

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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Apr 7, 2021 • 2h 33min
#243: Regenerative farming, Fiat food and farming, cattle breeds, and plebs running the world with Untapped Growth
Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth (Joel) to discuss:
- The Fiat Farming system
- Top soil
- Roundup in everything
- Using cattle for regenerative farming
- Creating a cattle ranching/land management co-op
- Distributed asynchronous citadel networks
- much more
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Shoutout to this week's sponsors.
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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.

Apr 1, 2021 • 2h 30min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.29
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- coldcard physical attack
- Kentucky signs bitcoin mining incentives
- Strike launches in El Salvador without banking partners
- Azteco adds lightning
- Goldman to start offering bitcoin exposure to rich clients
- Morgan Stanley prepping to add bitcoin exposure to major funds
- Brink's first round of dev grants
- Gemini provides grant to mempool.space
- Specter v1.3.0
- Coldcard v4.01
- Bisq v1.6.1
- BTCPay Server v1.0.7.1
- sphinx-relay v2.0.7
- c-lightning v0.10.0
- MyNode v0.2.29
- Umbrel v0.3.8
- Zeus v0.5.1
- JoininBox v0.3.4
- Wasabi v1.1.12.7
- HWI v2.0.1
- Chainalysis raises $100M, valued at $2B
- Canada increases KYC requirements
- Lightning node performance tests
- Probing lightning channels paper
- Largest KYC leak ever from MobiKwik in India
- GBTC still trading at discount
- Bitcoin transcripts hub
- This month in bitcoin privacy
- SuredBits Multi Oraclee deep dive
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Braiins

Mar 29, 2021 • 1h 44min
#242: Ledn.io, Proof of Reserves, risk management, hyperinflation, and the Petro with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo
Join Marty as he sits down with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo to discuss:
- Ledn's recent raise
- Proof of Reserves
- Risk Management
- Duration matching
- Hyperinflation
- Good people succeeding
- Bitcoin scaling in layers
- Ledn users sending within the platform
- The Petro
- much more
Follow Mauricio on Twitter
Check out Ledn
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.

Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 2min
#241: Mining pools, Braidpool, resistance to attacks, adversarial thinking, and dev funding with Bob McElrath
Join Marty as he sits down with Bob McElrath to discuss:
- NY BitDevs
- Mining pools
- P2Pool
- Braidpool
- Making decentralized pools viable
- How they may fail
- Adversarial thinking
- Bob's Bitcoin journey
- much more
Follow Bob on Twitter
Bitcoin Munich Meetup Video
Braidpool IRC
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.

Mar 25, 2021 • 2h 31min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2021.03.22
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Tesla now accepting bitcoin and will hodl
- Podcasting 2.0 on breez
- Microsoft launches layer 2 decentralized identity on top of bitcoin mainnet
- FTX closing $7M per year deal for Miami Heat Arena
- Fidelity files for a bitcoin etf
- Lolli raises $5M from Serena Williams and her husband
- CFTC fines coinbase $6.5M for litecoin bullshit
- FATF releases enhanced KYC guidelines
- Coincenter analysis
- Surveillance firm Elliptic explaining Hydra innovative dead drops
- JoininBox v0.3.3
- RoninDojo v1.9.0
- Sparrow Walet v1.3.1
- Tails v4.17
- Sphinx relay v2.0.6
- BlueWallet v6.0.7
- Specter DIY v1.5.0
- eznode simple pruning-friendly setup for a personal bitcoin full node
- New liquid wallet
- Test release of coinswaps statechain implementation
- Bisq meeting on moving to layer 2 networks
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.

Mar 23, 2021 • 1h 3min
#240: Bullishness, timing births with bull cycles, Bitcoin 2021, and the youths with David Bailey
Join Marty as he sits down with David Bailey, founder of BTC Media, to discuss:
- How bullish is David?
- How high will bitcoin go?
- Timing the birth of his children up with bull markets
- Bitcoin 2021 events
- Bitcoin 2021 location
- Bitcoin Magazine content
- much more
Check out Bitcoin 2021 (Use code "SATOSHI" for 10% off)
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.

Mar 18, 2021 • 2h 14min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.15
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- FTX negotiating naming rights to miami heat arena https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article249892678.html
- miner revenue priced in dollars hits all time high https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_/status/1370901101403238400
- Kentucky passes tax breaks to bitcoin miners https://www.coindesk.com/kentucky-approves-bills-providing-incentives-for-crypto-miners
- Pakistani province experimenting with mining using hydro https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-pakistan/pakistani-province-plans-to-build-pilot-crypto-currency-mining-farms-idUSKBN2BA0KW
- Oakland Athletics bitcoin suites https://twitter.com/AthleticsPR/status/1371144942735609859
- Morgan Stanley wealth management now offering bitcoin funds https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/bitcoin-morgan-stanley-is-the-first-big-us-bank-to-offer-wealthy-clients-access-to-bitcoin-funds.html
- Signal now accepting bitcoin https://signal.org/donate/#cryptocurrency
- India attempted ban rumored https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cryptocurrency-ban-idUSKBN2B60R0
- JPMorgan says retail flows comparable to institutional https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/retail-bitcoin-traders-rival-wall-street-buyers-as-mania-builds
- Third coincenter letter to fincen about proposed enhanced kyc https://www.coincenter.org/coin-center-uses-additional-time-provided-by-fincen-to-file-another-comment-in-ongoing-surveillance-rulemaking/
- Binance probed by CFTC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/crypto-exchange-binance-investigated-by-u-s-over-who-s-trading
- BitMEX cofounder Ben Delo surrenders and released on $20M bail https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/bitmex-founder-delo-surrenders-to-face-u-s-laundering-charges
- Coldcard v4.0.0 https://blockclockmini.com/firmware/
- Blockclock mini v1.0.8 https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.0-released/
- HWI v2.0.0 https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/releases/tag/2.0.0
- Nodl dojo v0.1.2c
- Rudefox Burrow v0.1.1 https://www.rudefox.io/burrow/quick-start.html
- Anthony Towns on UASF http://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2021/03/14/fixing-uasf
- Ryan Gentry on bitcoin governance https://ryanthegentry.medium.com/a-theory-of-bitcoin-governance-13510eff42a6
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.

Mar 17, 2021 • 1h 21min
#239: Sphinx Chat, encrypted chat over LN, banking the unbanked, and rearchitecting the Internet with Paul Itoi
Join Marty as he sits down with Paul Itoi, co-founder of Stakwork and Sphinx Chat, to discuss:
- Sphinx chat
- Content monetization without ads
- Encrypted chat over the Lightning Network
- Paying anons around the world
- Banking the unbanked
- Rearchitecting the Internet using BTC/LN
- How BTC/LN can help parents unschool their kids
- Bringing back grazing cattle via Sphinx
- Training personal AIs
- much more
Check out Stakwork
Check out Sphinx Chat
Delly's Article
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.

Mar 17, 2021 • 1h 9min
#238: Green energy jobs fraud, unreliable renewables, climate catastrophe, and controllable electricity with Alex Epstein
Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Epstein, Author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, to discuss:
- Green energy jobs v. oil jobs
- Subsidies driving energy prices higher
- Using fraud as a heuristic to question the anti-energy movement
- Developing our environment to protect from climate
- "Climate catastrophe"
- Why not nuclear?
- Moralizing energy conversion
- Bitcoin and energy
- much more
Follow Alex on Twitter
Check out The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
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.

Mar 15, 2021 • 1h 50min
#237: Bitcoin Urbanism, Parasitic ideas, real world inflation, the suburban mistake and building Strong Towns with Kelly Lannan
Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan, the mind behind Bitcoin Urbanism, to discuss:
- Parasitic ideas
- How Bitcoin Urbanism came to be
- Being a real estate developer
- Building materials inflation
- How fiat money destroyed city planning
- How city codes hamstring builders
- Fixing the Fiat Standard one block at a time
- Classical architecture making a come back
- much more
Follow Kelly on Twitter
Subscribe to Bitcoin Urbanism
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.