If you’re fundamentally bullish on Bitcoin, how do you invest in Bitcoin companies? What kind of strategies can be employed, what are some common errors in the space? How do you pick good teams and companies? Alyse Killeen founding Managing Partner of Stillmark VC, advisor to Mantis (venture firm) and advisor and sits on the board of well known Bitcoin companies such as Blockstream and Casa. Alyse links: Twitter: @alysekilleen Website: alysekilleen.com Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Ne...
Jul 14, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 192
The world is undergoing pressures that are inflationary, but also deflationary forces. Which one will win out? What is driving humanity’s progress forward? Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur and author joins me to discuss our deflationary future. Jeff Booth: Twitter: @JeffBooth Book: thepriceoftomorrow.com Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA) CypherSafe (use code: LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera ...
Jul 10, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 191
How many Bitcoins are being HODLed? Bitcoin’s nature allows some level of investigation and analysis, and it’s possible to see how many coins are moving. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, CTO of Glassnode joins me on the show to discuss some of the insights he’s been sharing. Rafael links: Twitter: @n3ocortex Website: glassnode.com Thread Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital (use code: LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscrib...
Jul 08, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 190
There’s a lot of heated discussion about Bitcoin HODLing vs Spending, the circular economy, and what actions build on Bitcoin’s censorship resistance. Ragnar Lifthrasir of Guns N Bitcoin joins me for a discussion on this topic. Ragnar links: Twitter: @ragnarly Site: Gunsnbitcoin.com Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital CypherSafe (Code: LIVERA for discount) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera...
Jul 05, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 189
Does Bitcoin Need Marketing and marketers? Does it need influencers? What kinds of strategies are appropriate across different channels? Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken joins me to discuss. Dan Held links: Twitter: @danheld Article: Bitcoin’s Marketing Team Website: danheld.com Relevant prior episodes: SLP34 Dan Held – Bitcoin Heroes, Villains, Survival, and Capitulation SLP81 Dan Held – Why Bitcoin’s Security is Fine Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighto...
Jul 01, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 188
John Cantrell, Bitcoin developer joins me to talk about how he cracked Alistair Milne’s social media bitcoin challenge. With the first 8 words of the seed, John was able to crack a 12 word seed using a cluster of GPU’s. John is also the creator of Juggernaut, a lightning messaging app. John links: Twitter: @JohnCantrell97 Article: How I checked over 1 trillion mnemonics in 30 hours to win a bitcoin Juggernaut: getjuggernaut.com Sponsors: Swan Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital (code: LIVERA)...
Jun 30, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 187
Dr Joseph Salerno, Academic VP of Mises Institute joins me in this episode to talk about his views on Bitcoin, monetary velocity, how money emerges on the market and more. Joseph Salerno links: Twitter: @jtsale Mises Institute: mises.org Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital New Brighton Capital code: LIVERA Relevant prior episodes: SLP51 Dr Guido Hülsmann – Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin SLP45 Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute SLP169 Jeff Deist – Bitcoin & Acti...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 186
Many people are confused about Bitcoin. Is it for transactional payments, or should we view it as something closer to Digital Gold or savings? Regular guest Vijay Boyapati rejoins me on the show to talk about this. We also talk: Common errors in conceiving of Bitcoin Risks with custodial and KYC Updated thoughts on prior article re: Credit Deflation CHAZ Vijay links: Twitter: @real_vijay Article: Bullish Case for Bitcoin Recent twitter thread Prior episodes: SLP2 – How Bitcoin ‘Mentally Captures...
Jun 24, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 185
Alessandro Cecere (aka el Sultan Bitcoin), CEO of Coinspree joins me to talk about his experiences growing up in Venezuela, and his passion for spreading bitcoin. Alessandro Cecere links: Twitter: @elsultanBitcoin Coinspree: coinspree.com Relevant prior episodes: SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela SLP175 Matt Ahlborg – Bitcoin In the Developing World Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Coinfloor Cyphersafe.io Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Fo...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Dennis Wohlfarth of Accointing & Clinton Donnelly of Donnelly Tax Law join me to talk about Bitcoin tax treatment, and strategies to minimise tax. We chat about: Current tax treatment Capital Gains Tax Record keeping Tax strategies locally Tax strategies for those willing to go overseas International competition Links: Accointing: www.accointing.com (ref link – 10% discount) Donnelly Tax Law: Donnellytaxlaw.com Accointing Twitter: @accointing Dennis Twitter: @WohlfarthDennis Clinton Twitter:...
Jun 18, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Nick Neuman and Jameson Lopp, CEO and CTO of Casa join me to talk about updates at Casa, the world of multi signature, hardware wallets, personal security and personal data in the age of increasing statism. Nick and Jameson links: Nick Twitter: @Nneuman Jameson Twitter: @lopp Casa: keys.casa Prior episodes: SLP26 – Building Bitcoin services to last, with Jeremy Welch of Casa SLP43 Jameson Lopp, Cypherpunk and CTO of Casa SLP107 Jeremy Welch & Jameson Lopp – Casa Wealth Security Protocol Spon...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 182
Preston Pysh, co founder of The Investor’s Podcast network rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, inflation, bonds, and investing in a bitcoinised world. Preston Pysh links: Twitter: @PrestonPysh The Investor’s Podcast: Theinvestorspodcast.com Prior SLP appearance: SLP109 Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Subscribe on YouTube: @stephanlivera Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Eric eloquently spoke about Bitcoin as a macro solution on a live news broadcast from a protest near LA City Hall. I invited Eric on to discuss his views and his macro solution. We talk about his interest in Bitcoin, his RaspiBlitz node, his excitement for the lightning network, and bitcoin as a social movement. Eric links: Twitter: @iamTheCharacter Music: http://bit.ly/sospotify IG: @hiphopphilosophymovi e Clip: https://twitter.com/nlebowitz1/status/1268002667042934786 New clip: https://twitter...
Jun 10, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Ergo of OXT Research (Samourai Wallet team) joins me to talk about his latest research into the Lazarus group, and also unwinding Bitcoin Coinjoins - whether they are through custodial tumblers, Wasabi or JoinMarket. Ergo links: Twitter: @ergoBTC OXT Research The North Korean Connection Toxic Recall Attack - Unwinding JoinMarket Case Study Prior/relevant episodes: SLP130 Ergo Tracking PlusToken Scammers with White Hat Bitcoin Chain Analysis SLP149 Waxwing Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in B...
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 179
6102 Bitcoin is a pseudonymous bitcoiner known for his contributions with various Bitcoin resources and how to sites, and infographics. He joins me for a discussion about bitcoin privacy, why he does this under a pseudonym, contributing in the Bitcoin space, Blockstream’s Liquid network and more. 6102 Bitcoin links: Twitter: @6102bitcoin Website: 6102bitcoin.com Bitcoin-intro.com Bitcoin-only.com Btcprivacy.org Bitcoin taint infographic Sven article Stop Calling for a Free Market in Money Sponso...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 178
Murch joins me to talk about his work on Coin Selection, managing large wallets! We’ll talk about fees, selecting coins, the blockspace market, how you can think about optimising your wallet. Murch: Twitter: @murchandamus Bitcoin Stack Exchange: Murch Branch and Bound paper and coin selection strategies: Murch’s masters thesis Relevant episodes: SLP118 Mike Belshe, CEO BitGo Sponsors: Kraken Coinfloor.co.uk SwanBitcoin.com/livera Unchained Capital Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Fol...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Parker Lewis and Buck Perley of Unchained Capital join me on the show to talk about updates on the Caravan open source project, making multi sig accessible and easy for the masses. Previously it was single address only, and now it works as a wallet! We’ll chat: Why use Caravan What the new updates are Hardware wallet testing xPubs and multi sig Bitcoiner Ventures raise Parker Lewis & Buck Perley links: Unchained blog: Gearing up the Caravan Parker Lewis Twitter: @parkeralewis Buck Perley Twi...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Matt Ahlborg of UsefulTulips.org joins me on the show to talk about bitcoin use in South America, and Africa. Matt Ahlborg is a researcher and data scientist looking into the use of Bitcoin around the world. Matt Ahlborg links: Twitter: @MattAhlborg Website: usefultulips.org Article: Latin American Bitcoin Trading Follows the Heartbeat of Venezuela Article: Paxful is the Most Important Bitcoin Company You Aren’t Paying Attention to Related episode: SLP143 Eduardo Gomez – Bitcoin As A Source Of T...
May 20, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Matt Ridley is a writer, biologist & Rational Optimist. He joins me to talk about his views on science, economics, innovation and how they apply to Bitcoin. Matt Ridley Links: Website: mattridley.co.uk Twitter @mattwridley Book: How Innovation Works Sponsors: 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...
May 18, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 174
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 ...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 173
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/btcpa...
May 10, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 172
PlanB (pseudonymous Bitcoin quant) & Saifedean (Bitcoin economist) rejoin me to talk about PlanB’s latest work on S2FX, and some of the debates being had on S2F modelling as well as addressing some of the criticism. We will also talk about Bitcoin as it goes through phase transitions, and the implications on the Bitcoin industry, and the rest of society. PlanB Links: PlanB Twitter: @100trillionUSD Article: Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Cross Asset Model Saifedean Links: Twitter: @saifedean Website: ...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 171
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...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute rejoins me to talk about Bitcoin, Central Banking, Corona virus, libertarianism and acting locally: Mises Institute and Bitcoin Hypocritical fund managers UBI and MMT becoming popular Smaller is better Better, not perfect Jeff Deist links: Twitter: @jeffdeist Mises: www.mises.org Human Action Podcast: HA Podcast Prior appearance: SLP45 Sponsor links: Kraken Unchained Capital SwanBitcoin Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on twitter...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 169
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/ligh...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 168
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/18ea0...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 167
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: SL...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 166
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 survei...
Apr 11, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 165
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 Capit...
Apr 07, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Cory Klippsten, CEO and Co-founder of Swan Bitcoin, GP of Bitcoiner Ventures joins me on the show to talk about: Taleb’s thought and applying it to Bitcoin The Intransigent Minority Swan Bitcoin Cheapest Auto DCA in the US Bitcoiner Ventures and what it’s about, and how to get involved Cory Klippsten links: Twitter: @coryklippsten Swan Bitcoin: SwanBitcoin.com Bitcoiner Ventures AngelList Syndicate: https://angel.co/i/v7pGo Bitcoiner Ventures: BitcoinerVentures.com Article: Ten Million Bitcoiner...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 163
