Stephan Livera Podcast

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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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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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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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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Lightning Labs built Wavelength to deliver self-custodial Lightning payments without forcing users to run nodes, manage channels, or handle liquidity.
Olaoluwa Osuntokun, CTO and co-founder of Lightning Labs, and Michael Levin, VP of Product, join me to detail the design choices behind their Ark implementation.
They explain why Ark was selected, how hop hints let every payment use ordinary Lightning invoices, and why the four-endpoint SDK targets AI agents and vibe coders. The conversation covers sub-dust vouchers, unilateral exits, offline payment delivery, and one-basis-point alpha pricing.
Wavelength shows that self-custodial Lightning can match the integration ease of custodial services while preserving Bitcoin sovereignty.
Timestamps
01:28 — Why Wavelength: Lightning Without Node Pain
03:00 — Why Ark? 
05:28 — No New Addresses: Just Lightning Invoices
08:40 — Targeting Vibe Coders & AI Agents
13:06 — Lightning Beats Credit for LLM APIs
17:51 — Receive Sub-1k Sat Vouchers Seamlessly
19:32 — Normal User Spins Up Ark Wallet Fast
23:02 — Build Wallets with Just 4 Endpoints
24:46 — Telegram Self-Custodial Wallets Already Live
26:21 — Offline Payments Still Arrive Automatically
29:17 — Drop-In SDK for iOS and Android
31:26 — Can Servers Steal Your Funds?
33:36 — Wavelength Alpha: Just 1 Bip Fees
37:57 — AI Attacks Targeting Bitcoin Services?
44:05 — Bug Bounties Shift to Token Spending
48:36 — Self-Custody as Easy as Custodial
Links: 
https://x.com/roasbee

https://x.com/MichaelLevin

Wavelength Announcement: https://x.com/lightning/status/2079620936567779707

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