

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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Aug 19, 2019 • 47min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.08.12 LIVE w/ Pierre Rochard & Michael Goldstein
Join Marty and Matt as they're joined by the hosts of the Noded Podcast, Pierre Rochard and Michael Goldstein to discuss:
- Bakkt Futures
- Binance KYC
- Liquid Tether
- Hong Kong
- India
- Samsung + Bitcoin
- Coinbase negligence
- much more
Shoutout to our sponsors:
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Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber

Aug 17, 2019 • 44min
Tales from the Crypt #91: Tuur Demeester
Join Marty as he sits down with Tuur Demeester, Founder of Adamant Capital, to discuss Tuur's journey to Bitcoin, the founding of Adamant Research then Adamant Capital, how to leverage Bitcoin to short USD, Bitcoin's parallels with The Reformation.
Follow Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester
Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent
Shoutout to our sponsor:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.

Aug 15, 2019 • 55min
Tales from the Crypt #90: James C.
Join Marty as he sits down with James Chiang, currently spending his Summer at Chaincode Labs, to discuss James' journey to Bitcoin, his experience with Libbitcoin, how Libbitcoin compares to Bitcoin Core, working in the renewable energy sector, working on a Python library for Taproot, and much more.
Checkout https://teachbitcoin.io/
Follow James on Twitter - https://twitter.com/digi_james
Follow Marty on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MartyBent
Shoutout to our sponsor:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.

Aug 14, 2019 • 58min
Tales from the Crypt #89: BitcoinTINA & Alpha Zeta
Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with BitcoinTINA & Alpha Zeta to talk about the current market conditions, where Bitcoin sits, whether or not Bitcoin is a risk-on or risk-off trade, and the fact that Bitcoin is a fundamental financial tech innovation.
Check out Alpha Zeta's portfolio tracker: http://www.thewarden.io/index.html
Follow BitcoinTINA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinTINA
Follow Alpha Zeta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta
Shoutout to our sponsor:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.

Aug 8, 2019 • 47min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.08.05
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- Bitcoin vaults - https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-August/017229.html
- Yuan peg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCH_-fcCoK4&feature=youtu.be
- Big blocks and tradeoffs - https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1157667091719380992
- Binance KYC leak - https://www.coindesk.com/a-bitcoin-extortion-gone-wrong-inside-binances-negotiations-with-its-kyc-hacker
- Is anything priced in?
Shoutout to our sponsors:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.
Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber

Aug 1, 2019 • 1h 1min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.07.29
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- JoinMarket, fidelity bonds, and privacy - https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-July/017169.html
- Capital One data breach - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/capital-one-data-breach-what-you-can-do-following-the-banking-hack/
- Zap update + full node - https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases/tag/v0.5.2-beta
- Fold App Kickbacks - https://medium.com/in-the-fold/introducing-fold-kickbacks-5b1d255621b3
- "Stacking sats"
- Hong Kong - https://twitter.com/alessabocchi/status/1156513770254012416?s=20
- Fortnite World Cup - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1155838643094917121
- much more
Shoutout to our sponsors:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.
Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.

Jul 30, 2019 • 2h 6min
Tales from the Crypt #88: Richard Myers
Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Richard Myers, who is working on "Bitcoin's last mile" via mesh networks at GoTenna and Global Mesh Labs, to discuss:
- ByteABit, Richard's P2P mobile Bitcoin exchange
- Mesh networks, GoTenn, LOT49, and Global Mesh Labs
- Cashless societies
- Deflation
- much more
Follow Richard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/remyers_
Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matt_odell
Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent
Shoutout to our sponsor:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.

Jul 26, 2019 • 1h 3min
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.07.22
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
-BTCPayServer - https://stephanlivera.com/episodes/
- Wasabi & Samourai
- Ethereum hashrate down 42% from ATH, bitcoin hashrate at ATH: https://www.longhash.com/news/ethereum-is-becoming-increasingly-vulnerable-to-attack
- Coldcard + Wasabi video, class on the 26th at Chaincode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM2uhyROpAQ&feature=youtu.be
- New Cash App UI
- Ohmm - https://twitter.com/UpstreamDataInc/status/1152233409277648897?s=20
- Hong Kong protests take violent turn: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1152973052046524420?s=20
- Nodl Electrumx - https://twitter.com/BitcoinSchiller/status/1154400652979818498?s=20
- Parker Lewis' Gradually, Then Suddenly - https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/dollar-crisis-to-bitcoin/
Shoutout to our sponsors:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.
Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.

Jul 23, 2019 • 1h 53min
Tales from the Crypt #87: Conner Brown
Join Marty as he sits down with Conner Brown to discuss how he became interested in Bitcoin, philosophy, the intersubjective nature of money, Kanye West, and much more.
Follow Conner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_
Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent
Shoutout to our sponsor:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.

Jul 19, 2019 • 1h 48min
Tales from the Crypt #86: Ben Hunt
Join Marty as he sits down with Ben Hunt (with a guest appearance from James O'Beirne) to discuss some of the running themes from Epsilon Theory, how they relate to Bitcoin, and why Bitcoiners may be fighting a losing battle.
Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory
Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesob
Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent
Shoutout to our sponsors:
Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app.


