TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

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 + Energy - much more Follow Greg on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute...

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 - Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.1.12 - Blue Wallet v6.2.7 - Lightning Terminal v0.5.1-alpha - Immortan v0.2.4 - gladstein on el salvador - US Treasury sanctions Russian bitcoin exchange - Doc...

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 - Umbrel v0.4.2 - Nix-bitcoin v0.0.5 - namecheap has done 190k bitcoin transactions since implementing btcpayserver a year ago - crew energy mining bitcoin...

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 - Caravan v0.3.11 - Mempool v2.2.2 - BlueWallet v6.2.5 - Btcpayserver v1.2.3 - this month in bitcoin privacy - intro to samourai wallet, wednesda...

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 empires have fallen throughout history - Bitcoin as Freedom money - How weak men are creating hard times - much more Follow George on Twitter Check out George's YouTube Channel Sho...

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 when you download the app . Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the netw...

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 - blue wallet v6.2.4 - coldcard v4.1.3 - human rights foundation bitcoin academy for activists 4th and 5th - adopting bitcoin lightning summit in...

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 interconnected are the US and Chinese markets? - What is needed to combat the CCP at the business level? - much more Follow Chris on Twitter Check out Feeding the Drago...

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 #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app . Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new...

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 - Where are free cities most likely to pop up? - much more Follow Rahim on Twitter Check out Free Private Cities Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stac...

Join Marty as he sits down with Blake Masters, COO of Thiel Capital - President of The Thiel Foundation - Running for US Senate in Arizona, to discuss: - Why leave the private sector for the Senate? - What policies are important to focus on? - Complacency in the US - The pitfalls of public education - Energy policy - Balkanization - Bitcoin Permanent Funds - much more Follow Blake on Twitter Suppo...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - bitcoinsmiles.org crowdfunding campaign launches to provide dental care to salvadorians - bitmex demonstrates new proof of reserves and liabilities method - bull bitcoin acquires veriphi - bitmex, deribit, binance, bitfinex, and others are using shyft for 'travel rule' compliance - binance hires former IRS official - unchained capital sponsoring mempool project...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - infrastructure bill amendments fail - beyer bill proposed - large number of potential malicious bitcoin nodes graphing the network - compass mining provides $80K grant to Jon Atack - bitmex pays $100M to resolve charges with CFTC and FinCEN - lightning addresses using lnurl - phoenix v1.4.15 - specter v1.5.1 - trezor suite v21.8.1 - btcpayserver v1.2.0 - mining...

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - hodlhodl vulnerability - bitaroo exchange now requires video verification for withdrawals - infrastructure bill - SeedSigner v0.4.3 - umbrel v0.4.0 - nth key v1.0.3 - fully noded v0.2.23 - lightning pool v0.5.1 - joinmarket v0.9.0 - NCR buys libertyx - this month in bitcoin privacy - chain analysis and bitcoin privacy guide - solarwinds hackers accessed emails o...

Join Marty as he sits down with LaserHodl to discuss: - Monetary reset - Zooming out and viewing the world through a specific lens - Tactics used by the power structure to divide - The 2030/2050 Agendas - Why Bitcoin throws a wrench in all of this - much more Try to follow LaserHodl on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats"...

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 Chris anti "renewables"? - much more Check out the Liberty 2020 ESG Report Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "s...

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 v0.4.2-beta - blue wallet v6.2.2 - bisq v1.7.2 - coldcard v4.1.2 - caravan v0.3.9 - sphinx relay v2.2.0 - ledger donjon analysis...

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 - greenlight by blockstream - multisig with better privacy - "the b word" - EU preparing to implement travel rule - NSO [spyware](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/...

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 v0.5.2 - fully noded 0.2.18 - sparrow wallet v1.4.3 - mint mobile data breach - powell on capitol hill - unrest around the world Shouto...

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 to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you...

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 - Starting Charity: Water - How Charity: Water brings clean drinking water to those who desperately need it - Running a charity that allocates funds appropriately - The Bitcoin Water...

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 - kaspersky password manager was generating insecure passwords - bybit adding kyc - fincen hires a "chief digital currency advisor" with justice departme...

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 and its significance - Will mining return to China? - How well is hashrate being distributed as a product of this migration? - Braiins update - much more Follow Ed...

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 - cwtch beta released - strike adds buy and hold support - proposal for federated blind lightning mints - niftynei on dual funded channels and privacy - iranian...

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 - How will this migration affect hashrate in the short and medium term? - What does this mean for the market for ASICS? - What does capacity in the US look like right now?...