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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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01:54:13

#143: JW Weatherman & Giacomo Zucco

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2020/03/25

Join Marty as he sits down with JW Weatherman and Giacomo Zucco to discuss: - Separating people from their State - Overt v. covert evil empires - Heuristics one can use to gauge the severity of COVID19 - much more Follow JW on Twitter Follow Giacomo on Twitter 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 you download the app.

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01:02:59

#142: Elisabeth Préfontaine

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2020/03/24

Join Marty as he sits down with Elisabeth Préfontaine, founder of Octonomics, to discuss: - Elisabeth's experience in the banking + financial worlds - Problems with transparency in the traditional financial world - Bad incentives in the traditional financial system - Why Bitcoin only? - How Quebec messed up their opportunity to court bitcoin entrepreneurs - Defining Bitcoin - Why bitcoin isn't a security - PC creep into the boardroom - much more Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start

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01:22:09

Rabbit Hole Recap: Stimulus Package 2020.03.23

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2020/03/23

Join Marty and Matt as they discuss: - Markets down, bitcoin up - Sunday futures limit down in 3 mins - 60 Minutes interview Kashkari "infinite amount of cash" - Fed announces unlimited QE - Russian central bank added 400k ounces of gold to its reserves in february - TFTC.tv guides - Graphene & MyNode - JoinMarket v0.6.2 - JoinMarket PR for fidelity bonds - Nodl Dojo v0.0.8 - March Whirlpool volume higher than last 3 months combined - LN Markets released on mainnet - CashApp adds option to

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01:28:07

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.03.16

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2020/03/19

Join Marty and Matt as they discuss: - Macro scene - Casa open sources node - Bitcoin Magazine op ed on CoinJoin legality - BTCPay VR Presentation this Saturday - US Gov considering location tracking - Samourai Whirlpool volume set to top January and February volume combined - Upcoming node guides: tftc.tv and parts list - Ark Invest bitcoin mining research - Blockware Solutions bitcoin mining research - Don't skimp on Micro SDs - much more Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start

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01:14:58

#141: Charles Marohn

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2020/03/17

Join Marty as he sits down with Charles Marohn, Author of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity, to discuss: - How America has been very wasteful with resources for the last five decades - The problems with top-down decision making - Why centralized economies "on the bike" don't work in the long-run - The morality of Fed policy - Parallels between modern day America and the Weimar Repulic - How small towns can start over and stand on their own two feet - Value per acre -

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00:49:25

Rabbit Hole Recap: Stimulus Package 2020.03.16

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2020/03/16

Join Marty and Matt as they discuss: - COVID19 + Market reaction - Fed cuts + repo operations - MyNode v0.1.97 - 3D Printing in Italy's corona battle - VR Socratic Meetup - Jameson Lopp on Bitcoin Core Contributor Challenges - Other stuff 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 you download the app.

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00:48:40

#140: Kyle Bass & Parker Lewis

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2020/03/12

Join Marty as he hops on a call with Kyle Bass and Parker Lewis to discuss: - Recent market chaos - The Fed's response up to this point and what they may do moving forward - The need for a strong fiscal response in conjunction with Fed policy - The dangers of centralizing our supply chain in China - Russia's move in oil markets over the weekend - much more Follow Kyle on Twitter Follow Parker on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code:

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01:12:19

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.03.09

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2020/03/12

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - macro and price talk - mining death spiral FUD - Bitcoin Core v0.19.1 - bluewallet node issue - payjoin support should be added to btcpay soon - Samourai Wallet Whirlpool hits new monthly ATH - Specter-Desktop multisig release - OXT Research PlusToken Report Issue 2 - Electrum v4 release still delayed - MKR/DAI liquidation crisis Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and

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01:08:01

#139: George Gammon

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2020/03/10

Join Marty as he sits down with George Gammon to discuss: - Why George started his YouTube channel - The Oil Wars - Was Russia's move over the weekend a kill shot directed at the US? - Corporate Debt - Buybacks - Junk bonds - The Fed's reaction to recent market movements - Fed policy and the erosion of the Nuclear family - Deflation - Sounds money standards of the past - George's thoughts on Gold v. Bitcoin - much more Check out George's YouTube channel Follow George on Twitter Shoutout to this

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01:02:36

#138: BitcoinTINA "The Perfect Storm"

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2020/03/06

Join Marty as he sits down with BitcoinTINA to discuss how the macro factors lining up in the world right now are a perfect storm for Bitcoin in the medium to long-term. Follow BitcoinTINA on Twitter 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 you download the app.

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01:06:12

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.03.02

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2020/03/05

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Coronavirus + Fed Rate Cut - Whirlpool volume PAMPING - VR Presentation by Adam Gibson on PayJoin - Nodl updated with new RTL - myNode updated with Dojo support - Casa adds Coldcard support - BlueWallet adds Coldcard support - BlockFi flagging wasabi deposits - Square Crypto announces two new grants - India Supreme Court strikes down bitcoin banking ban - South Korea passes amendment formalizing bitcoin regulation - Germany deems bitcoin a financial instrument -

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02:08:44

#137: Chris Stewart & Nadav Kohen

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2020/03/04

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart and Nadav Kohen from Suredbits to discuss: - Dairy farming + life in Iowa - The inception of Suredbits - Building products to take Bitcoin to the masses - The Lightning Network - Key management on the Lightning Network - Node fallbacks + redundancy - Discreet Log Contracts - Oracles - BitDevs Chicago - much more Follow Chris on Twitter Follow Nadav on Twitter Check out Suredbits Peep the DLC blog series Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start

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01:18:22

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.02.24

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2020/02/27

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Trace fall from Grace - FullyNoded corrections - consider donating here - @6102bitcoin infographics on taint, chainalysis, and blacklisting - Zebedee releases developer SDK - Whirlpool usage second monthly ATH in a row - Whirlpool mobile released - Casa bitcoin inheritance solution released - Coldcard v3.1.1 - Square reports growing bitcoin volume - Square teases option to display in sats and auto buys - Suredbits Discreet Log Contracts Demo - Nodl Day - March

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02:29:22

#136: Paul Sztorc

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2020/02/25

Join Marty as he sits down with Paul Sztorc, the man behind Drivechains and Bitcoin Hivemind, to discuss: - Proof of Work v. Proof of Stake - Bitcoin's fee market - How it may develop in the future - Is Bitcoin our only shot? - Drivechains - Why people don't like Drivechains - Why their concerns are valid + invalid - Bitcoin Hivemind - much more Follow Paul on Twitter Check out his blog Check out Drivechains Check out Bitcoin Hivemind Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats

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01:07:37

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.02.17

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2020/02/20

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bisq v1.2.6 adds support for L-BTC - Bisq volume up 2.6x YoY - Zeus v0.2.1 - RTL v0.6.5 - c-lightning v0.8.1 - ColdCard firmware v3.1.0 adds support for HSM mode called ckbunker - Fully Noded 2 released on testflight - BTCSessions mynodebtc.com build your own node walkthrough video - Microsoft ION distributed identity project - OpenNode fiat integration - Peter Thiel backed Layer1 begins mining operation in West Texas - What Constant Surveillance Does to Your

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02:47:54

#135: Leigh Cuen

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2020/02/19

Join Marty as he sits down with Leigh Cuen, Senior Reporter at CoinDesk, to discuss: - Leigh's journey to covering this beat - Competing narratives in the cryptocurrency world - Bitcoin v. Ethereum - How people are using each - How each project is approaching adoption - The state of media - VC funded media incentives - Independent content creation - much more Follow Leigh on Twitter Check out Leigh's reporting on CoinDesk Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the

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01:26:58

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.02.10

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2020/02/13

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Dropbit CEO arrested for running a centralized mixing service called Helix and a dark market search engine called Grams - Self payments lightning privacy proposal - Coldcard releases PSBT Faker tool for testing - Tor Browser v9.0.5 - Tails v4.3 - Wasabi implements Apple Code Sign - Escher App demos paying any lightning invoice with your connected bank account - Liquid support on Bisq goes live - Anon submits Taproot critique to mailing list - Chainalysis has been

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01:20:44

#134: Jack Mallers

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2020/02/11

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Jack Mallers to discuss: - LN Strike - Lessons learned while building Zap + Olympus - Lightning Privacy - Lightning for exchanges - much more 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 you download the app.

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01:52:14

#133: Whit Gibbs

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2020/02/08

Join Marty as he sits down with Whit Gibbs, Co-Founder and CEO of Hashr8OS, to discuss: - Whit buying the 2017 top - Why he decided to focus on mining - Mining hardware + energy dynamics - What's going to happen after the halving? - Is the US turning into the USSR? - Social credit - much more Follow Whit on Twitter 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 you download the app.

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01:03:27

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.02.03

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2020/02/06

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Casa will no longer sell nodes, gold package reduced to $10 per month - Wasabi removes fixed fee address - Samourai Whirlpool usage hits monthly all time high - Proof Wallet tool released by @hodlwave - Eclair v0.3.3 - BTCPay Server v1.0.4.156 - Blockstream Green v3.3.3 - BitMex Research estimates 28% of channels are private, 12% of total capacity - Lolli requiring bank account linked to withdraw bitcoin rewards for some users - Lightning Labs raised $10M Series A

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