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.
Join Marty as he sits down with Tucker Max to discuss doomer optimism and Bitcoin. Follow Tucker on Twitter Find out more about Tucker at TuckerMax.com Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - new bill would allow US Treasury to prohibit any transaction without public notice or input - robinhood starts rollout of bitcoin withdrawals - coldcard MK4 presales open - bitcoin mining difficulty hits new all time high - Phoenix v1.4.20 - Bisq v1.8.2 - Zap v0.7.6-beta - Joininbox v0.6.6 - BTCPay Server v1.4.0 - nix-bitcoin v0.0.63 - Sphinx Relay v2.2.5 - Lightning Terminal v0.6.2-alpha - satoshi energy raises 60 bitcoin with focus on bitcoin mining infrastr...
Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Brammer from Luxor Mining to discuss the state of North American Bitcoin mining. Follow Alex on Twitter Follow Luxor Mining on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
Join Marty as he sits down with Lisa Neigut to discuss everything going on with the Lightning Network. Follow Lisa on Twitter Follow Base58 on Twitter Learn Bitcoin from the world’s best bitcoin education company at Base58 Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Intel to announce new bitcoin ASIC in feb - GRIID has signed a deal with Intel for their ASICs - BitMEX to acquire 268 year old German Bank - Taproot funds burned - mempool v2.3.0 - mercury wallet v0.5.9 - onionshare v2.5 - simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.27 - lightning pool v0.5.4-alpha - umbrel v0.4.11 - tdex v1.2.4 - El Salvador Gov is using pegasus spyware against journalists - Bukele meets withs Erdogan - UK Gov planning publicity campaign against encrypted co...
Join Marty as he sits down with AJ Scalia and Drew Armstrong from Cathedra Bitcoin to discuss the Bitcoin mining world. Follow AJ Scalia on Twitter Follow Drew Armstrong on Twitter Follow Cathedra Bitcoin on Twitter Find out more about Cathedra Bitcoin Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
Join Marty as he sits down with Erik Cason to discuss Messianic Bitcoin and other cosmic topics. Follow Erik on Twitter Subscribe to Crypto Sovereignty Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
Join Marty as he sits down with Jordan Schachtel, an Independent Journalist and founder of The Dossier on Substack, to discuss going against the mainstream narrative in 2022. Follow Jordan on Twitter Subscribe to The Dossier Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
This week Marty and Matt: - inflation running rampant Marty Bent , - Argentina rolling 12-month inflation - Turks diving in - Legal defense fund - Strike in Argentina - Bill Miller is bullish - Kazakhstan update - electrs v0.9.4 - bluewallet v6.2.16 - mercury wallet v0.5.6 - tdex v1.2.2 - foundation passport v1.0.8 - hexa wallet v2.0.67 - samourai wallet v0.99.98b - fidelity bullishness - Rep Emmer no CBDC - ESG is a plague Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bi...
Join Marty as he sits down with Christopher Allen and Wolf McNally to discuss Gordian principles and standardization of Bitcoin software. Follow Christopher on Twitter Follow Wolf on Twitter Check out the Blockchain Commons Gordian Principles Gordian Seed Tool LifeHash Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - internet access cut in kazakhstan in response to massive protests, 12% of hash rate disconnected - HRF announces new round of grants - proposal for privacy preserving reusable taproot addresses - electrs v0.9.4 - bluewallet v6.2.16 - mercury wallet v0.5.6 - tdex v1.2.2 - foundation passport v1.0.8 - hexa wallet v2.0.67 - samourai wallet v0.99.98b - gigi on value for value - electrum server performance analysis - bitcoin circular economies Shoutout to our spons...
Join Marty as he sits down with Avik Roy, President of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, to discuss: - Think tanks - Energy policy and its affect on lower income individuals - Education - Healthcare - The looming US Fiscal Crisis - Why Bitcoin is an imperative for America moving forward - Educating DC about the opportunities Bitcoin provides - much more Follow Avik on Twitter Check out the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained C...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Patriots QB Mac Jones gifts bitcoin to offensive line - Iran halts bitcoin mining until March 6th - Log4j fix released - RTL v0.12.0 - samourai wallet v0.99.98 - mercury wallet v0.5.3 - casa keyfest jan 5-7 - ronindojo tanto released Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thread Compass Mining HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Mike Brock, lead at TBD, to discuss: - What "is" and what "ought" to be - Mike's history at Block - How bitcoin got integrated at Cash App - How TBD came to be - Creating a decentralized system with limited trust in tbDEX - Creating bitcoin on-ramps for people is a massive hurdle right now - Is tbDEX transitional? - much more Follow Mike on Twitter Check out the tbDEX white paper Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thr...
Happy Holidays from Marty and Matt. Enjoy this end of year holiday chop special of Rabbit Hole Recap from 2021. Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thread Compass Mining HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - SEC delays Bitwise and Grayscale spot ETF proposals - Underground bitcoin mining is thriving in China - HRF, Strike, Opensats announce three lightning focused - Opensats receives approval to operate as tax deductible 501c3 - BTCPay Server v1.3.7 - Rust Lightning v0.0.104 - lnbits v0.4.0 - Specter DIY v1.6.2 - Mercury Wallet v0.5.1 - Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.4.24 - Hexa Wallet v2.0.65 - Blockstream sponsors mempool project Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unc...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Jack announces independent board to run BTrust initiative funded with 500 bitcoin donation from him and Jay-Z to fund bitcoin development in Africa and India - nonprofit "Sats Center" launches to educate regulators on bitcoin - Surveillance company "Chainalysis" launches lightning network product - Coinbase received 5562 law enforcement requests the first three quarters of this year - Payment Pools proposal - Mercury v0.4.65 - Sparrow v1.5.5 - Bisq v1.8.0 - Bl...
Join Marty as he sits back down with Texas Slim to discuss: - The Beef Initiative - Low time preference - Small towns in Texas - Seed oils - Processing plants - Fertilizer - much more Follow Slim on Twitter Check out the Beef Initiative Newsletter Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thread Compass Mining HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Swan adds taproot support and api, no longer supporting ny - Major swiss tech company ceo runs surveillance operation - Malicious actor appears to be attacking Tor - Sparrow Wallet v1.5.3 - Mercury Wallet v0.4.62 - btc-rpc-explorer v3.3.0 - Zap android v0.5.4-beta - Lightning Terminal v0.6.1-alpha - Lightning Pool v0.5.3-alpha - Elements v0.21.0.1 - Private home mining using a VPN guide Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's th...
Join Marty as he sits back down with LaserHodl to discuss: - The acceleration of the Great Reset - Why nothing makes any logical sense - The emergence of internment camps - The Marxist creep into schooling - Mesh networks - Why we wouldn't want to be the state right now - Ten pieces of advice to inoculate yourself from the madness - much more Follow LaserHodl on Twitter Check out his ten pieces of advice Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thread Compass Minin...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - square changes name to block - square crypto changes name to spiral - ledger adds support for psbts, multisig, and taproot - microstrategy buys 7002 bitcoin - silent link adds support for US burner phone number esims - lnd v0.14.1-beta - mercury wallet v0.4.56 - joinmarket v0.9.4 - bluewallet v6.2.13 - specter desktop v1.7.2 - umbrel v0.4.9 - passport v1.0.8-beta - hexa wallet v2.0.5 - simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.22 - immortan v0.5.7 - bitcoin dev kit v0.14.0 -...
Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss: - The growth of the global monetary base in Q3 2021 - Bitcoin is the sixth largest base money in the world - Bitcoin should surpass the Great British Pound around $68,000 - The history of the Bank of England - Lack of transparency from central banks - Growing tyranny around the world - Lessons from history - much more Follow Matthew on Twitter Check out the Q3 2021 Update Thread Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capita...
Join Marty as he sits down with Patricia, a designer focused on bringing better experiences to Bitcoin, to discuss: - Designing in an open source environment - How bad design can turn people away - Observing how users interact in ways one doesn't expect - How to gather feedback on open source software design - A call to action for new designers - Bitcoin provides a wide open slate to bring design innovation to market - Skating - much more Follow Patricia on Twitter Check out the Bitcoin Design G...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - el salvador announces bitcoin city and a bitcoin bond - US 'pauses' relations with el salvador - OBJ to convert his entire yearly salary to bitcoin - samsung to build $17B chip factory in texas - fold partners with pokemon go creator niantic - lnd v0.14.0-beta - electrs v0.9.3 - btcpayserver v1.3.6 - mercury wallet v0.4.53 - simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.19 - seedsigner v0.4.5 - btcpayserver v1.3.6 - sphinx relay v2.2.2 - ledger live desktop v2.35.2 - lnd v0.14.0...
Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Hill, co-founder of Start9 Labs, to discuss: - EmbassyOS v0.3.0 - Lessons learned from v0.1.0 and v0.2.0 - Focusing on onboarding younger people - Personal AI - Philosophy - Nihilism v. Optimism - much more Follow Matt on Twitter - https://twitter.com/_MattHill_ Check out Start9 Labs - https://start9.com/ Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thread Compass Mining...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - taproot activates successfully at block 609732 - muun wallet adds taproot support - SEC rejects VanEck spot bitcoin etf - Perth Heat baseball team adopts the bitcoin standard - crypto dot com spends $700M to rename Staples Center for 20 years - tether announces new subsidiary 'Synonym' to bring tokens and other features to lightning - Senators Wyden and Lummis submit bill to restrict bitcoin tax reporting rules in infrastructure bill - Senator Cruz submits bil...
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 - The looming food and energy shortages - How to reach both sides of the political aisle - The plan to monopolize the extraction of rare earth metals - Bankers taking over governments - much more Follow Whitney on Twitter Support her work Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thread Compass Mining...
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 systems - Tokens on Lightning - Slashtags - Building truly unstoppable apps - much more Check out Synonym Follow Synonym on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins - Daniel's thread Compass Mining...
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 - The prison economy - Getting out of prison and diving into Bitcoin - Teaching people about low time preference - How Bitcoin has changed Justin's life - How to explain Bitcoin - much more Follow Justin on Twitter Check out From Bars to Bitcoin Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins Compass Mining...
This week Marty and Matt discuss: - taproot activates in two days (block 709632) - new bitcoin all time high - miami to airdrop bitcoin to residents - complaints about compass mining - btcpayserver v1.3.4 - specter desktop v1.7.1 - mercury wallet v0.4.48 - lnd v0.13.4-beta - umbrel v0.4.7 - nix bitcoin v0.0.58 - bitcoinblackfriday.org - robinhood data breach impacts 7 million customers Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins Compass Mining...
