--- title: "Stephan Livera Rabbit Hole Stephan Livera - Swan Bitcoin" description: "My rabbit hole is a mix of curated concepts and ideas gathered across almost 9 years studying Bitcoin. I believe to really learn about Bitcoin, you have to know enough across various disciplines to understand the how…" url: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/canon/stephan-livera-rabbit-hole/ --- # Stephan Livera Rabbit Hole Stephan Livera - Swan Bitcoin My rabbit hole is a mix of curated concepts and ideas gathered across almost 9 years studying Bitcoin. I believe to really learn about Bitcoin, you have to know enough across various disciplines to understand the how… --- **Stephan Livera** ([@stephanlivera](https://twitter.com/stephanlivera)) My rabbit hole is a mix of curated concepts and ideas gathered across almost 9 years studying Bitcoin. I believe to really learn about Bitcoin, you have to know enough across various disciplines to understand the how, what, and importantly, the why. This includes austrian economics, cryptography, history, networking, politics, energy and distributed systems. - [Cypherpunks Write Code](https://youtu.be/9vM0oIEhMag) (ReasonTV): A great history and intro on the cypherpunks, who were the predecessors of Bitcoin. In this excellent documentary by ReasonTV, you will learn about the Crypto Wars and the predecessor technologies before Bitcoin. - [Intro to Bitcoin Austrian Thought](https://www.stephanlivera.com/71) (Stephan Livera): This is my solo episode from mid 2019 spelling out a 'Bitcoin Austrian' framework for thinking about Bitcoin from an austrian economist's perspective. This episode helped frame and influence other Bitcoin educators. - [Bitcoin Miners Beware: Invalid Blocks Need Not Apply](https://hackernoon.com/bitcoin-miners-beware-invalid-blocks-need-not-apply-51c293ee278b) (Stop And Decrypt): This was a seminal article by 'Stop and Decrypt' on what a Bitcoin Node does. - [A Most Peaceful Revolution](https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-most-peaceful-revolution-8b63b64c203e) (Nic Carter): An excellent read on the reason behind Bitcoin as a project. This is about a peaceful revolution in the money of the world. - [The Bullish Case for Bitcoin](https://vijayboyapati.medium.com/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1) (Vijay Boyaparti): A great first read on Bitcoin. - [The True Costs (and Unseen Benefits) of Bitcoin Mining](https://mises.org/wire/true-costs-and-unseen-benefits-bitcoin-mining) (Stephan Livera): My explanation on why Bitcoin mining is valuable and the energy used is well worth it. - [Bitcoin Dematerializes Money](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/213/) (Stephan Livera, Michael Saylor): My episode with Michael Saylor, in this one we chat about the problem of fiat inflation and why he chose to buy Bitcoin with his company balance sheet. - [Inventing Bitcoin](https://swanbitcoin.com/freebook) (Yan Prtizker): Read Yan Pritzker's Inventing Bitcoin, a fantastic explanation for laypeople on the basics of Bitcoin technology. - [The Bitcoin Standard](https://saifedean.com/thebitcoinstandard/) (Saifedean Ammous): The must read book on Bitcoin economics by my friend Saifedean Ammous. - [Austrian Monetary Economics & Bitcoin](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/51) (Stephan Livera, Jorg Guido Hulsmann): My interview with Guido Hulsmann, author of The Ethics of Money Production, a highly influential book in Bitcoin circles. - [What Has Government Done to Our Money](https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money) (Murray Rothbard): An excellent exploration of what government has done to our money, by Murray Rothbard and made available free at the Mises Institute. - [The Blocksize War](https://www.amazon.com/Blocksize-War-controls-Bitcoins-protocol/dp/B08YQMC2WM) (Jonathan Bier): The book to read on the 'block size wars' of 2015,16,17 culminating in the failure of BCash and of SegWit2X. - [Economic Eras of Bitcoin and Lightning Development, with Rusty Russell of Blockstream](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/23) (Stephan Livera, Rusty Russell): An intro episode on what the lightning network is by one of its main architects, Rusty Russell. - [10X Your Bitcoin Security with Multisig](https://stephanlivera.com/215) (Stephan Livera, Michael Flaxman): An exploration and update on thinking with Bitcoin security and multi-signature with Michael Flaxman. - [A Beginners Guide to the Lightning Network](https://bitcoiner.guide/lightning) (Bitcoiner.Guide): A great webpage / article explanation of the lightning network. - [What Most People Get Wrong About Deflation](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/153) (Stephan Livera, Philipp Bagus): An episode specifically on what most people get wrong about Deflation with Philipp Bagus. - [Bitcoin Core Contribution](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/124/) (Stephan Livera, Jon Atack): An explanation of Bitcoin Core contribution with a Bitcoin Core contributor, Jon Atack. - [Maintaining Bitcoin Core: Contribution, Consensus, Conflict](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/242) (Stephan Livera, Jonas Schnelli): An explanation of the role that Bitcoin maintainers perform, with ex-Bitcoin Core maintainer Jonas Schnelli. - [How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot Lot=TRUE, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks](https://stephanlivera.com/episode/260) (Stephan Livera, Luke Dashjr): An exploration of how SegWit2X and UASF went down with Bitcoin Core contributor Luke Dashjr. - [How Bitcoin Works Under the Hood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx9zgZCMqXE) (CuriousInventor): A nice 'under the hood' explanation of Bitcoin. - [Everyone's a Scammer](https://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/everyones-a-scammer/) (Michael Goldstein): Beware! Everyone's a scammer as explained by Michael Goldstein (aka Bitstein).