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    Bitcoin Asia (HK) 2026 Day 2 Interviews | SLP769

    2026/08/31 | 27 mins.
    Interviews at Bitcoin Asia 2026 Day 2
    00:00 - Piriya Sambandaraksa
    05:14 - Alexander Mann
    11:04 - Shone Anstey of LQWD
    17:03 -Liam Eagen from Ideal Group
    Links: 
    https://x.com/piriya

    https://x.com/idealgroup

    https://x.com/liameagen

    https://x.com/LQWDTech

    https://x.com/shoneanstey

    https://x.com/alex_singh_mann

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    Bitcoin Asia (HK) 2026 Day 1 Interviews | SLP768

    2026/08/29 | 40 mins.
    In this episode, I interviewed several people at Bitcoin Asia 2026.
    Timestamps:
    00:00 - Interview with Adam Poulton
    06:28 Interview with Giovanni Santostasi
    15:18 Interview Jeff Walton of Strive
    34:11 Interview with Alex B from ArkLabs
    Links: 
    http://x.com/Giovann35084111

    http://x.com/adampoulton

    http://x.com/bergealex4

    http://x.com/arklabshq

    http://x.com/punterjeff

    http://x.com/strive

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    Wallet Playground for learning Bitcoin self custody with Piers Macrae | SLP767

    2026/08/25 | 29 mins.
    In this episode, Piers Macrae demonstrates Wallet Playground and explains why hardware wallets are signing devices, not wallets.
    Timestamps:
    01:10 — Teach Me vs Do It For Me
    03:23 — Test Any Wallet Free in Browser
    09:09 — Coldcard Drama Forced Early Release
    14:03 — Generate Seeds Using Your Webcam
    17:52 — Hardware Wallets Aren't Real Wallets
    21:52 — Only 1% Use Multisig for Life Savings
    25:33 — Self-Custody Like Firearms Drilling?
    27:30 — Only Tiny Percentage Will Self-Custody
    Links: 
    X: @mineracks — https://x.com/mineracks

    Wallet Playground: https://walletplayground.com/

    mineracks: https://www.mineracks.com/

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    Dice Rolls, Entropy, and SeedSigner | Keith Mukai SLP766

    2026/08/22 | 52 mins.
    In this episode, Keith Mukai of SeedSigner joins to explain why 1.4 percent variance in cheap dice still delivers full 128-bit entropy and how to verify rolls across devices.
    Timestamps:
    03:10 — Cheap Dice Only 1.4% Unfair?
    06:29 — Shake Multiple Dice in a Box
    08:26 — Verify Dice Rolls Across Devices
    11:02 — Verify Dice Seeds With Fake Rolls
    13:50 — Multiple Test Rounds Foil Attackers
    16:36 — 90% Users Choose Easy RNG Mode
    19:08 — Jade's D&D Dice Method?
    21:53 — Build Your Own: Avoid Mailing List Leak
    24:48 — Stateless Device: Evil Maid Gets Nothing
    26:45 — Hand-Drawn SeedQR: Skip Typing 24 Words
    29:02 — SeedSigner: Built for Long-Term Cold Storage
    31:30 — Evil Maid SD Card Swap Destroys Security
    35:27 — Why Multisig Beats Single-Sig + Passphrase
    37:14 — Scan Sparrow PDF QR to Load Multisig
    42:16 — No One-Size-Fits-All Security
    46:41 — Understand Dice Rolls Yourself
    49:13 — Take Baby Steps to Multisig
    Links: 
    https://seedsigner.com/

    https://x.com/keithmukai

    https://x.com/SeedSigner

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    Jade for Single-Sig or Multisig | Rich SLP765

    2026/08/19 | 27 mins.
    In this episode, Rich from the team at Blockstream explains Jade, offline dice entropy, blind oracle protection, multisig descriptor recovery and the new Blockstream Swaps beta.
    Timestamps:
    00:45 — AI Scans & Audits Secure Jade
    03:21 — Jade Core $99, Plus Up to $169
    05:51 — Roll Dice for Offline Seed Entropy
    08:23 — Blind Oracle: Remote Secure Element Explained
    11:15 — Seed QR: Hand-Draw Your Recovery Phrase
    15:24 — Jade Sends Back Lost Multisig Descriptor
    19:40 — People Choosing Multisig Over ETFs
    25:03 — Blockstream Swaps Beta: Lightning to Liquid
    Links: 
    blockstream.com/jade 

    https://x.com/blockstream

    https://x.com/blockstreamjade

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About Stephan Livera Podcast
Join Stephan as he interviews the sharpest economic and technical minds in Bitcoin & Austrian Economics to help you understand how money is changing and evolving. Leading names in the world of Bitcoin join the show to share their insights, whether they are developers, CEOs, economists, authors, analysts and more.
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