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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#290: Continuing the dissec...

12.04.2021

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 ...

Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast episodes:

12.04.2021 #290: Continuing the dissection of the Great Reset with LaserHodl 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 ...
12.02.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap #175: Don't live in fear 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 ...
12.01.2021 #289: Bitcoin is about to surpass the British Pound with Matthew Mežinskis 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 ...
12.01.2021 Citadel Dispatch e46 - improving your home bitcoin mining setup with @BigCohoo, @dfrumps, @RoninMiner, and @BtcBoulder EPISODE: 46 BLOCK: 711998 PRICE: 1738 sats per dollar TOPICS: securing the cheapest power, braiins os, negotiating with your power company, utilizing solar subsidies, asic resale value, efficiency, slush pool, mining pool centralization, hosted providers vs running it yourself @BigCohoo: ...
11.29.2021 #288: Bringing a design focus to Bitcoin with Patricia 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 ...
11.24.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap #174: Much to be thankful for 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 ...
11.23.2021 Citadel Dispatch e45 - the future of mobile lightning wallets with @ericsirion, @akumaigorodski, and @fiatjaf EPISODE: 45 BLOCK: 711009 PRICE: 1752 sats per dollar TOPICS: the future of mobile lightning wallets, federated chaumian ecash, el salvador experience, hosted channels, IMMORTAN, simple bitcoin wallet, lightning liquidity, private routing, user experience, better wallet names, jupiter has a ...
11.22.2021 #287: EmbassyOS v0.3.0, building out the independent stack, and philosophy with Matt Hill 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 ...
11.19.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.15 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 ...
11.18.2021 #286: Securitizing natural assets and manufactured energy and food shortages with Whitney Webb 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 ...
11.17.2021 #281b: Announcing Synonym with John Carvalho 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 ...
11.17.2021 Citadel Dispatch e44 - using secure random number generators to generate bitcoin keys with waxwing and @raw_avocado EPISODE: 44 BLOCK: 710040 PRICE: 1647 sats per dollar TOPICS: random number generators and why they are important when securing bitcoin, history of backdoors, compromises, and poor implementations, multisig tradeoffs, hardware wallet tradeoffs, mitigations to reduce your risk @waxwing: https://x0f.org/@waxwing ...
11.12.2021 #285: From bars to Bitcoin with Justin Rhedrick 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 ...
11.12.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.08 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 - ...
11.10.2021 Citadel Dispatch e43 - bitcoin for beginners with @BitcoinQ_A EPISODE: 43 BLOCK: 708970 PRICE: 1501 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin for beginners, acquiring bitcoin, tradeoffs, dangers of KYC, holding your own keys, using your own node, transaction fees, utxo management and labeling, coinjoin, lightning, multisig, common mistakes and questions ...
11.09.2021 #284: Surviving brain surgery, coming to grips with death, and pushing the limitations of the Lightning Network with Justin Rezvani 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 ...
11.06.2021 #283: How we messed up our food and how we fix it with Texas Slim 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 ...
11.04.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.01 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 - ...
11.03.2021 #282: River adds bitcoin mining, the Metaverse, physical landscapes, and the CIA with Alexander Leishman 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 - ...
11.03.2021 Citadel Dispatch e42 - security focused bitcoin nodes with @nixbitcoinorg, @n1ckler, and @seardsalmon EPISODE: 42 BLOCK: 707898 PRICE: 1577 sats per dollar TOPICS: security focused bitcoin nodes @nixbitcoinorg: https://twitter.com/nixbitcoinorg @n1ckler: https://twitter.com/n1ckler @seardsalmon: https://twitter.com/seardsalmon Streamed live every tuesday: https://citadeldispatch.com twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch bitcointv: https://bitcointv.com/video-channels/citadeldispatch/videos telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch support the show: https://tippin.me/@odell stream sats to the show: ...
11.02.2021 #281: Chinese mining theory, bitcoin divisibility, and UTXOs with John Carvalho 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 ...
10.31.2021 Special Announcement: Ten31 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 ...
10.30.2021 #280: A spooky Halloween special with our good friend @arbedout Marty and Matt sit down with their good friend @arbedout to discuss: - Joining Unchained Capital - Writing a book - Has Lightning been attacked? - Is Tor reliable? - Is Bitcoin sufficiently robust without robust alternative transaction relay networks? ...
10.30.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.25 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - FATF releases updated guidance - el salvador now holds 1120 bitcoin - river launches hosted mining service - blockstream sponsors minimint - btcpay v1.3.0 - sparrow v1.5.2 - nix-bitcoin v0.0.55 - specter diy ...
10.27.2021 #279: Avoiding oblivion, the state of Chicago, and bitcoin smart contracts with Chris Stewart Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart, founder of Suredbits, to discuss: - Recording podcasts with our grandmothers - Avoiding oblivion in the Digital Age - Chicago crime - Necessary police reform - DLCs - AJ Towns' Taproot ...
10.25.2021 #278: Dissecting the Clown World with Ben Kaufman Join Marty as he sits down with Ben Kaufman, Chief Conspiracy Theorist at Clown World Today, to discuss: - The madness of the last 18-monhts - Logical inconsistencies around COVID medical advice - The power of propaganda - Vaccine passports ...
10.23.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap LIVE with @arbedout: Week of 2021.10.18 This week Marty, Matt, and @arbedout recorded live from the Unchained Capital offices in Austin, Texas and discussed: - bitcoin hits new all time high - first bitcoin ETF launches - hacker steals identification info of every argentinian via government ...
10.20.2021 #277: Slowly getting bitcoin, why gold is already demonetized, and the virtue of Bitcoin with Larry Lepard Join Marty as he sits down with Investment Manager Larry Lepard to discuss: - How the government and central banks have manipulated gold - Slowly coming to understand Bitcoin - Why fiat is bad for the environment - Why bitcoin ...
10.18.2021 #276: Starting an exchange in Guatemala, onboarding enterprise clients, and freedom money with the IBEX Mercado team Join Marty as he sits down with Jose Lemus, Juan Pablo Lemus, & Estaban de la Peña; the IBEX Mercado founding team, to discuss: - Why they built the exchange - International banking restrictions in Guatemala - How they ended ...
10.15.2021 #275: Supply chains, government incompetence, Bitcoin, and Uranium with Kuppy Join Marty as he sits down with Kuppy, Founder and CIO of Praetorian Capital and the man behind the Adventures in Capitalism blog, to discuss: - Supply chain disaster - Government incompetence - What lies ahead - Energy markets - ...
10.14.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.11 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - US Gov asks chipmakers for client data - US takes top mining spot - eclair v0.6.2 - umbrel v0.4.4 - bluewallet v6.2.10 - raspiblitz v1.7.1 - immortan v0.3.5 - sparrow v1.5.1 - nix-bitcoin ...
10.13.2021 #274: Canada's nonsensical restrictions, home mining, and oil & gas companies mining bitcoin with Steve Barbour Join Marty as he sits down with Steve Barbour, founder and CEO of Upstream Data, to discuss: - Canada during COVID - Mouth breathing regulations - Building products for home miners - Oil and gas companies mining bitcoin - Are ...
10.12.2021 Citadel Dispatch e41 - bitcoin privacy discussion with @stephanlivera at the nashville bitcoin meetup Discussion at the Nashville Bitcoin Meetup. https://www.meetup.com/nashville-bitcoin/ EPISODE: 41 BLOCK: 704718 PRICE: 1794 sats per dollar TOPICS: bitcoin privacy discussion, KYC/AML, coinjoin, lightning, fee market, mining, circular economy, ransomware @stephanlivera: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera @nashbitcoiners: https://twitter.com/nashbitcoiners Streamed live every tuesday: https://citadeldispatch.com twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch ...
10.08.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.04 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - hackers compromise 6000 coinbase accounts due to 2FA flaw - liquid network downtime and hard fork - lightning network vulnerability disclosure - el salvador starts mining with volcano energy - Binance hires two ...
10.08.2021 Citadel Dispatch e40 - using bitcoin privately at Human Rights Foundation Oslo Freedom Forum with Evan Kaloudis and Janine Roem Presentation at the Human Rights Foundation Oslo Freedom Forum. https://oslofreedomforum.com https://oslofreedomforum.com/bitcoin-academy-off2021 @J9Roem: https://twitter.com/J9Roem @evankaloudis: https://twitter.com/evankaloudis Streamed live every tuesday: https://citadeldispatch.com twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch bitcointv: https://bitcointv.com/video-channels/citadeldispatch/videos telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch support the show: https://tippin.me/@odell stream sats to the show: https://podcastindex.org/apps join the sphinx tribe: ...
10.06.2021 #273: Supply chain problems, a proposed solution, and Bitcoin + Natural Rights with Ross Kennedy Join Marty as he sits down with Ross Kennedy, founder of Fortis Analysis, to discuss: - The global supply chain issues - How the California ports work - Why there is no easy fix - How Ross thinks we can ...
09.29.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.27 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoin.org compromised - missouri mayor to give all residents $1K worth of bitcoin - three new iOS zero day exploits - african bitcoin exchange Yellow Card raises $15M in investment - Samourai supports ...
09.23.2021 #272: Evergrande, sovereign debt, and the convergence of bitcoin + the energy sector with Greg Foss Join Marty as he sits down with Greg Foss the boss, of Validus Power, to discuss: - The ongoing Evergrande situation - Will its collapse cause contagion? - Is it similar to Lehman? - Global supply chain issues - Bitcoin ...
09.22.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin week of 2021.09.20 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - tax change in infrastructure bill - wasabi wallet 2.0 blog - el salvador owns 700 bitcoin - compass adds at home mining option - chainalysis runs a block explorer to track users - ...
09.22.2021 Citadel Dispatch e39 - running a lightning routing node and plebnet with @phjlljp, @rajwinder, and @aehw1 EPISODE: 39 BLOCK: 701600 PRICE: 2406 sats per dollar TOPICS: running your own lightning routing node, plebnet, optimizing for routing fees, onchain fee market, reputation systems @phjlljp: https://twitter.com/phjlljp @rajwinder: https://twitter.com/rajwinder @aehw1: https://twitter.com/aehw1 Streamed live every tuesday: https://citadeldispatch.com twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch bitcointv: ...
09.16.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.13 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - HRF provides 3.75 bitcoin in development grants - el salvador bitcoin tax exemptions for foreigners - imessage zero click exploit - Bitcoin Core v22.0 - Simple bitcoin wallet v2.0.12 - Zap android v0.5.1-beta ...
09.15.2021 Citadel Dispatch e38 - improving your bitcoin mining setup with @bigcohoo, @janbraiins, @coinheated, @roninminer, @upstreamdatainc, and @martybent EPISODE: 38 BLOCK: 700568 PRICE: 2150 sats per dollar TOPICS: improving your bitcoin mining setup, using custom firmware, immersion mining, stratum v2, hosted mining, coinbase rewards, upstreamdata black box @bigcohoo: https://twitter.com/bigcohoo @janbraiins: https://twitter.com/janbraiins @coinheated: https://twitter.com/coinheated @roninminer: https://twitter.com/roninminer @upstreamdatainc: https://twitter.com/upstreamdatainc @martybent: ...
09.09.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.06 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoin is now legal tender in el salvador - bullbitcoin adds lightning support - irs undercover operation on localcryptos p2p exchange - mastercard acquires ciphertrace - Phoenix v1.4.17 - Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.0.9 ...
09.08.2021 #271: Health v. Control, the decay of empires, and Bitcoin as Freedom money with George Gammon Join Marty as he sits down with George Gammon to discuss: - The COVID reaction; is it about health or control? - The erosion of civil liberties - The emergence of states asserting their autonomy - Trends that emerged as ...
09.07.2021 Citadel Dispatch e0.3.7 - building software from source code with @achow101 and @craigraw EPISODE: 0.3.7 BLOCK: 699517 PRICE: 2170 sats per dollar TOPICS: building software from source code, reproducible builds, reducing trust, coin selection, coin control, coinjoin @achow101: https://twitter.com/achow101 @craigraw: https://twitter.com/craigraw Streamed live every tuesday: https://citadeldispatch.com twitch: https://twitch.tv/citadeldispatch bitcointv: https://bitcointv.com/video-channels/citadeldispatch/videos telegram: https://t.me/citadeldispatch support ...
09.03.2021 #270: Better Understanding Monetary Reset with LaserHodl Join Marty as he sits back down with LaserHodl to continue their conversation about Monetary Reset. 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 ...
09.02.2021 Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.29 This week Marty and Matt discuss: - salvadorian gov approves $150M bitcoin trust - twitter beta testing lightning tipping service through strike partnership - simple bitcoin wallet v2.0.5 - specter desktop v1.6.0 - specter diy v1.6.0 - seedsigner v0.4.4 - ...
09.02.2021 #269: Hollywood, the NBA, China and Bitcoin with Chris Fenton Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Fenton, author of Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Businesses, to discuss: - Chinese propaganda in Hollywood - China + the NBA - How ...
09.01.2021 #268: Q2 Global Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis Join Marty as he sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss his report on the Q2 2021 Global Monetary Base. Follow Matthew on Twitter Check out the report here Check out cryptovoices.com Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start ...
08.30.2021 #267: Free private cities, economic zones, and gradual progress with Rahim Taghizadegan Join Marty as he sits down with Rahim Taghizadegan, President of Free Private Cities, to discuss: - Citadels - Creating free private cities - How economic zones work - Examples of successful free private cities - How to get started ...

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