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Stephan Livera
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
SLP530 Fernando Motolese - Growing a Bitcoin Circular Economy We talk: - How Bitcoin Beach Brazil started - Bolt card - Tech stack - Tourists and Locals experience - Bitcoinize device - HODL vs Spend - Fundraising image
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Many Bitcoiners have seen or shared around the images that show Labour Compensation (wages and other benefits) diverging from Labour Productivity since 1971, particularly from sites such as wtfhappenedin1971.com. Rejoining me today is Gene Epstein to break down why this chart is flawed! We also talk about broader issues around CPI, whether inflation is over or undercounted, and cost of living pressures that so many people are facing today. The conclusions will surprise you! We talk: Labour Compensation and Productivity Nominal dollars and issues with price indexes Is CPI overstated? Are we poorer than we used to be? Cost of living crisis Can you make it on a single income these days? The real problems
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
SLP525 Bob Burnett - Bitcoin’s Blocksize Scarcity Bob joins me to talk: -Blockspace scarcity and explanation -UTXO management -Different types of miner -Miner’s Trilemma -Mining NOT being a leverage play on Bitcoin -Core Scientific bankruptcy image
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Matthew Black, co-founder and CTO of Atomic Finance joins me to talk about earning yield in a self custodial way with DLCs. We get into all the questions and criticisms people might have: How does it work without being custodial? Where is the yield coming from? HODL only Different strategies available DLC security over time The future of Bitcoin Finance stephanlivera.com/519
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
@Lyn Alden, macro analyst rejoins me on the show to talk about her new book, Broken Money. We discuss Lyn’s thoughts on: Ledger money and who controls it Different theories of money Speed of transaction vs settlement Warfare funding under fiat Base money and Broad money GFC and the response to it Fiat standard incentives What kind of debt makes sense under a Bitcoin standard
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
@Will Cole of Zaprite rejoins me to talk about: Merchant adoption and why it’s different this time Improved custody How Zaprite works Accounting and integration How adoption will be driven this time Circular economy The lie of 2% inflation
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Do you have debt? Are you wondering about the case for why you shouldn’t? Check out this episode with my friend and Bitcoin developer and advocate, @jimmysong. We talk about his newest book, Fiat Ruins Everything: Why he wrote this book Why you should have zero debt Cultural issues Fiat morality
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Have you wondered what it takes to be a long term HODLer? @HODL rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLer psychology, bitcoin culture, and what to expect going forward: Adoption waves Living on Bitcoin Overconfidence Mainstream culture Bitcoin Fixes This Jurisdictions Thoughts on next cycle
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Have you wondered what it takes to be a long term HODLer? @HODL rejoins me on the show to talk about HODLer psychology, bitcoin culture, and what to expect going forward: Adoption waves Living on Bitcoin Overconfidence Mainstream culture Bitcoin Fixes This Jurisdictions Thoughts on next cycle
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
The next generation of Bitcoin Lightning wallets is here with Phoenix from ACINQ. Rejoining me is CTO of ACINQ, Bastien Teinturier to talk about how the team is innovating a great self custodial experience for bitcoin and lightning users: High Fee environment New Phoenix fee structure Splicing and what it enables Dual Funding Liquidity Ads Building on a smartphone app Can ACINQ steal from users? APO Biggest challenges Reasons to be optimistic
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
I'm now getting a nostr impersonator... scambots everywhere... image
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Drivechain is a proposed soft fork that has faced a lot of criticism in the community, and Shinobi (Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine) joins me to discuss his critiques of the idea. We discuss: What is Drivechain How it works Miner centralisation Re orgs on sidechains T-shirt sales argument Stratum v2 “Miners can steal” Other soft fork ideas (e.g. APO, CTV) Multi Party Channels “First Develop with what we’ve got”
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Are Bitcoin’s 4 year cycles over? Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about his view of where things are in the economy. We chat: Recession? 18 month lag Risk on or risk off? Bitcoin as a macro asset 4 year cycles Is an ETF good for Bitcoin? Pacific Bitcoin image
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream) has been around Bitcoin research and development for a long time, and has a lot of insight to share on Bitcoin research in this episode. For part 2 of my discussion with Andrew we focus more on bitcoin and cryptography research that the team are working on, and what it means for the future of Bitcoin: Cryptography Bulletproofs++ MuSig2 FROST Bitcoin Scripting Miniscript Simplicity CTV and APO Covenants: are they risky for Bitcoin? Transaction Introspection on Liquid image
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stephanlivera 2 years ago
A ‘paper computer’ for Bitcoin checksums and Shamir Secret Sharing may seem absurd, but that’s what we’re talking about in this episode! This project is a scheme to generate, encode, checksum, split and recover Bitcoin secret keys, using pencil, paper and lookup tables (alternately, volvelles). We discuss codex32 and the motivation behind it with Andrew Poelstra (Director of Research, Blockstream). Note this is the first of a two part episode. In this first part we discuss: Bitcoin private keys today Multi signature and Shamir Secret Sharing contrasted Where to keep shards or keys Error correction Risks with Hardware wallets (even though you should still use them) BIP39 vs codex32 Limitations of the paper computer (Volvelles)image