

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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Mar 16, 2020 • 49min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Stimulus Package 2020.03.16
Join Marty and Matt as they discuss:
- COVID19 + Market reaction
- Fed cuts + repo operations
- MyNode v0.1.97
- 3D Printing in Italy's corona battle
- VR Socratic Meetup
- Jameson Lopp on Bitcoin Core Contributor Challenges
- Other stuff
Shoutout to this week's sponsors.
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Mar 12, 2020 • 49min
#140: Kyle Bass & Parker Lewis
Join Marty as he hops on a call with Kyle Bass and Parker Lewis to discuss:
- Recent market chaos
- The Fed's response up to this point and what they may do moving forward
- The need for a strong fiscal response in conjunction with Fed policy
- The dangers of centralizing our supply chain in China
- Russia's move in oil markets over the weekend
- much more
Follow Kyle on Twitter
Follow Parker 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.
Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.

Mar 12, 2020 • 1h 12min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.03.09
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- macro and price talk
- mining death spiral FUD
- Bitcoin Core v0.19.1
- bluewallet node issue
- payjoin support should be added to btcpay soon
- Samourai Wallet Whirlpool hits new monthly ATH
- Specter-Desktop multisig release
- OXT Research PlusToken Report Issue 2
- Electrum v4 release still delayed
- MKR/DAI liquidation crisis
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.

Mar 10, 2020 • 1h 8min
#139: George Gammon
Join Marty as he sits down with George Gammon to discuss:
- Why George started his YouTube channel
- The Oil Wars
- Was Russia's move over the weekend a kill shot directed at the US?
- Corporate Debt
- Buybacks
- Junk bonds
- The Fed's reaction to recent market movements
- Fed policy and the erosion of the Nuclear family
- Deflation
- Sounds money standards of the past
- George's thoughts on Gold v. Bitcoin
- much more
Check out George's YouTube channel
Follow George 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.

Mar 6, 2020 • 1h 3min
#138: BitcoinTINA "The Perfect Storm"
Join Marty as he sits down with BitcoinTINA to discuss how the macro factors lining up in the world right now are a perfect storm for Bitcoin in the medium to long-term.
Follow BitcoinTINA 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.

Mar 5, 2020 • 1h 6min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.03.02
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Coronavirus + Fed Rate Cut
- Whirlpool volume PAMPING
- VR Presentation by Adam Gibson on PayJoin
- Nodl updated with new RTL
- myNode updated with Dojo support
- Casa adds Coldcard support
- BlueWallet adds Coldcard support
- BlockFi flagging wasabi deposits
- Square Crypto announces two new grants
- India Supreme Court strikes down bitcoin banking ban
- South Korea passes amendment formalizing bitcoin regulation
- Germany deems bitcoin a financial instrument
- New York Power Plant mining $50K worth of bitcoin per day
- Coinbase tested facial recognition software Clearview AI
- EARN IT Act to be introduced in US Congress
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.

Mar 4, 2020 • 2h 9min
#137: Chris Stewart & Nadav Kohen
Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart and Nadav Kohen from Suredbits to discuss:
- Dairy farming + life in Iowa
- The inception of Suredbits
- Building products to take Bitcoin to the masses
- The Lightning Network
- Key management on the Lightning Network
- Node fallbacks + redundancy
- Discreet Log Contracts
- Oracles
- BitDevs Chicago
- much more
Follow Chris on Twitter
Follow Nadav on Twitter
Check out Suredbits
Peep the DLC blog series
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.

Feb 27, 2020 • 1h 18min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.02.24
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Trace fall from Grace
- FullyNoded corrections - consider donating here
- @6102bitcoin infographics on taint, chainalysis, and blacklisting
- Zebedee releases developer SDK
- Whirlpool usage second monthly ATH in a row
- Whirlpool mobile released
- Casa bitcoin inheritance solution released
- Coldcard v3.1.1
- Square reports growing bitcoin volume
- Square teases option to display in sats and auto buys
- Suredbits Discreet Log Contracts Demo
- Nodl Day - March 24th in SF
- Wifi flaw exposed billions of devices
- lol progpow
- Macro and Coronavirus
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.

Feb 25, 2020 • 2h 29min
#136: Paul Sztorc
Join Marty as he sits down with Paul Sztorc, the man behind Drivechains and Bitcoin Hivemind, to discuss:
- Proof of Work v. Proof of Stake
- Bitcoin's fee market
- How it may develop in the future
- Is Bitcoin our only shot?
- Drivechains
- Why people don't like Drivechains
- Why their concerns are valid + invalid
- Bitcoin Hivemind
- much more
Follow Paul on Twitter
Check out his blog
Check out Drivechains
Check out Bitcoin Hivemind
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.

Feb 20, 2020 • 1h 8min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.02.17
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Bisq v1.2.6 adds support for L-BTC
- Bisq volume up 2.6x YoY
- Zeus v0.2.1
- RTL v0.6.5
- c-lightning v0.8.1
- ColdCard firmware v3.1.0 adds support for HSM mode called [ckbunker](https://coldcardwallet.com/docs/upgrade & http://ckbunker.com/)
- Fully Noded 2 released on testflight
- BTCSessions mynodebtc.com build your own node walkthrough video
- Microsoft ION distributed identity project
- OpenNode fiat integration
- Peter Thiel backed Layer1 begins mining operation in West Texas
- What Constant Surveillance Does to Your Brain
- hardware wallet threat modeling
- DoD systems (DISA) compromised, PII taken
- Bitcoin's fifth largest hourly price drop in history
- FTX election markets
- Thought Police in New Zealand
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.


