TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Daniel Turner from Power the Future to discuss the state of energy policy in America and how we can move forward. Follow Daniel on Twitter Read more from Power the Future Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth Upstream Data

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics to discuss the Q1 2022 monetary base update. Follow Matthew Mežinskis on Twitter Read everything discussed at: Porkopolis Economics Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data

Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim and Parker Lewis to discuss the history of Texas. Follow Texas Slim on twitter. Read more about The Beef Initiative Follow Parker on twitter Read more from Parker. Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth

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 data numbers https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/insight/2022/bitcoin-mining-new-data-reveal-a-surprising-resurgence/) - cambridge numbers are flawed - EU wants to scan all your private messages - summer of bitcoin mentorship program gets over 20K applicants - bitcoin education initiative launches in 40 high schools in Argentina - coincorner releases Bolt Card, a lightning payment card - Brink funds Michael Ford - BitMEX extends Gleb Naumenko's grant - a guide for bitcoin open source grant seekers - Ministry of Nodes Bitcoin Node Box Guide 2022 - bitcoin seed tool v1.0.5 - sparrow wallet v1.6.4 - gloria zhao releases package relay proposal - pieter wuille on private authentication protocols - new stablecoin backed by coldcards - this month in bitcoin privacy - fiatjaf on lightning penalty transactions - adopting bitcoin 2022 announced - mccormack releases film about el salvador - how bitcoin should be upgraded in the future https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/how-to-upgrade-bitcoin - Former lead of Facebook's shitcoin project launches lightning project https://www.lightspark.com - SBF buys 7.6% stake in Robinhood https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/12/ftx-ceo-sam-bankman-fried-buys-56m-position-in-robinhood/ Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth

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 proposal on dispatch - spiral post on supporting open source - georgetown law research shows ICE tracks 75% of Americans - grayscale privately met with SEC trying to get GBTC approved as an etf - costa rica declares national emergency over ransomware attacks - CD64: BIP119, CTV, and the bitcoin development process with @rusty_twit and @brian_trollz - brian armstrong thread - ishares high yield Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth

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