Stephan Livera Podcast

Dusty Daemon joins me to talk about splicing on Bitcoin’s lightning network. We talk about: What is splicing?  Splicing’s potential privacy benefits Potential to undermine surveillance heuristics...

10 Jul 202357min

Will every company be a lightning company? Graham Krizek CEO of Voltage rejoins me on the show to talk about this idea as well as what’s happening in bitcoin and lightning:  Being near the printer ...

6 Jul 202353min

Christian Decker (Blockstream) and Roy Sheinfeld (Breez) rejoin me on the show to talk about:  What has improved about Lightning over time Lightning in a high fee environment What Greenlight is  ...

21 Jun 20231h 41min

Digiconomist (Alex de Vries) and Ben Gagnon (Chief Mining Officer, Bitfarms) join me on the show to debate Bitcoin Mining energy. We talk through: Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions Wher...

15 Jun 20231h 16min

Peter Dunworth is a financial adviser for high net worth individuals and families. He joins me to talk about what most people are getting wrong on bitcoin estate planning and inheritance. We discuss: ...

14 Jun 20231h

Jonathan Newman, Associate Professor of Economics and Mises Fellow joins me to chat: Contrasting definitions of inflation How did Mises define inflation? How did Rothbard define inflation?  Whe...

13 Jun 202354min

Robin Linus from the ZeroSync project joins me to talk about how ZKPs can be used to help people quickly get started using Bitcoin. We discuss: What ZKPs are and what they can be used for Speeding ...

5 Jun 202345min

What happens under a high fee environment on the lightning network? We had one recently and so I asked Niftynei (Lisa of Base58), D++, and Nate (Voltage Head of Support & Education) to join me to talk...

2 Jun 20231h 19min