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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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Episodes

#404: Thinking Beyond the Crowd with Konstantin Kisin

Join Marty as he sits down with Konstantin Kisin to discuss woke culture, covid hysteria, comedy, Ukraine, and more. Follow Konstantin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin Check out Triggernometry https://www.youtube.com/c/Triggerpod 6:06 - Thinking beyond the crowd 9:08 - The democratic response to Covid 14:57 - The next few years will shape the next half century 20:05 - Flaws in Bitcoin 27:13 - Escaping the Current Thing dichotomy 32:24 - Generational differences 36:51 - Calming the...

Mar 15, 20231 hr 19 min

#403: Dissecting the Banking Crisis with Parker Lewis

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to break down the causes of the banking crisis from first principles. Follow Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis 9:15 - Is it happening? 11:40 - The Fed caused bank failures, not crypto 19:15 - SVB balance sheet 24:49 - History of bank cash assets 30:07 - How QE is done without QE 38:51 - The cycles accelerate every time 44:52 - The system is built for moral hazard 49:39 - Trust in traditional money is failing 57:06 - Will Bitcoin be b...

Mar 13, 20231 hr 29 min

#402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden

Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation. Follow Lyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact 7:12 - The myth of inflation and unemployment 13:39 - The problem with CPI as a metric 21:59 - Does the US have the fiscal capability to handle Fed policy? 26:04 - Nations abandoning USD reserve 31:30 - Bitcoin not yet big enough to settle international trade 34:07 - Lyn's view on current bitcoin 38:03 - Fedi pools and other centralizing ...

Mar 10, 20231 hr 23 min

#401: Inflation Hitting The Real Estate Market and Bitcoin Urbanism with Kelly Lannan

Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan to discuss the condition of infrastructure and the real estate market during this period of inflation, as well as Bitcoin Urbanism. Follow Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktlannan 9:55 - Riffing on infrastructure 17:18 - Current condition of real estate 22:43 - Marty asks question, are we in the eye of the storm? 27:04 - New home buyers are screwed 32:44 - Stopping the cycle with bitcoin 35:51 - Inflation is real, believe your lying eyes 45:42 -...

Mar 08, 20232 hr 4 min

#400: We're Gonna Win Against Broken Money and Broken Culture with @sovereignbrah

Join Marty as he sits down with Chase, AKA Sovereign Brah, to discuss broken money, degenerate culture, energy, Bitcoin, and God. Follow Chase on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sovereignbrah 0:00 - Intro 5:37 - Divine Synchronicity 12:57 - Children are artillery against degenerate culture 20:58 - Broken money 27:03 - Debt slavery 31:30 - Threats to mining 35:39 - Future of Texas 38:19 - Ed Dowd's theory 42:33 - Awakening NPCs 51:48 - Blackpilled on leaders 54:35 - Whitepilled on Bitcoin 59:49 - St...

Mar 06, 20232 hr 5 min

#399: Bitcoin Mining is Igniting an Engineering Renaissance with Rete and Isaac from Cathedra

Join Marty as he sits down with Rete Browning and Isaac Fithian from Cathedra to discuss the origins of off-grid bitcoin mining, their findings on over/underclocking ASICs, and the direction the mining industry is headed. Check out Cathedra: https://www.cathedra.com/ 7:38 - Great American Mining: Origins 18:24 - The state of off grid mining 22:17 - Designing for diverse domains 24:01 - Deadly details 31:09 - Pioneer challenges 34:57 - Applying bitcoin and mining everywhere 39:52 - Cathedra resea...

Mar 02, 20231 hr 37 min

#398: Replit, AI, and Bitcoin with Amjad Masad

Join Marty as he sits down with Amjad Masad to discuss Replit, why AI is not to be feared, and how it merges with Bitcoin to provide hope. Follow Amjad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amasad Check out Replit: https://replit.com/ 5:43- The beginning of Replit 13:46 - Replit's utility 15:34 - Replit's goals 22:03 - The marriage of bounties, bitcoin and AI 29:09 - Stakwork 31:37 - Is AI a Pandora's Box? 41:09 - AI impact on workforce 44:55 - Incoming social changes 53:01 - Bitcoin is hope, the way ...

Mar 01, 20231 hr 4 min

#397: Nostr and Lightning Are The Real Web 3.0 with Myles Snider

Join Marty as he sits down with Myles Snider for a very bullish discussion of Nostr and the Lightning Network. Check out Kollider 8:40 - Nostr's improved a lot 17:16 - The business opportunity of Nostr 19:46 - What makes a good relay? 24:15 - Nostr+LN is the real web 3.0 34:30 - Myles's background 37:35 - Proof of Stake is bad for the soul 44:28 - Finding LN 50:35 - Kollider 1:07:42 - Ordinals 1:18:37 - Bullish on lightning 1:35:46 - Nostr wishlist 1:42:53 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors:...

Feb 21, 20231 hr 45 min

#396: How To Get Hired In Bitcoin with Bitcoin Talent Co.

Join Marty has he sits down with Andy Thompson and Michael Tanguma from Bitcoin Talent Co. to discuss the process of finding talented individuals to work for bitcoin companies. Apply with Bitcoin Talent Co Follow Andy and Michael on Twitter 6:52 - Andy's background 11:00 - Bitcoin's intellectual capital bottleneck 14:55 - Reaching out for talent 20:14 - Understanding bitcoiners offers an edge 23:06 - Education 27:42 - Recruiters are the first laid off 29:46 - Recruiting pains in rapidly growing ...

Feb 16, 20231 hr 10 min

#395: How The Jabs Killed Gut Health with Dr. Sabine Hazan

Join Marty has he sits down with Dr. Sabine Hazan to discuss microbiomes, the damaged caused to gut health by both Covid and the vaccine, and standing up for the truth. Follow Dr. Hazan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SabinehazanMD Check out Progenabiome: https://progenabiome.com/ Dr. Hazan's book: https://letstalkshit.org/ 6:31 - Broad explanation of microbiomes 11:11 - Observations during Covid 17:17 - Jabs kill microbiome 21:16 - Trusting compliant messengers over dissonant doctors 28:47 - Hu...

Feb 08, 202349 min

#394: Warrior Cultures, True Friendship, Bitcoin and Austrian Economics with Aleks Svetski

Join Marty as he sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss vol. 5 of The Bitcoin Times, as well as the impact modernity has had on male bonds, the values Bitcoiners should instill in the future, and narrowing focus as one gets older. Follow Svetski on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites Check out The Bitcoin Times: https://bitcointimes.io/ Pod 5:22 - The time for wandering is over 8:08 - Defining friendship 12:06 - The bonds of warrior cultures 15:29 - Bushido of Bitcoin 17:58 - The impact ...

Feb 03, 20231 hr 29 min

#393: Value 4 Value Music with Sam & Michael from Wavlake

Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Means and Michael Rhee to discuss Wavlake, the current issues with the music industry, and how to orange pill people with cool products. Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sammeans https://twitter.com/rheedio https://twitter.com/wavlake Check out Wavlake: https://wavlake.com/ Check out Lightning Store: https://lightning.store/ 6:14 - Technical issues right out the gate 8:04 - Artist monetization struggles 11:43 - Wavlake explained 15:02 - The publishi...

Jan 31, 20231 hr 32 min

#392: Resisting Online Surveillance with Viktor from IVPN

Join Marty as he sits down with Viktor from IVPN to discuss online privacy and the surveillance traps set by online companies, including most VPNs. Follow Viktor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vonthedock Check out IVPN: https://www.ivpn.net/ 6:10 - VPN convention 10:42 - VPNs explained 16:23 - VPN traps 19:23 - TOR 23:10 - Running your own VPN 26:30 - Vetting VPN services 35:23 - Wireguard 39:28 - Paying for a VPN privately 42:09 - LN privacy and Monero 45:33 - Fedimint 53:14 - Viktor's story, ...

Jan 30, 20231 hr 27 min

#391: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths with Ed Dowd

Join Marty as he sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss excess deaths in recent times, the ever changing narratives surrounding Covid and the jabs, and how to move forward as the credibility of institutions crumbles. Find Ed's book here 5:10 - Update on findings in the last 10 months 10:29 - The censorship is obvious now 12:29 - What is the censorship hiding? 15:26 - Continuous jabs seem to only make things worse 17:43 - Making peace after the social conflict 20:50 - Collapsing workforce 23:37 - The ...

Jan 26, 202358 min

#390: Animal-Based Skincare and Regenerative Agriculture with Charles Mayfield

Join Marty as he sits down with Charles Mayfield to discuss Farrow Skincare, animal vs plant-based fats, and regenerative farming. Follow Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drchuckfit Check out Farrow: https://farrow.life/ 8:02 - Opening riff 11:54 - Intro to Farrow 16:58 - Why lard 20:16 - Making the first Farrow cream 24:35 - Science behind animal based skin products 26:32 - Sunburns and sunscreen 36:00 - Why is skincare important? 38:05 - Perils of mainstream skincare 43:23 - Fossil fuel...

Jan 24, 20232 hr 1 min

#389: Hydroelectric Bitcoin Mining is Changing Lives in Congo's National Park with Adam Popescu

Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Popescu to discuss the impact of the hydroelectric power plant and associated Bitcoin mine in Congo's Virunga National Park. Follow Adam on Twitter Read Adam's article 5:11 - Why Virunga? 11:51 - Importance of energy for improving human life 13:57 - Setting the scene 20:45 - Involvement of a Belgian Prince 25:46 - Jobs provided by the hydroelectric plant 27:55 - The Bitcoin mine 30:32 - Risk of violent threats to the Bitcoin mine 38:02- The lives in Africa im...

Jan 18, 202354 min

#388: OP_VAULT and Bitcoin Governance with James O'Beirne

Join Marty as he sits down with James O'Beirne to discuss the OP_VAULT proposal, the way Bitcoin Core is governed, and some bearish vibes. Follow James on Twitter 6:23 - Opening riff 9:45 - OP_VAULT 12:18 - Origins of covenants 16:02 - Further iterations and designing the best vault 21:18 - Explaining vaults 25:36 - UTXO batching 27:32 - Use cases 32:29 - Ideal UX 37:03 - Feedback on the opcode 42:22 - Zooming out on implications 43:47 - Back to mailing list feedback 45:48 - When is the BIP comi...

Jan 16, 20231 hr 41 min

#387: Building Lightning Network Infrastructure with Graham Krizek from Voltage

Join Marty as he sits down with Graham Krizek to discuss the progress of Voltage over the last 2 years, how the lightning network's doing, and where it's going from here. Follow Graham on Twitter Check out Voltage 6:47 - Back on the show after 2 years 9:06 - What's Voltage? 14:23 - Witnessing growth of Voltage and LN 17:43 - What have been LN's biggest strides? 19:44 - Could LN fail? 22:50 - VLS 25:17 - Favorite LN implementation? 27:10 - It's not really one network 30:06 - PTLCs 32:38 - There's...

Jan 12, 20231 hr 20 min

#386: 3D Printing and CryptoCloaks with Rick V

Join Marty as he sits down with Rick V to discuss his 3D printed space heater mod for miners, the story of CryptoCloaks, and what it's like running a Bitcoin-based business. CryptoCloaks on Twitter CryptoCloaks Website 5:58 - Coffee rip! 8:23 - Questions on 3D printing 15:35 - CryptoCloaks 19:59 - Story of the space heater 23:36 - Temp limits on 3D printed parts 24:46 - What space heater ASICs can do for hash distribution 27:45 - Rick's Bitcoin story 30:43 - Everyone Bitcoiner should have a 3D p...

Jan 10, 20231 hr 19 min

#385: 2022: Year In Review with David Collum

Join Marty as he sits down with David Collum to recap 2022. The discuss Ukraine, the recession, and so much jab shit-talking we didn't even bother putting this on YouTube. Follow David on Twitter 9:30 - Hocking loogies and snapping necks 13:58 - Rumors that the 3rd jab compromises immunity 17:02 - Brett Weinstein on Rogan 18:20 - Fauci 20:55 - Vax disaster 26:02 - dog 26:07 - Attitudes and responsibility of the medical community 30:45 - Only conclusion left is deliberate malice 36:04 - Australia...

Jan 08, 20233 hr 2 min

#384: Nostr Got 1.4B Sats From Jack Dorsey And Banned From Twitter with jb55

Join Marty as he sits down with jb55 to get an update on Nostr, the 14 bitcoin grant from Jack Dorsey, and how the grant will be allocated and the strange moves out of Twitter to box out competitors. Follow jb55 on Twitter Check out Damus 8:11 - @Jack funded Nostr 12:22 - What is Nostr anyway? 614:25 - How to spin up a Nostr relay 16:18 - State of Nostr 18:27 - How Jack's donation is being used 21:12 - fiatjaf 23:13 - How are people interacting with Nostr? 23:06 - Building clients and the future...

Dec 19, 202258 min

#383: Bitcoin: A Work In Progress with Sjors Provoost

Join Marty as he sits down with Sjors to discuss a million little bitcoin rabbit holes. Follow Sjors on Twitter Check out the Sjors's book 7:00 - A wild Sjors appears in Austin! 10:08 - Senator Warren's DAAML bill 13:46 - Miners could start self censoring 20:24 - Forced labour 22:28 - Who interested in passing DAAML? 24:09 - Warren's terminology of "money transmission" 25:25 - Can this kill Bitcoin? 30:30 - State of Bitcoin development 33:08 - Utreexo and the growing blockchain 39:44 - Erlay 46:...

Dec 16, 20222 hr 7 min

#382: The Dematerialization of Money with Jesse Myers

Join Marty as he sits down with Jesse to discuss the shitcoin mindset, the core value of Bitcoin, and the financial debasement that threatens us. Follow Jesse on Twitter 9:15 - Nyms and names 10:10 - Unlearning shitcoinery 16:53 - Copying digital scarcity devalues it 21:28 - Crypto is becoming more scammy over time 28:54 - The crypto cult leaders 32:18 - Why yuppies can't grok bitcoin 38:36 - Crypto feeds off of early internet mindset 44:51 - Resisting inflation with hard money 52:50 - Digital r...

Dec 14, 20221 hr 51 min

#381: Q3 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics to discuss the Q2 2022 monetary base update. Follow Matthew Mežinskis on Twitter Read everything discussed at: Porkopolis Economics 5:54 - Criminal charges against member of Swiss government 12:35 - Damages from vaccination 16:35 - German military confirms jab worsens health 18:51 - Connection to WEF and Davos 22:57 - The state of Switzerland 27:38 - Opinion on Bitcoin 34:06 - Pascal's history 37:20 - African governme...

Dec 07, 20222 hr 3 min

#380: The Swiss Government Lied About Jabs with Pascal Najadi

Join Marty as he sits down with Pascal Najadi to discuss bringing criminal charges against a member of the Swiss government for damage done by vaccine mandates. They also dive into the vaccine's connection to the WEF's desire for control and the importance of finding peace in Ukraine. 5:54 - Criminal charges against member of Swiss government 12:35 - Damages from vaccination 16:35 - German military confirms jab worsens health 18:51 - Connection to WEF and Davos 22:57 - The state of Switzerland 2...

Dec 06, 20221 hr 4 min

#379: From Neuroscience to Bitcoin Proof of Reserves with Sam Abbassi

Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Abbassi to discuss building Hoseki, the potential austerity of a hyperbitcoinized world, and weird brain stuff. Follow Sam on Twitter Check out Hoseki 6:29 - Sam's crypto origin story 11:14 - Concussions and neuroscience 19:06 - Encountering crypto degeneracy and getting orange pilled 25:24 - Working at Fidelity 35:21 - Marty's writing history 41:01 - AI 44:02 - Are we better off than in medieval times? 47:50 - An austere orange pilled Earth 52:57 - What are t...

Dec 05, 20221 hr 48 min

#378: Building a Billion Dollar Payments Company with Ryan Breslow

Join Marty as he sits down with Ryan Breslow to discuss Bolt, Love, and the AI Singularity. Follow Ryan on Twitter 6:48 - Stanford Bitcoin Group 11:21 - Building Bolt 15:08 - Pain points in Bolt 17:25 - Making API for merchants 21:15 - Engaging with VCs as a founder 26:46 - What value to look for in an investor 28:36 - Bitcoin companies are long term game 31:38 - Bolt started as a Bitcoin wallet 35:27 - Optimism 43:03 - AI art and the singularity 47:13 - Getting addicted to tech 53:17 - Ryan's n...

Dec 02, 20221 hr 3 min

#377: Is Bitcoin Violence? with Jason Lowery

Join Marty as he sits down with Jason Lowery to discuss whether or not bitcoin is violence. Follow Jason on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast...

Nov 29, 20223 hr 38 min

#376: The Texas Hedge with Parker Lewis

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss the fallout of the FTX collapse. Follow Parker on Twitter Parker's article Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast...

Nov 19, 202259 min

#375: Keeping Your Bitcoin Safe From Exchanges with Phil Geiger

Join Marty as he sits down with Phil Geiger to discuss the self custody. The dive into how multisig works, the dangers of platforms like FTX, and the importance of distinguishing between Crypto and Bitcoin. Follow Phil on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast...

Nov 16, 20221 hr 30 min
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