

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
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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Nov 1, 2023 • 1h 21min
#458: Climate Narratives Are Failing with Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson, guest discussing the ongoing failure of climate change narratives and energy policy. Topics include hurricanes and narratives, AI, nuclear energy, green energy, BTC, war, podcasting, censorship, and finding new allies.

Oct 26, 2023 • 1h 38min
#457: How a Miner Survives a Bitcoin Bear Market with Drew Armstrong & AJ Scalia
Drew Armstrong, mining industry expert, and AJ Scalia, crypto enthusiast, discuss surviving a Bitcoin bear market. Topics include lessons learned since the last bull run, underclocking mining equipment, educating energy providers, shifting the bottleneck away from ASICs, rising interest rates and ETFs, and halvening predictions.

Oct 24, 2023 • 1h 2min
#456: The Path To Hyperinflation with EJ Antoni
EJ Antoni, an expert in Federal Reserve policies, discusses the disastrous consequences of these policies, including hyperinflation and the weaponization of the dollar. They explore recession indicators, ways to protect oneself financially, and the role of Bitcoin as a solution to the issues with the US dollar.

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Oct 20, 2023 • 1h 55min
#455: AI-Powered Tyranny with Whitney Webb
Investigative journalist Whitney Webb discusses the conflict in the Levant and the intentions of bankers to use AI for control. Topics include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, potential systemic bank failure, Kissinger's influence, origins of Zionism, tensions in Israel and Palestine, lack of critical thinking, Bitcoin, and the importance of mental preparedness.

Oct 19, 2023 • 1h 33min
#454: An Onramp To The New Custody Standard with Onramp & BitGo
An Onramp To The New Custody Standard features Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers from Onramp, along with Mitch Kochman from BitGo. They discuss their partnership, multi-institution custody for Bitcoin, the next stage of Bitcoin's adoption, and the importance of education and self-custody. They also delve into the significance of the Bitcoin whitepaper and express gratitude towards BitGo for their impact on the industry.

Oct 17, 2023 • 2h 8min
#453: From Barstool to Mash with Louis Roberts
Marty sits down with Lightswitch Lou to talk about Mash and its integration with the new TFTC website. Topics discussed include the incumbent monetization models, enabling interaction features, controlling your own flow of funds, convincing other publishers, lightning compared to advertising a decade ago, Barstool, death of the old model, chicken and egg of Bitcoin adoption, saving the world with Bitcoin, politicians being nuts, war, rising from ashes of the American empire and AI.

Oct 9, 2023 • 1h 27min
#452: Zaprite Is Driving Bitcoin Merchant Adoption with John Magill
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 communities and fiat world
38:42 - Merchant adoption
48:56 - Update on Zaprite, onboarding Will and Parker
54:44 - What to build next
1:12:04 - Bullish vibes
1:17:16 - Returning to roots
1:20:56 - Conferences and meetups
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Oct 3, 2023 • 1h 34min
#451: UTXOracle with Steve Jeffress & Daniel Hinton
Steve Jeffress and Daniel Hinton discuss UTXOracle, estimating Bitcoin's price using node data. They explain UTXOs and visualize UTXO data. They explore the effect of Bitcoin ATMs on patterns and how to infer price from UTXO data. They discuss the usefulness of UTXOracle as an oracle and the possibility of price per block. They also cover topics like human action, UTXO mismanagement, taproot changes, and fun new concepts.

Oct 1, 2023 • 1h 46min
#450: Bitcoin Money Market Funds with Théo Mogenet
Théo Mogenet, writer on the financialization of Bitcoin, discusses money market funds, UK Gilt duration mismatch, weaponization of monetary system, Bitcoin's increasing demand, perpetual markets, DLCs for futures contracts, acquiring liquidity for DLCs, inciting hyperbitcoinization, and the drive for further adoption.

Sep 27, 2023 • 1h 15min
#449: DEATH ATHLETIC: A Dissident Architecture with Jessica Solce
Jessica Solce, a documentary filmmaker, joins Marty to discuss her new film following the story of Cody Wilson. They cover topics like cypherpunk, scandals, fighting digital tyranny, apathy, corporate control, aesthetics in film, and the impact of AI.