

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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Jul 31, 2023 • 1h 49min
#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 crypto stay dead?
24:12 - Old ideas, new ideas, and startups
33:44 - Regulatory landscape
38:27 - Financial “innovations” from crypto
42:31 - Bitcoin politics
46:29 - Implications of decentralized custody
54:23 - Multiple fronts of chaos
1:02:04 - How far can inflation go?
1:10:04 - Bitcoin is the escape hatch
1:12:13 - Nation state adoption
1:15:29 - Next bull market
1:26:29 - Fedimints and AI
1:34:38 - Bullish on Texas
1:47:28 - We’re gonna win
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Jul 25, 2023 • 3h 8min
#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 and Twitter
48:43 - Evil rulers
1:15:10 - Corporate press and those they hate
1:22:35 - Younger generations
1:30:21 - Forth turning and inflation
1:58:20 - CBDCs vs Bitcoin
2:03:49 - Final words from Rudy
2:05:39 - Rabbit holes on rabbit holes
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Jul 24, 2023 • 1h 25min
#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
15:44 - What’s wrong with defi?
21:15 - Explaining DLCs
25:26 - How Atomic uses DLCs
28:39 - Risks
34:13 - Atomic’s oracle
37:39 - State of DLCs and lightning
44:51 - Plans for Atomic
47:46 - Ethereum’s centralization
50:26 - Order of operations in Bitcoin adoption
54:04 - Scaling Bitcoin and ossification
1:04:59 - Staking reputation on BIPs
1:14:28 - A lot at stake
1:21:00 - Wrapping
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Jul 19, 2023 • 2h 9min
#435: Bitcoin Solves the Payments Problem in AI with Kody Low
Kody Low discusses Fedimints and Lightning's role in powering AI tools. Topics include Fedimint benefits, scaling Bitcoin, privacy, Synth dollar trading, and Lightning's advantage in crypto. The conversation also explores AI/Lightning intersection, avoiding Bitcoin volatility, and pushing AI companies towards Lightning for efficient payments.

Jul 17, 2023 • 1h 44min
#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 - Debt is not universally bad
16:59 - Capital as a tool
18:51 - The goal of capital allocation
22:13 - Affecting individual savings
26:06 - Capital flowchart and long term thinking
37:18 - Bitcoin doesn’t allow fiat games
44:47 - Bitcoin mining illustrating the point
58:09 - Impact of lightning’s instant settlement
1:06:26 - Building a long term company
1:14:46 - Temperance during the boom
1:18:46 - Liquid BTC
1:27:28 - Axiom and further upcoming writing
1:41:04 - Wrapping up
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Jul 14, 2023 • 1h 38min
#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?
22:24 - Impact of instant settlement
26:21 - Lightning Network, AI, Internet of Things
34:07 - What’s taking adoption so long?
36:49 - Bitcoin’s unique combination of properties
45:57 - Burden of compliance
49:45 - Fiat is the money of force
52:44 - KYC is the illicit activity
1:02:38 - Mexico partnership
1:03:44 - The purpose of financial products
1:12:36 - Bitcoin is a tween
1:17:30 - Don’t get distracted by bull markets
1:29:14 - Marty’s excited about energy and AI
1:35:36 - Wrapping up
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Jul 11, 2023 • 1h 9min
#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 the jab injury event horizon
25:17 - Distractions
29:00 - Debt event horizon has already passed
33:26 - Trust in the system degrading
37:05 - Bitcoin
38:42 - The CIA disapproves
38:53- Broken money and psyops
45:46 - Individual state power
49:29 - Three Letter Agencies don’t want this heard
54:31 - Hard times before good times
56:37 - Strong families
1:03:50 - Final note on RFK Jr
1:07:12 - I am Spartacus
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Jul 5, 2023 • 1h 24min
#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 - How Payjoin reduces dox threat and reduces fees
35:09 - TURN servers
39:49 - How are PSBTs involved in Payjoin
42:45 - How coin selection is determined
36:30 - Separating PDK from BDK
50:03 - Completing BDK
53:38 - Payjoin’s role going forward
57:54 - Chain surveillance and prosecuting CoinJoins
1:03:51 - Right to privacy
1:08:18 - Multi receiver PayJoin
1:09:42 - Less frustration on Bitcoin development
1:15:18 - Will Bitcoin reach sufficient ossification?
1:18:25 - Plugs and wrapping
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Jun 30, 2023 • 2h 1min
#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 Bitcoin
13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report
17:51 - Structure of the report
21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry
31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet adoption
41:37 - Remittance education
48:31 - Getting into charts on remittance volume
56:18 - Chapter 2: Global bitcoin adoption
1:07:58 - Motivation for adoption
1:13:39 - Chapter 3: Cross-border Bitcoin payments
1:23:13 - What makes bitcoin better for remittance
1:26:28 - Lightning services
1:30:26 - Bitcoin for payments
1:33:32 - Google search traffic for Bitcoin
1:39:17 - B2C
1:44:35 - Chapter 4: Growing cross-border Bitcoin payments
1:51:36 - Adoption funnel
1:55:33 - Marty tries to quote himself before wrapping up
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Jun 28, 2023 • 1h 16min
#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 issues with massive bank accounts
31:33 - Debt ceiling
33:13 - Retirement and target date funds
40:18 The Ukraine distraction
45:54 - Collapse in skilled labor and infrastructure
50:41 - Taking on troubled times
54:55 - Bitcoin’s interaction with energy
57:05 - Landing on the wrong side of stagflation
59:19 - Bitcoin eliminates banking BS
1:01:34 - Treasury bond duration risk
1:06:22 - 40 year bull market over, gold and Bitcoin win
1:13:51 - Wrapping
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