TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

00:50:57

#253: Local government, building a strong town, and...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/05/19

Join Marty as he sits down with the Mayor of Jackson Tennessee, Scott Conger, to discuss: - Being the 3rd Mayor of Jackson in his family - The day to day of leading a small city - How Mayor Conger approaches taxes for the city - How Mayor Conger became interested in bitcoin - Bitcoin's role in local government - Local v. Federal government - "If not me, then who?" - much more Follow Mayor Conger on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code:

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01:15:54

#252: Content monetization, art, and NFTs with...

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2021/05/18

Join Marty as he sits down with prolific Bitcoin artist cryptograffiti to discuss: - Using art to convey Bitcoin's revolutionary nature - Content monetization under a Bitcoin Standard - Why NFTs are so popular - Is art subjective or is there objective beauty? - Cutting out middle men - Artists working directly with collectors - much more Follow cryptograffiti on Twitter Check out his art Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to

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01:29:34

#251: Raising children, ransomware attacks, climate...

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2021/05/14

Join Marty as he sits down with investigative journalist Whitney Webb to discuss: - Raising children as a countercultural act - Ransomeware attacks - Colonial Pipeline spill cover up - Elon Musk - Bill Gates - Central Bank Digital Currencies - AI - Bitcoin as a tool to fight back - Citadels - much more Follow Whitney on Twitter Support her at UnlimitedHangout.com

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02:29:08

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.10

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2021/05/13

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - cake wallet vulnerability - hash rate ath - the bitcoin car at indy 500 - elon tweets energy fud - microstrategy stacked more - recent CPI numbers released - us gov probes binance - gbtc discount hits record low of 20% - fully noded v0.2.17 - bluewallet v6.1.2 - lightning network privacy analysis - analysis of darkside ransomware group - colonial pipeline allegedly paid $5M ransom - check your financial privilege by gladstein - gladstein in cato on a post cash

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02:14:28

#250: Q1 Monetary Base Update, inflation, and haters...

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2021/05/13

Join Marty as he sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss: - The latest global monetary base update - Why the monetary base is a good benchmark for bitcoin - Bitcoin is the 6th largest base money (ex-gold) in the world - Defining assets and liabilities on the Fed's balance sheet - Why Japan matters - Communism creep - Bitcoin and a free banking system - Academic economists and bitcoin - much more Follow Matthew on Twitter Check out cryptovoices.com Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App

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01:02:55

#249: Indian Point shutdown, electricity prices,...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/05/10

Join Marty as he sits down with Robert Bryce; author, documentarian, and host of the Power Hungry Podcast, to discuss: - The Indian Point power plant shutdown - Energy mix - Subsidies leading to capital misallocation - Bitcoin's value prop - The externalities that come with wind turbines - Land use and green energy - much more Follow Robert on Twitter Check out Robert's latest book, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations Check out Robert's website Shoutout to this week's

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01:29:17

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.03

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2021/05/06

This week Marty and Matt discuss: bitcoin core v0.21.1 first taproot signalling period new multisig guide from bitcoinqna thailand in person kyc this month in bitcoin privacy bluewallet v6.1.0 umbrel v03.10 phoenix v1.4.11 F2pool hashrate from outside china Dual-funded LN channel on mainnet MARA virtue signaling Iranian Central Bank cucking too Miningpool.observer NY State wants to ban mining Bitcoin Beach fund raiser Coinbase transparency report Cash App Q1 numbers Commodities inflation Tunisian

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01:08:22

#248: Fragile electrical grids, unreliable energy...

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2021/05/04

Join Marty as he sits down with Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid, to discuss: - The fragility of grids - Misconceptions around electric grids - Energy mix - What's happening in Texas and California? - Why nuclear is important - How data is manipulated to push special interests - How we can fix our grids Follow Meredith on Twitter Pick up Shorting the Grid

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00:57:57

#247: Julian Assange, The Espionage Act, Julian's...

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2021/04/30

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Gabriel Shipton, brother of Julian Assange, to discuss: - Julian's ongoing trial - How the US Government is wrongfully persecuting Julian - The bogus rape charges lobbed against Julian - The US Government's Espionage charges - Journalism in 2021 - Why Julian's case is very important for the future of journalism - How to support Julian's defense fund - much more Follow Gabriel on Twitter Support Julian's defense fund here Shoutout to this week's

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02:04:19

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.26

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2021/04/29

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - BTCPay Server vulnerability disclosure - JP Morgan bends the knee - Tesla CFO on bitcoin during Q1 earnings - Public video game publisher Nexon buys 1717 bitcoin - Chiefs veteran tight end Sean Culkin converting entire salary to bitcoin - Second bitcoin exchange goes down in Turkey - Turkish gov using it as an excuse to regulate further - Bitcoin Fog custodial bitcoin mixer operator arrested - DC Cops hit with ransomware which threatens informants - Global

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00:57:13

#246: The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner, mining...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/04/28

Join Marty as he sits down with Karim Helmy from Galaxy Digital to discuss: - The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner Pt. II - Modeling future price and profitability - Helping miners make better business decisions - The ASIC crunch - Future research topics - much more Follow Karim on Twitter Check out The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner Pt. II Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you

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01:35:01

#245: Austin, trillions out of thin air, inflation,...

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2021/04/23

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, to discuss: - The Austin Bitcoin scene - The Fed opening the spigots - Systemic credit risk - Fiscal spending enabled by the Fed - Capital allocation under a Bitcoin Standard - Sam Houston - much more Follow Parker on Twitter Check out Unchained Capital Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS

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02:05:46

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.19

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2021/04/22

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Venmo adds bitcoin IOU support, no withdrawals - WeWork accepting bitcoin as payment and will hodl - Coin Center responds strongly against FATF - Turkish Gov attempting bitcoin payments ban - Turkish bitcoin exhange Thodex apparent exit scam - OKEx adds lightning support - Cashapp raises withdrawal minimum to 100K sats frok 10K sats - Bitcoin Core v0.21.1 RC 1 Taproot Speedy Trial client released - UASF Taproot client released - Aaron Van Wirdum write up on the

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01:40:43

#244: DLCs, DeFi, Taproot activation, and milk cattle...

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2021/04/16

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart and Ben Carman from Suredbits to discuss: - The Austin scene - Migrations in the US - DLCs - Lessons from DeFi - Taproot activation - Speedy Trial - Coinflip - Milk cattle - much more Check out Suredbits Follow Chris Follow Ben Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial

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01:50:46

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.12

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2021/04/15

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Speedy Trial taproot activation method merged - Comments by greg maxwell - COPA sues CSW - CCI releases first report stating there is minimal "illicit activity" using bitcoin - VanEck "bitcoin" ETF DAPP that does not hold bitcoin directly - btc-rpc-explorer v3.0 - trezor suite beta v21.4.1 - Alleged paxful KYC leak claimed to be fake - Gladstein biweekly column - shitCOIN IPO, currently valued at ~$66B - Mexico fingerprint KYC for phone sim cards Shoutout to this

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02:31:07

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.05

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2021/04/08

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - coinbase IPO on april 14th, ticker COIN - NYDIG raises another $100M - African P2P volumes hit new all time highs - Ukrainian civil servants own more than 46k bitcoin - Crypto Council for Innovation announced - Square Crypto grant for mempool.space - Peter Thiel comments on bitcoin and china - Arthur Hayes surrenders - Circle and Polo ordered to provide info on users to IRS - Kraken received similar but judge says they must narrow request - former chainalysis

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02:32:32

#243: Regenerative farming, Fiat food and farming,...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/04/07

Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth (Joel) to discuss: - The Fiat Farming system - Top soil - Roundup in everything - Using cattle for regenerative farming - Creating a cattle ranching/land management co-op - Distributed asynchronous citadel networks - much more Follow Untapped Growth Check out the site Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the

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02:29:45

Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.29

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2021/04/01

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - coldcard physical attack - Kentucky signs bitcoin mining incentives - Strike launches in El Salvador without banking partners - Azteco adds lightning - Goldman to start offering bitcoin exposure to rich clients - Morgan Stanley prepping to add bitcoin exposure to major funds - Brink's first round of dev grants - Gemini provides grant to mempool.space - Specter v1.3.0 - Coldcard v4.01 - Bisq v1.6.1 - BTCPay Server v1.0.7.1 - sphinx-relay v2.0.7 - c-lightning

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01:44:24

#242: Ledn.io, Proof of Reserves, risk management,...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/03/29

Join Marty as he sits down with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo to discuss: - Ledn's recent raise - Proof of Reserves - Risk Management - Duration matching - Hyperinflation - Good people succeeding - Bitcoin scaling in layers - Ledn users sending within the platform - The Petro - much more Follow Mauricio on Twitter Check out Ledn Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the

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01:01:34

#241: Mining pools, Braidpool, resistance to attacks,...

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast ·

2021/03/26

Join Marty as he sits down with Bob McElrath to discuss: - NY BitDevs - Mining pools - P2Pool - Braidpool - Making decentralized pools viable - How they may fail - Adversarial thinking - Bob's Bitcoin journey - much more Follow Bob on Twitter Bitcoin Munich Meetup Video Braidpool IRC Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new

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