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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.

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01:35:15

Rabbit Hole Recap #177: The gaslighting heats up

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/12/16

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 -

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02:22:29

#291: Getting to the source of the seed with Texas Slim

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2021/12/16

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

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01:59:28

Rabbit Hole Recap #176: Party rip

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2021/12/10

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

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02:12:19

#290: Continuing the dissection of the Great Reset...

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2021/12/04

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

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01:57:23

Rabbit Hole Recap #175: Don't live in fear

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2021/12/02

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 -

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02:02:48

#289: Bitcoin is about to surpass the British Pound...

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2021/12/01

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

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02:09:58

#288: Bringing a design focus to Bitcoin with Patricia

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2021/11/29

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

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02:33:54

Rabbit Hole Recap #174: Much to be thankful for

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2021/11/24

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 is

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02:33:50

#287: EmbassyOS v0.3.0, building out the independent...

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2021/11/22

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

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01:50:28

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.15

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2021/11/19

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 bill to

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01:34:39

#286: Securitizing natural assets and manufactured...

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2021/11/18

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

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01:08:11

#281b: Announcing Synonym with John Carvalho

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2021/11/17

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

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01:38:37

#285: From bars to Bitcoin with Justin Rhedrick

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2021/11/12

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

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02:31:18

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.08

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2021/11/12

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

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01:59:43

#284: Surviving brain surgery, coming to grips with...

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2021/11/09

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 influencer marketing company by 27 - Building a social media app on the Lightning Network - Pushing the Lightning Network to its limits - Forking the Sphinx codebase - The ills of the advertising industry - much more Follow Justin on Twitter Check out Zion Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins Compass Mining

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02:01:25

#283: How we messed up our food and how we fix it...

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2021/11/06

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 - The Texas Beef Initiative - Regenerative farming - How the Regime is trying to make us nutritionally bankrupt - much more Check out the Texas Beef Initiative Substack Follow Texas Slim on Twitter Check out the Oshi App Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins Compass Mining

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01:39:03

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.01

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2021/11/04

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - lightning channel jamming research - largest bank in australia to add bitcoin payments - Miami mayor to take next paycheck in bitcoin, NYC mayor elect to take first three paychecks in bitcoin - aaron rodgers to get paid in bitcoin - Navajo Nation mining bitcoin - african bitcoin startup chipper cash raises $150M - mercury wallet v0.4.45 - btcpayserver v1.3.1 - electrs v0.9.2 - nix-bitcoin v0.0.57 - sparrow wallet v1.5.2 - rust lightning v0.0.103 - c-lightning

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01:53:20

#282: River adds bitcoin mining, the Metaverse,...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/11/03

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 exchanges look like? - The Metaverse - The physical world - The TSA - Federal travel mandates - Population domination - The CIA - Engaging in politics; how to do it - much more Follow Alex on Twitter Check out River Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins Compass Mining

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01:43:48

#281: Chinese mining theory, bitcoin divisibility,...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/11/02

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 - Public mining companies - Holding your own keys - much more Follow John on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital Braiins Compass Mining

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00:55:02

Special Announcement: Ten31

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2021/10/31

Introducing Ten31 Investing in Bitcoin-native companies. Founded and backed by Bitcoiners. Our Mission: To facilitate the freedom of mankind through individual sovereignty. Investing in Bitcoin-native companies. Focused on advancing individual sovereignty. Low time preference philosophy. Management fees directed toward Bitcoin core and Lightning developers. Check out the website

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