TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

This week Marty & Matt discuss: - Libra https://libra.org/en-US/ - Cash App deposits go live, fund cash card with bitcoin https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-507/ - Whirlpool public beta release https://github.com/Samourai-Wallet/Whirlpool -Binance to block US citizens -Lightning labs mobile app release https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2019/06/19/mobile-app.html - Firefox vulnerability update to 67.0.3 ASAP https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/18/18684272/firefox-zero-day-flaw-browser-attacks-crypto-patch - Cellebrite states they can crack current all popular phones with physical access https://t.co/WHsaDxzoXz?amp=1 - Hashrate ATH - dcabtc.com tool by @JohnCantrell97 - US vs Russia cyber cold war escalates https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/us/politics/trump-cyber-russia-grid.html Shoutout to this week's sponsors: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. 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.

Join Marty as he sits down with Andrew Poelstra, Head of Research at Blockstream, to discuss Cryptography, how small of a field it is, how it's culture compares to Bitcoin's development culture, Taproot, MuSig, MiniSketch, Schnorr signatures, and much much more. Checkout Andrew's work: https://github.com/apoelstra Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.

Join Marty + Matt as they sit down with John Carvalho, CCO of Bitrefill, to discuss his history in Bitcoin, all the dope stuff Bitrefill is working on, Bitcoin's fungibility, Bitcoin culture, and much much more. Checkout Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/ Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matt_odell Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Proposed ban on Bitcoin in India - Home mining https://twitter.com/Karnickleon/status/1138906263230828544?s=19 - Nodl + Samourai collab https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19 - Global Mesh Labs https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19 - Zap on Android https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19 - Hong Kong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBl05xNq_AU - Italy https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1138709519184175104 - Will O'Beirne's new Joule upgrade https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/introducing-joule-allowances-2b08bec75e3a Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.

Join Marty as he sits down with Lawrence Nahum, Founder of GreenAddress + Chief Architect at Blockstream, to discuss approaching Bitcoin development, the history of GreenAddress, what he's working on at Blockstream, helping to make it so everyone can run a node with ABCore, and much more. Checkout GreenAddress' GitHub and contribute to ABCore if you can: https://github.com/greenaddress Follow Lawrence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Rooftop RHR in SF - code "tftc25" - First 100 person CoinJoin https://blockstream.info/tx/e4a789d16a24a6643dfee06e018ad27648b896daae6a3577ae0f4eddcc4d9174 - 6102 Bitcoin hodl privacy leak overview https://github.com/6102bitcoin/FAQ/blob/master/hodl-privacy.md - Ring cameras creeping https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveillance-network-with-ring-doorbells/ - SEC files suit against Kik https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/06/05/skeptics-lens-not-defending-crypto-anymore/ https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2019/comp-pr2019-87.pdf - Initial rollout of LN Watchtowers https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/watchtowers-are-coming-lightning#click=https://t.co/5VuAHhvsoq - Samourai Dojo open sourced and released https://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/185312260292/introducing-samourai-dojo-10-open-source-and/ - Utreexo proposal https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/611.pdf - "Buy" stocks and ETFs with bitcoin using Abra in 150+ countries (not US) https://twitter.com/AbraGlobal/status/1133697009381138434?s=19 - Statechains https://medium.com/@RubenSomsen/statechains-non-custodial-off-chain-bitcoin-transfer-1ae4845a4a39 - Weird YouTube AI https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008 - Fed to cut rates? https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-499/ Shoutout to this week's sponsors: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. 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.

Join Marty as he sits down with David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media, to discuss the early days of Bitcoin, how BTC Media came to be, the state of discourse around Bitcoin, how people are underestimating Bitcoin's TAM, and much more. Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidfbailey Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Thinking about heading to the Bitcoin 2019 Conference? Use the promo code "RHR" for a discount at checkout: https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum, to discuss how Alex ended up at the HRF, how authoritarian regimes use digital panopticons to control their subjects, why Bitcoin is such an important project, and why we can't mess it up. Checkout Alex's speech from MCC: https://youtu.be/CyieujRFk3g?t=13786 Follow Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladstein 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.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Wasabi update: https://wasabiwallet.io/ - Erlay proposal, https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016994.html - New bitcoin ATH in Argentinian peso - 4.1 billion people living under authoritarian regimes according to Oslo Freedom Forum - Proposed FATF regulations - https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-492/ - defendcrypto.org - Facebook - Bitrefill + ACINQ 1 BTC channel - https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-494/ - Trade Wars - Taxi medallions Shoutout to the MIB Chad Index Funds Shoutout to this week's sponsors: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. 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.

Join Marty as he sits down with Jack Mallers to discuss Zap, potential futures markets for Bitcoin miners, upgrades to the Lightning Network, cannabis, and much more. Check out Zap: https://zap.jackmallers.com/ Follow Jack on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackMallers Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Shout out to this week's sponsors: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. 21Lectures! If you're looking to learn how to build on top of Bitcoin and LN check out https://www.21lectures.com/ today!