TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty sits down with Mike Benz, the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online to discuss digital censorship, corporate control, prosecution of uncooperative politicians, and more. Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeBenzCyber FFO website: https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/ 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Censorship Industrial Complex 13:06 - Turning point in 2016 15:08 - Twitter files...

Marty sits down with Lord Miles to talk about his time in Taliban custody and his plans for further adventures. Lord Miles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_lord_miles Miles's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LordMiles 0:00 - Intro 6:03 - How Miles was betrayed 11:18 - 8 month detainment (holiday) 22:32 - End of detainment and Taliban misconceptions 30:23 - Govts and dealing with money 35:14 -...

Marty sits down with Tom Nelson to discuss the ongoing failure of climate change narratives energy policy to correspond with reality. Tom's links: https://t.co/h5ODvIBeWA 0:00 - Intro 6:43 - Riffing on Dave Collum and hurricanes 11:08 - Narratives are failing 18:17 - Charlie Munger 21:07 - AI 23:44 - DC and climate policy 26:34 - Nuclear 30:32 - ESG and mining 33:41 - Green energy kills 42:32 - Hy...

Marty sits down with Drew and AJ from Cathedra to discuss how things have been going in the mining industry. Cathedra: https://cathedra.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:04 - New York 11:23 - Current doomer status 14:36 - Lessons learned since last bull run 26:24 - Decisions made in 2022 34:20 - Underclocking and maintaining mining efficiency 39:16 - Evaluing mining businesses by hashprice 43:31 - Educating ene...

Marty sits down with EJ Antoni to discuss the disastrous policies of the Federal Reserve. EJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealEJAntoni 0:00 - Intro 5:48 - Explaining Fed losses 22:16 - Has the Fed lost control? 26:25 - What is the result of total failure? 32:38 - Can higher-for-longer solve the problem? 37:16 - Recession indicators 42:04 - Protecting yourself financially 50:48 - Weimar style hy...

Marty sits down once again with Whitney Webb to discuss the conflict in the Levant and how the bankers intend to use AI to control your life. Whitney's links: https://linktr.ee/whitneywebb Articles: https://www.mintpressnews.com/untold-story-christian-zionists-power-united-states-israel/260532/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/whitney-webb-bitcoin-and-the-plot-to-destroy-financial-privacy Shoutou...

Marty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers from Onramp as well as Mitch Kochman from BitGo to discuss their new partnership. Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Croesus_BTC Mitch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mitch_kochman Onramp: https://onrampbitcoin.com/ BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:04 - How’s The Last Trade going?...

Marty sits down with Lightswitch Lou to talk about Mash and its integration with the new TFTC website. Louis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Buddyloveless 0:00 - Intro 5:28 - Riffing 15:37 - Mash and the new TFTC site 24:26 - Incumbent monetization models 29:06 - Enabling interaction features 31:58 - Controlling your own flow of funds 39:27 - Ending the subscription model 47:22 - Convincing other...

Marty sits down with John Magill, founder of Zaprite, to discuss the current state of Ireland, what's changed for Zaprite in the last year, and what to build next. John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/john_zaprite Zaprite: https://zaprite.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:04 - Irish shitcoinery and true Bitcoiners 9:51 - Irish government 18:39 - Irish economy 25:26 - Erasing Irish culture 32:35 - Strong communi...

Marty sits down with Steve and Daniel to discuss UTXOracle, a way to estimate Bitcoin's price using nothing but node data. Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSimple Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielLHinton Check out UTXOracle and other data visualization: https://utxo.live/ 0:00 - Intro 6:41 - Steve and Daniel’s background 10:59 - Explaining UTXOs 13:34 - Visualizing data 20:46...

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 Gilt duration mismatch 22:32 - US bank failures 25:08 - Weaponization of monetary system 39:41 - How Bitc...

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 16:12 - Death Athletes 22:44 - The process of following Cody 24:04 - Fighting digital tyrrany 28:14 - Apathy 32:3...

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 common man imminent? 18:40 - Central banks are the unknown cause 24:56 - Removing yourself from the system 27:12 - New Keynesians 29:59 - Bitcoin and gold 34:46 - More on UK prov...

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 15:08 - Wuhan lab obscurement 22:56 - Biowarfare is unique 26:02 - USAID funding of the lab 30:44 - The gaslighting is highly effecti...

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 - State of Bitcoin adoption 35:23 - The year of LDK 40:46 - Stablecoins and AI 46:44 - Where should the focus be? 52:42 - LSPs and improving LN UX 59:21 - Crypto impatien...

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 source for stable energy 20:11 - Reputation of nuclear power 31:39 - If the end were nigh, we’d need nuclear 33:40 - Cost of capital and SMRs 36:53 -...

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 book and writing process 20:39 - Structuring a book 23:36 - Fiat’s influence on individuals with corps 30:28 - Strong f...

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 rate 36:06 - FHLB exposure 42:27 - Inflation is impacting people 45:08 - Bitcoin chart 56:4...

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 - Flex supply side market 13:39 - Interest on both sides 20:50 - Hiring missteps 25:01 - H...

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 22:58 - Miniscript 27:07 - Stepping back on Miniscript 33:50 - Balancing complexity at Anchorwat...

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 - COP 28 and climate change excuses 27:46 - Climate change religion 31:05 - Dishonest numbers...

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 32:01 - Large scale investors 42:27 - Mining meetup 53:06 - What drives hashrate growth from here? 58:18 - Treasury management 1:0...

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 crypto stay dead? 24:12 - Old ideas, new ideas, and startups 33:44 - Regulatory landscape 38:27 - Financial “innovations” from crypto 42:31 - Bitcoin po...

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 and Twitter 48:43 - Evil rulers 1:15:10 - Corporate press and those they hate 1:22:35 - Younger generations 1:30:21 -...

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 15:44 - What’s wrong with defi? 21:15 - Explaining DLCs 25:26 - How Atomic uses DLCs 28:39 -...