

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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Mar 7, 2022 • 1h 18min
#311: Surging commodities prices, de-dollarization and bitcoin with Lawrence Lepard
Join Marty as he sits back down with Lawrence Lepard and discuss surging commodities prices, de-dollarization and bitcoin.
Follow Lawrence Lepard on Twitter
Read more from Lawrence at Equity Management Associates
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Mar 4, 2022 • 2h 1min
#310: Q4 2021 monetary base update and the macro landscape with Matthew Mežinskis
Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2021 monetary base update and the macro landscape.
Follow Matthew Mežinskis on Twitter
Read everything discussed at: Porkopolis Economics
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Mar 4, 2022 • 2h 16min
Rabbit Hole Recap #189: Ti wuz here
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- how bitcoin helped a Ukraine refugee escape
- powell mentions need for more bitcoin regs due to sanction
- biden admin asking crypto exchanges to help ensure russians are not breaking sanctions
- visa and mastercard block russian banks from networks
- rust bip47 library
- robosats p2p exchange
- bitmex founders plead guilty, $10M fine, 6-12 months prison, each
- zeus v0.6.0
- sparrow v1.6.0
- raspiblitz v1.7.2
- umbrel v0.4.15
- block reports $1.96B bitcoin sales last quarter
- intel's new asic expected to be cheaper and 15% more efficient than S19 Pro
- this month in bitcoin privacy
- war funding by gladstein
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Feb 28, 2022 • 2h 28min
#309: An alternative perspective on the state of the world with London Paul
Join Marty as he sits down with London Paul to discuss what is happening in the world right now. Are sanctions effective? What led us to this situation? Is de-dollarization accelerating?
Follow London Paul on Twitter
Check out The Sirius Report
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Feb 25, 2022 • 1h 43min
Rabbit Hole Recap #188: Chaos in the world
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Russia Ukraine Conflict
- Canada Protest
- Marty on Tucker Carlson
- Wasabi Wallet De-mix
- "Okay So Your Bank Account Is Frozen" Starter Pack
- Lightning Labs
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Feb 23, 2022 • 1h 30min
#308: Becoming un-cancelable with Mark Jeftovic
Join Marty as he sits down with Mark Jeftovic to discuss Bitcoin, tyranny in Canada, and becoming un-cancelable.
Follow Mark Jeftovic on Twitter
Check out his Writing
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Feb 18, 2022 • 2h 5min
Rabbit Hole Recap #187: Freedom Money
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Canada uses "emergency powers" to target bank accounts, bitcoin, funding, and insurance of protestors
- Bitcoin protest fundraiser voluntarily shuts down while they determine best way to distribute funds
- Canadian RCMP issues blacklist notice for bitcoin addresses connected to protest
- Apple patches zero day exploit, update your devices
- Biden expected to issue an executive order related to bitcoin regulation next week
- US Gov seizes $7B held by Afghan Central Bank
- secret unapproved cia data collection program exposed
- UN negotiating new "cybercrime" treaty
- GRIID, Argo, and Block to be first customers of intel mining chip
- ConocoPhillips selling previously flared nat gas to bitcoin miners
- Congressman Davidson introduces bill to protect private bitcoin usage
- more info on bitfinex hack investigation released
- proposed US bill targets el salvadors bitcoin adoption
- fbi to form new bitcoin surveillance and seizure focused unit
- btcpayserver v.1.4.5:
- bitcoin-s v1.9.0:
- galoy money v0.1.21:
- lightning terminal v0.6.3-alpha:
- mercury wallet v0.6.4:
- nix bitcoin v0.0.66:
- thoughts on cashapps lightning user flow
- satsxsw hackathon announced, march 12th and 13th
- fidelity launches bitcoin ETP in Europe, ticker FBTC
- swan launches bitcoin canon education portal
- coldcard announces $25K bounty for a react native nfc implementation
- blockfi agrees to pay $100M fine to SEC
- open source dashboard for asic prices

Feb 16, 2022 • 1h 50min
#307: Medical censorship with Doc Woods
Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Woods, a career long physician who had was fired for prescribing medicine.
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Feb 14, 2022 • 1h 14min
#306: Bitcoin in Ohio with Josh Mandel
Join Marty as he sits down with Josh Mandel, Republican Senate Candidate out of Ohio, to discuss Bitcoin, populism, and the inner workings of Ohio politics.
Follow Josh Mandel Twitter
Support his campaign at JoshMandel.com
Donate to his campaign via Bitcoin
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Feb 11, 2022 • 1h 55min
#305: Fire, Bitcoin and Teleportation with Aleks Svetski
Join Marty as he sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss the parallels between fire, bitcoin and teleportation.
Follow Aleks Svetskion Twitter
Check out his Writing
Check out his Wake Up Podcast
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