stephanlivera
Stephan Livera

#Bitcoin Podcaster and Advisor to Bold

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2025-05-05 07:26:42 UTC

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Of course you are free to run software with filters on it. There's a difference between what works at the network level and what people individually do.
Reasoning by analogy isn't going to work here IMO

2025-02-10 15:48:17 UTC

the rise of bitcoin banks with @npub190d…09r3 of @npub1gal…z3t2
https://youtu.be/Rpn-W0fQ_6o?si=Xck8e_w_LNRiSSwB

2025-02-08 15:57:13 UTC

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great idea! will chat with the team

2025-02-04 16:21:06 UTC

Interesting scenarios on bitcoin blockchain hitting 1TB and 2TB by @nprofile…743s for @nprofile…wnpf
see full report here https://research.mempool.space/block-size-report/
https://m.primal.net/OQGU.png

2025-02-03 04:24:22 UTC

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Yeah I find this an interesting dynamic where AI replacing search changes the model on ads. Maybe it drives people to get their info from 'trusted' personalities and people on social media instead of old school corporate.
But that also can drive bad tendencies too with low effort engagement farming and clickbaity 'influencer' type behaviour.
#nevent1q…pat3

2025-02-03 04:18:03 UTC

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well Bull Bitcoin Wallet has payjoin so that might be interesting from an on chain privacy perspective. Of course in order to make it work better, we need more other people who support payjoin...

2025-02-02 10:19:50 UTC

With bitcoin on chain transactions this cheap, arguably the bottleneck to adoption is not a technical one, it's economic.

2025-01-30 14:27:41 UTC

plan b el Salvador starting soon!
https://m.primal.net/OIGu.mp4

2025-01-26 09:19:11 UTC

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You've not presented a counter argument ?
merely asserting it is more complex is not an argument

2025-01-25 14:23:37 UTC

Enjoyed my chat with Andrew Hohns of Newmarket Capital / Battery Finance on bitcoin collateralized lending and where this market may go. Check out the ep here https://stephanlivera.com/episode/630/

2025-01-24 15:10:51 UTC

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Even so, this is the difference between earning revenue in bitcoin vs holding bitcoin on your balance sheet.
One is on your income statement, the other is a balance sheet asset.

2025-01-24 13:30:57 UTC

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Could be saving for uncertainty in the future, career and learning opportunities for the kids, could be business opportunities in future.
Of course housing is one of those things, but the point here is more like: wait until it's a very small fraction of your stack to do it, and view it more like 'consumption' or a lifestyle purchase at that time. Not as an investment.

2025-01-24 13:28:46 UTC

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In many cases, governments are more akin to a predator than a service provider...

2025-01-24 11:09:27 UTC

Bitcoin will demonetise housing and change the nature of the property ponzi.
So in 2025 where there are still a lot of people who think rental property investment is a good idea, aren't they effectively holding the bag?
Isn't it more efficient to rent a place, let them own the demonetising asset, and they pay for the substantial maintenance, take on depreciation and other risks - while you HODL on?

2025-01-24 08:20:24 UTC

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True! But even there, there are limits to how much they can print before facing negative consequences e.g. less people wanting to use their fiat or hold govt debt bags.
I wonder to what extent this 'tempers' their theft/printing

2025-01-24 08:11:36 UTC

Bullish on what @nprofile…65rk are doing
"Over 40 apps have already implemented our SDK in production or beta since we launched it less than 18 months ago. Collectively, ~1.5 million users now have access to self-custodial, peer-to-peer bitcoin payments through these apps."
https://medium.com/breez-technology/breez-has-been-building-momentum-and-were-just-getting-started-06cf97c272ab

2025-01-16 07:57:34 UTC

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Examples:
- The pension ponzi (why should young talented people sacrifice themselves on the fiat altar)
- "just go to uni and get a good job" - not when universities are overpriced, woke indoctrination centres
- Over taxing and over regulating nation states - people will 'take their ball and leave' if they're not offered a reasonable deal

2025-01-16 06:59:20 UTC

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Nice

2025-01-16 06:56:46 UTC

Whatever "social contracts" there were in the fiat money era, they will be renegotiated in the bitcoin era.

2024-09-04 05:05:28 UTC

Why does @npub1az9…m8y8 not like USB? see why in this clip
https://m.primal.net/KdQU.mp4

2024-05-27 13:34:10 UTC

Silent Payments is a new approach to improving privacy and useability of Bitcoin. Imagine not needing to manually create new addresses? Josie and Ruben Somsen join me to discuss how it's possible.
Silent Payments overview
Contrast with other techniques such as BIP47
Light client support
Stopping address re-use
Base layer privacy discussion
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/579/

2024-05-26 05:56:05 UTC

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

2024-05-08 11:55:35 UTC

@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/

2024-05-06 15:39:20 UTC

Normalize the term 'tax cattle'

2024-05-03 11:40:44 UTC

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.

2023-05-30 11:40:22 UTC

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Agree its an interesting idea.
All the swaps could get expensive though, remains to be seen if it would as attractive as it is now. Though perhaps now is being sort-of-subsidized by Muun?

2023-02-14 05:47:42 UTC

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Yeah I think they're great for more casual lower security setups, whereas for more secure stuff I prefer the devices with a screen.

2023-02-11 04:59:05 UTC

The fiat inflationary system has a big shill army. It's no surprise there's a lot of inertia keeping the masses in fiat systems.
Our challenge is to teach people why that system is irreparably flawed.

2023-02-01 08:45:16 UTC

Still figuring this nostr stuff out, but it's pretty cool. Definitely seeing potential here