TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent
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Apr 21, 2020 • 1h 33min

Rabbit Hole Recap Stimulus Package: 2020.04.20

Join Marty & Matt as they discuss: - BTCPay Server adds payjoin support - Trezor update breaks HWI support - Cobra and Theymos split ownership of bitcoin.org and bitcointalk.org - Purse.io shuts down - Breez wallet adds keysend support - Nodl adds keysend support Nodl OG - Juggernaut messenger - Oil markets - MMT - 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 you download the app.
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Apr 18, 2020 • 1h 13min

#151: Marshall Long

Join Marty as he sits down with long time bitcoiner + miner Marshall Long to discuss: - How Marshall got into Bitcoin mining - Why he only mines Bitcoin now - Evolution of chips - Chip fabrication foundries - Stories of procuring miners in China - The evolution of culture in China - The future of Bitcoin mining - much more Follow Marshall 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 you download the app.
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Apr 16, 2020 • 1h 14min

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.04.13

This week Marty & Matt discuss: - Bryan Bishop releases bitcoin vaults prototype - Ransomware operator now defaults to monero payments - Utreexo explainer - Trezor Model T v2.3.0 - Samourai Wallet v0.99.93 - Whirlpool CLI v0.10.5 released - Apple and Google bluetooth based tracking system integrated at the mobile OS level - Graphene OS guide - Protesting is a "non essential activity" - Masks now required in NYC lol - Surveillance programs escalate worldwide using coronavirus as an excuse - Most popular ethereum chain explorer has added a blacklist tool - Maker foundation lawsuit - Central banks recommend global stablecoin ban, notable ethereum stakeholders caught off guard but they shouldn't be - Libra pivots to simple single currency stablecoin model - 9th anniversary of online poker Black Friday - Mullvad.net VPN releases mobile wireguard compatible apps - SLP Rafael Yakobi 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 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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Apr 15, 2020 • 1h 14min

#150: Great American Mining

Join Marty as he sits down with two members from the team at Great American Mining, Austin Storms and Tom M, to discuss: - What Great American Mining is doing - The journey and lessons learned along the way - Different energy sources and how they affect the decisions of mining operations - Miners biggest problem; finding cheap power at scale - Austin's journey with Bearbox - How mining is ruthless capitalism - Solving problems for oil companies - The future of mining in North America - much more - Check out Great American Mining's one pager (site to be updated soon) - Follow Austin 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 you download the app.
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Apr 14, 2020 • 2h 29min

#149: Steve Barbour

Join Marty as he sits down with Steve Barbour, founder of Upstream Data, to discuss: - Steve's experience in the Oil & Gas industry before Bitcoin - Difference between an electrical and mechanical engineer - The problem Bitcoin mining solves for the O&G industry - Difference between building on the grid and off the grid - Why Bitcoin is so important - Building a business slowly - much more Follow Steve on Twitter Check out Upstream Data 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 you download the app.
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Apr 9, 2020 • 1h 27min

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.04.06

Join Marty and Matt as they discuss: - 16.5M Americans unemployed - Today's Fed announcements - Dave Portnoy calling the dollar Schrute Bucks - Bisq security vulnerability - ACINQ Phoenix v1.3.0 adds Tor support - BlueWallet v5.3.0 - Samourai Dojo v1.5 - Ronin Dojo v1.4 - All Nodls now support dojo and whirlpool - Method to provide clearnet access to Tor lightning nodes proposed - Fold announces sats back visa debit card - Zane Pocock on the EARN IT Act - Stephan Livera with Gleb Naumenko on erlay - Chainalysis CoFounder on WBD - Shoutout to @jamesbtcbond for setting up his node with electrum - Rodolfo bitcoin-dev keychain email 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 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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Apr 8, 2020 • 1h 12min

#148: Matt D'Souza

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt D'Souza from Blockware Solutions to discuss: - Blockware's recent research paper on mining - Running a mining operation - How Matt came to realize Bitcoin is King - The State of the Economy - Why Bitcoin isn't "backed by nothing" - much more Follow Matt 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 you download the app.
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Apr 6, 2020 • 1h 19min

Rabbit Hole Recap Stimulus Package: 2020.04.06

Join Marty and Matt as they discuss: - CDC finally recommends face coverings - CoolWallet S security flaw - MutantC RPi4 mobile build - Whirlpool CLI v0.10.4 released - Eclair v0.3.4 released - OC Bitcoin Network talk on samourai wallet and privacy - Tor Browser v9.0.8 released - RaspiBlitz v1.5 RC1 adds joinmarket CLI support - Wasabi Wallet v1.1.11 released - MyNode v0.2.01 - Janet Yellen wants the Fed to buy stocks - Japanese family formation - 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 you download the app.
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Apr 3, 2020 • 1h 33min

#147:Alex Gladstein

Join Marty & Matt as they sit down with Alex Gladstein from the Human Rights Foundation to discuss: - Government overreach during the response to COVID19 - The capture of the World Health Organization - Censorship in China as COVID19 was spreading - The economic impact of forced quarantine - 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 you download the app.
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Apr 2, 2020 • 1h 34min

Rabbit Hole Recap: 2020.03.30

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Breez Point of Sale mode added to lightning wallet - LSAT Authentication - Samourai Whirlpool GUI v0.10.1 and CLI v0.10.3 - MyNode v0.2.0 - Bitmex research bitcoin development funding analysis - Bitmex renews and increases grant to Bitcoin Core maintainer Michael Ford - Mulit-location backup scheme spec released by @openoms - Whirlpool March volume totaled 1523.45 bitcoin - Multi sig betting with caravan - Binance makes a distinction between coinjoin and custodial mixers in recent blog post - Coinkite begins selling power only magnetic usb cables - Surveillance companies pivot to coronavirus tracking to increase their reach - UK PM hosts cabinet meeting on Zoom - StandardNotes.org and meet.jit.si shoutouts - Calling out pedos - 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 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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