

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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May 21, 2021 • 1h 2min
#254: Bitcoin 101, inflation, and surfing with Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks
Join Marty as he sits down with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks to discuss:
- Bitcoin 101
- Inflation
- Hyperinflation rhyming
- much more
Follow Bethany on Twitter
Check out Bethany's website
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.

May 20, 2021 • 2h 3min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.17
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- our two first $10K candles and it was the same day!
- hash rate appears to have dropped
- dutch bank no longer requiring withdrawal address verification
- cross browser tracking vulnerability
- chaos at freenode
- libsecp256k1 improvements have sped up bitcoin core validation by 7%
- darkside says servers and bitcoin seized, all decryption keys to be released
- elliptic follows darkside funds https://archive.ph/lBa2C and oxt provides cluster
- argentina authorities force exchanges to provide data
- US Treasury wants a $10K transfer reporting requirement
- whirlpool cli v0.10.11
- ronindojo v1.10.0
- sparrow wallet v1.4.1
- chess tournament with $100K bitcoin prize
- galaxy digital on bitcoin energy consumption
- wharton receives $5M worth of bitcoin
- anthony towns on taproot activation
- chinese gov and apple servers
- follow up to last week's solar comments
Shoutout to our sponsors:
Cash App
Unchained Capital
HodlHodl
Braiins

May 19, 2021 • 51min
#253: Local government, building a strong town, and bitcoin on the balance sheet with Mayor Scott Conger
Join Marty as he sits down with the Mayor of Jackson Tennessee, Scott Conger, to discuss:
- Being the 3rd Mayor of Jackson in his family
- The day to day of leading a small city
- How Mayor Conger approaches taxes for the city
- How Mayor Conger became interested in bitcoin
- Bitcoin's role in local government
- Local v. Federal government
- "If not me, then who?"
- much more
Follow Mayor Conger 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.

May 18, 2021 • 1h 16min
#252: Content monetization, art, and NFTs with cryptograffiti
Join Marty as he sits down with prolific Bitcoin artist cryptograffiti to discuss:
- Using art to convey Bitcoin's revolutionary nature
- Content monetization under a Bitcoin Standard
- Why NFTs are so popular
- Is art subjective or is there objective beauty?
- Cutting out middle men
- Artists working directly with collectors
- much more
Follow cryptograffiti on Twitter
Check out his art
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.

May 14, 2021 • 1h 30min
#251: Raising children, ransomware attacks, climate narrative, and Bitcoin under attack with Whitney Webb
Join Marty as he sits down with investigative journalist Whitney Webb to discuss:
- Raising children as a countercultural act
- Ransomeware attacks
- Colonial Pipeline spill cover up
- Elon Musk
- Bill Gates
- Central Bank Digital Currencies
- AI
- Bitcoin as a tool to fight back
- Citadels
- much more
Follow Whitney on Twitter
Support her at UnlimitedHangout.com

May 13, 2021 • 2h 29min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.10
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- cake wallet vulnerability
- hash rate ath
- the bitcoin car at indy 500
- elon tweets energy fud
- microstrategy stacked more
- recent CPI numbers released
- us gov probes binance
- gbtc discount hits record low of 20%
- fully noded v0.2.17
- bluewallet v6.1.2
- lightning network privacy analysis
- analysis of darkside ransomware group
- colonial pipeline allegedly paid $5M ransom
- check your financial privilege by gladstein
- gladstein in cato on a post cash world
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.

May 13, 2021 • 2h 14min
#250: Q1 Monetary Base Update, inflation, and haters with Matthew Mežinskis
Join Marty as he sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss:
- The latest global monetary base update
- Why the monetary base is a good benchmark for bitcoin
- Bitcoin is the 6th largest base money (ex-gold) in the world
- Defining assets and liabilities on the Fed's balance sheet
- Why Japan matters
- Communism creep
- Bitcoin and a free banking system
- Academic economists and bitcoin
- much more
Follow Matthew on Twitter
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.

May 10, 2021 • 1h 3min
#249: Indian Point shutdown, electricity prices, Bitcoin 101, and externalities of wind energy w/ Robert Bryce
Join Marty as he sits down with Robert Bryce; author, documentarian, and host of the Power Hungry Podcast, to discuss:
- The Indian Point power plant shutdown
- Energy mix
- Subsidies leading to capital misallocation
- Bitcoin's value prop
- The externalities that come with wind turbines
- Land use and green energy
- much more
Follow Robert on Twitter
Check out Robert's latest book, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
Check out Robert's website
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.

May 6, 2021 • 1h 29min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.03
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
bitcoin core v0.21.1
first taproot signalling period
new multisig guide from bitcoinqna
thailand in person kyc
this month in bitcoin privacy
bluewallet v6.1.0
umbrel v03.10
phoenix v1.4.11
F2pool hashrate from outside china
Dual-funded LN channel on mainnet
MARA virtue signaling
Iranian Central Bank cucking too
Miningpool.observer
NY State wants to ban mining
Bitcoin Beach fund raiser
Coinbase transparency report
Cash App Q1 numbers
Commodities inflation
Tunisian student arrested and tortured for using BTC
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.

9 snips
May 4, 2021 • 1h 8min
#248: Fragile electrical grids, unreliable energy lobby, nuclear FUD, and common sense with Meredith Angwin
In this engaging discussion, Meredith Angwin, author and nuclear energy advocate, dives into the hidden fragility of our electrical grids. She unpacks misconceptions around energy mixes and the pressing issues in Texas and California regarding energy reliability. Angwin emphasizes the crucial role of nuclear power in ensuring steady electricity supply while critiquing the influence of special interests on energy policies. The conversation also touches on innovative solutions to improve grid management and the need for a balanced approach to energy production.