

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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Sep 3, 2021 • 2h 53min
#270: Better Understanding Monetary Reset with LaserHodl
Join Marty as he sits back down with LaserHodl to continue their conversation about Monetary Reset.
Shoutout to this week's sponsors.
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Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

Sep 2, 2021 • 1h 27min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.29
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 el salvador nov 16
Shoutout to our sponsors:
Cash App
Unchained Capital
Braiins

Sep 2, 2021 • 53min
#269: Hollywood, the NBA, China and Bitcoin with Chris Fenton
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 Dragon
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 network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

Sep 1, 2021 • 1h 49min
#268: Q2 Global Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
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 non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com
Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

Aug 30, 2021 • 1h 6min
#267: Free private cities, economic zones, and gradual progress with Rahim Taghizadegan
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 #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 non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com
Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

Aug 24, 2021 • 1h 11min
#266: Complacency in the US, reworking public education, and changing the system from within w/ Blake Masters
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
Support his run for the Senate
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 non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com
Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

Aug 19, 2021 • 1h 22min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.16
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 and implementing fee estimation
- mempool v2.2.1
- joinmarket v0.9.1
- joininbox v0.6.0
- nix-bitcoin v0.0.49
- zap desktop v0.7.4-beta
- rust lightning v0.0.100
- simple bitcoin wallet v2.0.2
- blockstream launches new mining service targeting stranded renewable energy
- founder of helix bitcoin mixer pleads guilty
- tmobile data breach leaves up to 100M customers exposed
- terrorist watchlist exposed, includes data on 2M people
- digital identity cards and biometric data collected by US in Afghanistan may be used by Taliban against opposition
- robinhood rev 40% crypto, 62% of that doge
- vitalik and musk join doge foundation board
Shoutout to our sponsors:
Cash App
Unchained Capital
HodlHodl
Braiins

Aug 13, 2021 • 2h 10min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.09
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 bitcoin at home
- cuba and bitcoin by gladstein
- lightning liquidity management guide by lopp
- bitcoin 2022 april 6-9 in miami beach
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.
Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.
HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

Aug 6, 2021 • 1h 46min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.02
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 of 27 DOJ offices
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.
Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.
HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.

5 snips
Aug 4, 2021 • 2h 12min
#265: Monetary reset, Malthusian wizardy, and Bitcoin as way out with LaserHodl
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" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.
Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com
Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io
Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their mining profitability calculator.