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Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.

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Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.

    The System You Give Your Energy To - Jeff Booth SLP568

    The System You Give Your Energy To - Jeff Booth SLP568

    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

    Sponsors:


    Swan.com (code LIVERA)
    CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    Mempool.space
    Nomadcapitalist.com/live

    Stephan Livera links:


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    • 1 hr 8 min
    Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567

    Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567

    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
    nostr: npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z

    Sponsors:


    Swan.com (code LIVERA)
    CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    Mempool.space
    Nomadcapitalist.com/live

    Stephan Livera links:


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    • 1 hr 12 min
    The cost to hack bitcoin hardware wallets with Dmitry Nedospasov SLP566

    The cost to hack bitcoin hardware wallets with Dmitry Nedospasov SLP566

    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

    Sponsors:


    Swan.com (code LIVERA)
    CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    Mempool.space

    Stephan Livera links:


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    • 1 hr 23 min
    Great Consensus Clean up, MEVil and LN isn’t dead - Steve Lee and Matt Corallo SLP565

    Great Consensus Clean up, MEVil and LN isn’t dead - Steve Lee and Matt Corallo SLP565

    Steve Lee and Matt Corallo of Spiral rejoin me on the show to talk about a range of topics. Firstly we discuss the Great Consensus Clean Up which relates to fixing some long standing bugs in Bitcoin. Secondly we talk about MEV and why it’s the wrong term, instead we should be talking about MEVil and the implications for Bitcoin miner centralisation. Finally we address the rumours of Lightning Network being dead or not useful. 

    Links: 


    X: @moneyball
    X: @TheBlueMatt 
    BlueMatt's Blog: Stop Calling It MEV
    BIP Proposal: The Great Consensus Cleanup
    Delving post on Great Consensus Clean up Revival
    Steve’s X thread on GCC: https://twitter.com/moneyball/status/1760839436617875485

    Sponsors:


    Swan.com (code LIVERA)
    CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    Mempool.space

    Stephan Livera links:


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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Going Where You’re Treated Best and Nomad Capitalist Live 2024 with Andrew Henderson SLP564

    Going Where You’re Treated Best and Nomad Capitalist Live 2024 with Andrew Henderson SLP564

    Andrew Henderson rejoins me to discuss his story renouncing US citizenship, and whether the price was worth it. We discuss whether you should “stay and fight” as well as considerations relevant for Bitcoiners on pursuing their options in other countries. We also discuss Nomad Capitalist Live 2024, coming in KL Malaysia. Listen in to learn and stay up to date on global tax, investing and lifestyle strategies. 

    Links: 


    X: @nomadcapitalist


    Sponsors:


    Swan.com (code LIVERA)
    CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    Mempool.space
    Nomadcapitalist.com/live


    Stephan Livera links:


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    • 58 min
    Revault, Liana, self custody and bitcoin inheritance with Kevin Loaec SLP563

    Revault, Liana, self custody and bitcoin inheritance with Kevin Loaec SLP563

    Kevin Loaec of wizardsardine joins me to talk about bitcoin security and vaults. We get into a discussion about: 


    Vaults and what’s possible today 
    Timelocking and using them as part of self custody
    Inheritance scenarios
    Business use cases
    Covenant soft forks

    Links:


    X: @KLoaec
    X: @Wizardsardine
    X: @revaultdev
    Site: Wizardsardine  

    Sponsors:


    Swan.com (code LIVERA)
    CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
    Mempool.space

    Stephan Livera links:


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    Chapters:


    00:00 - Intro
    02:07 - Revault
    08:07 - Liana
    14:48 - Overview of Liana and Supported Hardware Wallets
    25:17 - Managing Time Locks in Liana: Rotating Coins and Duration
    29:47 - Coinkite.com
    30:47 - Swan.com
    32:09 - Mempool.space
    33:10 - Self-Custody with Liana
    37:26 - Understanding Revault and Liana
    44:56 - Exploring Decaying and Expanding Multi-Signature
    49:15 - RBF and CPFP in Liana Transactions
    56:07 - Transaction Size in Liana
    01:00:42 - The Debate on Covenants
    01:05:37 - Enhancing Organization Security with Cosigners
    01:09:30 - The Future of Self-Custody

    • 1 hr 14 min

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