Stephan Livera

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bitcoin December 6, 2023December 8, 2023 Asynchronous payments, bitcoin, Bitcoin Adoption, Bitcoin Trends, bitcoin updates, Blocktank, Decentralized Finance, Financial Technology, JIT, JIT Channels, Layer 2 Solutions, Lightning Adoption, Lightning Development, lightning network, Lightning Network Explained, Lightning Network Growth, Lightning Service Providers, LSP, LSP Marketplace, LSP Specification, LSPS1, Payment Channels, Satoshi, Satoshi news, Scalability Solutions, Severin Bühler, Severin Buhler, Stephan Livera, Synonym, Wallet of Satoshi

SLP531 How Many People Can Use Lightning? with Severin Bühler

How many people can use Bitcoin and Lightning today? Severin Buhler from Synonym joins me to talk about the LSP spec as well as lightning development.

bitcoin December 3, 2023December 4, 2023 bitcoin, Bitcoin Adoption, Bitcoin Beach Brazil, Bitcoin Circular Economy, Bitcoin Economy Insights, Bitcoin Entrepreneurship, Bitcoin Merchant Services, Bitcoinize, Bitcoinize device, Bitcoinize POS, Bolt card, Circular Economy Model, Community Development, Digital Payments, Economic Empowerment, Empowering Merchants, Fernando Motolese, Financial Inclusion, HODL vs spend, Merchant Onboarding, Merchant Solutions, Payment Innovation, Payment Technology, SLP530, Sustainable Growth, Tech stack

SLP530 Growing a Bitcoin Circular Economy with Fernando Motolese (Bitcoin Beach Brazil & Bitcoinize POS)

There are various Bitcoin ‘circular economies’ but we talk with Fernando Motolese about how he started Bitcoin Beach Brazil, as well as his efforts in creating a new merchant POS terminal device, Bitcoinize.

bitcoin December 1, 2023December 4, 2023 Advantages of Morazán, Amenities in Ciudad Morazán, Blue Collar Workers, Business-Focused Governance, City Growth Strategies, Ciudad Morazán, Economic Freedom in Morazán, Family-Friendly Governance, Free Private Cities, Free Private Cities Model, Massimo Mazzone, Population of Morazán, Private City Development, Private Governance, Prospera Comparison, Scaling Up Private Cities, SLP529, Stephan Livera Podcast, Taxation in Ciudad Morazán, ZEDE Law in Honduras

SLP529 Ciudad Morazán with Massimo Mazzone

Free Private Cities are an exciting attempt at a new model for private governance. I’ve previously spoken with leaders in this movement such as Titus Gebel and Peter Young. Today I’m speaking with the founder of Ciudad Morazan, another free private city in Honduras.

bitcoin November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Bitcoin Ecosystem, Bitcoin Hashrate, Bitcoin infrastructure, Bitcoin Innovation, bitcoin mining, Bitcoin Network, Bitcoin Protocol, Bitcoin Scaling, bitcoin security, Bitcoin Transactions, Block Withholding Attacks, Blockchain Security, Cryptocurrency Mining, Decentralized Mining, Hashers vs Miners, lightning network, Mining Centralization, Mining Fees, Mining Hardware, Mining Pools, Ocean Bitcoin Mechanic, Ocean Solutions, Pool Payout Methods, Proof of Work, SLP528, Stephan Livera, stratum v2

SLP528 Bitcoin Mining Decentralisation with Ocean – Bitcoin Mechanic

Bitcoin’s mining ecosystem centralization and possible solutions are discussed with Bitcoin Mechanic from Ocean. Topics include hashers vs miners, pool payout methods, Stratum v2, block withholding attacks, what Ocean is doing about it, fees, and lightning payouts.

bitcoin November 20, 2023November 29, 2023 bitcoin, CPI, Gene Epstein, inflation, Labour Compensation, Labour Productivity since 1971, Stephan Livera

SLP527 Has Business Been Exploiting Labour since 1971? with Gene Epstein

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!