Stephan Livera Podcast

Conner Fromknecht Head of Cryptographic Engineering at Lightning Labs, joins me to go in depth on Bitcoin Lightning Watchtowers. Understand how Bitcoin’s Lightning Network keeps channel participants honest and how Watchtowers can help: How Lightning Network’s punishment model works without watchtowers Where watchtowers come in and how they work Why watchtowers can’t steal your bitcoins Scalability of watchtowers Privacy Funding and operation model LND v0.7 features Conner Fromknecht links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitconner Github: https://github.com/cfromknecht Lightning Labs website (Developer Slack sign up link on this page): https://lightning.engineering/ Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

24 Jun 20191h

Alena Vranova, Head of Strategy at Casa joins me in this episode to talk about the challenges we’re all facing with keeping our data secure, as well as what Casa are doing. We talk: Privacy horrors around the world #MyDataMyLife campaign What individuals can do to protect their privacy How businesses can change their practices Casa and their approach to customer data Alena Vranova links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alenasatoshi Casa: https://keys.casa/ Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

21 Jun 201955min

Dan Held, Co-Founder of Interchange rejoins me in this episode to talk about the long term security of Bitcoin as it transitions to transaction fee (away from block subsidy). We discuss whether this will be a problem, or whether Bitcoin will be OK. Basic statement of the concern The modelling behind why Dan believes Bitcoin’s security is fine The increasing ‘weight’ of a bitcoin transaction How bitcoin usage will evolve in the future Value of Bitcoin conference reflections e.g. is Proof of Work wasteful or environmentally destructive Dan Held Links: Dan Held Twitter: https://twitter.com/danheld Bitcoin’s Security is Fine article: https://blog.picks.co/bitcoins-security-is-fine-93391d9b61a8?gi=2fa1fafbf5b4 Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/?utm_source=Stephan%20Livera&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=Affiliate Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

20 Jun 201958min

Richard Myers of Gotenna and Global Mesh Labs joins me to talk about a new way to improve mesh networking with the use of bitcoin payments to provide incentive for message and packet routing. We talk: What the problem is with the current set up of the internet and current mesh networking What the Lot49 proposal is How it works Risks and challenges to be faced What happens next Richard Myers Links: Richard Myers twitter: https://twitter.com/remyers_ Global Mesh Labs twitter: https://twitter.com/globalmeshlabs Global Mesh Labs site: https://globalmeshlabs.org/ Lot49 Protocol Whitepaper: https://global-mesh-labs.gitbook.io/lot49/ Global Mesh Labs Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/HvhpZhT_q4VYUgXm5hOFGA Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/ Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email contact (advertising queries or general feedback): stephanlivera@pm.me

17 Jun 201957min

Misir Mahmudov (Bitcoin writer and working Operations at Adaptive Capital) joins me in this episode to talk: How he learned about Bitcoin and Austrian Economics Recommendations for listeners who want to learn more His thesis on the closure of the gold window and impacts on inequality Bitcoin and Morals The role of Satoshi Misir links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/misir_mahmudov Medium: https://medium.com/@misir_mahmudov Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/ Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email contact (advertising queries or general feedback): stephanlivera@pm.me

15 Jun 201958min

A co-founder of the Bitcoin privacy focused wallet, Samourai Wallet, rejoins the show in this fantastic episode to talk about the many updates since last time on the show (SLP29): Getting funding from Cypherpunk Holdings Release of Dojo software - open sourcing Samourai Wallet server backend Collaboration with the nodl team for official Dojo Hardware Whirlpool (Coinjoin) mixing Other features and what to look out for - Stonewallx2, Stowaway, Ricochet Samourai Wallet Links: Samourai Wallet website: https://samouraiwallet.com/ Samourai Wallet Twitter: https://twitter.com/samouraiwallet Samourai Wallet Telegram chat group: https://t.me/SamouraiWallet Sponsor links: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com/ Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

10 Jun 20191h

Kalle Rosenbaum (author, developer and bitcoin consultant) joins me in this episode to discuss his new book, Grokking Bitcoin. We talk: The process of writing this book David Harding’s foreword Some cryptography basics Different Bitcoin transaction types How nodes communicate Bitcoin upgrades, and bitcoin forks Kalle Rosenbaum links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum (40% DISCOUNT CODE: podsliv19) Grokking Bitcoin book: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitcoin Sponsor link: Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me

7 Jun 201947min

Vijay Boyapati, Bitcoin economic commentator, joins me to talk about: Monetary stages of evolution Merchant adoption of Bitcoin to receive payment - is it 2013 all over again? Facebook Crypto Horizontal “Crypto” vs Vertical Bitcoin businesses Why Bitcoin is not Paypal 2.0 Vijay links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/ Bitcoin ‘Horizontal vs vertical’ thread: https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1128893146807488512 Stephan Livera links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/@stephanlivera Subscribe to the Podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ Email for podcast advertising enquiries: stephanlivera@pm.me

3 Jun 201954min