stephanlivera
Stephan Livera

stephanlivera.com

#Bitcoin Podcaster and head of education at Swan Bitcoin

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2024-06-07 14:27:20

@npub1az9…m8y8 of @npub1wu4…3vw0 on Bitcoin Ossification and Changes SLP582 rejoins me to talk about attitudes on Bitcoin development and consensus changes. We discuss how “ossification” is commonly thrown around, but maybe there is a better term.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccu6Chk3Xbg

2024-06-06 18:59:11

HODLing Bitcoin is easy mode.
Profitably growing a business in bitcoin terms is hard mode.

2024-06-06 11:17:26

“They (Koreans) want to save, they want long term capital formation…the problem is, in a savings based culture with fiat money, you’re just stealing from everybody and that’s unfortunately what the govt here has done for a long time. I see Bitcoin fitting hand-in-glove with the culture that craves savings - there are so many people within Korea that want to save.” - @npub10vl…sp42
https://m.primal.net/IadM.mp4

2024-06-04 14:53:38

BitcoinSeoul 2024 Interviews SLP581
I caught up with some of the speakers at Bitcoin Seoul, including @npub10vl…sp42 @npub1gdu…6nak @npub1kp7…487l Calvin Kim Gloria Zhao and Laolu (roasbeef)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiDFXVkPmgY

2024-05-26 07:56:05

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Funnily enough the next episode I'm releasing is on silent payments! We can and should get both

2024-05-24 14:57:04

HODLing Bitcoin can be a crazy ride, one day it can seem like the world is against you, and then other days it seems like everything is working out in favour of Bitcoin.
Don't make rash decisions. Do your best to be calm and long term focused.

2024-05-24 14:52:53

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FWIW I didn't notice any different dynamic in this interview to our prior interviews?
The more 'natural' the conversation flows between host and guest though, generally the easier it is for listeners to follow. So I'd say do what feels more natural to you.

2024-05-24 14:48:44

Skot joins me to talk about his project to bring affordable, energy efficient, open source mining to home miners. We discuss:
The current state of open source in bitcoin mining
Bitaxe overview
Why do people do this?
Price and how to set one up
Mining pools
Decentralisation
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/578/

2024-05-22 19:43:07

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At least listen to the podcast. This is more like adding back old OP codes that used to be in the protocol, but in a safe way.

2024-05-22 13:14:02

@npub179e…lz4s of @npub1jg5…6n8n rejoins me on the show to talk about a new idea for a bitcoin soft fork that hopefully avoids some of the ‘horse trading’ dynamic that existed amongst other proposals. Listen in to learn more about the different paradigm that Rusty introduces here, so that developers can build more functionality and efficiency in, hopefully so that more people can use Bitcoin in self-custody.
Bitcoin Script background
GSR overview
GSR benefits
What is varops
Contrast with APO or LNHANCE?
Will it enable shitcoins and spam?
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/577/

2024-05-21 13:44:09

@npub1yev…qrkl of PayJoin Dev Kit (sponsored by Spiral and Opensats) joins me to discuss how Bitcoin privacy could be improved with more PayJoin adoption. What’s more, it might also benefit users in consolidating their wallets or potentially even fee savings. We discuss how this could be integrated into more bitcoin wallets.
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/576/

2024-05-14 17:17:02

Rapha Zagury, CIO of Swan and Head of Swan Mining rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of topics, from Brazil’s flooding, Bitcoin Mining, Capital Structure, as well as share some insights on speaking to TradFi professionals about Bitcoin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiaABJ8aVSI

2024-05-14 17:16:42

2024-05-08 13:55:35

@npub16c0…6nvr from @npub12vk…pugg joins me to talk about why Bitcoiners should not sleep on Nostr. We chat why he’s bullish on nostr, the experience nowadays, network effects for creators and devs, spam and sybils, and why openness is the killer feature.
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/572/

2024-05-08 12:28:56

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oh sorry I misread you, my mistake

2024-05-08 12:28:08

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signal has usernames now

2024-05-08 11:55:32

Interesting dynamic here with some users wanting to delete their answers off of StackOverflow but the site is keeping them.
In some ways nostr is the opposite, no? As long as relays have your content, you can't delete it.
But muh EU "right to be forgotten". Which funnily enough always seemed like a statist imposition.
For better or worse, the internet is forever.
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2024-05-07 08:03:22

so many people are going to get rekt by the belief that property values only go up!
property NGD in bitcoin terms

2024-05-06 20:17:26

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perhaps a special case for the USA

2024-05-06 17:46:38

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will do

2024-05-06 17:39:20

Normalize the term 'tax cattle'

2024-05-06 17:36:52

just recorded a great podcast with @npub16c0…6nvr
Hope you guys enjoy it! it'll be out in a day or so

2024-05-03 13:57:23

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I didn't believe that they had to do that at that point.
But I was also wrong to say that, given the recent events I see more clearly now.
It is wrong and unrealistic to expect martyrdom.

2024-05-03 13:40:44

We should all do what we can, speak out for the cause of bitcoin self custody and financial sovereignty, build what you can and teach who you can.
But I think it's fair to draw the line at not expecting people to 'martyr' themselves at the hands of the state.
For e.g. when I see nym accounts attacking public name and real face people for not being perfectly non-KYC pure, it's just cringe.
You expect that guy to just 'go to jail for the cause'?
Come on now, just encourage people to play their role as best they can.

2024-05-03 13:27:33

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Yea I've heard about that! So many in the EU just asleep at the wheel. They're crying about muh climate scam and racism while all this tyranny is going on.

2024-05-03 13:01:09

The EU may just not make it. People need to speak up against EU tyranny, over taxation and over regulation.
#note1uh0…2sg6

2024-05-03 12:53:22

@npub1w69…zltw 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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/570/

2024-04-29 15:51:48

A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead at 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.
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/569/

2024-04-29 11:18:17

End AML and Sanctions laws. They are a complete fiat scam.

2024-04-29 07:27:12

Use this one weird trick to know if you are a money transmitter!
Lots of people are so confused lately and unsure if they can operate in the US.
Here's the one simple trick they don't want to you know:
If the US government doesn't like you, you're a money transmitter!

2024-04-28 05:20:42

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nah I'm also interested in LNHANCE. but not trying to rush things

2024-04-27 15:20:46

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Great Consensus Clean Up would be good. We also have to fix the UNIX timestamp 2106 bug. So those are at least two.

2024-04-27 11:06:01

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Yes it's his business, but he also left America before making that his business if that counts for anything.

2024-04-27 11:02:21

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Nah, stop running intellectual cover fire for retardinals

2024-04-27 10:51:58

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You're missing my point? I'm saying ord is distinct from Bitcoin.
Whereas retardinal shills try to help run intellectual cover fire for the spammers/scammers.

2024-04-27 10:48:15

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Lots of people don't see it that way nowadays. Not sure if you've heard this ep of mine with Andrew Henderson, we talk a bit about how and why he renounced American citizenship in favour of life abroad. https://stephanlivera.com/episode/564/

2024-04-27 10:46:45

'Rare sats' don't exist in Bitcoin.
They exist in 'ord', a separate protocol.
Affinity scammers want you to believe these are the same thing.

2024-04-27 10:09:00

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I should probably clarify a bit, I'm not saying all builders will go elsewhere. But just look at how many non-US builders are speaking and acting.
Quick examples: WoS, Phoenix, Synonym, Blink are all effectively saying "the US juice is not worth the squeeze".

2024-04-27 10:07:42

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Genuinely not hating, but I think a lot of Americans are super-America-centric in their worldview. They'd do well to travel and work/live overseas to see how it is in other countries.
Very different taxation, regulation, culture, lifestyle possibilities out there.

2024-04-27 08:57:41

The USA is influential but it's not the be all end all. It represents about 4.1% of global population.
Seeing some companies shut off US customers is sadly a reflection of a bureaucratic and regulatory superstate gone mad.
Builders will build for other jurisdictions.

2024-04-26 22:16:32

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I'm guessing, but they might block USA IPs from accessing it

2024-04-26 19:56:41

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They will probably have to ban US IP's or do some other filtering to not have US customers.
Think back to what happened with BitMEX when they got in trouble for serving US customers on VPN...
Of course, not happy about this state of affairs but that's what it looks like for now.

2024-04-26 18:25:21

It's unfortunate that the US government is so tyrannical on financial services.
Lots of overseas banks don't even want US customers because of the regulation and bureaucratic headaches.
Sadly it looks like the parallel is happening in Bitcoin world too.

2024-04-26 17:53:07

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Zeus wallet have said they'll stick around

2024-04-26 17:51:21

Will Bitcoin company product offerings go like shitcoin casinos? They'll have an offshore offering with the best stuff, and then their nerfed US versions? ala Binance US or FTX US
Or perhaps they'll just totally exit the US altogether ala Bitfinex style
Just a guess at this point.

2024-04-26 17:41:51

Sad to see this. Perhaps this is the 'balkanisation' of bitcoin and lightning offerings for US vs non-USA customers.
It looks like the USG won't be comfortable with non-KYC LN apps for US users. But let's see how it pans out and if other apps follow suit.
https://m.primal.net/IAHz.png

2024-04-26 09:39:06

@npub1s05…eyhe, 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?
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/568/

2024-04-23 16:03:53

How do you think about investing as a bitcoiner? @npub1s5y…6q7z 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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/567/

2024-04-22 14:37:48

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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/566/

2024-04-18 15:50:33

My latest episode with Steve Lee and @npub185h…wrdp of Spiral - we discuss the Great Consensus Clean Up, MEVil and whether LN is dead
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/565/

2023-12-03 13:15:05

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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/530/
https://m.primal.net/HSKu.webp

2023-11-20 13:34:37

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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/527/

2023-11-19 08:05:08

SLP526 @NVK of Coinkite - Don’t Lose Your Coins
NVK joins me to talk:
How do you prevent loss of your coins?
What are some critical steps that are commonly missed?
Q
Satslink device
Tapsigner
FROST & miniscript
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/526/

2023-11-14 14:19:41

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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/525/
https://m.primal.net/HQFK.webp

2023-11-09 16:08:34

SLP524 Malcolm Collins - Natalism and Bitcoiners
Malcolm joins me to talk:
- Population Projections
- The Urban Monoculture
- Childless demographics
- Where Bitcoiner culture could change this
- How to motivate a large family
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/524/

2023-11-04 15:03:11

SLP523 @adam3us CEO of @Blockstream - Entering a new Bitcoin bull cycle
Adam Back joins me to talk:
- SBF found guilty
- Bitcoin bull cycle
- Block size wars
- Blockstream Greenlight
- Blockstream BASIC note
- Blockstream Green
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/523/
https://m.primal.net/HPQh.webp

2023-11-02 13:47:58

SLP522 @JasonLes_ CEO of @RiotPlatforms - Dodging Knives as a Bitcoin Miner
Jason Les joins me to talk:
- His poker background
- Hashrate
- Riot’s competitive advantages
- HODLing Bitcoin as a miner
- Should miners use debt?
- Bitcoin ETF impact?
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/522/
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2023-10-25 15:07:47

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Yeah it's manually done

2023-10-09 18:45:48

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

2023-10-01 17:04:16

@npub1a2c…w83a, 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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/518/

2023-09-29 15:18:00

@npub1du6…yf3c 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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/517/

2023-09-22 15:48:27

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, @npub10vl…sp42. We talk about his newest book, Fiat Ruins Everything:
Why he wrote this book
Why you should have zero debt
Cultural issues
Fiat morality
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/516/

2023-09-21 16:47:36

Have you wondered what it takes to be a long term HODLer? @npub1rtl…jtfs 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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/515/

2023-09-21 16:40:51

2023-09-17 08:07:30

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yeah I've tried with my BTCPay NIP05 but just had some niggling issues getting it to properly work

2023-09-17 08:06:52

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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/513/

2023-09-17 07:53:50

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good point

2023-09-17 07:53:25

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oh i'm already using https://primal.net/stephan

2023-09-17 07:49:50

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Thanks Lois, agree with this take, but I would also add - we don't have to care or focus so much on trying to go on shitcoiner shows per se, I see it as more about trying to reach out to other related or tangential communities who might be interested.
Whether that's libertarians, macro people, gun advocates, personal finance and FIRE people, SMB, carnivore and keto communities, free private cities and so many more.

2023-09-17 07:47:52

I'm now getting a nostr impersonator... scambots everywhere...
https://m.primal.net/HLUi.png

2023-09-15 13:10:33

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You can think of it as one type of sidechain - kind of miner-custodial sidechain.
As contrasted with say, Liquid, a federated sidechain with 11 of 15 functionaries controlling the multi sig with the underlying BTC.

2023-09-14 18:12:53

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”
https://stephanlivera.com/512

2023-08-29 20:00:46

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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/508/ https://m.primal.net/HKJp.webp

2023-08-28 17:09:11

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
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/507/
https://m.primal.net/HKDL.webp

2023-08-27 17:54:35

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)https://m.primal.net/HJzS.webp
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/506/

2023-08-25 20:38:35

SLP505 MuSig2 in Practice, APO, CTV & Bitcoin Soft Forks with @npub1su6…su60
Brandon and I chat:
- MuSig2 benefits
- MPC gang vs script boys
- CTV
- APO
- New proposal offering features of both
http://stephanlivera.com/505

2023-08-23 16:20:22

Have you been wondering about how to design your lifestyle overseas? Rigel (aka coinsurenz) rejoins me on the show to talk about jurisdictional arbitrage in Latin America. We talk about some of his recent moves and his experiences as a bitcoin sovereign individual:
Voice vs Exit – what about ‘staying and fighting’?
Recent residency acquisition in Paraguay
How the Latam residency market has shifted
Common mistakes that digital nomads make
Owning vs Renting homes and storage lockers
Designing your life
https://m.primal.net/HJdY.webp
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/504/

2023-08-23 09:59:21

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Yeah for sure, his economic and political writings are incredible.
Try Theory of Socialism and Capitalism, or even just read some of his shorter articles on Mises.org - very compelling writer.

2023-08-23 09:56:06

CBDCs are a few years off, but govts are researching it now.
An Australian CBDC Pilot report was released today, done by the RBA and DFCRC. Here are some things I noted from a quick look through it:
- They're looking at functions like 'smart payments' e.g. to automate GST collection
- They did explore 'direct control' with the pilot CBDC where the holder performs the tx in a non-custodial fashion. They also had other structures such as custodial and pooled ownership models for CBDC tokens.
- Legal, regulatory, technical and operational issues were explored that they'd need to resolve before any kind of broader roll out. They acknowledge that serious exploration of this is years off.
- They seem focused on tokenising things and trading them around atomically, even mentioning HTLCs (a concept used in Lightning network today). This also included some typical statist causes such as tokenised carbon credits, NSW 'biodiversity' credits. But also more general ideas like supplier invoices.
As a Bitcoiner some reflections I have are that they're very focused on payments.
Whereas the big shift I see with Bitcoin is that it's a new savings asset outside the state's control. Of course, with Bitcoin you can do payments, and the Bitcoin ecoystem will build out advanced functionality on lightning and payments, Discreet Log Contracts, and smarter scripting - but the mere fact that it's all based on a new unit of account is what makes Bitcoin unique.
This is Bitcoin's unique selling point. So while TradFi can replicate faster payments and try to tokenise assets, the real story with Bitcoin is it is an alternative monetary system.
Bitcoin is a monetary system that more and more people will want to be part of, because it offers an unrivaled level of freedom.
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2023-08-22 17:56:07

"The democratic age can hardly be "the end of history," as the neoconservatives want us to believe, for there is also an economic side to the process.
Market interventions will inevitably cause more of the problems they are supposed to cure, which leads to more and more controls and regulations until we finally reach full-blown socialism. If the current trend continues, it can safely be predicted that the democratic welfare state of the West will eventually collapse as did the "people's republics" of the East in the late 1980s. For decades, real incomes in the West have stagnated or even fallen. Government debt and the cost of the "social insurance" schemes have brought on the prospect of an economic meltdown. At the same time, social conflict has risen to dangerous heights." - Hans Hermann Hoppe in Natural Elites, Intellectuals and the State, from 2006
https://mises.org/library/natural-elites-intellectuals-and-state

2023-08-17 04:47:07

SLP502 VLSProject - Ken Sedgwick
Ken joins me to chat:
- Lightning security with VLS
- How VLS works
- What rules and implementations are covered?
- Lightning protocol changes
- how you can help
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/502/
https://m.primal.net/HIvn.webp

2023-08-15 18:25:59

SLP501 RGB Walkthrough with Dr Maxim Orlovsky
We talk:
- history and reason behind RGB
- Client side validation
- RGB ecosystem
- what it can be used for
- MyCitadel Wallet
- What's next for RGB
https://m.primal.net/HIor.webp

2023-08-07 15:34:26

Jonathan Chester, Founder/CEO of Bitwage joins me to talk about his experience setting up the company and enabling more people to earn Bitcoin:
The story of growing Bitwage
The market size for payroll
Exploring Lightning payouts
Remote working as a trend
HODLing as the usehttps://m.primal.net/HHzs.webp
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/499/

2023-08-07 15:23:43

Well, I can't say I was expecting that!
#note1sns…0ed6

2023-08-04 19:05:05

Mara joins me to talk about his adventures in Argentina, and his thoughts on:
Geo arbitrage
Rules in theory, rules in practice
FX in Argentina
Bitcoin use in Argentina
Argentina’s property market
Where things are going with CBDCs
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/498/
https://m.primal.net/HHmP.webp

2023-08-02 16:20:13

Author, digital nomad and web entrepreneur Olivier Roland joins me to talk about his issues with AML and his very interesting views on where the world is going in the age of remote working and internet communications.
The problem with KYC / AML
FATCA
Taxes and the Sovereign Individual thesis
Digital Nomadism disrupting nation stateshttps://m.primal.net/HHag.webp
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/497/

2023-07-29 17:40:34

My latest with @npub1ryl…lgnn on why Bitcoin is Not for Everyone! What are evangelists doing wrong and how can things be improved?
Why products and services should take the focus, in this chat with Fernando.
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/496/
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2023-07-28 08:59:48

“Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organizing nothing better than legalized mass murder”.
Harry Patch, the last surviving soldier of World War I, 2007

2023-07-26 20:28:16

"I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my thirty years of teaching: schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great enterprises of the planet. No one believes anymore that scientists are trained in science classes or politicians in civics classes or poets in English classes. The truth is that schools don’t really teach anything except how to obey orders. This is a great mystery to me because thousands of humane, caring people work in schools as teachers and aides and administrators, but the abstract logic of the institution overwhelms their individual contributions. Although teachers do care and do work very, very hard, the institution is psychopathic—it has no conscience." - John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down

2023-07-26 15:23:50

Joe Carlasare (Partner at Amundsen Davis LLC) and Bitcoiner joins me to share his legal expertise and opinions on:
Why you shouldn’t expect the Bitcoin spot ETF soon
The SEC Ripple decision
SEC Binance and Coinbase
Bitcoin and stablecoins
Macro thoughtshttps://m.primal.net/HGpE.webp
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/495/

2023-07-26 07:48:28

Mercola was critical of the COVID-regime and jabs, and now his business bank accounts are being shut down.
If you hold non-regime approved views, your fiat accounts will be shut down.
Bitcoin adoption is guaranteed at this point.
https://m.primal.net/HGoV.png

2023-07-25 17:05:02

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They can put countries on a blacklist or greylist and pressure them though. And they do push out 'standards' and things that involve moar KYC and screening etc.

2023-07-25 16:06:54

Reminder FATF and AML laws are a scam
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/424/

2023-07-25 15:19:03

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my most recent podcast episode was with Hannah Frankman founder of Rebel Educator https://stephanlivera.com/episode/494/

2023-07-25 14:23:02

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I think there are better alternate ways to get those things though - social activities, team sports, family events.
We have to imagine what could have otherwise been, like what if you had been homeschooled and went to music classes and befriended people from that, and they became your life-long friends instead?

2023-07-25 13:59:44

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100% I really don't want to send my kid into that mess, I think the trade off of having my wife stay at home with kids (instead of work a job), is completely worth it.

2023-07-25 13:57:55

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It's a trade off for sure, one partner has to be stay at home. But I believe it's worth it.
Esp if you want to have a bigger family.

2023-07-25 13:44:46

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Yeah I've heard of Germany and Sweden as countries where you can't do it. That said, I know of people who have left the country so that they could homeschool.

2023-07-25 13:40:31

I'm a fan of homeschooling as a way to give kids a better chance at a fruitful and productive life, and play the long game. For so long, the state and the kinds of people who rise up in those systems have had too much power over the education system.
They rig it in favour of themselves, and the education bureaucrats couldn't care less about your child. They will teach all kinds of nonsense statist propaganda, and not teach useful life skills to your kid anyway.
Your child in statist school has a chance of facing bullying by other kids, and anti social behaviour generally in public schooling systems. 'Private schooling' doesn't even seem that much better because the curriculum and style still has to follow a lot of the public schooling methods.
Also remember with public schooling, your kid won't get the time to focus and properly learn things. Instead it's 50 minute classes where they don't want to be there, and the bell rings and it's time for the next class. The teachers have to teach at the pace of the slowest kid in class. No time to build up a deep focus on things. No time to really become creatively engaged in a project, and be a real self starter who sees a project to fruition.
I believe homeschooling and unschooling can change this dynamic. It's a perfect match for bitcoiners who are generally more freedom minded.
This became a lot more real to me recently, as I had a son this year and I intend to homeschool him + future kids our family has.

2023-07-24 19:57:11

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For me, I'd rather spend that effort on people who I have some ongoing relationship with, so that I can keep coaching them up over time.
I don't really trust that they will 'orange pill themselves'.