

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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Jan 21, 2021 • 1h 52min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.01.18
This week in Bitcoin Marty and Matt discuss:
- bitcoin reorg confusion: BITMEX & Blockstream Explorer & Deribit Dissection & Peter Todd
- CSW sues bitcoin.org and bitcoincore.org over whitepaper copyright
- Energy usage FUD smacks marty in the face on twitter
- Mining in the arctic circle
- Iranian gov seizing ASICs
- Blue Wallet v6.0.3
- c-lightning v0.9.3
- Bitcoin Dev Kit v0.3.0
- Blackrock entering the fray?
- Chainalysis releases 2020 "illicit activity" report
- Our boy Nic dropped a great piece in NYMag
- Mullvad conducts infrastructure audit
- Bitcoin Core usage survey
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Jan 15, 2021 • 2h 5min
#224: How to cancel yourself with Michael Krieger
Join Marty as he sits down with Michael Krieger to discuss:
- Cancel yourself before they cancel you
- Free and open source software
- Censorship
- History
- Bitcoin as a way to exit
- The illegitimacy of the expert class
- Localism
- The education system
- much more
Check out Michael's latest article Cancel Yourself and sign up for his newsletter after reading
Follow Michael on Twitter
Shoutout to this week's sponsors.
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Jan 15, 2021 • 2h 43min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.01.11
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Tor v3 Onion addresses unreachable after apparent attack on Tor network
- Ledger discloses new data leak and steps they are taking to mitigate issues going forward
- Analysis of Solar Winds attack
- HRF provides grants to Specter and Lot49
- Lagarde attacks bitcoin
- Bitcoin Core v0.21.0
- BlueWallet v6.0.2
- BTCPay Server v1.0.6.5
- RaspiBlitz v1.6.3
- Sparrow v0.9.10
- Hexa Wallet v1.4.1
- Fully Noded v0.2.9
- Coldcard v3.2.2
- Mempool v2
- Bakkt going public on NYSE
- Poolin releases hash rate token
- FinCEN extends comment period
- German Police take down DarkMarket and arrest operator
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.
Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

Jan 13, 2021 • 1h 22min
#223: Talking Oil, Gas & Bitcoin with @chigrl
Join Marty as he sits down with Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl) from Hedge Fund Telemetry to discuss:
- Oil Markets
- Misallocation of capital
- PE + O&G
- Fragile supply chains
- Rare Earth metals
- Bitcoin mining with flare gas
- Energy producers are the central banks of the future
- much more
Follow Tracy on Twitter
Check out Hedge Fund Telemetry
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.
Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

Jan 8, 2021 • 1h 41min
#222: Beefing with the NFL with Jack Mallers
Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Jack Mallers, Founder and CEO of Strike, to discuss:
- Athletes getting paid in sats
- Beef with the NFL
- bitcoin the hard asset
- Bitcoin the Network
- Strike global
- Routing around with Bitcoin
- State of the Lightning Network
- much more
Follow Jack on Twitter
Check out Strike
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.
Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

Jan 7, 2021 • 1h 46min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.01.04
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- OCC letter on banks using stablecoins
- Pro censorship American mining pool gains steam
- Iranian mining crackdown
- Strike Global
- Blockstream Jade
- Bitcoin Core v0.21.0 RC5
- Fully Noded v0.2.8
- Specter v1.0.0
- Braiins acquires remaining stake in Slush Pool from Slush
- Coindesk buys tradeblock
- Anthony Towns on 2021
- Bitcoin Explained by BJ Dweck
- Silent Link
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.
Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

Jan 6, 2021 • 1h 50min
#221: DLCs, transaction fees, and PEMDAS with Chris Stewart
Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart, CEO of Suredbits, to discuss:
- An update on DLCs
- The US Presidential Election DLCs
- Oracle problems and solutions
- DLCFDs
- Stablecoins
- Transaction fees
- Is Ethereum beating Bitcoin?
- PEMDAS
- much more
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.
Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

Dec 31, 2020 • 1h 48min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.12.28
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Our boy Russ getting paid in bitcoin using Strike
- Mooch's new bitcoin fund slides leak
- Indian Gov considering 18% tax on bitcoin trading
- US Treasury hits BitGo with sanctions violations on their non custodial wallet
- Bisq v1.5.3
- Umbrel App Store
- VanEck refiles ETF
- This Month in Bitcoin Privacy
- SolarWinds attack
Shoutout to this week's sponsors:
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.
Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

Dec 29, 2020 • 1h 2min
#220: Matt Hill
Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Hill, co-founder and CEO of Start9 Labs, to discuss:
- Founding Start9 Labs
- The Embassy
- Routing around Apple's App Store
- Why personal hardware is an imperative moving forward
- Self-sovereign surveillance
- Making all of this easy
- much more
Follow Matt on Twitter
Check out Start9 Labs' Embassy
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.

Dec 24, 2020 • 2h 29min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.12.21
Join Marty and Matt as they discuss:
- Ledger database dump
- FinCEN adds new KYC requirements for withdrawals
- Nigeria is now second biggest Paxful bitcoin market after the US
- Bitmain civil war escalates
- Microstrategy recent purchases complete
- BlueWallet v6.0.1
- Eclair v0.5.0
- Caravan adds PSBT support
- Discreet Log Contract for Difference
- Ripple gets hit by SEC
- Bitcoin DevKit
Shoutout to this week's sponsors:
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.
Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.