TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

By Marty Bent

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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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#449: DEATH ATHLETIC: A Dis...

09.27.2023

Marty sits down with Jessica Solce to discuss her new documentary following the story of Cody Wilson. Find the film here: https://www.deathathletic.com/ Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicasolce 0:00 - Intro 6:27 - Stumbling into cypherpunk docs 11:24 - Dealing with scandals ...

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09.27.2023 #449: DEATH ATHLETIC: A Dissident Architecture with Jessica Solce Marty sits down with Jessica Solce to discuss her new documentary following the story of Cody Wilson. Find the film here: https://www.deathathletic.com/ Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicasolce 0:00 - Intro 6:27 - Stumbling into cypherpunk docs 11:24 - Dealing with scandals ...
09.26.2023 #448: Opt Out Of Keynesian Brain Rot with Godfrey Bloom Marty sits down with Godfrey Bloom to discuss the corruption of the world by central banks and the countermeasures the common man must take. 0:00 - Intro 6:43 - How govts have been corrupted 16:09 - Is mobilization of the ...
09.24.2023 #450: Bitcoin Money Market Funds with Théo Mogenet Marty sits down with Théo Mogenet to discuss his piece written for Axiom on the financialization of Bitcoin. Théo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/theomogenet Théo's Substack: https://substack.com/@theomogenet 0:00 - Intro 7:00 - Théo’s background 11:06 - Explaining money market funds 16:46 - UK ...
09.22.2023 #447: Biowarfare In The 21st Century with Sam Husseini Marty sits down with Sam Husseini to discuss his journalistic history and findings surrounding Covid and modification of pathogens. Find Sam on Substack: http://husseini.substack.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:36 - Sam’s body of work 8:20 - Covid’s parallels to anthrax attacks ...
09.14.2023 #446: The State of the Lightning Network with Matt Corallo Marty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss the state of the Lightning Network. Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt 6:38 - Hot mics, soft forks 13:34 - Should we focus on what we have? 18:27 - Core dev burnout 24:58 - ...
09.12.2023 #445: Dispelling Nuclear Energy Misconceptions with Ryan MacLeod Marty sits down with Ryan MacLeod to discuss the benefits of nuclear power in contrast to its reputation and how it can synergize with Bitcoin. Ryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NuclearBitcoinr 6:12 - Riffing 7:46 - Texas demand scare 13:57 - Best ...
09.06.2023 #444: Fiat Ruins Everything with Jimmy Song Marty sits down with Jimmy Song to discuss his new book Fiat Ruins Everything. Jimmy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysong Crowdfund page for Jimmy's new book: https://fiatruinseverything.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:38 - Writing with ChatGPT 10:59 - Degeneracy hazards 12:54 - Jimmy’s ...
08.30.2023 #443: Q2 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis Marty sits down again with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q2 2023 Monetary Base update. Follow along the charts here: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1696117186236989686 Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney 6:05 - eNaira and CBDCs 26:08 - Top 5 currencies 32:30 - Compound annual growth ...
08.25.2023 #442: Launching Flex with Bitcoin Talent Co Marty sits down again with Michael Tanguma and Andy Thompson from Bitcoin Talent Co to talk about launching Flex. Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theandytee/ Flex landing page: https://www.bitcointalent.co/flex 5:30 - Welcome back, Bitcoin Talent Co. 8:37 - ...
08.24.2023 #441: Miniscript and Bitcoin Risk Products with Rob Hamilton Marty sits down with Rob Hamilton to discuss Anchorwatch and keeping focus on Miniscript and maximizing its potential. Rob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rob1Ham Anchorwatch: https://www.anchorwatch.com/about 5:30 - Ninja Launch 7:43 - Bluechecks 13:31 - Content models 18:18 - Drivechains and OP_VAULT ...
08.18.2023 #440: Climate Change Is A Bad Excuse with Anas Alhajji Marty sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss energy markets, climate change regulation and subsidies, and whether de-dollarization will push nations toward Bitcoin. Anas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anasalhajji Anas on Substack: https://anasalhajjieoa.substack.com/ 5:30 - India and UAE oil trade 13:27 - ...
08.08.2023 #439: Mining, Memes and Meetups with Thomas Pacchia Marty sits down with Thomas Pacchia for a chat before the pubkey mining meetup. Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tpacchia Pubkey: https://pubkey.bar/ 5:30 - Is DeFi borked? 11:13 - Blockspace scarcity 21:56 - Will shitcoin cycles continue? 28:42 - No soft landing ...
07.31.2023 #438: Cycling Toward A Bitcoin Boom with Tuur Demeester Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester to discuss the factors pushing Bitcoin forward in its cycle. Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester 0:00 - Intro 5:30 - Aliens 11:35 - Bitcoin cycles 18:04 - Is the next cycle different? 20:21 - Will ...
07.25.2023 #437: History Doesn't Rhyme, It Repeats with Dave Collum & Rudy Havenstein Marty sits down with Dave Collum and Rudy Havenstein and tries to keep Marty Jones under control. Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum Rudy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudyHavenstein 5:30 - Bants 11:41 - Background 27:20 - Banking crisis lull 33:12 - Media collapse ...
07.24.2023 #436: Building Sound Finance For Sound Money with Atomic Finance Marty sits down with Tony Cai and Matt Black from Atomic Finance to discuss returns on Bitcoin, DLCs, and the future of Bitcoin's scaling. Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyCai_ Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewjablack Atomic Finance: https://atomic.finance/ 5:30 - Atomic Finance origins ...
07.19.2023 #435: Bitcoin Solves the Payments Problem in AI with Kody Low Marty sits down with Kody Low to discuss Fedimints, Lightning, and how they can be applied to power AI tools. Kody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kodylow Check out Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/ Join the #Ai4ALL hackathon https://bolt.fun/tournaments/ai4all/overview 0:00 - Intro 5:30 - Marty Barbell ...
07.17.2023 #434: Capital in the 21st Century with Allen Farrington Marty sits down with Allen Farrington from Axiom to discuss his perspective on capital allocation and how it is affected by Bitcoin. Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32 Allen on Medium: https://allenfarrington.medium.com/ 5:30 - Introducing Axiom 9:43 - Cost of capital 14:26 ...
07.14.2023 #433: Lightning Network at the Enterprise Level with Jose Lemus Marty sits down with Jose Lemus from Ibex to discuss integrating the lightning network with businesses, barriers to adoption, cross-border payments, and more. Jose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jllemus Ibex: https://www.poweredbyibex.io/ 5:30 - Bitcoin Park riffing 7:37 - What’s up at Ibex? ...
07.11.2023 #432: Jab Injury Event Horizon with Ed Dowd Marty sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss jab injuries, RFK Jr, the peak of clown world extending ever upward, and more. Ed Dowd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DowdEdward 8:33 - The clown world peak keeps rising 15:41 - RFK Jr and ...
07.05.2023 #431: Bitcoin Privacy and the Payjoin Dev Kit with Dan Gould Marty sits down with Dan Gould to discuss Payjoin Dev Kit, how coinjoins protect privacy, and the experience of developing on Bitcoin. Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitgould Payjoin Dev Kit: https://payjoindevkit.org/ 9:16 - Dan’s history 14:39 - Explaining CoinJoins 21:36 - ...
06.30.2023 #430: Bitcoin vs the $156 Trillion Global Payments Industry with Sam Wouters Marty sits down with Sam Wouters to discuss Bitcoin's rate of adoption for cross-border payments. Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWouters Sam's report on River blog: https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-vs-the-156-trillion-global-payments-industry/ 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape 9:22 - New educational resources in ...
06.28.2023 #429: Is The Inflation Problem Really Solved? with Luke Gromen Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss inflation catching up with the world. Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen 0:00 - Intro 6:33 - UK inflation 11:02 - American banking crisis lull 18:12 - Structural problems in energy 25:56 - Liquidity ...
06.26.2023 #428: Examining BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF with Townsend Lansing Marty sits down with Townsend Lansing to discuss BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF. Townsend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownsendLansing 0:00 - Intro 8:40 - Inflation hitting the UK 11:07 - Introducing Townsend, Blackrock ETF 19:10 - SEC approval 25:23 - APA 26:46 - How ...
06.20.2023 #427: Killer Whale Liquidity Crisis with John Titus Marty sits down with John Titus to discuss the liquidity crisis caused by the Fed. John's Substack: https://bestevidence.substack.com/ Best Evidence on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestEvidence 5:30 - Killer whales and banks lacking liquidity 16:13 - The Fed is at the center 21:01 ...
06.06.2023 #426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_ 6:35 - Meet Synota 14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites 16:56 - ...
06.02.2023 #425: Fiat Crisis with Balaji Srinivasan Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan for the longest episode of TFTC yet, going in depth on the nature of the incoming fiat crisis. Balaji on Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis 6:13 - How does the debt ceiling contribute to the fiat crisis? ...
06.01.2023 #424: Q1 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis Follow along with the charts: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1664179527784734720?s=20 Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney 8:12 - Baltic hockey 17:17 - Debt ceiling bye bye 22:55 - New basemoney drop! 36:19 - Bitcoin base vs top fiat, reverse repo 49:41 - Bank failures 1:01:54 - ...
05.31.2023 #423: Retirement Funds In The Age Of Bitcoin with Matt Dines Marty sits down with Matt Dines from Build to discuss the retirement landscape and how to handle a large scale transition to Bitcoin as a primary store of value. Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuildCIO Check out Build: https://buildbitcoin.com/ 8:17 - What’s ...
05.26.2023 #422: Human Forever with James Poulos Marty sits down with James Poulos to discuss the tyranny of the digital age. James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamespoulos Human Forever: https://canonic.xyz/books/1YV9yExbmJ9mgBXNM81TouJuDtqxH2PpL 6:00 - Rising transhumanism 12:37 - Defining the humanity we fight for 19:54 - Breaking people apart 29:14 - ...
05.17.2023 #421: Rejecting The Great Reset with Michael Rectenwald Marty sits down with Dr. Michael Rectenwald to discuss the The Great Reset, stakeholder capitalism, CBDCs, and asserting autonomy against a neo-feudal future. Michael's website: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/ Michael's Mises presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGg9j-qCNt0 8:07 - Michael’s presentation on Great Reset 10:29 - Stakeholder ...
05.15.2023 #420: Powering Livestreaming With Sats Through Vida with Lyle Pratt Marty sits down with Lyle Pratt, founder and CEO of Vida, to talk about what he's building. Lyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lylepratt Check out Vida: https://vida.page/ 12:48 - What’s Vida? 16:56 - Lyle’s history 20:51 - Telecom architecture and using bitcoin ...
05.12.2023 #419: Fedi Is Connecting Communities With Freedom Technology with Obi Nwosu Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to talk about the origins of Fedi, an explaination of Fedimints, antifragile freedom technology. Obi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/obi Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/ 8:26 - Austin’s a nice place 12:32 - Comparing the beginnings of Coinfloor and ...
05.10.2023 #418: A First Principles Breakdown of the Monetary Crisis with Peter St Onge Marty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss the all aspects of the impending economic strife and why there's plenty of hope on the other end. Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge Peter's Substack: https://stonge.substack.com/ Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/ Mises Institue: https://mises.org/ ...
05.08.2023 #417: An Ex-Intelligence Officer's View on Ukraine with Lee Slusher Marty sits down with Lee Slusher for a sober analysis of the war. Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeBTConsulting Lee's Substack:https://deepdivewithleeslusher.substack.com/ Lee's website: http://lee-bt.com/ 6:24- Lee’s background 9:43 - War in Ukraine and possible outcomes 16:30 - History leading up to current ...
05.05.2023 #416: The Scramble To Push A CBDC Future with Whitney Webb Marty sits down again with Whitney Webb to discuss failing banks funneling toward JP Morgan and how CBDCs are leading to a transhumanist future. Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb Whitney's Website: https://unlimitedhangout.com/ 9:17 - Ninja launch 12:11 - Banks failing and ...
04.28.2023 #415: Coal Is The Future with Steve Barbour Marty sits down with Steve Barbour before the first Nakamoto Forum debate to talk about energy, mining, and replacing the US Dollar. Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour Upstream Data: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/ 7:30 - Bitcoin dev conflict of interest 19:18 - Bitcoin reaching ...
04.25.2023 #414: The Dollar Endgame Theory with Peruvian Bull Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss how the world will move away from the USD reserve. Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peruvian_bull Check out Dollar Endgame: https://thedollarendgame.com/ 12:01 - Starting out writing on Reddit 17:48 - Is the dollar ...
04.21.2023 #413: Resisting mRNA Food with Charles Mayfield Marty sits down with Charles Mayfield to talk about Keto Con, the wonders of pig biology, and the destruction of food and agriculture wrought by corporations and legislation. Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrChuckFit Farrow: https://farrow.life/ 11:01 - Marty field tested the ...
04.19.2023 #412: Speaking Out For Those Injured By The Jabs with Michael Koss and Joel Wallskog Marty sits down with Michael Koss and Dr. Joel Wallskog for a discussion of injuries from the Covid-19 shot, React19, and the Dartmouth College roundtable. Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkoss126 Joel on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/WallskogJoel React19 roundtable at Dartmouth: https://react19.org/DartC19/ 9:47 - ...
04.14.2023 #411: How OnRamp is Bringing Bitcoin Multisig to Financial Products with Michael Tanguma & Jesse Meyers Marty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers to talk about OnRamp. Check out OnRamp: http://onrampbitcoin.com/ Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/croesus_btc 0:00 - Intro 5:26 - Marty's chair is stolen 7:11 - OnRamp's use case and ...
04.07.2023 #410: The Fed Is Trying To Bring Down The European Banks with Tom Luongo Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the role the banking crisis plays in the inter-cabal squabble. Tom Luongo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFL1728 Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/ 8:14 - What the hell is going on? 13:08 - Communicating ...
04.05.2023 #409: Talking Value 4 Value with the Podfather Adam Curry Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Curry to discuss Podcasting 2.0, Value 4 Value, Bitcoin, energy, culture, and much more. Adam Curry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamcurry No Agenda Show: https://www.noagendashow.net/ Pod 8:57 - Opening Riff 14:51 - Information Freedom ...
03.27.2023 #408: The Truth About Renewable Energy with Brian Gitt Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the flawed ideological approach behind ESG mandates and renewable energies. Brian Gitt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt Brian's website: https://briangitt.com/ 5:23 - California emissions and electric cars 14:08 - Material supply ...
03.23.2023 #407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices 9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1 13:32 - Bitcoin price 22:29 - The ...
03.20.2023 #406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones. Alex's article on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries Alex's Essays: https://alexgladstein.com/ Alex Gladstein at ...
03.18.2023 #405: The Biden Laptop Report with Garrett Ziegler Sitting down with Garrett Ziegler to discuss the Biden laptop. Follow Marco Polo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcoPolo501c3 5:26 - Investigating the Biden family 14:53 - Firsthand sources 17:20 - Foreign interests 26:54 - Hunter the political whore 29:31 - Not a ...
03.15.2023 #404: Thinking Beyond the Crowd with Konstantin Kisin Join Marty as he sits down with Konstantin Kisin to discuss woke culture, covid hysteria, comedy, Ukraine, and more. Follow Konstantin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin Check out Triggernometry https://www.youtube.com/c/Triggerpod 6:06 - Thinking beyond the crowd 9:08 - The democratic response to ...
03.13.2023 #403: Dissecting the Banking Crisis with Parker Lewis Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to break down the causes of the banking crisis from first principles. Follow Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis 9:15 - Is it happening? 11:40 - The Fed caused bank failures, not crypto ...
03.10.2023 #402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation. Follow Lyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact 7:12 - The myth of inflation and unemployment 13:39 - The problem with CPI as a ...
03.08.2023 #401: Inflation Hitting The Real Estate Market and Bitcoin Urbanism with Kelly Lannan Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan to discuss the condition of infrastructure and the real estate market during this period of inflation, as well as Bitcoin Urbanism. Follow Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktlannan 9:55 - Riffing on infrastructure ...

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