Stephan Livera Podcast Stephan Livera

Peruvian Bull, a macro writer and commentator joins me to explain what’s happening with the Japanese economy and how it all ties in with the dollar end game. We discuss: 


The impossible trinity for Japan
Japanese government debt
The global JPY carry trade
The impact on the US financial system

Links:


X: @peruvian_bull
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Newsletter: https://substack.com/@peruvianbull

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Parker Lewis of Zaprite rejoins me on the show to discuss recent updates in the space and what’s happening with Zaprite and merchant adoption. 


“Then they fight you” ?
Chilling Effect
Zaprite
Getting Bitcoin Payment Rails Ready
Gradually, Then Suddenly
Why hope should not be lost

Links:


X: @parkeralewis
Site: Zaprite.com 
Get Parker’s Book: thesifhouse.com 

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A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining  pool centralisation and what is driving it. 

Links:


X: @moneyball 
AJ Town’s ‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned: 
Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin (BIP324) 

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Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and founding partner of Ego Death Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about his bitcoin advocacy at various levels: 


Speaking to politicians about bitcoin
The system you give energy to
“Staying and fighting” in Canada vs supporting alternatives e.g. Madeira
‘Coincidental’ attack on Bitcoin? 

Links:


X: @JeffBooth
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Site: Ego Death Capital

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CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
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How do you think about investing as a bitcoiner? Preston Pysh of TIP rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of related ideas: 


HODL vs invest in companies
Microstrategy and other public companies
VC and early stage investment
Realistic investment hurdle rates
Technical realities as bitcoin grows

Links:


X: @PrestonPysh
TIP: theinvestorspodcast.com
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Dmitry Nedospasov is a PhD in Chip Security, also known for his hardware wallet exploits in 2018 with the wallet.fail talk. Dmitry joins me to talk about hardware security in the world of bitcoin and how it compares with hardware chip security in other domains. We discuss:


The 2018 wallet.fail talk
Bitcoin compared with other industries
Realistic hardware wallet attack types
The cost of attacking a hardware device
Backups and Shamir’s Secret Sharing

Links:


X: @nedos
LinkedIn: Dmitry Nedospasov
Site: Keylabs.io 
Telegram: https://t.me/nedos
wallet.fail talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OBIGslgGM
Recoverylabs.io

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