Stephan Livera Podcast

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
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Wallet Playground: https://walletplayground.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
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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
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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: 
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Wavelength Announcement: https://x.com/lightning/status/2079620936567779707

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Old self-custody approaches collapse once Bitcoin reaches six figures, physical threats rise, and AI tools proliferate. Single hardware wallets and mattress myths no longer match the scale or risks that large holders now face.
Michael Tanguma, CEO and co-founder of Onramp, returns to examine how custody must adapt to family obligations, mortality, and market structure that turns concentrated holdings into targets.
The discussion covers why repeated exchange failures keep Bitcoin looking speculative to outsiders, how multi-institution setups reduce scam ROI, and the limits of adding more dice or vendors in an AI era. It also addresses custody pricing models and the practical question of whether any current setup survives a tenfold price increase.
Game theory now requires diversified institutional layers rather than pure self-reliance for serious stacks.
Timestamp:
03:43 — Bitcoin Custody Won't Work Like 2012
05:49 — Self-Custody Rules Changed With Your Life
07:19 — Why Bitcoiners Must Stop the Mattress Myth
09:01 — Bitcoin's Asset Layer Makes It Unstoppable
11:22 — Private Keys Are Like Firearms
15:40 — Custody Losses Keep Bitcoin Speculative
18:56 — AI Just Changed Self-Custody Forever
21:41 — Why Bitcoin Robberies Are Skyrocketing
25:41 — Multi-Institution Custody Kills Pig Butchering
27:57 — Bitcoin at $650K: Security Nightmare?
29:30 — Game Theory Demands Multi-Custody Bitcoin
32:03 — Centralized Custody: The Honeypot Risk
37:56 — Why Custody Fees Should Be Zero
39:51 — Full Bitcoin Custody for $100/Month
42:51 — Would Your Setup Survive 10x Bitcoin?
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