developers - how you can help

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SLP479 Defending Open Source with Jess Jonas Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

Chief Legal Officer of the Bitcoin Defense Fund talks about legal cases against Bitcoin developers and the treat for open source developers more br...

Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss: Key flaws in methodology and assumptions Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining

Stephan Livera

SLP478 Debunking Digiconomist on Bitcoin Mining with Ben Gagnon

Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss: Key fla...

Incoming Twitter CEO looks like a globalist WEF Kamala Harris level moron. makes me more bullish on nostr.

You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentralising Bitcoin transaction selection. Listen and learn about how Stratum v2 Reference Implementation can help: Overview of Stratum v2 benefits Encryption, efficiency, censor resistance Are changes needed to Bitcoin Core? Different actors in mining: Pools, Miners, Hardware Device firmware and translation proxy How you can help or contribute

Stephan Livera

SLP477 Decentralising Bitcoin Transaction Selection using SRI with Pavlenex and Fi3

You may have heard about bitcoin mining pool centralisation. Stratum v2 and SRI (Stratum v2 Reference Implementation) are here to help by decentral...

I might think Ordinals and Inscriptions are mostly garbage, but I also acknowledge that trying to stop them is probably worse than simply letting them get outcompeted by financial transactions on Bitcoin. Bullish on engineers finding clever ways to batch financial transactions!

Henrik Skogstrom, Founder and CEO of LN Capital, joins me to talk about the lightning network: Managing large lightning nodes Key challenges Monitoring Notifications Tools required Privacy vs. reliability New tech

Stephan Livera

SLP474 Challenges of Operating Lightning Nodes & Torq with Henrik Skogstrøm

Henrik Skogstrom, Founder and CEO of LN Capital, joins me to talk about the lightning network: Managing large lightning nodes Key challenges Monito...

Matyas Kuchar joins me to talk about the Czech Bitcoiner scene and what’s coming up with BTC Prague @BTC Prague Notable and early bitcoin companies in Prague Organising Bitcoin conferences What to expect with BTC Prague

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SLP472 BTC Prague and Bitcoin in Europe with Matyas Kuchar

Matyas Kuchar joins me to talk about the Czech Bitcoiner scene and what’s coming up with BTC Prague: Notable and early bitcoin companies in Prag...

Matthew Mezinskis of Porkopolis / Crypto Voices joins me on the show to help explain the structure of the fiat fractional reserve system. Listen to this episode to get an understanding of the different monetary metrics and more: Monetary metrics, monetary base and more Fractional reserve in the fiat system Eurodollars and ‘crypto’ eurodollars How the bitcoin system may evolve in future Why focusing on bottom up is key

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SLP473 Why Bitcoiners Must Focus on Bottom Up Adoption with Matthew Mezinskis

Listen to this episode to learn about the structure of the fiat fractional reserve system, and what a Bitcoin system might look like. Also discusse...