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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

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.

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#493: Fixing Big Ag with Jeff Smith

Marty sits down with Jeff Smith to discuss the state of ranching and the agriculture industry. Colorado Craft Beef: https://coloradocraftbeef.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Bitcoin and ranching 13:37 - Starting Colorado Craft Beef 23:41 - Regulatory risk 29:04 - Taking care of the land 33:23 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 34:02 - Scaling in competition with large corps 39:00 - Orange pilling 55:34 - Weaponized fiat and food 1:00:34 - Competency crisis 1:12:32 - Yummy steaks 1:18:30 - Back to scaling 1:27:...

Mar 26, 20241 hr 34 min

#492: Open Source AI Is Winning with NVK

Marty sits down with NVK to discuss Coinkite, AI, tradeoffs in bitcoin, and more. NVK on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Signing devices and the Coldcard Q 13:13 - ETFs vs self custody 17:38 - SIM swaps and AI fakes 23:59 - Meatspace KYC 26:55 - AI tools, Unleashed.chat 32:04 - AI and bitcoin for businesses 42:18 - How AI will impact the world 50:14 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 50:52 - What will our children need to know? 55:10 - Covenants 1:03:10 - Tradeoffs of bitcoin scalin...

Mar 20, 20241 hr 59 min

#491: Bitcoin Urbanism with Tuur Demeester, Kelly Lannan & Austin Tunnell

Marty sits down with the Tuur, Kelly and Austin after the Bitcoin Urbanism panel for an extended chat about fiat real estate, walkable cities, beautiful architecture, and more. Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktlannan Austin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AustinTunnell 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Introducing guests 14:03 - Fiat real estate and centralized planning 22:48 - Environment and psychology 34:33 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 35:12 - Efficie...

Mar 18, 20241 hr 32 min

#490: How Woke Took Over America with Andrew Gutmann

Marty sits down with Andrew Gutmann to discuss his Substack article on the link between fiat money and woke ideology. Andrew's website: https://andrewgutmann.com/ Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewGutmann Andrew's Substack article: https://andrewgutmann.substack.com/p/how-woke-took-over-america 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Andrew’s background 11:30 - Andrew’s Substack piece 17:54 - Commercial banks and the Fed 21:34 - How fiat causes wealth disparity 28:30 - Turning the tide 31:40 - Gradually,...

Mar 15, 20241 hr 3 min

#489: Bitcoin Fixes Scientific Peer Review with Kevin McKernan

Marty sits down with Kevin McKernan to discuss covid jabs and how Bitcoin can be leveraged to incentivize and improve peer review. Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kevin_McKernan Kevin's Substack: https://anandamide.substack.com/ Kevin's Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Kg5gDtmSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Kg5gDtmSg The Indoctrinated Brain: https://www.amazon.com/Indoctrinated-Brain-Successfully-Global-Freedom/dp/1510778365 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Capitol Hill presentation 15:08 ...

Mar 13, 20241 hr 27 min

#488: Freedom Money Will Revive Rural America with Dr. Brooke Miller

Marty sits down with Dr. Brooke Miller to discuss the damage of mRNA vaccines, the media's attacks on rural America, and scaling local food and health models. Dr Miller on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brookemillermd 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Vaccine data 15:58 - Nefarious intentions 21:47 - Media attacking ranchers 27:11 - mRNA food 31:56 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 32:34 - Counter attack 37:18 - Freedom money 45:10 - Rural America 50:06 - Local food 53:09 - Scaling and centralization 1:01:21 - Momentu...

Mar 11, 20241 hr 21 min

#487: Bitcoin Mining Industry v. Elizabeth Warren with Pierre Rochard

Marty sits down with Pierre Rochard to discuss the mining industry's response to the EIA registry. Pierre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - AI tools 18:11 - AI competing with Bitcoin for energy 26:05 - EIA registry 1:02:20 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 1:02:59 - Liz’s goals 1:08:23 - Environmentalism 1:15:48- Nat gas and context for renewables 1:31:24 - Current market and speculative attack 1:43:28 - Good time to be a bitcoiner Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Mar 08, 20241 hr 51 min

#486: How Bitcoin Can Solve The Competency Crisis with Axel Raven

Marty sits down with Axel Raven to discuss the the root causes of the competency crisis in fiat currency. Axel on Twitter https://twitter.com/FinancialPhys Axel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@financialphysics7541 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Competency crisis and essential work 22:09 - Sound money 30:05 - Time and the purpose of money 36:35 - Keynesian trickery 46:28 - Real estate and northern weather 50:38 - Trucking 1:04:44 - Automation fantasies 1:09:37 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 1:10:16 - Techni...

Mar 06, 20241 hr 49 min

#485: Will Bitcoin Hit $1,000,000 This Cycle? with Tuur Demeester

Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester the bull run, the mindsets that perpetuate controlling regimes, AI, and more. Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester Adamant Research: https://adamantresearch.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:07 - Tuur is bullish 12:08 - Public is catching on to money printing 17:01 - Effect of newbie influx 22:57 - Regulatory and centralization risk 29:04 - Totalitarian regimes 41:06 - Belgium and helpless mindset 51:32 - AI and information accessibility 1:00:55 - Gradually, T...

Mar 04, 20241 hr 36 min

#484: Bitcoin And The Long March with Ben Hart

Marty sits down with Ben Hart to discuss his recent viral popularity, victim culture, and the hope Bitcoin brings for the future. Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenHart_Freedom 0:00 - Intro 6:21 - Ben’s daughter 16:46 - Discovering Bitcoin 19:36 - Dartmouth Review 24:38 - Big tech and intelligence agencies 33:22 - College brainwashing 44:23 - Victim narrative and immigration 52:25 - Fiat culture 56:06 - Energy, mining and decentralization 1:01:11 - Sound money and military industrial comple...

Mar 01, 20241 hr 29 min

#483: Bitcoin Is The 7th Largest Base Money In The World with Matthew Mežinskis

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2023 monetary base update. 6:25 - Cloward-Piven and immigration 30:22 - Top currencies 38:45 - Inflation rates 46:59 - NZ bankers go mask off 54:14 - Fedwire vs Bitcoin 1:17:14 - Power trend line 1:26:53 - Does the ETF change things? 1:29:43 - “All assets” chart 1:35:23 - Federal debt 1:48:25 - Building the roads 1:52:21 - Russia 2:07:05 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Feb 21, 20242 hr 10 min

#482: Freedom Fighters Need Bitcoin with Lyudmyla Kozlovska & Bota Jardemalie

Marty sits down with Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie to discuss activism against the EU regulators' attacks on Bitcoin. - PoW submission to the EU regulators (example of testimonials we want to collect from bitcoin miners and those who socially benefit from it): https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/724499,defend-pow-submission-to-esma/ - EU AML submission: https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/723329,submission-to-fatf-tools-to-prevent-abuse-of-aml-cft-laws/ -Submission to FinCen US: https://en.odfoundati...

Feb 20, 20241 hr 16 min

#481: Bitcoin's Positive Influence On Power Markets with James McAvity

Marty sits down with Jamie McAvity from Cormint to talk about Bitcoin mining and energy. Jamie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesmcavity Cormint: https://cormint.com/ 0:00 - Intro 7:38 - 50k and Ready Player One 13:16 - Assertions of Chinese grid attack 23:06 - Working with the wind tax credit issue 36:44 - Renewable grid drawbacks and risks 44:17 - The right mix of energy sources 47:53 - Germany decommissioning and energy politics 1:00:23 - Bitcoiners running nuclear 1:06:11 - Halving 1:11:5...

Feb 13, 20241 hr 54 min

#480: Bitcoin Mining State Of The Union with Harry Sudock

Marty sits down with Harry Sudock to discuss Griid's Nasdaq listing, Harry joining Ten31 as an advisor, and talk about the mining industry as a whole. Harry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock Griid: https://griid.com/ 0:00 - Intro 7:26 - Big week for Griid 11:21 - State of the mining industry 15:46 - Industrial adoption 19:43 - Demand response 23:46 - Energy FUD from the parasitic class 31:44 - Future of mining 36:06 - Technical innovation 37:27 - ASIC manufacturers 45:02 - Halvening 5...

Feb 06, 20241 hr 12 min

#479: Socialist Attack On Bitcoin Mining with Jason Brett

Marty sits down with Jason Brett to discuss the EIA action to surveil Bitcoin miners and its wider implications. Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RegulatoryJason Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://www.btcpolicy.org/ 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Overview on “emergency” survey 15:03 - Clearly an overt state attack 21:45 - Fighting back 30:21 - Upcoming months 32:30 - Energy industry and policy 39:29 - Failure of ESG 46:31 - Making political progress 52:20 - Federal vs State 58:12 - Wrapping up Shoutout...

Feb 02, 20241 hr

#478: How DEI Is Weakening The Military with Matthew Lohmeier

Marty sits down with Lt. Col Matthew Lohmeier to discuss how politics and DEI are dividing and weakening the US military, and how the silent majority can speak up and resist. Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewlohmeier Matt's website: https://matthewlohmeier.com/ 0:00 - Intro 6:45 - Politics dividing the military 15:57 - Military of the best 22:28 - DEI harms those it “protects” 27:00 - US weakening is rapid and likely intentional 40:15 - What’s making us stronger? 47:12 - First steps t...

Feb 02, 20241 hr 4 min

#477: What It Was Like Launching Bitcoin In El Salvador with Sean McDonnell

Marty sits down with Sean McDonnell from Salt of the Earth to discuss the myriad stories that led to the founding of his company. Sean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/seanfmcdonnell Salt of the Earth: https://drinksote.com/tftc 0:00 - Intro 6:32 - Lacrosse 15:59 - Groupon 23:23 - Giving up the party life 27:11 - Skiing story 32:51 - Coding bootcamp 38:06 - Bitcoin 43:01 - Bukele’s war room 52:24 - Starting Salt of the Earth 1:02:50 - Electrolytes 1:14:24 - Jack Dorsey story Shoutout to our spons...

Jan 29, 20241 hr 19 min

#476: The Story Of The People And Projects That Inspired Bitcoin with Aaron van Wirdum

Marty sits down with Aaron van Wirdum to discuss his new book The Genesis Book. Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronvanW The Genesis Book: http://thegenesisbook.com/ 0:00 - Intro 6:32 - Storytime with Marty 13:00 - Genesis book 16:15 - Where does Bitcoin’s history begin? 19:43 - Cypherpunk history 27:50 - Who are the OGs? 31:05 - Precursor projects and culture 35:53 - Hashcash, BitGold, B-Money 43:11 - Demand for privacy tech 52:18 - Whitepaper and genesis block 1:00:06 - Cypherpunks toda...

Jan 26, 20241 hr 28 min

#475: Bitcoin Is Eating The World with John Arnold

Marty sits down with John Arnold to discuss his article on Bitcoin's total addressable market. John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnArnoldTen31 John's Article: https://ten31.vc/insights/tam 0:00 - Intro 7:06 - The real John Arnold 10:26 - John’s background 23:10 - Total addressable market 29:31 - Tech stock returns 34:42 - Best time to jump in 44:04 - Why Bitcoin is eating the world 52:01 - Financial services 1:03:06 - Consumer applications 1:09:06 - Replacing the incumbent system 1:21:48 - ...

Jan 24, 20241 hr 44 min

#474: What's On Weiner's Laptop? with Dave Collum

Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss everything from child trafficking to Roth IRAs to lacrosse. Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Child trafficking 22:17 - Immigrant flooding 32:13 - Crime syndicates and technocracy 40:47 - Darkness 49:11 - J6 59:29 - Ukraine 1:03:36 - Hope and changing winds 1:10:24 - Election 1:14:24 - State independence 1:18:39 - ETF 1:27:39 - Inflation and correctional 1:53:30 - Geopolitical status 2:02:17 - Great minds 2:09:30 - T...

Jan 17, 20243 hr 32 min

#473: Banks Without Bankers with Eric Yakes

Marty sits down with Eric Yakes to discuss his piece written for Axiom, federated mints, and the newly approved Bitcoin ETF. Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericyakes Axiom article: https://www.axiombtc.capital/banks Eric's book: https://yakes.io/book/ 0:00 - Intro 6:40 - Can we really have banks without bankers? 12:44 - Tradeoffs 16:10 - Fedimints 23:48 - Federated model cost/benefit 35:23 - Implementing incentives 42:08 - Fedi in the future 45:53 - Speculating on possibilities 51:35 - Min...

Jan 12, 20241 hr 27 min

#472: Amos Miller And The Encroachment Of The Nanny State with Chris Hume

Marty sits down with Chris Hume to discuss the recent raid of Amos Miller and the encroachment of the state on all parts of life. Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrishume1689 The Lancaster Patriot: https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/ Lancaster Patriot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLanPatriot 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Amos Miller raided 10:42 - State dislikes independent communities 14:28 - The problem of positive law 19:01 - The state removes your choices 24:59 - “Raw” milk and choosing f...

Jan 08, 20241 hr 7 min

#471: Fighting The Digital Dollar And AI Surveillance with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin

Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss their new piece on Farmington and the digital dollar. Unlimited Hangout Article: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2023/12/investigative-reports/unmasking-farmington-ftx-fluent-finance-and-the-coming-digital-dollar/ Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Exposition on Farmington and Fluent Finance 12:47 - Stablecoins 21:18 - Transitioning to CBDC 35:30 - Cr...

Dec 30, 20232 hr 43 min

#470: Bitcoin's Finite Supply Is The Breakthrough with Dhruv Bansal

Marty sits down with Dhruv Bansal to discuss his article on the foundational ideas of Bitcoin, as well as an in-depth conversation about AI. Dhruv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal Dhruv's article: https://tftc.io/satoshi-nakamoto-unchained/ Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Dec 22, 20232 hr 33 min

#469: Bitcoin And The Great Financial Crisis with Parker Lewis

Marty sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss his new book Gradually, Then Suddenly, and highlight Bitcoin in the framing of the financial crisis of 2008. Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis Get the book: https://thesaifhouse.com/ 0:00 - Intro 7:07 - Liz Warren and CBDCs 16:55 - 2008 crisis still echoes 22:17 - Marty’s experience of the crisis 29:00 - Metting people where they are 35:27 - Satoshi was keyed in 38:29 - It’s personal for everyone 53:01 - Bitcoin, not Blockchain 57:41...

Dec 20, 20231 hr 47 min

#468: Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Marty’s late 8:35 - Bitcoin power curve 25:28 - Top 5 currencies 30:35 - Bitcoin vs currencies 34:11 - Dollar’s relative strength growing 38:48 - Network update 44:49 - Sovereign mining and pool censorship 52:18 - Why money must be kept decentralized 1:01:45 - ETF Trojan horse 1:03:45 - Argentina 1:27:22 - European security 1:30:16 - Defense st...

Dec 12, 20232 hr 3 min

#467: The ETF Will Push Bitcoin To $500k with Fred Krueger

Marty sits down with Fred Krueger to discuss the upcoming Bitcoin ETF and the impact of institutional money entering Bitcoin. Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dotkrueger 0:00 - Intro 6:01 - The scale of ETFs 13:35 - The pace of incoming money 20:48 - Perspective of an ETF buyer 28:16 - Will the ETF change the cycles? 36:33 - Bitcoin improving payments 40:13 - Financial degradation 47:06 - Inflation from the perspective of the wealthy 51:39 - Apathy towards Bitcoin 1:00:56 - Older generations...

Dec 12, 20232 hr 5 min

#466: Bitcoin on the Geopolitical Chessboard with Kane McGukin

Marty sits down with Kane McGukin to discuss the changing geopolitical landscape. Kane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kanemcgukin 0:00 - Intro 5:29 - Kane’s background 9:26 - China’s geopolitical standing 28:01 - Hyperconnected world changes things 33:22 - Transitional state 38:50 - Messianic money 42:00 - Weaponized dollar 48:56 - What should America do? 54:31 - Teaching values and skills 1:05:58 - Propaganda and tinfoil 1:11:01 - Optimism 1:17:50 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River ...

Dec 11, 20231 hr 19 min

Bitcoin For Business: Fanatics

Lou turns the questions on Marty to find out how businesses can embrace Bitcoin. 0:00 - Intro 7:20 - Why are we here? 13:29 - What is Fanatics? 19:54 - FanCash should be Bitcoin 29:58 - Introducing Bitcoin through rewards 33:04 - Chargebacks and international onboarding 37:29 - Bitcoin is can enable better UX flow 41:39 - NFTs don’t work 48:30 - New media monetization models 53:26 - Protection from censorship 58:36 - Trust still required 1:02:17 - Saving your business in a recession 1:05:21 - De...

Dec 06, 20231 hr 8 min

#465: Five Pillars of Product Management with Will Cole

Marty sits down with Will Cole to discuss his new writing on the five invariant elements of product management and how to build an effective strategy for your company. Will on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willcole 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Marty is sleepy 11:07 - Stories behind Will’s writing 19:10 - Invariants and levels of abstraction 30:25 - Why a product manager exists 33:57 - Think, then do 36:30 - Running through the invariants and strategy doc 42:41 - Timeline 46:55 - Minimizing meetings with g...

Dec 04, 20231 hr 29 min
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