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Tales from the Crypt #98: Carla Kirk-Cohen
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Carla Kirk-Cohen, the last of Chaincode Labs' Summer residents to swing through the studio, to discuss:</p> <p>- Carla's journey to Bitcoin</p> <p>- Her passion for the Lightning Network</p> <p>- Life in South Africa</p> <p>- Bringing LN to an exchange</p> <p>- Things that LN enables that weren't possible before </p> <p>Follow Carla on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/actuallyCarlaKC">https://twitter.com/actuallyCarlaKC</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p> <p>Contribute to the show: <a href="https://tftc.io/contribute/">https://tftc.io/contribute/</a></p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.09.09
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Lightning CVE exploited in the wild, lnd 0.7.0 vulnerable, update! <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002148.html">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002148.html</a></p> <p>- Digg from the dead <a href="https://digg.com/channel/bitcoin">https://digg.com/channel/bitcoin</a></p> <p>- NY payroll company MyPayrollHR exit scam $35M <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/09/ny-payroll-company-vanishes-with-35-million/">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/09/ny-payroll-company-vanishes-with-35-million/</a></p> <p>- French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says Libra will not be allowed in the EU <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-europe-france-ban-block-latest-a9102171.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-europe-france-ban-block-latest-a9102171.html</a></p> <p>- Premier League Club Watford Bitcoin logo on jerseys due to sportsbet.io sponsorship <a href="https://www.watfordfc.com/club/bitcoin-confirmed-new-sleeve-partner">https://www.watfordfc.com/club/bitcoin-confirmed-new-sleeve-partner</a></p> <p>- Keybase airdrops shitcoin, bitcoiners donate to Tor, almost 17000 XLM donated(~$1020) <a href="https://stellar.expert/explorer/public/account/GABWGQEQESRX5TKDTPIYJFPKGJDMEW6VLOOLBTIFPJIN7XT6KAFXJQPJ?filter=payments">https://stellar.expert/explorer/public/account/GABWGQEQESRX5TKDTPIYJFPKGJDMEW6VLOOLBTIFPJIN7XT6KAFXJQPJ?filter=payments</a></p> <p>- Bitcoin as a nonviolent rebellion by Nic Carter <a href="https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-most-peaceful-revolution-8b63b64c203e?sk=c70e2e688cb3c15dfe68f4d2627b1059">https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-most-peaceful-revolution-8b63b64c203e?sk=c70e2e688cb3c15dfe68f4d2627b1059</a></p> <p>- ColdCard firmware update 2.1.4 for multi-sig change outputs <a href="https://coldcardwallet.com/docs/upgrade">https://coldcardwallet.com/docs/upgrade</a></p> <p>- Bittr adds xpub support <a href="https://twitter.com/GetBittr/status/1172171274791116801?s=19">https://twitter.com/GetBittr/status/1172171274791116801?s=19</a></p> <p>- Spencer Dinwiddie of NJ Nets is a bitcoiner and is tokenizing his ~$34 million extension <a href="https://theathletic.com/1199912/2019/09/12/sources-spencer-dinwiddie-to-convert-his-nba-contract-into-a-secured-digital-investment-heres-what-that-means/">https://theathletic.com/1199912/2019/09/12/sources-spencer-dinwiddie-to-convert-his-nba-contract-into-a-secured-digital-investment-heres-what-that-means/</a></p> <p>- ECB cuts rates and announces a new round of QE "Negative rates will not provoke the collapse of the financial system" - Draghi <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-12/ecb-cuts-rates-restarts-qe-to-fight-slowdown-as-draghi-era-ends">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-12/ecb-cuts-rates-restarts-qe-to-fight-slowdown-as-draghi-era-ends</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Bull Bitcoin. Canadian freaks need to check out Bull Bitcoin (<a href="https://bullbitcoin.com/">https://bullbitcoin.com/</a>). Canada's only Bitcoin maximalist brokerage. Also, check out <a href="http://bitcoinoutlet.com/">BitcoinOutlet.com</a> for some of their dope swag if you're outside of Canada.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #97: Eric Voskuil
<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Eric Voskuil, lead maintainer of the libbitcoin Bitcoin implementation, as they discuss:</p> <p>- libbitcoin</p> <p>- Austrian Economics</p> <p>- Attack vectors</p> <p>- Eric's experience in the Navy </p> <p>- How Bitcoin fails </p> <p>- Dust</p> <p>- much more </p> <p>Check out the libbitcoin Wiki: <a href="https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki">https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p> <p>Contribute to the show: <a href="https://tftc.io/contribute/">https://tftc.io/contribute/</a></p>
Tales from the Crypt #96: Elichai Turkel
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Elichai Turkel, recent Summer resident at Chaincode Labs, to discuss:</p> <p>- Elichai's path to cryptography and Bitcoin</p> <p>- Schnorr signatures</p> <p>- Taproot </p> <p>- Miniscript</p> <p>- Cryptography</p> <p>- State of academic papers</p> <p>- much more</p> <p>Follow Elichai on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Elichai2">https://twitter.com/Elichai2</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p> <p>Contribute to the show: <a href="https://tftc.io/contribute/">https://tftc.io/contribute/</a></p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.09.02
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Portugal is indeed exempting bitcoin from cap gains treatment: <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-portugal-clarified-its-bitcoin-tax-code-other-nations-should-take-note">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-portugal-clarified-its-bitcoin-tax-code-other-nations-should-take-note</a></p> <p>- Hash rate all time high - <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-hashrate.html">https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-hashrate.html</a></p> <p>- LocalBitcoins KYC - <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/localbitcoins-new-kyc-rules-raise-privacy-concerns">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/localbitcoins-new-kyc-rules-raise-privacy-concerns</a></p> <p>- SNICKER <a href="https://gist.github.com/AdamISZ/2c13fb5819bd469ca318156e2cf25d79">https://gist.github.com/AdamISZ/2c13fb5819bd469ca318156e2cf25d79</a></p> <p>- vaneck & solidx pivot to gbtc like structure rather than ETF for their investment product <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/vaneck-solidx-to-offer-pilot-bitcoin-etf-to-institutional-investors">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/vaneck-solidx-to-offer-pilot-bitcoin-etf-to-institutional-investors</a></p> <p>- Facebook left phone numbers exposed on server, 419 million records leaked: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/facebook-phone-numbers-exposed/">https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/facebook-phone-numbers-exposed/</a></p> <p>- Google discloses exploit that allowed malicious sites to retrieve iPhone files and location data: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjwne5/malicious-websites-hacked-iphones-for-years">https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjwne5/malicious-websites-hacked-iphones-for-years</a></p> <p>- M5Stack + bitcoin <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-562/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-562/</a></p> <p>- TFTC Guides: Lightning for beginners with Breez wallet - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zhW7ilOjWg&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zhW7ilOjWg&feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>- Bridgefy mesh messaging app being used in hong kong: <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-561/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-561/</a></p> <p>- Argentina implements capital controls, individuals won't be allowed to acquire or wire abroad more than 10,000 dollars per month - <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-02/capital-controls-return-to-argentina-as-macri-fights-to-survive">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-02/capital-controls-return-to-argentina-as-macri-fights-to-survive</a></p> <p>- Upgrade your lightning nodes, disclosure of vulnerability in 3 weeks <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-August/002130.html">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-August/002130.html</a></p> <p>- Jack Dorsey Twitter account hijacked due to sim swap + tweets by sms: <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1167628157731651584?s=20">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1167628157731651584?s=20</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Bull Bitcoin. Canadian freaks need to check out Bull Bitcoin (<a href="https://bullbitcoin.com/">https://bullbitcoin.com/</a>). Canada's only Bitcoin maximalist brokerage. Also, check out <a href="http://bitcoinoutlet.com/">BitcoinOutlet.com</a> for some of their dope swag if you're outside of Canada.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #95: Gleb Naumenko
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Gleb Naumenko to discuss:</p> <p>- Gleb's experience helping to build an exchange</p> <p>- Bitcoin usage in Ukraine</p> <p>- Gleb's work on Erlay</p> <p>- The Erebus attack </p> <p>- Movies</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p> <p>Contribute to the show: <a href="https://tftc.io/contribute/">https://tftc.io/contribute/</a></p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.08.26
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- ColdCard MK3 announced: <a href="https://blog.coinkite.com/coldcard-mark3/">https://blog.coinkite.com/coldcard-mark3/</a></p> <p>- <a href="https://ln.alhur.es/">https://ln.alhur.es/</a> by @fiatjf</p> <p>- UI for hardware wallet multisig using bitcoin core and HWI released for testing by @justinmoon - <a href="https://github.com/justinmoon/junction">https://github.com/justinmoon/junction</a></p> <p>- Bitcoin realized cap hits ath of ~$100B - <a href="https://coinmetrics.substack.com/">https://coinmetrics.substack.com/</a></p> <p>- According to Chainalysis, less than 11% of mixed bitcoin are used for illicit purposes - <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/chainalysis-most-mixed-bitcoin-not-used-for-illicit-purposes">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/chainalysis-most-mixed-bitcoin-not-used-for-illicit-purposes</a></p> <p>- CSW rebuked hard in court, judge orders 50% of his bitcoin to be given to Kleinman's estate, unfortunately for them he probably doesn't own any</p> <p>- Bitcoin for safety by @jamesob - <a href="https://jameso.be/2019/08/24/bitcoin-is-for-this.html">https://jameso.be/2019/08/24/bitcoin-is-for-this.html</a></p> <p>- WTF happened in 1971? <a href="https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/">https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/</a></p> <p>- Janey + Cato - <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-559/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-559/</a></p> <p>- Binance adds interest bearing accounts (BNB, ETC, Tether) - <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-26/teaser-rates-come-to-crypto-as-binance-starts-lending-business">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-26/teaser-rates-come-to-crypto-as-binance-starts-lending-business</a></p> <p>- Opennode adds kyc and shopify integration - <a href="https://www.opennode.co/blog/how-to-accept-bitcoin-shopify-extension/">https://www.opennode.co/blog/how-to-accept-bitcoin-shopify-extension/</a></p> <p>- EOS dumped almost 20 mins earlier first: <a href="https://twitter.com/hodlonaut/status/1167094577389604865?s=20">https://twitter.com/hodlonaut/status/1167094577389604865?s=20</a></p> <p>- Portugal tax exemption. Fake news? Let us know</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p>
Tales from the Crypt #94: Fabian Jahr
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Fabian Jahr, current Summer resident at Chaincode Labs, to discuss the RPC call Fabian has been working on this Summer, the Chaincode residency experience, the Bitcoin scene in Berlin, Fabian's experience with the Lightning Network, and much more. </p> <p>Follow Fabian on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/fjahr">https://twitter.com/fjahr</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/fjahr">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p> <p>Contribute to the show: <a href="https://tftc.io/contribute/">https://tftc.io/contribute/</a></p>
Tales from the Crypt #93: Rodolfo Novak
<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Rodolfo Novak to discuss Coinkite, how Rodolfo approaches making products for Bitcoiners, a little Bitcoin history, Ham Radios, airplanes, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Coinkite: <a href="https://coinkite.com/">https://coinkite.com/</a> (Use the promo code "TFTC" for 5% OFF!)</p> <p>Follow Rodolfo on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nvk">https://twitter.com/nvk</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nvk">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nvk">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>Casa. <strong>Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off</strong> your <a href="https://keys.casa/keymaster/">Casa membership</a> … or hit their team up [email protected] for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Up your security game. Head over to <a href="https://keys.casa/">https://keys.casa/</a> today.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.08.19
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- BitBlockBoom - bitsteins talk - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBAuHv5cPl8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBAuHv5cPl8</a></p> <p>- New Erebus attack paper - <a href="https://erebus-attack.comp.nus.edu.sg/">https://erebus-attack.comp.nus.edu.sg</a></p> <p>- Hardware wallets + multisig - <a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97/">https://stephanlivera.com/episode/97/</a></p> <p>- Sats the standard - Blockstream Green Wallet adds sats - https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1164296386361331712?s=20</p> <p>- All seeds are not cross compatible, be aware - https://twitter.com/nvk/status/1164165702602899456?s=20</p> <p>- Bitcoin Optech bech32 + RBF compatibility matrix - https://bitcoinops.org/en/2019-compatibility-matrix/</p> <p>- Matt Corallo first hire by Square Crypto - https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1163850926114762755?s=20</p> <p>- Miniscript - https://twitter.com/pwuille/status/1163592166062473217?s=20</p> <p>- Hong Kong protesters are distributed not centralized - https://quillette.com/2019/08/19/how-the-hong-kong-protestors-tactical-brilliance-backed-beijing-into-a-corner/</p> <p>- 40 straight weeks of anti-macron yellow vest protests - https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/1162751938720612352?s=20</p> <p>- Another fake Satoshi, safely ignore</p> <p>- Happy birthday Lolli!</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p>
Tales from the Crypt #92: Bryan Bishop & Joseph Jackson
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Bitcoin Core contributor Bryan Bishop and his friend Joseph Jackson to discuss:</p> <p>- Bitcoin Vaults</p> <p>- Bitcoin security</p> <p>- Transcription </p> <p>- Transhumanism</p> <p>Check out Joe's website: <a href="https://t.co/J0XcwbUYI8?amp=1" title="http://biotechnbeyond.com">biotechnbeyond.com</a></p> <p>Follow Bryan on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kanzure">https://twitter.com/kanzure</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kanzure">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.08.12 LIVE w/ Pierre Rochard & Michael Goldstein
<p>Join Marty and Matt as they're joined by the hosts of the Noded Podcast, Pierre Rochard and Michael Goldstein to discuss:</p> <p>- Bakkt Futures</p> <p>- Binance KYC</p> <p>- Liquid Tether</p> <p>- Hong Kong</p> <p>- India</p> <p>- Samsung + Bitcoin</p> <p>- Coinbase negligence</p> <p>- much more</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p>
Tales from the Crypt #91: Tuur Demeester
<p>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.</p> <p>Follow Tuur on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester">https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #90: James C.
<p>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. </p> <p>Checkout <a href="https://teachbitcoin.io/">https://teachbitcoin.io/</a></p> <p>Follow James on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/digi_james">https://twitter.com/digi_james</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/digi_james">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #89: BitcoinTINA & Alpha Zeta
<p>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. </p> <p>Check out Alpha Zeta's portfolio tracker: <a href="http://www.thewarden.io/index.html">http://www.thewarden.io/index.html</a></p> <p>Follow BitcoinTINA on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/alphaazeta">https://twitter.com/BitcoinTINA</a></p> <p>Follow Alpha Zeta on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/alphaazeta">https://twitter.com/alphaazeta</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.08.05
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Bitcoin vaults - <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-August/017229.html">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-August/017229.html</a></p> <p>- Yuan peg - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCH_-fcCoK4&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCH_-fcCoK4&feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>- Big blocks and tradeoffs - <a href="https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1157667091719380992">https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1157667091719380992</a></p> <p>- Binance KYC leak - <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/a-bitcoin-extortion-gone-wrong-inside-binances-negotiations-with-its-kyc-hacker">https://www.coindesk.com/a-bitcoin-extortion-gone-wrong-inside-binances-negotiations-with-its-kyc-hacker</a></p> <p>- Is anything priced in?</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.07.29
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- JoinMarket, fidelity bonds, and privacy - <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-July/017169.html">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-July/017169.html</a></p> <p>- Capital One data breach - <a href="https://www.cnet.com/how-to/capital-one-data-breach-what-you-can-do-following-the-banking-hack/">https://www.cnet.com/how-to/capital-one-data-breach-what-you-can-do-following-the-banking-hack/</a></p> <p>- Zap update + full node - <a href="https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases/tag/v0.5.2-beta">https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases/tag/v0.5.2-beta</a></p> <p>- Fold App Kickbacks - <a href="https://medium.com/in-the-fold/introducing-fold-kickbacks-5b1d255621b3">https://medium.com/in-the-fold/introducing-fold-kickbacks-5b1d255621b3</a></p> <p>- "Stacking sats"</p> <p>- Hong Kong - <a href="https://twitter.com/alessabocchi/status/1156513770254012416?s=20">https://twitter.com/alessabocchi/status/1156513770254012416?s=20</a></p> <p>- Fortnite World Cup - <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1155838643094917121">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1155838643094917121</a></p> <p>- much more </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #88: Richard Myers
<p>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:</p> <p>- ByteABit, Richard's P2P mobile Bitcoin exchange</p> <p>- Mesh networks, GoTenn, LOT49, and Global Mesh Labs</p> <p>- Cashless societies</p> <p>- Deflation</p> <p>- much more</p> <p>Follow Richard on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/remyers_">https://twitter.com/remyers_</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/remyers_">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/remyers_">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.07.22
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>-BTCPayServer - <a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episodes/">https://stephanlivera.com/episodes/</a></p> <p>- Wasabi & Samourai</p> <p>- Ethereum hashrate down 42% from ATH, bitcoin hashrate at ATH: https://www.longhash.com/news/ethereum-is-becoming-increasingly-vulnerable-to-attack</p> <p>- Coldcard + Wasabi video, class on the 26th at Chaincode - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM2uhyROpAQ&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM2uhyROpAQ&feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>- New Cash App UI</p> <p>- Ohmm - https://twitter.com/UpstreamDataInc/status/1152233409277648897?s=20</p> <p>- Hong Kong protests take violent turn: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1152973052046524420?s=20</p> <p>- Nodl Electrumx - https://twitter.com/BitcoinSchiller/status/1154400652979818498?s=20</p> <p>- Parker Lewis' Gradually, Then Suddenly - <a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/dollar-crisis-to-bitcoin/">https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/dollar-crisis-to-bitcoin/</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #87: Conner Brown
<p>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. </p> <p>Follow Conner on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_">https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #86: Ben Hunt
<p>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 <a href="https://www.epsilontheory.com/">Epsilon Theory</a>, how they relate to Bitcoin, and why Bitcoiners may be fighting a losing battle. </p> <p>Follow Ben on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory">https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory</a></p> <p>Follow James on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesob">https://twitter.com/jamesob</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.07.15
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- This week in Bitcoin - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1150840995808010241?s=19</p> <p>- Wasabi - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1151882688053334016?s=19</p> <p>- C-Lightning - https://medium.com/blockstream/new-release-c-lightning-0-7-1-9fca65debeb2</p> <p>- Binance staking XLM - https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/360030727092 - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/947551556546760704?s=19 </p> <p>- ETH on BCH - https://ethresear.ch/t/bitcoin-cash-a-short-term-data-availability-layer-for-ethereum/5735</p> <p>- Much more </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #85: Paranoid Bull
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with DAL, AKA Paranoid Bull, to discuss his journey through the markets, systemic risk, political risk, the world's current disconnection from reality and how Bitcoin play into it all. </p> <p>Check out Odin River's mission: <a href="https://medium.com/odin-river/odin-river-31ddc131a22">https://medium.com/odin-river/odin-river-31ddc131a22</a></p> <p>Follow DAL on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/paranoidbull">https://twitter.com/paranoidbull</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/paranoidbull">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #84: Bull Bitcoin
<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Francis Pouliot and BTC Sessions from Bull Bitcoin to discuss the Montreal Bitcoin scene throughout the years, consulting in the "Blockchain" space, SegWit2x, the common mission Bitcoiners have, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Bull Bitcoin: <a href="https://bullbitcoin.com/">https://bullbitcoin.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Francis on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/francispouliot_">https://twitter.com/francispouliot_</a></p> <p>Follow BTCSessions on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BTCsessions">https://twitter.com/BTCsessions</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>
The Trump Tweet Ep: Marty, Matt and Murad Mahmudov
<p>Marty, Matt and Murad breakdown the implications of Donald J. Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's comments on Bitcoin. </p> <p>Links discussed: </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149472282584072192">https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149472282584072192</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/StopAndDecrypt/status/1149703537871355904">https://twitter.com/StopAndDecrypt/status/1149703537871355904</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1149629984157261825">https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1149629984157261825</a></p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.07.08
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Coldcard </p> <p>- Nodl update</p> <p>- Wasabi update</p> <p>- Samourai 0.99.81 - https://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/186208584657/introducing-09981-enter-the-dojo</p> <p>- Miner trying to inflate the supply - <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-523/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-523/</a></p> <p>- History of the DAO hack</p> <p>- Eclair update - <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.3.1">https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.3.1</a> </p> <p>- Surveillance tech creeps forward <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1148222460724207616">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1148222460724207616</a></p> <p>- Much more</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #83: Aleks Svetski
<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Aleksander Svetski, founder of Amber, to discuss his journey to Bitcoin, lessons from trading, lessons from being a door to door salesman, why Bitcoin not Blockchain, putting up with scammers, and much more. </p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Liking the show and want to contribute? You can do so by going to <a href="https://tftc.io/contribute/">https://tftc.io/contribute/</a></p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Freedom Edition Week of 2019.07.01
<p>This week Marty and Matt sit down on the 4th of July to discuss:</p> <p>- Bitcoin's revolutionary nature</p> <p>- Sats App announced by Casa <a href="https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback/">https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback/</a></p> <p>- 300 tickets sold for Bitcoin2020</p> <p>- LND 0.7 released https://twitter.com/lightning/status/1146107267592445952?s=19</p> <p>-Zap desktop 0.5 released https://medium.com/@JimmyMow/announcing-zap-desktop-0-5-0-beta-7622672ce582</p> <p>- Coldcard v2.1.1 update adds dice support https://twitter.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/1146410794315390977?s=19</p> <p>- US House of Reps Committee of Financial Services asks Facebook to hold off on Libra https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/07.02.2019_-_fb_ltr.pdf</p> <p>- Cloudflare went down due to faulty upgrade https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/02/a-cloudflare-outage-is-impacting-sites-everywhere/</p> <p>- Whirlpool desktop 0.7 released with full tor support https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1145998882947682304</p> <p>- Hong Kong</p> <p>- Chinese border guards put spyware on phones at Xinjiang border https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/chinese-border-guards-surveillance-app-tourists-phones</p> <p>- Bitcoin as a safe haven in FT https://www.ft.com/content/f7643858-98f8-11e9-9573-ee5cbb98ed36</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #82: Ketominer + Askuwheteau
<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Ketominer and Askuwheteau, the team behind Nodl.it, to discuss how Nodl came to be, their recent partnership with Samourai Wallet, the freedom that Bitcoin enables, potentially moving from hardware to software in the future, the new Raspberry Pi, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Nodl: <a href="https://nodl.it/">https://nodl.it/</a></p> <p>Follow Ketominer on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ketominer">https://twitter.com/ketominer</a></p> <p>Follow Askuwheteau on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/IAskuwheteau">https://twitter.com/IAskuwheteau</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ketominer">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ketominer">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. 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 <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> when you download the app.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #81: Dan Held
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Dan Held, Co-Founder of Interchange, to discuss his paper on Bitcoin's future security, the importance of sharpening narratives, the false narratives that seem to persist, and much more. </p> <p>Follow Dan on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/danheld">https://twitter.com/danheld</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/danheld">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>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 a charity of our choice when you download the app. </p> <p>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.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap LIVE: Week of 2019.06.24
<p>Join Marty and Matt as they are joined by Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Sign Guy & Francis Pouliot with a special appearance from Paul Sztorc as they discuss:</p> <p>- FATF Guidelines</p> <p>- Iranians mining Bitcoin in mosques</p> <p>- COLDCARD new upgrades </p> <p>- Libra</p> <p>- CoinJoining</p> <p>- Much more…</p>
Rabbit Hole Cap: Week of 2019.06.17
<p>This week Marty & Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Libra https://libra.org/en-US/</p> <p>- Cash App deposits go live, fund cash card with bitcoin https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-507/</p> <p>- Whirlpool public beta release https://github.com/Samourai-Wallet/Whirlpool</p> <p>-Binance to block US citizens</p> <p>-Lightning labs mobile app release https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2019/06/19/mobile-app.html</p> <p>- Firefox vulnerability update to 67.0.3 ASAP https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/18/18684272/firefox-zero-day-flaw-browser-attacks-crypto-patch</p> <p>- Cellebrite states they can crack current all popular phones with physical access https://t.co/WHsaDxzoXz?amp=1</p> <p>- Hashrate ATH</p> <p>- dcabtc.com tool by @JohnCantrell97</p> <p>- US vs Russia cyber cold war escalates https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/us/politics/trump-cyber-russia-grid.html</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #80: Andrew Poelstra
<p>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. </p> <p>Checkout Andrew's work: <a href="https://github.com/apoelstra">https://github.com/apoelstra</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #79: John Carvalho
<p>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.</p> <p>Checkout Bitrefill: <a href="https://www.bitrefill.com/">https://www.bitrefill.com/</a></p> <p>Follow John on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog">https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.06.10
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Proposed ban on Bitcoin in India</p> <p>- Home mining https://twitter.com/Karnickleon/status/1138906263230828544?s=19</p> <p>- Nodl + Samourai collab https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19</p> <p>- Global Mesh Labs https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19</p> <p>- Zap on Android https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19</p> <p>- Hong Kong <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBl05xNq_AU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBl05xNq_AU</a></p> <p>- Italy <a href="https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1138709519184175104">https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1138709519184175104</a></p> <p>- Will O'Beirne's new Joule upgrade <a href="https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/introducing-joule-allowances-2b08bec75e3a">https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/introducing-joule-allowances-2b08bec75e3a</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App.</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #78: Lawrence Nahum
<p>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. </p> <p>Checkout GreenAddress' GitHub and contribute to ABCore if you can: <a href="https://github.com/greenaddress">https://github.com/greenaddress</a></p> <p>Follow Lawrence on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin">https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin</a> </p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor: </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.06.03
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- Rooftop RHR in SF - code "tftc25"</p> <p>- First 100 person CoinJoin https://blockstream.info/tx/e4a789d16a24a6643dfee06e018ad27648b896daae6a3577ae0f4eddcc4d9174</p> <p>- 6102 Bitcoin hodl privacy leak overview https://github.com/6102bitcoin/FAQ/blob/master/hodl-privacy.md</p> <p>- Ring cameras creeping https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveillance-network-with-ring-doorbells/</p> <p>- 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</p> <p>- Initial rollout of LN Watchtowers https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/watchtowers-are-coming-lightning#click=https://t.co/5VuAHhvsoq</p> <p>- Samourai Dojo open sourced and released https://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/185312260292/introducing-samourai-dojo-10-open-source-and/</p> <p>- Utreexo proposal https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/611.pdf</p> <p>- "Buy" stocks and ETFs with bitcoin using Abra in 150+ countries (not US) https://twitter.com/AbraGlobal/status/1133697009381138434?s=19</p> <p>- Statechains <a href="https://medium.com/@RubenSomsen/statechains-non-custodial-off-chain-bitcoin-transfer-1ae4845a4a39">https://medium.com/@RubenSomsen/statechains-non-custodial-off-chain-bitcoin-transfer-1ae4845a4a39</a></p> <p>- Weird YouTube AI <a href="https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008">https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008</a></p> <p>- Fed to cut rates? <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-499/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-499/</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #77: David Bailey
<p>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.</p> <p>Follow David on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfbailey?lang=en">https://twitter.com/davidfbailey</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfbailey?lang=en">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Thinking about heading to the Bitcoin 2019 Conference? Use the promo code "RHR" for a discount at checkout: <a href="https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/">https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #76: Alex Gladstein
<p>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.</p> <p>Checkout Alex's speech from MCC: https://youtu.be/CyieujRFk3g?t=13786</p> <p>Follow Alex on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gladstein">https://twitter.com/gladstein</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gladstein">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.05.27
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- Wasabi update: <a href="https://wasabiwallet.io/">https://wasabiwallet.io/</a></p> <p>- Erlay proposal, https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016994.html</p> <p>- New bitcoin ATH in Argentinian peso</p> <p>- 4.1 billion people living under authoritarian regimes according to Oslo Freedom Forum</p> <p>- Proposed FATF regulations - <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-492/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-492/</a></p> <p>- defendcrypto.org</p> <p>- Facebook </p> <p>- Bitrefill + ACINQ 1 BTC channel - <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-494/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-494/</a></p> <p>- Trade Wars</p> <p>- Taxi medallions</p> <p>Shoutout to the MIB Chad Index Funds</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #75: Jack Mallers
<p>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. </p> <p>Check out Zap: <a href="https://zap.jackmallers.com/">https://zap.jackmallers.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Jack on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JackMallers">https://twitter.com/JackMallers</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JackMallers">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shout out to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>21Lectures! If you're looking to learn how to build on top of Bitcoin and LN check out <a href="https://www.21lectures.com/">https://www.21lectures.com/</a> today!</p>
Tales from the Crypt #74: Andrew Torba
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Andrew Torba, Founder and CEO of Gab.com, to discuss what it's like to be de-platformed, the Silicon Valley "cognoscenti", building more resilient communication tools, the fight for Free Speech, forking open source software as a business model for Gab, the normalization of deviant values, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Gab: <a href="https://gab.com/">https://gab.com/</a> </p> <p>Follow Gab on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/getongab">https://twitter.com/getongab</a></p> <p>If you like this podcast, subscribe and give us a rating on your local podcasting platform. Every bit helps.</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.05.20
<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Who would you want to tweet about Bitcoin?</p> <p>- LN node update https://1ml.com/node/02d419c9af624d0e7a7c90a60b9ffa35f4934973a9d7d3b4175cc3cc28b7ffcde1</p> <p>- SIM Swaps https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-most-expensive-lesson-of-my-life-details-of-sim-port-hack-35de11517124</p> <p>-lncast.com launch</p> <p>- 60 Minutes https://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/video/HaKmux455gSICzgSiGqzyUPIfGhuxnTG/bitcoin-s-wild-ride/</p> <p>- $8 trillion hidden around the world and Elizabeth Warren wants to tax it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-23/the-wealth-detective-who-finds-the-hidden-money-of-the-super-rich</p> <p>- BestMixer shutdown: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/dutch-authorities-shut-down-bestmixer/</p> <p>- CoinCenter - Non-custodial cryptocurrency mixer developers are not subject to U.S. regulation. - https://coincenter.org/link/non-custodial-cryptocurrency-mixer-developers-are-not-subject-to-u-s-regulation</p> <p>- Bull Bitcoin starts mixing user funds: https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1131309370900402178?s=19</p> <p>- Kraken equity offering at 4B valuation, $1000 min: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/kraken-is-offering-itself-to-customers-in-chunks-as-small-as-1000-for-its-fundraising-round/</p> <p>- Bitfinex LEO token: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bitfinex-to-start-trading-its-exchange-token-leo-on-may-20/</p> <p>- Polo/Circle blocks tokens from US customers, lays off 30 employees https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/poloniex-continues-to-advocate-for-better-crypto-regulation-as-it-goes-on-a-delisting-spree-in-the-us/ https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1130912877991333891?s=19</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's listener contributor @mdotbit (<a href="https://twitter.com/mdotbit">https://twitter.com/mdotbit</a>)</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors. </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #73: Jan Čapek + Pavel Moravec
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec, Co-CEOs of Slush Pool & Braiins, to discuss their backgrounds, Slush Pool's history, what they're building with BraiinsOS, the nature of reorgs, BetterHash, the dream of a shared foundry, mining futures markets, and much more.</p> <p>Checkout Slush Pool: <a href="https://slushpool.com/">https://slushpool.com/</a></p> <p>Checkout Braiins: <a href="https://braiins-os.org/">https://braiins-os.org/</a></p> <p>Follow Jan on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/janbraiins">https://twitter.com/janbraiins</a></p> <p>Follow Pavel on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mor_pav">https://twitter.com/mor_pav</a> </p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/janbraiins">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>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.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #72: Jeff Vandrew
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Jeff Vandrew, Attorney-CPA-Coder, to discuss Distributism, self-custody Bitcoin IRAs, maintaing BTCPayServer's Python implementation, rent seeking, relearning to code, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Jeff's work: <a href="https://vandrew.com/bitcoin/">https://vandrew.com/bitcoin/</a></p> <p>Follow Jeff on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa">https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>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.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.05.13
<p>This week Marty and Matt are joined by Bitcoin Sign Guy to discuss a bunch of stuff. </p> <p>Thank you to this week's sponsors.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #71: James O'Beirne
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with James O'Beirne, Bitcoin Core contributor, to discuss his assumeutxo proposal, debt, short-term v. long-term thinking, and what it's like being a permabear. </p> <p>Checkout the assumeutxo proposal: <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15605">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15605</a></p> <p>Follow James on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesob">https://twitter.com/jamesob</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesob">https://twitter.com/martybent</a> </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #70: Ruben Waterman
<p>Join Marty and Matt Odell as they sit down with the one man team behind Bittr, the easiest way to stack sats in Europe. We discuss Ruben's path to Bitcoin, his experience getting a Masters in Blockchain from the University of Nicosia, why he built Bittr, what it's like bootstrapping a company, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Bittr: <a href="https://www.getbittr.com/">https://www.getbittr.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Ruben on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/watermaniak">https://twitter.com/watermaniak</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.05.06
<p>This week Marty and Matt are joined by Murad Mahmudov from Adaptive Capital to discuss:</p> <p>- Binance hack</p> <p>- onlynet=onion in config file - h/t Evan Kaloudis</p> <p>- TFTC.io launch</p> <p>- Our Lightning node was stolen https://1ml.com/node/02d419c9af624d0e7a7c90a60b9ffa35f4934973a9d7d3b4175cc3cc28b7ffcde1</p> <p>- bip-taproot https://github.com/sipa/bips/blob/bip-schnorr/bip-taproot.mediawiki</p> <p>- Wasabi guide bitcoin-only.com @6102bitcoin https://github.com/6102bitcoin/FAQ/blob/master/wasabi.md</p> <p>- Honeyminer Mac release</p> <p>- One entity is responsible for 50% of BCH transactions</p> <p>- Whirpool</p> <p>- Andrew Chow on PSBT <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xZSRDXUiU&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xZSRDXUiU&feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's listener contributor, Pedro. Here's the video he shared https://youtu.be/NO1aDZ6L4NQ?t=1118</p> <p>Thank you to this week's sponsors.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>
Tales from the Crypt #69: Juthica Chou
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Juthica Chou, Co-Founder and COO of LedgerX, to discuss Bitcoin options, what it was like for LedgerX to navigate the regulatory waters throughout the years, LedgerX's Omni platform, and much more. Learn about futures contracts based on block height, backing into projected price probabilities, and how miners hedge their risk.</p> <p>Check out LedgerX: <a href="https://ledgerx.com/">https://ledgerx.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Juthica on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/juthica">https://twitter.com/juthica</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Shout out to this week's sponsor, Cash App. Download the Cash App today from the App Store or Google Play Store and start #stackingsats</p>