TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with André Neves, Co-Founder and Co-CTO of Koala Studio, to discuss everything from BTC/LN adoption via gaming, what it's like to live in the UAE, the Surveillance State, and much more. Follow André on Twitter: www.twitter.com/andreneves Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent Check out Koala Studio: koalastud.io Thanks to our sponsors: BlockFi, head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to see how you can avoid selling your BTC this tax season. Lolli, head over to lolli.com/ref/tftc and download Lolli today so you can begin earning up to 30% cash back in BTC!

This week Marty and Matt discuss: -Tippin.me extension -Lolli extension -Spacebit.live -Venezuela ATH LocalBitcoins volume - 2454 Bitcoin / 8.95 million USD https://coin.dance/volume/localbitcoins/VES/BTC -Bitcoin Ham radio https://twitter.com/nvk/status/1095354354289135617 -Full nodes, block size, offline transactions, 65% of 4000 said no full node -JPM shitcoin -Bitdevs https://www.meetup.com/BitDevsNYC/events/258566808/ -Wasabi update -Coin Center on cash + privacy https://coincenter.org/entry/the-case-for-electronic-cash Shout out to this week's sponsors: Lolli, head over to www.lolli.com/ref/tftc and start earning Bitcoin when you shop on the net today! Honeyminer, head over to www.honeyminer.com/labs to check out their new Linux compatible software. Or head to stackingsats.com to pump our ref link.

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Adelman, Co-Founder and CEO of Lolli, to discuss developers building for developers, the retail landscape, building a consumer facing product with a BTC component, and much more. Follow Alex on Twitter: www.twitter.com/alexadelman Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent Thanks to our sponsor BlockFi! Head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to see how you can use your bitcoin as collateral to get USD loans in minutes!

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Matt handing off the LN torch to @jack https://twitter.com/jack/status/1092891165966229509 - Matt Ahlborg's LocalBitcoins analysis and new metric https://medium.com/@mattahlborg/nuanced-analysis-of-localbitcoins-data-suggests-bitcoin-is-working-as-satoshi-intended-d8b04d3ac7b2 - Koala Studio Lightning Chess https://koalastud.io/ - Blockstream Proof of Reserve https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/blockstream-open-sources-development-its-proof-reserves-tool/ - ZCash inflation vulnerability disclosed https://z.cash/blog/zcash-counterfeiting-vulnerability-successfully-remediated/ - Abra releases new equities exposure product https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/abra-users-can-now-buy-stocks-and-etfs-using-bitcoin/ Shoutout to our sponsors: BlockFi, head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt and learn how you can avoid selling your BTC today! Honeyminer, peep www.honeyminer.com/labs to see the new Honeyminer Max implementation for Linux users. Or www.stackingsats.com to pump our ref link. 21Lectures, go to www.21lectures.com and learn more about their Bitcoin developer classes!

This week we are joined by Murad Mahmudov to discuss a litany of topics. Had a bunch of topics planned but didn't get to all of them. A lot of tangents. Thanks to our sponsors: BlockFi - Head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt and learn how to leverage your crypto without selling! HoneyMiner - Now available for Linux users! HoneyMiner is the easiest way to earn BTC. Peep their site here to learn more - https://honeyminer.com/?utm_source=bent&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=marty%20bent%20honeyminer

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Venezuela - https://twitter.com/btcven - Post-Soviet LN + Satellite API messages - https://twitter.com/notgrubles/status/1088402776638541827 - Lightning games - https://mailchi.mp/9e176e464777/martys-bent-january-21st-2018-issue-402 - Georgia & Bitfury - https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1088816882872926211 - Taproot article by Aaron van Wirdum - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/taproot-coming-what-it-and-how-it-will-benefit-bitcoin/ - ETF withdrawn - https://twitter.com/gaborgurbacs/status/1088173233722089486 Thanks to this week's sponsor, Honeyminer! All you home mining freaks should head over to www.honeryminer.com/labs to check out their new version, now available to Linux users!

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Dannen, co-founder and Partner at Iterative Capital, to discuss a range of topics including the evolution of software development culture, destroying the technostructure, the poison that is mainstream media, and much more. Follow Chris on Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisdannen Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MartyBent Check out Iterative's thesis: iterative.capital/thesis Thanks to our sponsor BlockFi! Head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to peep the special offer they have for you freaks!

Join Marty on this week's edition of Tales from the Crypt as he sits down with BitcoinTINA aka Rick Flex to discuss how bullish he is, past tech trends and how we may use them to guess how Bitcoin adoption may play out, and much much more. Banger of an episode.

In this episode we discuss: -ETH 2.0 -Constantinople bug and delay -LN network analysis https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/01/15/the-growth-of-the-lightning-network-has-been-remarkable-but-theres-a-catch/ -Putin bitcoin rumor -Wasabi multi-denominations -ETC was indeed reorged chain wide -China plans on using great firewall to target nodes https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612749/china-will-now-officially-try-to-extend-its-great-firewall-to-blockchains/ -Grin launch -Thor from Bitrefill https://www.coindesk.com/new-bitrefill-service-aims-to-make-lightning-payments-easy -Baakt delayed -Genesis Trading OTC volume up 50% YoY, https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/genesis-tradings-otc-trading-volume-is-up-50-year-over-year/

This week we discuss: -Deplatforming + -ETC 51% -ETH Constantinople and progPow forks -10 years since Hal - https://twitter.com/halfin/status/1110302988?lang=en -Zap POS app https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/1082778829217808384?s=19 -Gemini ad campaign - https://twitter.com/Gemini/status/1082726902622797825 -Bitcoin mining pools over time, BetterHash - https://coinmetrics.io/mining-pool-mapping/ -Kraken compliance report https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/1081701788464558080?s=19 -Nodl.it -Bitmain founders rumored to be stepping down, new CEO inbound https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bitmain-to-appoint-new-ceo-as-co-founders-wu-and-zhan-step-aside/ -Norwegian Monero Ransom -ShapeShift lays off 30% of their team, 37 people - Bezos Commencement speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmavNoChZc Thanks to our sponsors: BlockFi. Head to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt and check out BlockFi today! BUIDL Bootcamp - Next course starts January 21st, head over to www.buidlbootcamp.com and sign up today! (Online Courses)