Marty sits down with Allen Farrington from Axiom to discuss his perspective on capital allocation and how it is affected by Bitcoin. Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32 Allen on Medium: https://allenfarrington.medium.com/ 5:30 - Introducing Axiom 9:43 - Cost of capital 14:26 - Debt is not universally bad 16:59 - Capital as a tool 18:51 - The goal of capital allocation 22:13 - Affecting individual savings 26:06 - Capital flowchart and long term thinking 37:18 - Bitcoin doesn’t allow fi...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Marty sits down with Jose Lemus from Ibex to discuss integrating the lightning network with businesses, barriers to adoption, cross-border payments, and more. Jose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jllemus Ibex: https://www.poweredbyibex.io/ 5:30 - Bitcoin Park riffing 7:37 - What’s up at Ibex? 22:24 - Impact of instant settlement 26:21 - Lightning Network, AI, Internet of Things 34:07 - What’s taking adoption so long? 36:49 - Bitcoin’s unique combination of properties 45:57 - Burden of compliance...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 38 min
Marty sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss jab injuries, RFK Jr, the peak of clown world extending ever upward, and more. Ed Dowd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DowdEdward 8:33 - The clown world peak keeps rising 15:41 - RFK Jr and the jab injury event horizon 25:17 - Distractions 29:00 - Debt event horizon has already passed 33:26 - Trust in the system degrading 37:05 - Bitcoin 38:42 - The CIA disapproves 38:53- Broken money and psyops 45:46 - Individual state power 49:29 - Three Letter Agencies ...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Marty sits down with Dan Gould to discuss Payjoin Dev Kit, how coinjoins protect privacy, and the experience of developing on Bitcoin. Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitgould Payjoin Dev Kit: https://payjoindevkit.org/ 9:16 - Dan’s history 14:39 - Explaining CoinJoins 21:36 - How Payjoin reduces dox threat and reduces fees 35:09 - TURN servers 39:49 - How are PSBTs involved in Payjoin 42:45 - How coin selection is determined 36:30 - Separating PDK from BDK 50:03 - Completing BDK 53:38 - Pay...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Marty sits down with Sam Wouters to discuss Bitcoin's rate of adoption for cross-border payments. Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWouters Sam's report on River blog: https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-vs-the-156-trillion-global-payments-industry/ 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape 9:22 - New educational resources in Bitcoin 13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report 17:51 - Structure of the report 21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry 31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet...
Jun 30, 2023•2 hr 1 min
Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss inflation catching up with the world. Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen 0:00 - Intro 6:33 - UK inflation 11:02 - American banking crisis lull 18:12 - Structural problems in energy 25:56 - Liquidity issues with massive bank accounts 31:33 - Debt ceiling 33:13 - Retirement and target date funds 40:18 The Ukraine distraction 45:54 - Collapse in skilled labor and infrastructure 50:41 - Taking on troubled times 54:55 - Bitcoin’s interaction wi...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Marty sits down with Townsend Lansing to discuss BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF. Townsend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownsendLansing 0:00 - Intro 8:40 - Inflation hitting the UK 11:07 - Introducing Townsend, Blackrock ETF 19:10 - SEC approval 25:23 - APA 26:46 - How Bitcoin market could be affected 29:28 - People becoming aware of crypto risk 31:23 - How the grantor trust works 35:50 - ETF liquidity 42:12 - Bitcoin’s better security 45:30 - Will bitcoin financial products be treated differently? 4...
Jun 26, 2023•55 min
Marty sits down with John Titus to discuss the liquidity crisis caused by the Fed. John's Substack: https://bestevidence.substack.com/ Best Evidence on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestEvidence 5:30 - Killer whales and banks lacking liquidity 16:13 - The Fed is at the center 21:01 - Coordinated consolidation effort 26:28- The strength of cash 33:57 - John’s origin story 39:09 - Fix the money, fix the world 42:20 - Dollar endgame 45:06 - John on Bitcoin 49:38 - The system is run by those who...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr
Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_ 6:35 - Meet Synota 14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites 16:56 - How Synota integrates 23:47 - Financing possibilities 26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin 34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid 45:22 - The team’s orange pilling 49:41 - Mining industry is maturing 55:56 - Efficiency impact of ins...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan for the longest episode of TFTC yet, going in depth on the nature of the incoming fiat crisis. Balaji on Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis 6:13 - How does the debt ceiling contribute to the fiat crisis? 9:48 - Reality check 21:38 - History is running in reverse 25:09 - The unipolar moment is over 38:05 - America is 3 tribes 44:42 - Democracy has 4 definitions 55:33 - India adopting pragmatic democracy 59:08 - China won’t go away 1:07:03 - USSA 1:36:11 - ...
Jun 02, 2023•4 hr 26 min
Follow along with the charts: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1664179527784734720?s=20 Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney 8:12 - Baltic hockey 17:17 - Debt ceiling bye bye 22:55 - New basemoney drop! 36:19 - Bitcoin base vs top fiat, reverse repo 49:41 - Bank failures 1:01:54 - Treasury markets 1:05:34 - Fannie & Freddie debt numbers 1:09:32 - Balaji says FedNow is a CBDC 1:17:02 - Sidebar on children 1:18:19 - Back on topic, centralization will continue 1:23:45 - Sover...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 50 min
Marty sits down with Matt Dines from Build to discuss the retirement landscape and how to handle a large scale transition to Bitcoin as a primary store of value. Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuildCIO Check out Build: https://buildbitcoin.com/ 8:17 - What’s happening to retirement funds 11:49 - Balance sheets of the American household 26:23 - History of retirement accounts 30:30 - The post-Covid financial landscape 34:52 - Retirement account participation 46:14 - Legislation isn’t the ans...
May 31, 2023•2 hr 12 min
Marty sits down with James Poulos to discuss the tyranny of the digital age. James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamespoulos Human Forever: https://canonic.xyz/books/1YV9yExbmJ9mgBXNM81TouJuDtqxH2PpL 6:00 - Rising transhumanism 12:37 - Defining the humanity we fight for 19:54 - Breaking people apart 29:14 - False gods 34:23 - Fighting on the digital level 38:39 - Changing the tide 47:50 - The moment of humility 50:31 - Return to traditional family 56:55 - Focusing attention 58:26 - Being human...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Marty sits down with Dr. Michael Rectenwald to discuss the The Great Reset, stakeholder capitalism, CBDCs, and asserting autonomy against a neo-feudal future. Michael's website: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/ Michael's Mises presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGg9j-qCNt0 8:07 - Michael’s presentation on Great Reset 10:29 - Stakeholder capitalism 14:15 - ESG leads to corporate rule 18:32 - Mock the rulers 20:23 - Neo-techno-feudalism while infrastructure breaks 24:03 - Refusing CBD...
May 17, 2023•55 min
Marty sits down with Lyle Pratt, founder and CEO of Vida, to talk about what he's building. Lyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lylepratt Check out Vida: https://vida.page/ 12:48 - What’s Vida? 16:56 - Lyle’s history 20:51 - Telecom architecture and using bitcoin to solve problems 27:57 - New tools like AI, Nostr, and LN 32:30 - Current state of lightning 33:46 - Vida demo with some difficulties 35:45 - Monetizing your attention 37:41 - The Vida team 44:56 - Vida can be a better Restream 50:44 ...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to talk about the origins of Fedi, an explaination of Fedimints, antifragile freedom technology. Obi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/obi Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/ 8:26 - Austin’s a nice place 12:32 - Comparing the beginnings of Coinfloor and Fedi 22:00 - Explaining Fedi 34:19 - Applications made possible by Fedi 40:59 - Fedi ambassadors 46:20 - The freedom made possible by Fedi 53:12 - Fedipools and off-grid mining 57:38 - The antifragile nature of Bitcoin 1:07:3...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Marty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss the all aspects of the impending economic strife and why there's plenty of hope on the other end. Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge Peter's Substack: https://stonge.substack.com/ Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/ Mises Institue: https://mises.org/ 9:27 - Starting with Modern Monetary Theory 14:54 - Fed policy heading off a cliff 24:39 - Approaching the debt ceiling and unemployment 33:28 - A whitepilled take on imminent co...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 57 min
Marty sits down with Lee Slusher for a sober analysis of the war. Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeBTConsulting Lee's Substack:https://deepdivewithleeslusher.substack.com/ Lee's website: http://lee-bt.com/ 6:24- Lee’s background 9:43 - War in Ukraine and possible outcomes 16:30 - History leading up to current war 21:13 - Derussification 24:02 - Comparing Ukranian and Russian military 31:43 - Western intervention 38:38 - War’s role in economic crisis and US election 43:23 - Afghanistan 50:0...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Marty sits down again with Whitney Webb to discuss failing banks funneling toward JP Morgan and how CBDCs are leading to a transhumanist future. Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb Whitney's Website: https://unlimitedhangout.com/ 9:17 - Ninja launch 12:11 - Banks failing and consolidating 19:02 - Story of Jamie Dimon 26:38 - Reexamining 2008 31:10 - CBDCs, biometrics and control 40:11 - JP Morgan, Wexner and Crown 44:59 - WSJ callout 50:36 - Noam Chomsky 54:55 - Are people wakin...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Marty sits down with Steve Barbour before the first Nakamoto Forum debate to talk about energy, mining, and replacing the US Dollar. Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour Upstream Data: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/ 7:30 - Bitcoin dev conflict of interest 19:18 - Bitcoin reaching maturity 21:01 - Russian mining 25:37 - Fiat IOUs 28:30 - The state of US mining 34:25 - Will "Coal" Cole 38:09 - Upstream's progress since Steve's last pod 47:06 - Hydro is better for portability 55:31 - New ...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss how the world will move away from the USD reserve. Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peruvian_bull Check out Dollar Endgame: https://thedollarendgame.com/ 12:01 - Starting out writing on Reddit 17:48 - Is the dollar currently in its endgame? 23:02 - Weaponizing dollar against Russia hurt US 25:19 - Past the debt event horizon 33:45 - Bitcoin reserve 36:21 - Will BRICS BUCS gain traction? 41:06 - A great opportunity for bitcoiners 44:01 - ...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Marty sits down with Charles Mayfield to talk about Keto Con, the wonders of pig biology, and the destruction of food and agriculture wrought by corporations and legislation. Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrChuckFit Farrow: https://farrow.life/ 11:01 - Marty field tested the skin food 12:20 - Keto Con 16:58 - Epic Dermis 20:59 - Why Farrow 24:34 - Pigs 34:05 - Untrustworthy institutions 41:10 - Poison in the livestock 45:43 - Insidious legislature 51:01 - Looking at more accurate healt...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Marty sits down with Michael Koss and Dr. Joel Wallskog for a discussion of injuries from the Covid-19 shot, React19, and the Dartmouth College roundtable. Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkoss126 Joel on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/WallskogJoel React19 roundtable at Dartmouth: https://react19.org/DartC19/ 9:47 - Michael's background - Dartmouth roundtable 18:30 - Joel's background - React19 27:34 - Politicization of the jab 29:25 - Doubling down on bad decisions 32:13 - Justice ...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Marty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers to talk about OnRamp. Check out OnRamp: http://onrampbitcoin.com/ Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/croesus_btc 0:00 - Intro 5:26 - Marty's chair is stolen 7:11 - OnRamp's use case and problems to solve 14:28 - Legal structure of OnRamp 19:30 - Difficulty in educating on self custody 31:10 - Decentralized control 41:55 - How will OnRamp's launch impact the market? 51:59 - The adoption curve...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the role the banking crisis plays in the inter-cabal squabble. Tom Luongo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFL1728 Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/ 8:14 - What the hell is going on? 13:08 - Communicating ideas 20:04 - Intentions of the Fed and big American banks 31:39 - Europe in trouble as rates raise 38:41 - Pivot to BRICS 42:20 - FIMA 47:52 - Keeping a finger on the pulse 51:03 - Multi-vector attack on America 55:36 - Trump's indictment...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Curry to discuss Podcasting 2.0, Value 4 Value, Bitcoin, energy, culture, and much more. Adam Curry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamcurry No Agenda Show: https://www.noagendashow.net/ Pod 8:57 - Opening Riff 14:51 - Information Freedom 18:57 - Bitcoin responsibility and remembering your keys 24:19 - Patriot Act 2.0 and thinking local 28:25 - Mining and energy 38:30 - Trans politics and transhumanism 52:41 - Nostr 55:50 - v4v 1:08:43 - Joe Rogan 1:13:23 - ...
Apr 05, 2023•2 hr 38 min
Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the flawed ideological approach behind ESG mandates and renewable energies. Brian Gitt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt Brian's website: https://briangitt.com/ 5:23 - California emissions and electric cars 14:08 - Material supply for EVs 16:21 - California's oil hypocrisy 21:15 - EGS mandates don't preserve environment or help human life 27:06 - Nuclear safety 32:48 - Small modular reactors 48:52 - Wind and solar subsidies 52:52 - Ra...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices 9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1 13:32 - Bitcoin price 22:29 - The results of raising interest 24:42 - Bond duration risk 32:30 - QE5 34:40 - Choke Point 2.0 38:14 - Balaji's price prediction 46:53 - FedNow 55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks 1:00:09 - US state rights 1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas 1:11:00 - Blood in t...
Mar 23, 2023•2 hr 9 min
Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones. Alex's article on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries Alex's Essays: https://alexgladstein.com/ Alex Gladstein at HRF: https://hrf.org/team/alex-gladstein/ 5:26 - In town for SXSW talking about CFA franc 10:06 - Colonial exploitation 17:21 - Transfer of control of energy 19:51 - Outsourcing th...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Sitting down with Garrett Ziegler to discuss the Biden laptop. Follow Marco Polo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcoPolo501c3 5:26 - Investigating the Biden family 14:53 - Firsthand sources 17:20 - Foreign interests 26:54 - Hunter the political whore 29:31 - Not a democrat/republican issue 34:58 - Legal action against the laptop shop 38:45 - Fake info 41:41 - Plausibility of forgetting the laptop 45:06 - Laundering money through Ukraine VC 48:51 - Joe is the main story 52:28 - IPhone backup 56...
Mar 18, 2023•1 hr 35 min
