TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent
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Aug 11, 2020 • 1h 6min

#185: Lyn Alden

Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, to discuss: - QE's affect on inequality - The Triffin Dilemma - The double edged sword of the reserve currency of the world - Inflation metrics - Why Lyn is interested in Bitcoin - How the world would look different on a Bitcoin Standard - much more Follow Lyn on Twitter Check out the article we discussed 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.
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Aug 7, 2020 • 1h 16min

#184: Clark Moody

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Clark Moody, data don, to discuss: - The early days of bitcoin data - Making a dashboard of bitcoin data - What bitcoin data can tell you - The polarization in America - Secession - How easy money leads to more lawyers and laws - Will Marxism come to America? - An optimistic path forward - much more Follow Clark on Twitter Check out Clark's dashboard 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.
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Aug 6, 2020 • 1h 28min

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.08.03

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Tor Project response to "zero day" disclosures - Ledger App Isolation Bypass - disclosure - ledger response - 17 year old arrested for twitter hack - Threat of KYC bitcoinmagazine panel - RoninDojo on OC Bitcoin Network - Bitcoin Core v0.20.1 - RTL v0.8.3-beta - ACINQ Phoenix v1.3.2 - c-lightning v0.9.0 - RaspiBlitz v1.6 - nix-bitcoin v0.0.12 - BlueWallet v5.5.2 - BlueWallet Desktop Alpha - Specter v0.6.0 - Wasabi v1.1.12 - ColdCard v3.1.8 - Lily Wallet Update tease - Trezor Model T v2.3.2 and Model one v1.9.2 - Lightning Labs terminal - Rudefox Burrow - This Month in Bitcoin Privacy - WORDS July Bitcoin Journal - Using HodlHodl by bitcoinqna - HRF three new grants - OKCoin funds Marco Falke - Cashapp going moon bound - Casa offers non custodial bitcoin buys 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. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.
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Jul 30, 2020 • 1h 32min

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.07.27

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Ledger personal info hacked - Chainalysis public dashboard (Use a VPN or Tor) - Murch post on enterprise UTXO management - Alchemy of Hashpower - Minsc scripting language - softfork activations breakdown - myNode v0.2.12 - Tor Browser v9.5.3 - Fidelity bitcoin investment thesis - Bakkt ATH volume - CME ATH open interest - Support bitcoin devs 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. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.
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Jul 29, 2020 • 1h 32min

#183: Whitney Webb

Join Marty as he sits down with Whitney Webb to discuss: - Epstein + Deutschebank - The history of Kroll Associates - The global intelligence community - Private intelligence companies - The blending of the State + Big Tech - Human trafficking - NGOs as a front for trafficking - The 2020 Election and potential shenanigans - 9/11 - Why Whitney covers these stories - much more Follow Whitney on Twitter Check out Whitney's Patreon Check out Unlimited Hangout 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.
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Jul 28, 2020 • 1h 4min

#182: Vijay Boyapati

Join Marty as he sits down with Vijay Boyapati to discuss: - Tales of moving gold across borders - The Bullish Case for Bitcoin - Austrian Economics - The riots - Jevons Paradox - Bitcoin is in its embryo-tic stage - much more Follow Vijay on Twitter Check out The Bullish Case for Bitcoin 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.
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Jul 23, 2020 • 1h 52min

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.07.20

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - More thoughts on samourai postmix address reuse issue from last week - Wasabi blog on twitter hack posted then deleted - OXTResearch analysis of twitter hacker's wasabi usage - Major exchanges working on a KYC data sharing agreement to satisfy demands from FATF - BitMEX provides $50K grant to Jeremy Rubin - US Banks can now custody bitcoin - Utreexo demonstration release - RaspiBlitz v1.6 release candidate 3 add IP2TOR - Eye of Satoshi v0.1.0 - Aaron Van Wirdum on Taproot activation - Testing and improving asmap - myNode Stack by bitcoinqna - Samourai Stack by bitcoinqna - Great threads from @dannydiekroeger - EFF Atlas of Surveillance - CIA can launch offensive cyber attacks more easily now 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. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.
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Jul 21, 2020 • 1h 54min

#181: Zach Herbert

Join Marty as he sits down with Zach Herbert, Co-founder of Foundation Devices, to discuss: - Zach's experience at Obelisk - Nuance of hardware manufacturing in China v. US - Tradeoffs made by the predominant hardware wallets - Why airgapping is important - The Passport - QR code standards and statelessness - How Bitcoin incentivizes open hardware - The importance of making hardware locally - Future products from Foundation Devices - much more Follow Zach on Twitter Follow Foundation Devices on Twitter Checkout Foundation Devices' site 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.
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Jul 17, 2020 • 1h 33min

#180: Ethan Vera

Join Marty as he sits down with Ethan Vera, Hashrate Merchant at Luxor Mining, to discuss: - Mining pools - Their historical lack of transparency - Pool fee negotiations - ASIC hardware lifecycles and their effect on decentralization - Market making for hashrate futures + their effect on transparency - Profit switching between chains - Whitelisted pools - Hashrateindex.com - much more Follow Ethan on Twitter Check out Luxor Mining 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.
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Jul 16, 2020 • 1h 56min

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.07.13

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - samourai post mix address reuse disclosure & patch samourai team shinobi - Timing attacks on Lightning Network - Twitter hacked - difficulty hits new ATH - taproot activation - coinbase selling surveillance software to Secret Service and [IRS](https://www.theblockcrypto.com/amp/post/71261/coinbase-is-selling-blockchain-analytics-software-to-the-us-secret-service & https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/71890/irs-coinbase-blockchain-analytics) - Zap Desktop v07.0 & v0.7.1 - Zeus v0.3.0 - Bisq v1.3.6 - BTCPay Server v1.0.5.3 - Specter v0.5.5 - Ronin Dojo v1.5 - Samourai Dojo v1.7.0 - Tallycoin v2.1 - blockchain dot com wallet fingerprinting analysis of marketshare - Bitcoin Mining Hashrate and Power Analysis - Zap raises $3.5M - Paradigm provides funding to Anthony Towns - List of ongoing dev funding by @polylunar_ - Animated QR code demo by Blockchain Commons - Russian Activists using bitcoin - Microsoft and the police state - Mitre Corp surveillance programs 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. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.

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