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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
TFTC is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in Bitcoin", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people.
Episodes
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.15
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - taproot activates successfully at block 609732 - muun wallet adds taproot support - SEC rejects VanEck spot bitcoin etf -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#286: Securitizing natural assets and manufactured energy and food shortages with Whitney Webb
Join Marty as he sits back down with Whitney Webb to discuss: - The plan to securitize the natural world - Why a botched vaccine passport rollout is important…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#281b: Announcing Synonym with John Carvalho
Join Marty as he sits down with John Carvalho to discuss Synonym's emergence from stealth mode. - Why did he build Synonym - What is it? - Building reputation…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#285: From bars to Bitcoin with Justin Rhedrick
Join Marty as he sits down with Justin Rhedrick, author of From Bars to Bitcoin, to discuss: - How a high time preference decision landed Justin in prison -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.08
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - taproot activates in two days (block 709632) - new bitcoin all time high - miami to airdrop bitcoin to residents -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#284: Surviving brain surgery, coming to grips with death, and pushing the limitations of the Lightning Network with Justin Rezvani
Join Marty as he sits down with Justin Rezvani, founder of Zion, to discuss: - Surviving brain surgery - A new lease on life - Founding and selling an…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#283: How we messed up our food and how we fix it with Texas Slim
Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim, founder of the Texas Beef Initiative, to discuss: - Texas history - How Monsanto ruined our food - Monocropping -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.01
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - lightning channel jamming research - largest bank in australia to add bitcoin payments - Miami mayor to take next paycheck…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#282: River adds bitcoin mining, the Metaverse, physical landscapes, and the CIA with Alexander Leishman
Join Marty as he sits down with Alexander Leishman, CEO & CEO of River Financial, to discuss: - River adding mining services - What does the future of bitcoin…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#281: Chinese mining theory, bitcoin divisibility, and UTXOs with John Carvalho
Join Marty as he sits down with John Carvalho to discuss: - John's Chinese mining theory - Is bitcoin divisible? - The UTXO set - The Lightning Network -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastSpecial Announcement: Ten31
Introducing Ten31 Investing in Bitcoin-native companies. Founded and backed by Bitcoiners. Our Mission: To facilitate the freedom of mankind through individual…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#280: A spooky Halloween special with our good friend @arbedout
Marty and Matt sit down with their good friend @arbedout to discuss: - Joining Unchained Capital - Writing a book - Has Lightning been attacked? - Is Tor…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.25
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - FATF releases updated guidance - el salvador now holds 1120 bitcoin - river launches hosted mining service - blockstream…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#279: Avoiding oblivion, the state of Chicago, and bitcoin smart contracts with Chris Stewart
Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart, founder of Suredbits, to discuss: - Recording podcasts with our grandmothers - Avoiding oblivion in the Digital…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#278: Dissecting the Clown World with Ben Kaufman
Join Marty as he sits down with Ben Kaufman, Chief Conspiracy Theorist at Clown World Today, to discuss: - The madness of the last 18-monhts - Logical…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap LIVE with @arbedout: Week of 2021.10.18
This week Marty, Matt, and @arbedout recorded live from the Unchained Capital offices in Austin, Texas and discussed: - bitcoin hits new all time high - first…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#277: Slowly getting bitcoin, why gold is already demonetized, and the virtue of Bitcoin with Larry Lepard
Join Marty as he sits down with Investment Manager Larry Lepard to discuss: - How the government and central banks have manipulated gold - Slowly coming to…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#276: Starting an exchange in Guatemala, onboarding enterprise clients, and freedom money with the IBEX Mercado team
Join Marty as he sits down with Jose Lemus, Juan Pablo Lemus, & Estaban de la Peña; the IBEX Mercado founding team, to discuss: - Why they built the exchange -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#275: Supply chains, government incompetence, Bitcoin, and Uranium with Kuppy
Join Marty as he sits down with Kuppy, Founder and CIO of Praetorian Capital and the man behind the Adventures in Capitalism blog, to discuss: - Supply chain…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.11
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - US Gov asks chipmakers for client data - US takes top mining spot - eclair v0.6.2 - umbrel v0.4.4 - bluewallet v6.2.10 -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#274: Canada's nonsensical restrictions, home mining, and oil & gas companies mining bitcoin with Steve Barbour
Join Marty as he sits down with Steve Barbour, founder and CEO of Upstream Data, to discuss: - Canada during COVID - Mouth breathing regulations - Building…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.04
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - hackers compromise 6000 coinbase accounts due to 2FA flaw - liquid network downtime and hard fork - lightning network…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#273: Supply chain problems, a proposed solution, and Bitcoin + Natural Rights with Ross Kennedy
Join Marty as he sits down with Ross Kennedy, founder of Fortis Analysis, to discuss: - The global supply chain issues - How the California ports work - Why…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.27
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoin.org compromised - missouri mayor to give all residents $1K worth of bitcoin - three new iOS zero day exploits -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#272: Evergrande, sovereign debt, and the convergence of bitcoin + the energy sector with Greg Foss
Join Marty as he sits down with Greg Foss the boss, of Validus Power, to discuss: - The ongoing Evergrande situation - Will its collapse cause contagion? - Is…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin week of 2021.09.20
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - tax change in infrastructure bill - wasabi wallet 2.0 blog - el salvador owns 700 bitcoin - compass adds at home mining…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.13
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - HRF provides 3.75 bitcoin in development grants - el salvador bitcoin tax exemptions for foreigners - imessage zero click…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.06
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoin is now legal tender in el salvador - bullbitcoin adds lightning support - irs undercover operation on localcryptos…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#271: Health v. Control, the decay of empires, and Bitcoin as Freedom money with George Gammon
Join Marty as he sits down with George Gammon to discuss: - The COVID reaction; is it about health or control? - The erosion of civil liberties - The emergence…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#270: Better Understanding Monetary Reset with LaserHodl
Join Marty as he sits back down with LaserHodl to continue their conversation about Monetary Reset. Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start…
TFTC: A Bitcoin PodcastRabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.29
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - salvadorian gov approves $150M bitcoin trust - twitter beta testing lightning tipping service through strike partnership -…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#269: Hollywood, the NBA, China and Bitcoin with Chris Fenton
Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Fenton, author of Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American…
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast#268: Q2 Global Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Join Marty as he sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss his report on the Q2 2021 Global Monetary Base. Follow Matthew on Twitter Check out the report…
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#267: Free private cities, economic zones, and gradual progress with Rahim Taghizadegan
Join Marty as he sits down with Rahim Taghizadegan, President of Free Private Cities, to discuss: - Citadels - Creating free private cities - How economic…
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#266: Complacency in the US, reworking public education, and changing the system from within w/ Blake Masters
Join Marty as he sits down with Blake Masters, COO of Thiel Capital - President of The Thiel Foundation - Running for US Senate in Arizona, to discuss: - Why…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.16
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoinsmiles.org crowdfunding campaign launches to provide dental care to salvadorians - bitmex demonstrates new proof of…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.09
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - infrastructure bill amendments fail - beyer bill proposed - large number of potential malicious bitcoin nodes graphing the…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.02
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - hodlhodl vulnerability - bitaroo exchange now requires video verification for withdrawals - infrastructure bill -…
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#265: Monetary reset, Malthusian wizardy, and Bitcoin as way out with LaserHodl
Join Marty as he sits down with LaserHodl to discuss: - Monetary reset - Zooming out and viewing the world through a specific lens - Tactics used by the power…
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#264: Energy poverty, nonsensical energy policy, and the miracle of petroleum with Chris Wright
Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Wright, Founder and CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services, to discuss: - Energy poverty - Lack of education around energy…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.26
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bipartisan infrastructure bill targets bitcoiners - Israel forced bitcoin disclosure bill - mexico regulator says 12…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.19
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - brink's second round of developer grants - seed signer v0.4.2 - specter desktop v1.5.0 - samourai dojo v1.10.1 - eclair…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.12
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitmex dev grant program accepting applications - bluewallet mobile focused lightning implementation powered by LDK -…
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#263: The Bitcoin Mining Council and ESG with Michael Saylor, Darin Feinstein, and Austin Storms
Join Marty as he sits down with Michael Saylor, Darin Feinstein, and Austin Storms to have a discussion about the Bitcoin Mining Council and the ESG movement…
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#262: Clean water, a prodigal son's journey, and the Bitcoin Water Trust with Scott Harrison
Join Marty as he sits down with Scott Harrison, Founder and CEO of Charity: Water, to discuss: - A prodigal son's journey - Nightclub life - Hitting rock…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.05
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - specter windows vulnerability was a false alarm - bisq discloses substantial privacy vulnerability - former cftc chair…
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#261: The CCP's 100-year anniversary, the geographic distribution of hashrate, and capacity constraints in North America with Edward Evenson
Join Marty as he sits down with Edward Evenson, Director of Business Development at Braiins, to discuss: - The great hashrate migrations - What Chinese miners…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.28
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - windows version of specter desktop v1.4.6 included a virus - largest downward difficulty adjustment in bitcoin history…
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#260: The Great Mining Migration, the market for ASICs, and the near term future of hashrate with Leo Zhang
Join Marty as he sits down with Leo Zhang, founder of Anicca Research, to discuss: - Is this mining ban real? - How are Chinese miners reacting? - The dynamics…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.21
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoin hash drops amid chinese crackdown - gbtc redemptions hurting bitcoin demand - the b word initiative - lnd…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.14
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - taproot upgrade has locked in, activation expected in november - Criminals mailing ledger customers compromised hardware…
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#259: Bitcoin layer 3, empowering dissidents, and the power of the Lightning Network with Chase Perkins
Join Marty as he sits down with Chase Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Impervious.ai, to discuss: - Building a VPN that leverages Lightning Network routing nodes…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.07
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - El Salvador declares bitcoin legal tender - Legal tender move pissed off IMF - VOLCANO MINING - DOJ seizes 63.7 bitcoin…
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Rabbit Hole Recap LIVE IN MIAMI: Week of 2021.05.31
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Moon bouncing transactions - Ross Ulbricht's interview - Green coins - Kevin O'Leary gets heckled - Censorship - Bitcoin…
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#258: The morality of ESG with Untapped Growth
Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth to discuss: - ESG - Is it moral? - Can it be leveraged to speculative attack the fiat standard? - How can…
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#257: Infusing bitcoin into gaming, the Lightning Network, and Bitcoin 2021 with Desiree Dickerson, Christian Moss, and Michael Tidwell
Join Marty as he sits down with Desiree Dickerson of Lightning Labs and Mint Gox + Christian Moss and Michael Tidwell of ZEBEEDEE to discuss: - Update of the…
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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.24
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Chinese government bitcoin mining ban rumors - US based "bitcoin mining council" - texas bitcoin law - Ray dalio owns…
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#256: How to grow a pair with Dave Collum
Join Marty as he sits down with the legend Dave Collum to discuss: - Fauci - Climate change - Lockdowns - The Fed - Inflation - Skydiving - much more Shoutout…
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#255: Green energy tradeoffs, real environmentalism, Bitcoin as a commodity, & Saudi Inc. with Dr. Ellen Wald
Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Ellen Wald, author of Saudi, Inc., to discuss: - The unspoken tradeoffs of green energy - The Colonial Pipeline situation -…
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#254: Bitcoin 101, inflation, and surfing with Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks
Join Marty as he sits down with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks to discuss: - Bitcoin 101 - Inflation - Hyperinflation rhyming - much more Follow…