TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the overlooked tradeoffs of "renewable" energy. Follow Brian on twitter. Read more from Brian. Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - financial leaders of 44 countries meet in El Salvador to discuss bitcoin - Luna foundation sold 80000 bitcoin amid "stablecoin" crash - texas pacific land corp announces bitcoin mining venture - canaan revenues increased by [237%](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/19/mining-rig-maker-canaan-q1-revenue-more-than-triples/ - cambridge releases new mining da...

Join Marty as he sits down with Doomberg to discuss the unfolding energy and food crises, the nature of ESG, and bitcoin. Follow Doomberg on Twitter Read more from Doomberg Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth

Join Marty as he sits down with Jaime "the storefront guy" to discuss building strong local communities with beautiful aesthetics and sound money. Follow Jaime on twitter Read more about Jaime at The Vertical Sidewalk Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - terra "stablecoin" blows up - treasury sanctions custodial bitcoin mixer blender(.)io - cashapp $1.73B in bitcoin sales Q1, $43M profit - coinbase $309B volume Q1, $430M loss - chainalysis valued at $8.6B - joinmarket v0.9.6 - arti v0.3.0 Tor rust client - casa launches api - rusty russell releases alternative covenants proposal - conversation with rusty on his...

Join Marty as he sits down with Kyle Murphy and Lisa Neigut to discuss what it takes to attract and train bitcoin developers who go on to build companies. Learn more about bitcoin++ Learn more about Base58 : Learn more about Pleb Lab: Follow Kyle on Twitter: Follow Lisa on Twitter: Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth

Join Marty as he sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss the state of global energy markets. Follow Anas on Twitter Learn more from Anas Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Mary Caire to discuss the perverse incentives of the pharmaceutical industry. Follow Dr. Mary Caire on twitter Learn more about Dr. Mary Caire Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - coinbase launches revamped surveillance product - SEC doubles size of "crypto assets" unit - cdc tracked the location of millions of americans without a warrant - fbi did millions of searches of americans data last year without a warrant - bitcoin mining council submits letter to EPA - how women view bitcoin - mycitadel v1.0 - seed tool v1.0.4 - tor [v0.4.7.7](h...

Join Marty as he sits down with Louis Roberts to reminisce about the last five years of TFTC. Follow Louis on Twitter Learn more about Tendies Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Saifedean Ammous to discuss the pitfalls of the Fiat Standard. Follow Saif on Twitter Read more about The Fiat Standard Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

Join Marty as he sits down with Andy Schoonover , CEO of CrowdHealth, to discuss the problems with the health care system, how CrowdHealth is providing better product, and how bitcoin can fix the health insurance industry. Follow Andy on Twitter Learn more about CrowdHealth Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - ukraine central bank bans bitcoin - binance and the FSB - HRF announces five bitcoin in new grants - central african republic makes bitcoin a legal tender - bitcoin core v23.0 - btcpay v1.5.0 - fountain podcasts v0.3.16 - braiins farm proxy reduces data [usage](https://braiins.com/blog/why-miners-need-farm-proxies- amboss launches new liquidity market called Mag...

Join Marty as he sits down with Olaoluwa Osuntokun AKA @roasbeef, CTO at Lightning Labs, to discuss Taro - Taproot Asset Representation Overlay and what it means for the LNP/BP stack. Follow Olaoluwa on Twitter Contribute to his GitHub Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

This week Marty and Matt as they discuss: - TSMC Raises $3.5 Billion to build facility in Arizona - Binance Accounts of Russians with over 10K Euros will be closed in 90 days - Russian Mining Firm Bitriver hit with sanctions - Compass Mining announces they were using Bitriver for russian hosting and all miners will be shut off and liquidated - NY Man running Bitcoin ATMS charged with money launder...

Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim, Cole Bolton and Parker Lewis to discuss the decentralization of our food supply. Get Tickets to The Beef Initiative Conference Learn more about The Beef Initiative Purchase meat from K and C Cattle Follow Texas Slim on Twitter Follow Parker Lewis on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Nelson to explain why there is no climate emergency. Follow Tom Nelson on Twitter Read everything Tom writes at Tom Nelson and Blogspot Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Official US inflation number hits 8.5%, 40 year high - Sri Lanka declares bankruptcy - Eth Dev sentenced to over 5 years in jail for sanctions violation - Strike to bring lightning to merchants - Robinhood enables withdrawals and adds lightning support - Bitpay adds lightning support - Janet Yellen explains bitcoin - CNBC on bitcoin helping refugees with cross b...

Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the state of the world. Follow Tom Luongo on Twitter Read everything Tom writes at Gold Goats 'n Guns Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

This week Marty and Matt are in Miami for the Bitcoin 2022 Conference. They are joined live on the Open Source stage with Craig Raw, Wiz and Steve Barbour. Follow Craig on Twitter Follow Wiz on Twitter Follow Steve on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl

Join Marty as he sits down with Maciek of Hive one Follow Maciek on Twitter Follow Hive.one on Twitter Read more about Hive.one Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off

Join Marty as he sits down with Justin Rezvani and JP Sears Follow Justin on Twitter Follow JP on Twitter Follow Zion on Twitter Purchase the book Unapologetic Freedom Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - EU Parliament votes for more bitcoin surveillance and restrictions - mempool space launches new mining dashboard - kraken adds lightning support - new hub for bitcoin bounties - c-lightning changes name to core lightning - bitmex bank purchase falls through - nix-bitcoin launches security fund - chrome vulnerability update asap - gitlab vulnerability update asap...

Join Marty as he sits down with Super Testnet. Find everything Super creates on his Github Follow Super on Twitter Find out more about Lightning Escrow Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off Download Fountain Podcasts

Join Marty as he sits down with journalist Michael Tracey to discuss the current corporate press coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war and what the "adults in the room" are pushing for. Read everything Michael writes at Substack Follow Michael on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Bitcoin 2022 - use the code TFTC for 10% off Download Fountain Podcasts