Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

By Marty Bent

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Tales from the Crypt is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in crypto", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people.

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#264: Energy poverty, nonse...

07.30.2021

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Wright, Founder and CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services, to discuss: - Energy poverty - Lack of education around energy extraction and delivery - Energy density - Does fracking pollute water? - Is ...

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07.30.2021 #264: Energy poverty, nonsensical energy policy, and the miracle of petroleum with Chris Wright Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Wright, Founder and CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services, to discuss: - Energy poverty - Lack of education around energy extraction and delivery - Energy density - Does fracking pollute water? - Is ...
07.29.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.26 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bipartisan infrastructure bill targets bitcoiners - Israel forced bitcoin disclosure bill - mexico regulator says 12 bitcoin exchanges are operating illegaly - bolt12 spec released http://bolt12.org/ - fully noded v0.2.20 - zap android ...
07.28.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.3.2 - understanding your legal rights with @deliver8tor EPISODE: 0.3.2 BLOCK: 692959 PRICE: 2630 sats per dollar TOPICS: understanding your legal rights, 4th amendment, third party doctrine, trusted third parties, coinjoin is legal, overcompliance, avoiding KYC, censorship, circular economy, boating accidents @deliver8tor: https://twitter.com/deliver8tor Streamed live every tuesday @ ...
07.23.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.19 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - brink's second round of developer grants - seed signer v0.4.2 - specter desktop v1.5.0 - samourai dojo v1.10.1 - eclair v0.6.1 - electrum v4.1.5 - lnd v0.13.1-beta - blockstream green desktop v0.1.10 - ...
07.21.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.3.1 - getting started with bitcoin mining with @diverter_nokyc, @econoalchemist, and @roninminer EPISODE: 0.3.1 BLOCK: 691887 PRICE: 3373 sats per dollar TOPICS: getting started with bitcoin mining, power, heat, noise, being good to your wife, internet, renting failed subway sandwich locations for mining, hosted mining options and tradeoffs, cloud mining is bad, ...
07.15.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.12 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitmex dev grant program accepting applications - bluewallet mobile focused lightning implementation powered by LDK - trezor suite app officially launches - bluewallet v6.1.9 - rust lightning v0.0.99 - nix-bitcoin v0.0.47 - zeus ...
07.14.2021 #263: The Bitcoin Mining Council and ESG with Michael Saylor, Darin Feinstein, and Austin Storms Join Marty as he sits down with Michael Saylor, Darin Feinstein, and Austin Storms to have a discussion about the Bitcoin Mining Council and the ESG movement. Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Darin on Twitter Follow Austin on Twitter Shoutout ...
07.13.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.3.0 - bitcoin privacy and the danger of KYC with @samouraiwallet and @openoms EPISODE: 0.3.0 BLOCK: 690746 PRICE: 3047 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin privacy, danger of KYC, whirlpool, joinmarket, wasabi, paynyms, lightning, custodial exchanges, fee market, medium of exchange vs store of value @samouraiwallet: https://twitter.com/samouraiwallet @openoms: https://twitter.com/openoms Streamed live every tuesday @ ...
07.09.2021 #262: Clean water, a prodigal son's journey, and the Bitcoin Water Trust with Scott Harrison Join Marty as he sits down with Scott Harrison, Founder and CEO of Charity: Water, to discuss: - A prodigal son's journey - Nightclub life - Hitting rock bottom - Turning to a life of charity - Volunteering in Liberia ...
07.09.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.05 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - specter windows vulnerability was a false alarm - bisq discloses substantial privacy vulnerability - former cftc chair advocates for a bitcoin etf - casa client drugged by tinder date in attempted bitcoin theft ...
07.07.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.9 - bitcoin privacy and security with @craigraw and @ketominer EPISODE: 0.2.9 BLOCK: 689932 PRICE: 2943 sats per dollar TOPICS: security, privacy, bip47, whirlpool, coinswaps, atomic swaps, taproot, lightning, full nodes, threat models, build processes @ketominer: https://twitter.com/ketominer @craigraw: https://twitter.com/craigraw Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: HTTPS://CITADELDISPATCH.COM ...
07.02.2021 #261: The CCP's 100-year anniversary, the geographic distribution of hashrate, and capacity constraints in North America with Edward Evenson Join Marty as he sits down with Edward Evenson, Director of Business Development at Braiins, to discuss: - The great hashrate migrations - What Chinese miners are looking for in co-location partners - The 100 year anniversary of the CCP ...
07.01.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.28 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - windows version of specter desktop v1.4.6 included a virus - largest downward difficulty adjustment in bitcoin history expected tomorrow - athena to install 1500 bitcoin atms in el salvador - bisq v1.7.0 - ...
06.30.2021 #260: The Great Mining Migration, the market for ASICs, and the near term future of hashrate with Leo Zhang Join Marty as he sits down with Leo Zhang, founder of Anicca Research, to discuss: - Is this mining ban real? - How are Chinese miners reacting? - The dynamics of communication between the Chinese and Western mining industries - ...
06.29.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.8 - el salvador, china, and bitcoin with @gladstein EPISODE: 0.2.8 BLOCK: 689158 PRICE: 2749 sats per dollar TOPICS: el salvador, china, CFA franc, 51% attacks and difficulty adjustment @gladstein: https://twitter.com/gladstein Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21 support the show: ...
06.25.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.21 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoin hash drops amid chinese crackdown - gbtc redemptions hurting bitcoin demand - the b word initiative - lnd v0.13.0-beta - specter diy v1.5.5 - rust lightning v0.0.98 - joinmarket v0.8.3 - joininbox ...
06.17.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.14 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - taproot upgrade has locked in, activation expected in november - Criminals mailing ledger customers compromised hardware wallets - US Bitcoin Mining Council formally launches - NY Electricians' union successfully fights bitcoin mining ban ...
06.16.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.6 - using a bitcoin node with @raspiblitz, @ronindojoui, @mynodebtc, @start9labs, and @nodl_it EPISODE: 0.2.6 BLOCK: 687726 PRICE: 2478 sats per dollar TOPICS: using a bitcoin node, bitcoin node projects, tradeoffs, software licenses, monetization @raspiblitz: https://twitter.com/raspiblitz @ronindojoui: https://twitter.com/ronindojoui @mynodebtc: https://twitter.com/mynodebtc @start9labs: https://twitter.com/start9labs @nodl_it: https://twitter.com/nodl_it Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 ...
06.15.2021 #259: Bitcoin layer 3, empowering dissidents, and the power of the Lightning Network with Chase Perkins Join Marty as he sits down with Chase Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Impervious.ai, to discuss: - Building a VPN that leverages Lightning Network routing nodes - Data transfer and user privacy on the Internet - Building an API that ...
06.11.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.07 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - El Salvador declares bitcoin legal tender - Legal tender move pissed off IMF - VOLCANO MINING - DOJ seizes 63.7 bitcoin connected to Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack - Global bank regulators propose burdensome ...
06.09.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.5 - the reality of ransomware with @evankaloudis EPISODE: 0.2.5 BLOCK: 686852 PRICE: 2965 sats per dollar TOPICS: the reality of ransomware @evankaloudis: https://twitter.com/evankaloudis Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21 telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch
06.07.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap LIVE IN MIAMI: Week of 2021.05.31 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Moon bouncing transactions - Ross Ulbricht's interview - Green coins - Kevin O'Leary gets heckled - Censorship - Bitcoin Design Guide - Indy 500 - Mining in gas fields - Much more Shoutout ...
06.03.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.4 - miami special with @wiz, @evankaloudis, @_benkaufman, @cycryptr, @petermccormack, and @tikawamoto EPISODE: 0.2.4 BLOCK: 685840 PRICE: 2757 sats per dollar TOPICS: miami special @wiz: https://twitter.com/wiz @evankaloudis: https://twitter.com/evankaloudis @_benkaufman: https://twitter.com/_benkaufman @cycryptr: https://twitter.com/cycryptr @petermccormack: https://twitter.com/petermccormack @tikawamoto: https://twitter.com/tikawamoto Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21
06.02.2021 #258: The morality of ESG with Untapped Growth Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth to discuss: - ESG - Is it moral? - Can it be leveraged to speculative attack the fiat standard? - How can Bitcoin lead to better culture - Seeking objective truth ...
05.28.2021 #257: Infusing bitcoin into gaming, the Lightning Network, and Bitcoin 2021 with Desiree Dickerson, Christian Moss, and Michael Tidwell Join Marty as he sits down with Desiree Dickerson of Lightning Labs and Mint Gox + Christian Moss and Michael Tidwell of ZEBEEDEE to discuss: - Update of the CSGO ZEBEEDEE Infuse integration - How users have tried to stack ...
05.27.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.24 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Chinese government bitcoin mining ban rumors - US based "bitcoin mining council" - texas bitcoin law - Ray dalio owns bitcoin - carl icahn considering bitcoin investment - four month bitcoin mining ban ...
05.26.2021 #256: How to grow a pair with Dave Collum Join Marty as he sits down with the legend Dave Collum to discuss: - Fauci - Climate change - Lockdowns - The Fed - Inflation - Skydiving - much more Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. ...
05.26.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.3 - the state of bitcoin with @gladstein, @dergigi, and @croesus_btc EPISODE: 0.2.3 BLOCK: 684945 PRICE: 2657 sats per dollar TOPICS: the state of bitcoin @gladstein: https://twitter.com/gladstein @dergigi: https://twitter.com/dergigi @croesus_btc: https://twitter.com/croesus_btc Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21 Marty Bent, [May 25, 2021 ...
05.25.2021 #255: Green energy tradeoffs, real environmentalism, Bitcoin as a commodity, & Saudi Inc. with Dr. Ellen Wald Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Ellen Wald, author of Saudi, Inc., to discuss: - The unspoken tradeoffs of green energy - The Colonial Pipeline situation - Ransomeware - The ESG movement - Is bitcoin a commodity? - ...
05.21.2021 #254: Bitcoin 101, inflation, and surfing with Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks Join Marty as he sits down with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks to discuss: - Bitcoin 101 - Inflation - Hyperinflation rhyming - much more Follow Bethany on Twitter Check out Bethany's website Shoutout to this week's sponsors. ...
05.20.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.17 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - our two first $10K candles and it was the same day! - hash rate appears to have dropped - dutch bank no longer requiring withdrawal address verification - cross browser tracking vulnerability - ...
05.19.2021 #253: Local government, building a strong town, and bitcoin on the balance sheet with Mayor Scott Conger 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 ...
05.19.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.2 - the lightning network with @fiatjaf and @evankaloudis EPISODE: 0.2.2 BLOCK: 684116 PRICE: 2311 sats per dollar TOPICS: lightning network @fiatjaf: https://twitter.com/fiatjaf @evankaloudis: https://twitter.com/evankaloudis Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21
05.18.2021 #252: Content monetization, art, and NFTs with cryptograffiti 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 ...
05.14.2021 #251: Raising children, ransomware attacks, climate narrative, and Bitcoin under attack with Whitney Webb 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 ...
05.13.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.10 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 ...
05.13.2021 #250: Q1 Monetary Base Update, inflation, and haters with Matthew Mežinskis 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 ...
05.12.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.1 - the lightning network and bitcoin privacy with @openoms and @cycryptr EPISODE: 0.2.1 BLOCK: 683157 PRICE: 1759 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin and lightning privacy @openoms: https://twitter.com/openoms @cycryptr: https://twitter.com/cycryptr Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21
05.10.2021 #249: Indian Point shutdown, electricity prices, Bitcoin 101, and externalities of wind energy w/ Robert Bryce 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 ...
05.06.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.03 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 ...
05.05.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.2.0 - the liquid network, bisq, and bitcoin privacy with Adam Back and Wiz EPISODE: 0.2.0 BLOCK: 681951 PRICE: 1837 sats per dollar TOPICS: the liquid network, bisq, bitcoin privacy @adam3us: https://twitter.com/adam3us @wiz: https://twitter.com/wiz Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21
05.04.2021 #248: Fragile electrical grids, unreliable energy lobby, nuclear FUD, and common sense with Meredith Angwin 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 ...
04.30.2021 #247: Julian Assange, The Espionage Act, Julian's Defense, and Journalistic Freedom in 2021 with Gabriel Shipton 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 ...
04.29.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.26 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 ...
04.28.2021 #246: The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner, mining profitability models, and hashrate derivatives with Karim Helmy 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 ...
04.27.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.1.9 - bitcoin hardware with @ketominer and @nvk EPISODE: 0.1.9 BLOCK: 680848 PRICE: 1814 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin hardware @ketominer: https://twitter.com/ketominer @nvk: https://twitter.com/nvk Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: CITADELDISPATCH.COM twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21
04.23.2021 #245: Austin, trillions out of thin air, inflation, and a Bitcoin economy with Parker Lewis 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 ...
04.22.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.19 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 ...
04.21.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.1.8 - bitcoin transaction fees and taproot with @evankaloudis and @benthecarman EPISODE: 0.1.8 BLOCK: 679950 PRICE: 1756 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin transaction fees, taproot, discreet log contracts @evankaloudis: https://twitter.com/evankaloudis @benthecarman: https://twitter.com/benthecarman Streamed live every tuesday @ 5PM EST \| 2100 UTC: twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch youtube: https://youtube.com/tftc21 telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch
04.16.2021 #244: DLCs, DeFi, Taproot activation, and milk cattle with Chris Stewart and Ben Carman 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 - ...

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